African-Americans have expressed their disappointment over the outpouring of commiseration by some Africans over the death of Queen of the United Kingdom (UK), Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, September 8, 2022, age 96 at her home in Balmoral, Scotland.
Since the news of the Queen’s demise, many African leaders and their people have hit social media to offer words of condolence to the government and people of the UK.
However, some African-Americans say they find its shocking to see Africans express their sadness over the death of the Queen, who supervised the biggest atrocity on the continent during the slave-trade and colonization era.
“What’s interesting is to watch how many people, whether they’re black American, Africans, Caribbean, Afro-South Americans, how many of these people are literally, letting out their feelings about this woman dying.
“Of course, on the human level when someone passes away, we don’t want to come across as inconsiderate or something like that, but to sit and mourn the death of this woman is really shocking to me”, says Jay Cameroon, a YouTuber.
Leading a live discussion on the topic; ‘Queen Elizabeth is dead & many Africans & blacks mourn the death of their Colonial Master’ on his YouTube Channel, Jay Cameroon says the British Queen superintended over the biggest corruption and stealing of the resources of the Africa continent.
He argues that even though the Queen had the power to stop colonization of the African Continent or even speak against it, she failed to do so because her kingdom was the ultimate beneficiary of the loot.
“After all the British system of Monarchy have done to Africans, it’s really interesting to see them [Africans] argue and fight among themselves about the corrupt leaders in their countries that they can’t see that a major element of corruption passed away today [on Thursday, 8 September, 20222].
“Seriously, They can’t see it because their minds have been taught, they’ve been taught in churches and school and trained in a system that teaches them to bleach their skins, aspire to have the white man’s hair”, he said while narrating what his Nigerian friend had complained to him about the outpouring of sympathy by Africans over the demise of the Queen.
One of the discussants with the YouTube username ‘GlobalCeTZen’, also says “With her passing, must come an awakening within us as an exploited people, to demand accountability from the imperialist”.
Another discussant, Coffeewithcream, opines that the Queen and her family lived well off the sweat of her ancestors, adding she feels “no Sorry, no tears for the monarch”.
“When I watch her with her jewels on, all I can think about is all those diamonds and gold came straight out of Africa and no African was ever paid for them”.
‘Follow the Light’, another contributor to the said discussion, also says “I know many Africans are heartbroken over the leader who invaded their counties and took their lands, but many people in the diaspora of African/black descent could care one way or the other about her leaving this Earth”.
‘MrSamres’ also says “I’ve come to the conclusion that systemic racism is the oldest form of classism I’ve researched thus far. After reading Runoko Rashidi’s studies of the Dahlits of India, and the Hindu Caste system, it opened my eyes even further.
“The oppressed race has a socio-economic system imposed upon it, which allows the oppressor to maintain a society level economic, cultural, and military advantage over the low caste member. Very depressing…but interesting”.
Attached below is the link to the said discussion on YouTube
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