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Sukant Chandan …Spare a thought for the Uighurs! Don’t worry about China. China's army is perhaps bigger than NATO’s; and it has nuclear weapons. NATO don't mess with countries with Nuclear weapons. Plus, China owns the American economy; and a huge part of the EU economy. So, don’t worry mate, there’ll be no repeat of the Iraq/Libya big fish against small fry bullying disasters. In other words, China can take care of itself. It will more than stand up to USA and European bullies; if asked a question. But, the Uighurs have nothing and no one! Dar Al Islam's silence is deafening! Uighurs can’t even speak for themselves. They’re not allowed. Doesn’t that concern you just a little? Enjoy the break Claudine > On 17 Dec 2020, at 14:53, Sukant Chandan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > A lot of imperialist war propaganda being pushed to justify the western war against China. Like Iraq 2003, like Libya 2011, don’t believe everything you hear and watch out for the big agenda. > >> On 17 Dec 2020, at 14:44, CLAUDINE Boothe <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Siblings >> >> Greetings >> >> History is repeating itself, with a twist! >> >> The Chinese are now using Muslim Uighurs, the way Muslim Arabs >> and Christian Europeans, used enslaved African labour for industrial >> development. >> >> Meanwhile, both the West and the Middle East have so far remained >> systemically schtum on this emerging Sino-Slavery ethos; because both >> Races are fully aware of the historical precedence they themselves >> had set. >> >> And so, even if Pot cannot, or shouldn’t call kettle Black! Or want to call >> it stainless steel; Africans can justifiably call the Uighurs' experience >> Blackness! >> >> Of course, the Chinese are beside themselves with retribution. For them, >> this particular revenge is very sweet; given that they regard the Uighurs >> as descendants of Islamic Mongols so-called Golden Hordes, who >> invaded, dominated and enslaved Han Chinese in the 13-14th Century. >> >> And in the Twentieth Century, Japanese Empire enslaved and genocided >> millions of Chinese. Retribution for this is imminent. Han Chinese >> will never forgive the Japanese for those atrocities. >> >> Historically, The Japanese are to Han Chinese; what Western Europeans >> are to Africans; or what Anglo-Saxons are to the Irish/Scottish Celts. >> Both Chinese and Irish suffered what could only be described as a kind of >> blackness; before and during the becoming or development of African >> Blackness. >> >> It could help our politics, if (Black) historians knew and discussed these >> histories as 'contextual’ Blackness and/or Reparation Discourses. Valuable >> Allies can be made. We are not alone! That was the great gift that George >> Floyd’s death taught us! We must do justice to it, by building on this gift; >> without being asked or invited. >> >> First we should understand that: the Uighur's experience is retribution for >> ancestral crimes. In other words, the Uighurs are being made to pay a kind of >> reparation; which makes me wonder, how many Diasporic Africans secretly wish >> they could do to descendants of Arabs and Europeans what their ancestors did >> to our ancestors? Most importantly, should this particularly kind of ‘wishful thinking’ >> place us on the side of the Chinese? Where should we draw the line of morality; >> if any should be drawn? >> >> Or should we play the ’Neo-Neo Liberal hypocrisy card; by scolding or >> disparaging the Chinese, for avenging their ancestors; given that, according >> to our ancestors:- >> >> " If yu kyan (can’t) kech (catch) Kwaku, yu kech (catch) im shut (shirt)”. >> English translation of which is: “If you cannot punish someone who’s done >> you wrong; his relative or descendant will do. >> >> These questions should be contemplated. >> >> Muslims and Islamicate societies are silent on the Uighur matter; and will remain >> so; because, they’re morally unable to condemn China; without addressing or >> confronting their own histories. Imagine Saudi Arabia and Oman condemning China; >> two Islamic Countries which pioneered the enslavement of Africans and where slavery >> currently exist. Or imagine UN and AU reprimanding China; with their record of Islamic >> Slavery in member countries; such as:- Nigeria, Chad, Mauritania, Libya, Ghana etc. >> It really would be pot calling kettle... >> >> But a reckoning is imminent. China trades with Islamic Countries; which legally cannot >> condone enslavement of Muslims; so things should get very interesting, if or whenever >> China tries to trade goods produced by Uighur slave labour, to Islamic Countries. >> Perhaps this is already happening; and is not being mapped. >> >> These are the type of analyses our historians should be developing. An entire University >> department of ‘International Relations’ students, should be studying these dynamics; >> for trans-modern implications of current and future World Trade. But Eurocentric >> IR Syllabi must first be decolonised, urgently. >> >> Nevertheless, what the Chinese are doing to the Uighurs is reprehensible and >> must be condemned for the good of humanity! The problem is that no one can make >> China do anything these days. So the Uighurs are in big trouble! Perhaps several >> generations worth. The number of generations could be dependent on Arab/Islamicate >> willingness to pay reparations, for ravaging Africans and pillaging their lands; both in >> past and present times. This would set new precedence in International Law; one >> that even China could not ignore. Generations of Uighurs could then have the right to >> sue China for reparations. China itself, may even use such a law to clobber Japan >> for past atrocities. >> >> Black academics should be demanding that Islam pay reparations; so that Muslims >> can be paid reparations; or to protect Global Muslims. After all, Sino enslavement of >> Muslims could replicate in any number of countries with minority Muslim populations; >> as reprisal for historic or contemporary Islamic rapine and enslavement; which is why >> China must not be allowed to get away with Uighur enslavement. But we must take >> our lead on what to do about it, from Islam. >> >> Moreover, somehow, in ways that we haven't yet fathomed; what China does to the >> Uighurs, may have serious implications for Countries which incur future Sino displeasure >> of any sort; including debt repayment terms. History has taught us that what is done >> to one people, usually forms template for treatment of others. England's colonisation >> of the Irish and Scots, were later rolled out in Africa, on a greater scale. For example, >> Oliver Cromwell’s trafficking and enslavement of Irish peasants to the Caribbean, >> resulted in trafficking and enslavement of Africans, to the so-called New World. >> >> And so, we can rightly assume that China’s treatment of Uighur people, signals that she >> will have her 'pound of flesh’ ruthlessly; by whatever means necessary; however long it >> takes; even 7-800 years. Africans should heed this message; for several reasons, in >> dealings with China. >> >> Enjoy your break! Hope you have a better 2021. >> >> Ancestral guidance >> Claudine >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES&A=1 <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES&A=1> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/BRITISHBLACKSTUDIES, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/