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WAPO Urges American Blacks Tired of “Racism” to Move to Ghana
An essay published May 18 by The Washington Post suggests that black Americans who have grown “tired” of America’s supposed hostility against them should consider relocating to Ghana, stating, “Sometimes, leaving is the most powerful form of resistance.”
In her piece titled “For African Americans tired of U.S. hostility, Ghana is still calling,” columnist Karen Attiah points to the famous black activist W.E.B. Du Bois, who moved to Ghana in 1961.
“In 1961, 93-year-old Black scholar and historian W.E.B. Du Bois moved to Ghana, and soon after he was granted Ghanaian citizenship. He had endured Jim Crow racism, FBI surveillance and the confiscation of his passport by the United States, and decided it was enough,” Attiah relates.
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