I was just at a function and some fool was telling me how South Korean was poorer than “Africa” in the 60s. Oh dear….I thought, another idiot! And they come in suit and tie and smart titles etc. Africa…that word? 52 countries are reduce to one genre…Anyway, I calmly told the “no brain” that Africa, unlike South Korea…did not have a communist neighbor to the North…that had just won a war against a super power; the same super power was determine to stop the domino effect… Vietnam,,,etc. Moral of the story…the stereotypes and racist orientation is still strong. This fool..in the end…”admitted” it was something about our race, that explains why “its so bad there”. History and factual events is an excuse when it comes to “Africa”. I reminded him that NO nation (i have read economic history and he has not) has not developed economically without the “support” of an a superior economic power. Africa has not had that “privileged”. Anyway, I was there to talk about mobile technology…and I had to “engaged” this plunker!
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