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‘Slavery helped preserve two-parent homes’

CONTROVERSIAL: Michele Bachmann

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Michele Bachmann, has caused outrage in America after agreeing to the notion that the abolition of slavery had led to the lack of two-parent homes in the black community.

Bachmann, who signed a “marriage vow” from an Iowa Christian values group, which in it, suggested that life was better for the black family during slavery, has received a full-scale internet backlash.

It has been reported that the vow, which also promotes the ban of gay marriage and pornography, noted that African-American children were more likely to come from a broken home since the election of US President Obama.

In a section of the Candidate Vow it read: "Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President."

Washington Post journalist, Alexandra Petri, commented: "Now you go and sign a pledge that includes a statement that can be summarized "gee, slavery was terrible for slaves, but at least they grew up in two-parent households?" There might have been two parents there, but that doesn't really improve your family situation if the children are being treated like property. Do we really want to go down this path?"

While the author of black political blog Jack & Jill Politics, Cheryl Contee wrote: "Given that families were broken up regularly for sales during slavery and that rape by masters was pretty common, this could not be more offensive. I mean, putting aside the statistics on this, which are likely off-base, I could not be more angry. When will Republicans inquire with actual Black people whether or not we're ok with invoking slavery to score cheap political points? It has to stop."

Congresswoman Bachmann’s spokesperson reportedly said: “[Bachmann] stands behind the candidate vow—which makes absolutely no reference to slavery.”

They added: “[she] believes that slavery was horrible and economic enslavement is also horrible.”

Obama is yet to make a statement.

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I think that it is about time

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I think that it is about time woman started to understand that its your body,and if you have a baby while having free love what do you really think is going to happen. I am fed up with the constant moaning he never gives any money,well my dear if you had a little self respect for yourselfs and stop sleeping with men and the asking for money,then maybe your life might be different. Self respect,and whats love got to do with it....

Thu, 2011-09-01 14:43

I thought of ****-wipers, but

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I thought of ****-wipers, but I'm not sure that that quite does it!!

Sat, 2011-07-16 07:35

There's a word for people who

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There's a word for people who shamelessly sell their own people into slavery. I can't think of it at the moment and, possibly, it hasn't been invented yet? Any ideas?!!!!

Sat, 2011-07-16 07:30

@Anonymous of creole

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@Anonymous of creole descent,i give up on you,you cannot be taught,i will let you belive what you want to belive.you are just a divisive person,you seem very bitter towards Africans,tinnie tempah??what has that got to do with it.
I pity you,hating a billion people(Africans) must be very heavy on your soul,you only hurting yourself.try loving instead,you will be a better person.
Best wishes
uk university African history lecturer.

Wed, 2011-07-13 18:30

You are just a mere UK based

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You are just a mere UK based lecturer go to Goree Island in Dakar, Senegal; Cape Coast, Ghana;Badgary-Lagos and ask the elders there and they will tell you which of their ancestors negotiated with Europeans and much more specifically which African tribes participated as major slave trade dealers. You live an intellectual cocoon void of real life experiences. I am not a hater. But stop this apathetic blaming of Europeans, Arabs and Asian as the pioneers of slavery-ignoring the EVIDENT role of Africans.

It is sad that in Africa there are still some who continue to mock Caribbean and American descendants of slavery; hence the need for re-education on slavery. Africans attempt to mock in the US and the UK; whilst their offspring copy 'Afro-Caribbean' culture and sub-culture.

I do not need you to teach me as I am reaching out to those who understand my perspective.

Wed, 2011-07-13 20:06

Well said, Creole! They

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Well said, Creole! They shamelessly sold their own people into slavery centuries ago (and continue to do so in some parts), now have the gaul to claim that they're superior to them and encourage everybody to love them ahead of us, whilst USING us for our music-culture. They make me absolutey sick, and are so mean and evil it's untrue! My advice to anybody with any sense, is to avoid them like the plague!

Sat, 2011-07-16 07:28

@Anonymous of creole

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@Anonymous of creole descent,you need to get civilized.no need to be insulting,its childish.
You are very naive,sit down for a minute,let me educate you.
You have to understand history.slavery was something that existed in Africa and the middle east for centuries before the coming of the europeans.It was the portuguese and Arabs who began capturing Africans who started to export people to the new world (the west)for economic gain.
The portuguese records of thier early encounters with Africans(its called the rotiero if you wish to learn)shows clearly that they captured Africans and put them on the ships to the new world.
You are too coward to confront the truth that slavery was a european economic adventure and will rather make yourself feel good that Africans sold themselves into slavery.did Africans build the slave ships?did not the slave ships come from europe built with the intention of transporting people?who benefited from slavery?.
The (real)history books tells of African kings complaing to european monarchs about the capturing of slaves,even complaining that some of the royal princes were being taken into slavery.
Surely some wicked and evil Africans worked with the europeans to capture thier own for economic gain(just like we have black drug dealers today working to destroy thier own communities),but to make general sweeping statements like Africans sold thier people is just naive and ill informed.
You just a nice house negroe protecting thier master.who supplied the guns for the warfare that led to millions being captured?was it not the british and the french?
You are probably one of those people who also thinks that william willberforce stopped the slave trade???,when the only reason slave trade stopped was because europe had a plan to colonize Africa and create new markets for thier products and also raw materials for industry.
In any event,whats important is the way the people were treated in the new world and the effects today on all black people.
Educate yourself and stop reading what your enemy wrote for you think for yourself,read,read,read. thank you.
NB-- Stop hating on Africans all blacks on this earth are Africans,what does it benefit you to hate on each other while the jews ,indians muslims and chinese work with each other to enslave you.WAKE UP,YOU ARE SLEEPING.

Wed, 2011-07-13 10:42

Firstly, I am not using

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Firstly, I am not using subjectivity or emotive conjecture this is fact. We who are of Caribbean, Latin American and North American slave legacy proudly say that Europeans did not know the savannahs, the tropical jungle and the interiors. It was Africans and they must ADMIT THIS!!! You see Africans who are ignorant always try to absolve themselves from selling their own into slavery. Sadly, even dim witted Africans assume that they are higher on the evolutionary hierarchy or scale than we the descendants of a courageous slave ancestry. Simple fact, we were sold naked to the so-called new world stripped and disposed of all our liberties, culture, morals, values and psycho-spiritual knowledge to the extent of being wickedly beaten out of us to death. Racial apartheid, colour discrimination; nice hair; fine hair; long hair; high colour; red skin; light skin pecking order meted out: house and field slave. Despite, millions upon millions dying during the passage; and have survived and gone onto to claim our newly found heritage in the Caribbean and Americas. Compounded by the fact, again despite being stripped of all humanity have developed and become much more civilised than Africans who sold us-why? Look at the music and culturally impact we have made over 300-400years: blues, jazz, R&B, classical, pop, etc whereby ironically African youth in Africa and the Diaspora emulate and try mimic and be like us from the Caribbean and Americas, tinnie tempah, tinchy stryder, Estelle and chamillionaire all of African backgrounds copying us- when they come from an original Ibo, Ghanian, Senegalese and Yoruba based culture= fact. This is a mighty cycle closing 360 degrees as the chicken has come home to roost.

The crux of matter is that the majority of Africans are myopic and naive as to their participation in the sad, sad role of being the cannon fodder and catalyst of slavery, in the main in West Africa. (I am not talking of Arabs and Portuguese)

It is now appropriate that as act of emergency that Africans are educated formally and informally about slavery to alleviate and take this curse, noose and tragic symbolic karma which is gradually choking the continent. Humbly, follow Senegal and Ghana as they are coming to recognition.

The Europeans witnessing how a race of people could sell their own into slavery reinforced this through religion: the curse of ham; the racial colour definition of 'black' and myriads of psycho and mental reproductions such jim crowe, willie lynch to perpetuate the control and power-which fortunately coming to an end.

Wed, 2011-07-13 13:32

Firstly, I am not using

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Firstly, I am not using subjectivity or emotive conjecture this is fact. We who are of Caribbean, Latin American and North American slave legacy proudly say that Europeans did not know the savannahs, the tropical jungle and the interiors. It was Africans and they must ADMIT THIS!!! You see Africans who are ignorant always try to absolve themselves from selling their own into slavery. Sadly, even dim witted Africans assume that they are higher on the evolutionary hierarchy or scale than we the descendants of a courageous slave ancestry. Simple fact, we were sold naked to the so-called new world stripped and disposed of all our liberties, culture, morals, values and psycho-spiritual knowledge to the extent of being wickedly beaten out of us to death. Racial apartheid, colour discrimination; nice hair; fine hair; long hair; high colour; red skin; light skin pecking order meted out: house and field slave. Despite, millions upon millions dying during the passage; and have survived and gone onto to claim our newly found heritage in the Caribbean and Americas. Compounded by the fact, again despite being stripped of all humanity have developed and become much more civilised than Africans who sold us-why? Look at the music and culturally impact we have made over 300-400years: blues, jazz, R&B, classical, pop, etc whereby ironically African youth in Africa and the Diaspora emulate and try mimic and be like us from the Caribbean and Americas, tinnie tempah, tinchy stryder, Estelle and chamillionaire all of African backgrounds copying us- when they come from an original Ibo, Ghanian, Senegalese and Yoruba based culture= fact. This is a mighty cycle closing 360 degrees as the chicken has come home to roost.

The crux of matter is that the majority of Africans are myopic and naive as to their participation in the sad, sad role of being the cannon fodder and catalyst of slavery, in the main in West Africa. (I am not talking of Arabs and Portuguese)

It is now appropriate that as act of emergency that Africans are educated formally and informally about slavery to alleviate and take this curse, noose and tragic symbolic karma which is gradually choking the continent. Humbly, follow Senegal and Ghana as they are coming to recognition.

The Europeans witnessing how a race of people could sell their own into slavery reinforced this through religion: the curse of ham; the racial colour definition of 'black' and myriads of psycho and mental reproductions such jim crowe, willie lynch to perpetuate the control and power-which fortunately coming to an END!!!

Wed, 2011-07-13 12:57

To know what Africans think

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To know what Africans think of West Indians you have only to observe the disgraceful way most of them treat us here daily, in the UK, when, in fact, many of them are indebted to us for helping them to settle into this country as we were the first ones here in great numbers, both with helping them to find somewhere to live, marrying many of them and helping them to get nationality etc. Yet they treat us like dogs. But that is Africans for you! Of course, they don't so much need us for marriage now since Blair n Brown decided to let them all into the country free anyway!

Tue, 2011-07-12 20:30

she has a good point. lotta

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she has a good point. lotta black men do not care fe de pickneys. Dem run away and do de baby daddy ting. Dem nuh tek responsibility fe dem.

Tue, 2011-07-12 16:27

Slavery helped preserve two parent homes

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My dear commentor,Africa is not cursed,stop getting your knowlegde from bbc and thier famine rubbish,take a trip to Africa and learn for yourself,you sound naive.
Also if you really belive that Africans sold thier peoples into slavery,then you need to see a psychologist.you have been brainwashed.read,read,read---- do your own research.stop waiting for your enemy to educate you.

Tue, 2011-07-12 15:34

I am of Caribbean descendant,

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I am of Caribbean descendant, a proud Creole who has lived and worked in africa for over 25 years; and only Ghana and Senegal acknowledge to some extent their evil role in slavery, as for the other nations it is forgotton. Nigeria wanted to create with the 'Jackson family' a Badagary Theme Park in lagos-where human beingst were killed and once also sold into slavery with the assistance of the different tribes-in the main yorubas and ibos who sold mostly efik, edo and their own...With this back drop africa is cursed...Remember the biafrian war!!! But a curse can be lifted.

So wake up and tell your leaders to repent for selling their own before it is too late... Unfortunately, the real Afrikan leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Queen Nzinga,Asanti, Kenyatta are no more...

Are you so ignorant (as an african) not to ask yourself why myself as author and other who proud asdescendant(s) of slave have european and asian names?

Finally, you idiot I have confronted the Obas, chiefs and kings as to why they sold their own into slavery!!!

I still love Africa despite this, but the Laws of Nature prevail with or without mankind FOR THIS GRAVE SIN OF SLAVERY!!!

Tue, 2011-07-12 17:39

My dear commentor,Africa is

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My dear commentor,Africa is not cursed,stop getting your knowlegde from bbc and thier famine rubbish,take a trip to Africa and learn for yourself,you sound naive.
Also if you really belive that Africans sold thier peoples into slavery,then you need to see a psychologist.you have been brainwashed.read,read,read---- do your own research.stop waiting for your enemy to educate you.

Tue, 2011-07-12 15:30

‘Slavery helped preserve two-parent homes’

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My statement is proverbial and prophetic but europeans and their descendants will have to reap vehemently what they have sowed wickedly... for over 400 years. In the end times nothing can be hidden...You see europeans would not have been able to define us, this has only happened with the ignorant help of africans who captured their own people and sent them into slavery. Alas, africa is now the dark continent with a wound , a curse, as it bereft of compassion or even any sinew or nerve of apologies for sending their own into the hands of a sub-human europeans who have built their empires, countries, states on the blood, sweat and tears of slavery. Europeans have stolen australia, new zealand, canada, america and most of latin america...What a toll to pay...Instead of endeavouring to repent quickly in this cosmic turning point they and she: the germanic european descendants in america add excessive karma by referring to the evil passage of slavery, why? It is inherent in they the european geno-type falsely assume the superior or earthly superiority. Reinforced by the dumb-witted darwinist. Whilst on the otherhand we as descendants of slaves are marred with mental slavery; which is rife especially in africa. The so- called jews use the media, hollywood and archives to remind the world of their holocaust; why have we not reminded the world of the most wicked passage of history i.e. slavery and its impact. Where is our land and monetary reparation.

Tue, 2011-07-12 14:04

‘Slavery helped preserve two-parent homes’

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My statement is proverbial and prophetic but europeans and their descendants will have to reap vehemently what they have sowed wickedly... for over 400 years. In the end times nothing can be hidden...You see europeans would not have been able to define us, this has only happened with the ignorant help of africans who captured their own people and sent them into slavery. Alas, africa is now the dark continent with a wound , a curse, as it bereft of compassion or even any sinew or nerve of apologies for sending their own into the hands of a sub-human europeans who have built their empires, countries, states on the blood, sweat and tears of slavery. Europeans have stolen australia, new zealand, canada, america and most of latin america...What a toll to pay...Instead of endeavouring to repent quickly in this cosmic turning point they and she: the germanic european descendants in america add excessive karma by referring to the evil passage of slavery, why? It is inherent in they the european geno-type falsely assume the superior or earthly superiority. Reinforced by the dumb-witted darwinist. Whilst on the otherhand we as descendants of slaves are marred with mental slavery; which is rife especially in africa. The so- called jews use the media, hollywood and archives to remind the world of their holocaust; why have we not reminded the world of the most wicked passage of history i.e. slavery and its impact. Where is our land and monetary reparation.

Tue, 2011-07-12 14:03

Slavery Helped Preserve Two-Parent Homes’

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What does black people killing black people have to do with the racist remarks that this racist woman make ! the point is people like you want to continue dehumanize us !

Mon, 2011-07-11 14:49

1)First and foremost , go back to school and get an education.

a) When you write a question "What does black people killing black people have to do with the racist remarks that this racist woman make !" you don't put an exclamation mark (!) after it( only a person with a low standard of education would make that elementary mistake). You add a question(?) mark.

b)Here is another example of your very low standard of education, you're supposed to write "that this racist woman "makes" or "made" NOT "that this racist woman make".

c)Here is another example of your extremely low standard of education "the point is people like you want to continue dehumanize us !"
Why didn't the word "the" start with a capitol "T"? After all, it is the first word of a new sentence.

2)When The Voice features a story about a young black male who has been killed by yet ANOTHER black male on the streets of Brixton, Peckham, Dulwich etc Why don't YOU and others with your mindset write comments about how disgusted and concerned you are about the rise and rise of black on black killings?
(NOTE, QUESTION(?) MARK AFTER WRITING A QUESTION )

3)Most of the "educated" black people in London know that the young black thugs who are committing a form of mini-ethnic cleansing by killing other black people in certain parts of London are more likely too have a negative affect on their lives as opposed too what a white person says who is living in the USA.
When you or members of your family walk around at night time in the UK who do you fear most a white person who lives in America or black wannabe thugs loitering "your" streets (?)
Better still , why don't you ask the above question too the black families who have seen their sons and daughters knifed or shot to death by black
"gangsters"?
(NOTE THE QUESTION(?'s) Mark's AFTER WRITING THE QUESTIONS).

Tue, 2011-07-12 09:06

White people and white

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White people and white politicians need to stay out of black people's business and sort out their own white communities as they have problems too, they need to stop poking their noses into our problems as the black community are more than capable of solving their own problems. The last thing we need in these hard times is racist politicians making decisions for us. I am sick and tired of racist politicians dictating on what they think is needed for the black community when they are the same ones oppressing our people, plus they are the original terrorists of this world, they are the mass murderers of all humanity.

Mon, 2011-07-11 17:48

LOL! couldn't agree more

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LOL! couldn't agree more mate. Been telling the Voice n other black people, to wake up for ages but they don't listen. In fact, the Voice's response is to suppress or abridge many of my comments. Well, as my parents used to say, "if u don't hear u will feel"! - saddos!!

Mon, 2011-07-11 14:20

She is a fool to make such an

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She is a fool to make such an ignorant statement. If she was the one who was enslaved she would have difference in her opinion. I tell you I am sick and tired of racist politicians who think they know what's best for black people, they don't even fully understand us and our situation in this particular time. The only people that understand black people is black people.

I am not being funny but why do white politicians think they can solve black problems in the black community? they really don't give a damn about the black community because if they did then we as a black race wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.

Mon, 2011-07-11 14:05

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Michele Bachmann

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Any black person living in London who has not voiced their disgust in The Voice newspaper regarding the rise and rise of black on black thugs that are blighting the lives of black people in this country but finds the time to write a negative comment about what some white women said in in America that isn't affecting the lives of black people in Brixton, Peckham, Clapham, Greenwich ( the places where young black people have been murdering young other black people) then ......SHAME ON YOU. The thugs spilling blood on your "doorsteps" will have a far greater negative on your life and the lives of your families than REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Michele Bachmann ever will.
Let the comments begin!

Mon, 2011-07-11 13:31

Racist

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What does black people killing black people have to do with the racist remarks that this racist woman make ! the point is people like you want to continue dehumanize us !

Mon, 2011-07-11 14:49

Exactly. And the fact every

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Exactly. And the fact every year 20 black youth die in gang violence in London, out of an estimated black population in London of nearly 2 million people shows gang culture is a tiny part of black society in Britain. They say there exist 3000 or so gang members, but because the press give them all the coverage, and no coverage to the many black youth who stay in school, go to university, and get a job, the public have the opinion that every single black man in London belongs to a gang. The media want to cultivate this to help keep their agenda of white supremacy going, and keep black peoples achievements out of the headlines.

Mon, 2011-07-11 15:32

Michele Bechmann on slavery

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The White system has created their havoc since 400 years ago, and while they are so confortable saying horrible things about black people, they need to be constantly reminded that if they did not interfer in our life from Africa in the first place black people would be ok where they are in Africa. Like the Jews are constantly reminding the Germans what they have done during their holcaust, because they controlled the media. Black people should be praying more so that these people, which still believe that slavery was not wrong, need to have judement fall upon them immediately. Have a good day.

Tue, 2011-07-12 13:09

@Mon 15:32 - Common sense

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@Mon 15:32 - Common sense talk! This woman and others like her need to crawl back under the stone from where they came and keep her ignorant, and clearly uneducated mouth shut because she doesn't have a clue what she's talking about!

Tue, 2011-07-12 07:16