Fundamental Elements of "Black on Black" Racism
This article is about intra-racial discrimination . Black racism is fundamentally rooted in the historical, systematic oppression of people of African descent. In my first year in senior secondary school, we paid a visit to the Slave Trade museum center in Badagry, Lagos state . It was one of the most heart-wrenching experiences in the early phases of my life, as I was only 13 at the time, and my perspective on humanity changed forever. Before the visit to the Badagry museum, I had only read about racism via Literature and movies; I had never experienced the ambience of hostility, as I was predominantly among my own people, fellow Nigerians. Fundamental Elements of "Black on Black" Racism We were privileged to see the point of no return; however, on our visit to the monumental environment, we were reminded that, as black persons, our forefathers and ancestors were taken overseas to work on a plantation in Europe or across America in exchange for mundane products such as gun...
