Lidia Posted November 27, 2007 Here is the question: Is China Africa's new master? http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=3852&edition=2&ttl=20071127041021 BBC poses a racist question. Why Master? Why must Africa have one? Please try to give your input on this racist question there, as I have. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naden Posted November 27, 2007 The BBC is pure tabloid trash. Taking cheap shots at Africa is always a safe bet but England along with the near-bankrupt bully, the US, know that China is about to leave them in the dust. Sticks and stones, hateful little buggers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cara. Posted November 27, 2007 Wow. How did that get past the editors? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted November 27, 2007 The BBC's 'Have your Say' team are a sad lot. You should read some of the things written in relation to Asylum Seekers, Islam, Race issues etc. Having said that, where are the positive articles/opinion in relation to China? Its all 'oh but look at your human rights record' as if Africa give a stuff about that. China builds roads and infrastructure in Africa and all we here is about their human rights record. Media gone mad! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fabregas Posted November 27, 2007 Lasy year they asked if traditional African languages should be abandoned..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fabregas Posted November 27, 2007 Are African languages important? African languages like Swahili, Yoruba and Somali are now available to read on the internet based encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. The website aims to give every single person an encyclopaedia in their own language no matter how rare and features everything from recipes to biographies. But Wikipedia is dominated by articles written in English for which there are over one million entries. Compare that to African languages where there are just a handful of entries. Swahili is the most widely spoken African language available in text on the net, but in general the presence of African languages is dismal compared to languages spoken in the West. How important is it to be able to read, write and speak an African language? Is English now the most important language in the world? Should people in the developing world still be taught local languages and are they useful for everyday life? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted November 27, 2007 ^^I think they do it to get a reaction, get 10 pages of comments and get a pat on the back from management. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NGONGE Posted November 27, 2007 ^^ The topics might be controversial but you are invited to HAVE your say, remember. If you read some of the replies to this one you will find many reasonable and informative retorts and quite a few humours ones. This is not news reporting. This is a moderated news forum, exactly the same as SOL or any other forum. It may carry the weight of the BBC behind it but it still follows the original (and quite successful) formula for all forums: starting topics that carry a whiff of controversy. You're all spazzing out over nothing as usual... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emperor Posted November 27, 2007 Africa still remains underdeveloped and in dire need of assistance, the west knows that it had always depended on their hand outs and may be trade and investment... they were the big and bully brother or in other words Africa's Master... Until Africa steps out of the dust, learns to develop itself and puts better use it's resources, it will alway remain to be someones subject, Obedient slave... China did it for god's sake, what's wrong with Africa? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
