THE BLIGHT OF BAD SUCCESS – PART 2Another horrid side of bad success borders on slave trade. Many years ago, slavery was common throughout the world. It was born out of devilish inclinations. A slave is anyone in captivity or an oppressive state that has been stripped of all fundamental human rights. Every slave belongs to a slave- master. During the slave trade era, human beings were sold like commodities in open markets. Slavery was widespread in Africa. Slaves were abused, brutalized and sometimes used as human sacrifices to local deities. It is estimated that over 75 million Africans died while being shipped to various slave trade markets in the Americas, in Europe and other destinations due to horrible conditions they underwent in transport vessels. During the arduous voyages by sea, they were usually packed like sardines in the most unsanitary conditions. Slaves were often in chains. Some even had their lips padlocked, while others were blindfolded for many days, weeks or months.The trans-Atlantic slave trade flourished for about four centuries. African leaders were also guilty of human trade atrocities. They sold their fellow Africans as slaves for a pittance to Europeans who invaded African cities, exchanging human lives for western artifacts, guns and other commodities. Coastal communities in African nations bore the brunt of those despicable activities. African leaders audaciously traded their sons and daughters for insignificant cutlery, alcohol and worthless trinkets. In very many developed Countries of the world, slavery was practiced extensively. Children were sold as slaves by parents who used them as collateral to secure loans, which they often failed to repay. Female slaves were used for sex. And when they contacted sexually transmitted diseases, they were discarded like garbage and left to die. Slavery is generally a crippling and dehumanizing act that brings about a sense of inferiority, fear, depression, misery, sorrow and pain to its victims. It causes premature death. It is evil, an aberration and a calamity to humanity. Some historians believe that the total number of Africans killed or abducted as slaves were over a 100 million.Racism is another blight of bad success. It is the shameful and appalling ideological phenomenon that surprisingly still rears its ugly head in many parts of the world and in various strata of humanity. It is the stereotyped and prejudiced belief that some races are superior to others in terms of ideologies, resources, attitude, power, technological advancement and so on. Racism is a primitive, crude, immoral, outrageous, unreasonable and unfounded philosophy of people who inanely opt to dwell in darkness in the midst of light. It is senseless to believe that the colour of a person’s skin affects his or her intellect or potentials. There is no human being on Earth that had a choice regarding the race, family or religion that he or she was born into. Racism is born out of hatred and self-deceit. It is an absurdity. Racism and slavery are two faces of the same coin. Racism is an infringement on the fundamental human rights of others.Enjoy!

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