Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Response to A White Man’s Burden By: Khushbu Chawla

We appreciate that you want to help us become better people yet we don’t understand what is wrong with the way we live. As friendship means to accept the person as who he/she is how come you want to change us? Now friendship is what you want? If it is friendship you want we are more than willingly going to accept you as you are. Hoping it will be the same from your side too. Though, if it is a burden on you, you might as well just leave because if it isn’t friendship you want then we cannot give you anything. We would appreciate you just as much if you would not try to change us for it is our destiny that we are living this way. We aren’t half child- half devil but if you provoke our humbleness we might as well let you know we will stand up, even if it is against those weird shaped funny arms. We will not let you take us in captive we will not work for you as servants. We believe we all are god’s children and therefore we are equal not less nor more.

-From an East African Tribe

-Chief Machemba’s Tribe

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