You actually speak to Africans on a regular basis? Lets just say I lived there myself, which I don't, but lets say I did. What good would it do for someone to mention to my face about the wealth of my area? Its not like anyone who says "Africa is poor" either cares about it much or has the ability to do something about it even if they wanted to.
Its easy for an outsider to just say its a poor place and carry on their taken-for-granted life but the person living it might not want to hear it. Perhaps its a problem with how things are run in the higher ups or some other problem that we don't deal with to really understand why. Still, mentioning it doesn't solve anything, I'd get mad too.
People are doing things about it. They go on television asking for money to be sent to Africa. Whenever someone brings any of this up around people from the country they get upset. I think that would be considered helping. They even drop crates of food for the poor starving people of Africa. While Africans tell people how stupid they are for thinking they needed help. So what exactly is the point of all these people asking for money on behalf of the sick, dying, African people?
That's the same question I have been trying to figure out. Not saying that anyone would be ungrateful, but instead of just donating food, they should invest in the economy and agriculture if they want to see long term improvement.
Is it normal Africans get mad when you say Africa is poor when it is?
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You actually speak to Africans on a regular basis? Lets just say I lived there myself, which I don't, but lets say I did. What good would it do for someone to mention to my face about the wealth of my area? Its not like anyone who says "Africa is poor" either cares about it much or has the ability to do something about it even if they wanted to.
Its easy for an outsider to just say its a poor place and carry on their taken-for-granted life but the person living it might not want to hear it. Perhaps its a problem with how things are run in the higher ups or some other problem that we don't deal with to really understand why. Still, mentioning it doesn't solve anything, I'd get mad too.
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People are doing things about it. They go on television asking for money to be sent to Africa. Whenever someone brings any of this up around people from the country they get upset. I think that would be considered helping. They even drop crates of food for the poor starving people of Africa. While Africans tell people how stupid they are for thinking they needed help. So what exactly is the point of all these people asking for money on behalf of the sick, dying, African people?
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That's the same question I have been trying to figure out. Not saying that anyone would be ungrateful, but instead of just donating food, they should invest in the economy and agriculture if they want to see long term improvement.