THE INSULT OF SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
THE INSULT OF SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER IN ALIEN LANGUAGES or THE HAVOC OF CONT/DIASPORA AFRIKANS PROGRAMMED TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES INSTEAD OF IN THEIR OWN CONTAFRIKALANGUAGE , By (c) 2012 by Prof. Afrikadzata Deku, Docteur d'Etat; Doctorat d'Etat (PhD); AFRIKALION@AOL.COM ,
In other words, beyond all the rationalizations and excuses, lies the tragic fact that foreign languages have been imposed on use to ensure our linguistic stagnation, rottenness, decay and death.
Our use of English did not and is not meant to develop Continental Afrikans in any way.
The use of foreign languages has been imposed on us to ensure our underdevelopment, our dependency, and our inferiority.
Any time we use foreign languages we are constantly reminding ourselves of our inferiority of those whose languages we have become slaves to.
Any time we use any of our slave/ colonial languages, we proclaim to the "white" we are nothing without them.
Any time we use English/French/Portuguese in lieu of our own Continental Afrikan language to talk to one another, we reduce ourselves to the level of stones.
What we are saying is that even animals in the jungle are more intelligent than us.
Simply because unlike us, they have The Power to speak to each other in their own languages.
A dog does not use cat's language to communicate to his/her fellow dog. Neither does a cat communicate with a cat in a dog's language.
A dog speaks to a dog in a dog's language. So does the cat. So do the British to each other. So do the French to each other.
Do we think "white" people will speak to each other in Continental Afrikan language? Will the Jews accept to adopt Arabic language to communicate with their fellow Jews?
Will the British accept let alone give up their right to their own created English language to the Chinese or Japanese because they have been forced to do so?
Can you imagine telling the Japanese or Chinese that the only way for them to communicate with themselves and the outside world is the abandonment of their languages in favor of Foreign languages?
They will think you are crazy or sick.
But to millions of Continental Afrikans turned into slaves and prisoners by foreign languages at home and abroad, there is nothing crazy or sickening about their total love, admiration and total acceptance of foreign languages as the language we cannot do without.
Consequently, we spend the best of our lives to "master" the English language while others are flying to the moon.
We believe with all our hearts that the English language is ours as much as it is for the "white."
We even believe the lie that English language is no more foreign but universal and belongs to none.
It is everybody's language, "Black" and "White" alike. It is only a tool. A means of communication. It is international. It does not matter whether one is "black" or "white."
What matters is one's ability to use it for our benefits. English has nothing to do with politics. It is neutral. It has nothing to do with "black" and "white." It is simply a language.
Whatever our defenses might be for preferring foreign languages to our Continental Afrikan language, the fact still remains that English language is a political tool in the hands of British and its White Prodigal Son, White USA to conquer, dominate, control, use and dehumanize us as Continental Afrikans.
The French, in the same way, use their French language to de- Afrikanize Continental Afrikans under their control by keeping them totally or partially ignorant of the mastery and use of their native Afrikan Languages they were programmed to look down upon and dismissed as irrelevant to their success in the world and in life .
The Arabs do the same with their Arabic language by imposing and bribing and rewarding more and more Arabanized Continental/Diaspora Afrikans under their domination, control and influence to prefer their Arabic Language to their Continental Afrikan Languages they consider inferior and less important to their Arabic Language
In other words, it is no accident that Diaspora Afrikans in USA do not have a language of their own.
It is not by accident that they have given up all hope of creating their own Continental Afrikan language in USA.
Their "white" masters will not tolerate any attempt on their part to reject their "language" for their own language.
That is why no one talks about it. Because they know what will happen to them if they do so.
By COPYRIGHT (2012) Prof Afrikadzata Deku, Docteur d'Etat, PhD; *Doctorat d'Etat (Ph.D.) * D.E.S.S. (M. Phil) * Diplome De L' I.I.A.P.(Post-Grad. Dipl.) * M.Sc. * BA. Double Majors *,
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