Edited by Frederique Lanoix, Tuesday, 2 Apr 2024, 16:57
In a short video about Diane Abbott, Sky news (2023, April 23) starts by stating that the MP killed her own career for pointing out the fact that Jewish people do not have the same experience of racism and cannot understand what it means to face racist attacks because of your skin colour.
Whilst it has been acknowledged by the Jews, that they suffered 6 million deaths in WW2, what Diane Abbott was trying to say is that the black community has a very strong experience of racism which cannot be replicated unless you are a descendent of the slave trade survivors which involved 3 continents, namely Africa, Europe and America.
When the slave trade was in operation "more than 15 million" African men, women and children (United Nations. (n.d.) died as a result of it. This does not include all the genocides and persecutions suffered by the first nations in Africa, the US and elsewhere during the same period of time.
Black people have to "live" (Terrance Carney,2016) with their skin which are seen by others as being subhuman has a profound effect on the victims of racist attacks. Hence, the nature of having more melanin is totally different from being a white Jewish person who can decide to hide his/her background whenever it is suited.
This is why, I do not understand why a black woman expressing her point of view about her own community labelled as despicable. This is barbaric and totally well out of order.
Whoopi Goldberg experienced the same idiocy recently, and she is still a prominent figure in her local community. Why? Because she did nothing to the Jewish community. Today, it seems to be the same sickening behaviour, happening in terms of discrimination against a black woman.
So, I must voice my anger over the lynching that is currently taking place.
It is important to have a historical background check fact, in order to make sure that we know the reasons why Diane Abbott is right.
The fact that Jewish people claim to be the only victims worth to speak up against the Nazi regime is mind blowing. "No one is 100 percent certain of the number of people who died in World War 2 but it experts believe the figure is around the 50-70 million people killed in as a result of World War 2." (How Many People Died In World War 2 | World War 2 Casualties, 2017)
This fact only teaches us that 50 or 70 Million - 6 Million is equal to between 44 to 64 Million people died in WW2. This in addition to the Jewish community.
Hence, the jews were not the only one who suffered from the Nazi regime. Indeed, the regime used the same stupid and inaccurate arguments, not just to exterminate the Jews but also against people of colour and the travelling community, for example.
For instance, “Travelling people were the second-largest group slaughtered by the Nazis. The Roma stood up against the Nazis, but that is not shown in the media.” (LazenbyMonday, 2023)“
Furthermore, The BBC (Soldiers of the Caribbean: Britain’s forgotten war heroes, 2015) listed those who Who fought for Britain during World War II as the below:
The British Empire and Dominions raised a total of 8,586,000 men for military service
More than 5,000,000 came from the British Isles
1,440,500 hailed from India, while 136,000 came from South Africa
Of those who fought 629,000 were Canadians
413,000 came from Australia and 128,500 from New Zealand
More than 134,000 travelled from other colonies, including some 10,000 from the Caribbean
The organisation Worldwar2.org.uk(How Many People Died In World War 2 | World War 2 Casualties, 2017) adds that the estimated casualties for :
Germany reached just under 7.4 million.
Soviet soldiers it was roughly around 8.7 million
British 700,000 military casualties and 60,000 civilian deaths
Estimated USSR losses now stand at 26.6 million.
Poland’s death toll was between 5.6 and 5.8 million.
USA military dead is around 416,800 people
Casualties listed here include about 4 to 12 million war-related famine deaths in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, India that are often omitted from other compilations of World War II casualties.
Furthermore, these are estimated numbers and it does not take into account the “ More than 44,000 American Indians, out of a total Native American population of less than 400,000, who served with distinction between 1941 and 1945 in all theaters of the war” Magazine, S. (2020) and the soldiers from Senegal, Mali, Benin, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Pierre et Miquelon, Nouvelle Calédonie, French Guiana, French Polynesia etc…
Lastly, "It is estimated that close to 250,000 disabled people were murdered under the Nazi regime."(Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Disabled people, 2023)
To conclude, it seems strange to me to see a nationwide witch hunt against a Black woman who has ancestors who paid the price in WW2 and who have endured so much more due to slavery, colonialism, racism, discrimination, misogyny, eugenics, white supremacist and now Zionism.
This is why Diane Abbott is right when stating her opinion on an issue that she experiences herself.
She has the right to say that living in a skin that white people do not appreciate, value or respect is tiring.
Hence, she does not need,as a Black person, to be held accountable for the lack of decency shown by their white counterparts.
Diane Abbott
In a short video about Diane Abbott, Sky news (2023, April 23) starts by stating that the MP killed her own career for pointing out the fact that Jewish people do not have the same experience of racism and cannot understand what it means to face racist attacks because of your skin colour.
Whilst it has been acknowledged by the Jews, that they suffered 6 million deaths in WW2, what Diane Abbott was trying to say is that the black community has a very strong experience of racism which cannot be replicated unless you are a descendent of the slave trade survivors which involved 3 continents, namely Africa, Europe and America.
When the slave trade was in operation "more than 15 million" African men, women and children (United Nations. (n.d.) died as a result of it. This does not include all the genocides and persecutions suffered by the first nations in Africa, the US and elsewhere during the same period of time.
Black people have to "live" (Terrance Carney,2016) with their skin which are seen by others as being subhuman has a profound effect on the victims of racist attacks. Hence, the nature of having more melanin is totally different from being a white Jewish person who can decide to hide his/her background whenever it is suited.
This is why, I do not understand why a black woman expressing her point of view about her own community labelled as despicable. This is barbaric and totally well out of order.
Whoopi Goldberg experienced the same idiocy recently, and she is still a prominent figure in her local community. Why? Because she did nothing to the Jewish community. Today, it seems to be the same sickening behaviour, happening in terms of discrimination against a black woman.
So, I must voice my anger over the lynching that is currently taking place.
It is important to have a historical background check fact, in order to make sure that we know the reasons why Diane Abbott is right.
The fact that Jewish people claim to be the only victims worth to speak up against the Nazi regime is mind blowing. "No one is 100 percent certain of the number of people who died in World War 2 but it experts believe the figure is around the 50-70 million people killed in as a result of World War 2." (How Many People Died In World War 2 | World War 2 Casualties, 2017)
This fact only teaches us that 50 or 70 Million - 6 Million is equal to between 44 to 64 Million people died in WW2. This in addition to the Jewish community.
Hence, the jews were not the only one who suffered from the Nazi regime. Indeed, the regime used the same stupid and inaccurate arguments, not just to exterminate the Jews but also against people of colour and the travelling community, for example.
For instance, “Travelling people were the second-largest group slaughtered by the Nazis. The Roma stood up against the Nazis, but that is not shown in the media.” (LazenbyMonday, 2023)“
Furthermore, The BBC (Soldiers of the Caribbean: Britain’s forgotten war heroes, 2015) listed those who Who fought for Britain during World War II as the below:
The organisation Worldwar2.org.uk (How Many People Died In World War 2 | World War 2 Casualties, 2017) adds that the estimated casualties for :
Casualties listed here include about 4 to 12 million war-related famine deaths in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, India that are often omitted from other compilations of World War II casualties.
Furthermore, these are estimated numbers and it does not take into account the “ More than 44,000 American Indians, out of a total Native American population of less than 400,000, who served with distinction between 1941 and 1945 in all theaters of the war” Magazine, S. (2020) and the soldiers from Senegal, Mali, Benin, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Pierre et Miquelon, Nouvelle Calédonie, French Guiana, French Polynesia etc…Lastly, "It is estimated that close to 250,000 disabled people were murdered under the Nazi regime."(Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Disabled people, 2023)
To conclude, it seems strange to me to see a nationwide witch hunt against a Black woman who has ancestors who paid the price in WW2 and who have endured so much more due to slavery, colonialism, racism, discrimination, misogyny, eugenics, white supremacist and now Zionism.
This is why Diane Abbott is right when stating her opinion on an issue that she experiences herself.
She has the right to say that living in a skin that white people do not appreciate, value or respect is tiring.
Hence, she does not need,as a Black person, to be held accountable for the lack of decency shown by their white counterparts.
Reference
- Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Disabled people. (2023). Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/nazi-persecution/disabled-people/
- How Many People Died In World War 2 | World War 2 Casualties. (2017). World War 2. Available at: https://worldwar2.org.uk/how-many-people-died-in-world-war-2
- LazenbyMonday, P.(2023). Gypsies and travellers under continual attack. [online] Morning Star. Available at: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gypsies-and-travellers-under-continual-attack.
- Magazine, S. (2020). Native Americans Have Always Answered the Call to Serve: National VFW Day 2020. Smithsonian Voices | National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2020/09/29/national-vfw-day/
- Soldiers of the Caribbean: Britain’s forgotten war heroes. (2015). BBC News. [online] 13 May. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32703753.
- Sky News(2023). Will Jewish racism comments end Diane Abbott’s political career? [Video]. YouTube. , Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBIwxZ-Hl8&ab_channel=SkyNews (Accessed April 24, 2023).
- Terrance Carney(2016). Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Disorder [Video]. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGjSday7f_8&ab_channel=TerranceCarney (Accessed April 24, 2023). (from 3.50 min
- United Nations. (n.d.). Slave Trade | United Nations. https://www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent/slave-trade#:~:text=International%20Day%20of%20Remembrance%20of%20the%20Victims%20of%20Slavery%20and,darkest%20chapters%20in%20human%20history.