Comments on: Black or white? http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/ African business, politics and lifestyle Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: LEX LUGGER http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-3961 LEX LUGGER Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:18:34 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=1646#comment-3961 I like MJ I think he is the greatest musican of all time! I feel that MJ was bigger than Elivs or the Beatles or anybody else. He defitnely was the most recongized musican around the world, but didn't all black people around the world disown MJ. I remeber other black people say on TV when he was alive that they hated the fact he tried to change his skin color(Which MJ denied and he said he had a skin disorder, and was never proven that he bleached his skin). Africans are the darkest people in the world so why would all of Africa now like MJ? Why would all the black people now after his death all like him so much? I like MJ I think he is the greatest musican of all time! I feel that MJ was bigger than Elivs or the Beatles or anybody else. He defitnely was the most recongized musican around the world, but didn’t all black people around the world disown MJ. I remeber other black people say on TV when he was alive that they hated the fact he tried to change his skin color(Which MJ denied and he said he had a skin disorder, and was never proven that he bleached his skin). Africans are the darkest people in the world so why would all of Africa now like MJ? Why would all the black people now after his death all like him so much?

]]> By: Fakhreldin Karar http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-3916 Fakhreldin Karar Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:11:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=1646#comment-3916 For an African like me who loves his continent very much, MJ will always be cherished as a great person, a human being par excellence. He is The King. His talents will have no equal for a long time to come. His humanistic nature and concern for the most vulnerable and destitute will live on. We still remember how he contributed to the "We are the World" effort that helped alleviate much of the suffering caused by famine in East Africa. I mourned him deeply as a Sudanese who felt indebted to this legendary man. May Allah rest his soul in peace. For an African like me who loves his continent very much, MJ will always be cherished as a great person, a human being par excellence. He is The King. His talents will have no equal for a long time to come. His humanistic nature and concern for the most vulnerable and destitute will live on. We still remember how he contributed to the “We are the World” effort that helped alleviate much of the suffering caused by famine in East Africa. I mourned him deeply as a Sudanese who felt indebted to this legendary man. May Allah rest his soul in peace.

]]> By: Daisy http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-3825 Daisy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:07:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=1646#comment-3825 Looking at those two pictures its hard to believe that they are of the same person, the kid above is a happy and proud black boy, the other picture is of a disillusioned sad white man. Looking at those two pictures its hard to believe that they are of the same person, the kid above is a happy and proud black boy, the other picture is of a disillusioned sad white man.

]]> By: John Brown http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-3817 John Brown Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:24:10 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=1646#comment-3817 Who wrote this article? How did you come up with the conclusion that lots of people followed the event? Did you conduct a research? This is continent where the majority of people dont have a TV at home and probably dont even know American celebrities. I am just tired of people claiming to know and speak for Africans Who wrote this article? How did you come up with the conclusion that lots of people followed the event? Did you conduct a research? This is continent where the majority of people dont have a TV at home and probably dont even know American celebrities.

I am just tired of people claiming to know and speak for Africans

]]> By: Coolest African Alive http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-3810 Coolest African Alive Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:42:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=1646#comment-3810 I was amazed by the amount of people that were weeping for MJ in Southern Africa, from Pretoria to Harare. Clearly he had an incredible social impact on them, and he shall forever live in our hearts as one of us, despite his all the things that happened in the latter years of his life I was amazed by the amount of people that were weeping for MJ in Southern Africa, from Pretoria to Harare. Clearly he had an incredible social impact on them, and he shall forever live in our hearts as one of us, despite his all the things that happened in the latter years of his life

]]> By: Sombo http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2009/07/08/black-or-white/comment-page-1/#comment-3809 Sombo Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:42:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=1646#comment-3809 My attitude towards Jackson is similar to the one I have for Thomas Jefferson. Like Jefferson, Jackson was a brilliant man who had a strong impact on the world, but whose views or at least my perception of their views or attitude towards my black race leaves a lot to be desired. so I am ambivalent. Sombo My attitude towards Jackson is similar to the one I have for Thomas Jefferson. Like Jefferson, Jackson was a brilliant man who had a strong impact on the world, but whose views or at least my perception of their views or attitude towards my black race leaves a lot to be desired. so I am ambivalent.
Sombo

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