Are Zambians who grew up outside of Zambia more sensitive to racism ?
Are Zambians and by this i mean indigenous black Zambians or black Zambian descendants who have spent a lot of time outside of Zambia more sensitive to racism ? I had a recent discussion with a childhood friend who for lack of a better term has spent the majority of his life in Zambia. This childhood friend is plugged into the incel, Christian right wing echo chamber where the Tucker Carlsons and Charlie Kirk’s are king.
So Me and this so called ‘friend’ are at constant loggerheads because of our different views of racism. I have spent a large part of my life ‘behind enemy lines’ and have seen all types of racism from subtle micro aggressions to full on Mississippi burning type overt racism. I have had friends who have lost babies due to medical negligence from doctors who did not believe that they were in that much pain due to their race. To even having teachers actively sabotaging black children simply because they showed ambition. One story that happened was a Mz***u teacher asked me what i wanted to do and i stated i wanted to be a ******* and the mz***u teacher laughed and said your people need to stick to blue collar work as statistics show that we fail at such jobs, this was despite me beating the whole class in grades. This has somewhat radicalised and has made be very vociferous towards injustice caused by one groups perceived racial superiority.
This friend thinks i am overly sensitive and making excuses as a black person because had i had stayed in Zambia i would not have those opportunities. This friend has set foot outside of the country for a short period of time to visit the west and the smiles he got when he travelled is enough evidence that racism is not that bad and people like me are just overly paranoid. Anytime i am in Zambia i point out things of how global invasivr racism affects us from attitudes, how foreigners are treated, favourable business practices to them and even how foreigners act but this friend says its all in my head. I have nearly even come to blows with some of these foreigners in Zambia.
Anyway not to bore you with all the details , the question is as per the headline. I have heard from black people who were born in the west voice their concerns how a lot of Black Africans do not understand racism like someone who has lived in the west