Ghana Offers Discounted Land for Black Americans
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/ghana-to-black-americans-come-home-well-help-you-build-a-life-here/2020/07/03/1b11a914-b4e3-11ea-9a1d-d3db1cbe07ce_story.html
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As the United States again confronts its history of racism, as outrage again erupts over police killings, leaders in Ghana say they’re rolling out the welcome mat for black Americans who want to get away from the turmoil.The government has negotiated with local chiefs to earmark 500 acres of land near the nation’s center for newcomers, carving out enough space for about 1,500 families. Survey and registration fees are waived for members of the African diaspora.
The effort grew out of a public campaign called the Year of Return, which attracted a record number of tourists to the West African country last year — four centuries after the first slave ship reached Virginia — and aims to convert visitors to residents with special land deals, expatriate guides and easier paths to citizenship.
We want to remind our kin over there that there is a place you can escape to,” said Akwasi Agyeman, chief executive of the Ghana Tourism Authority. “That is Africa.”
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My impulse is to tell the Ghanian government to stick it in their ear.
Any black Americans who don't feel like Americans are welcome to go live somewhere else. Any white Americans also. Like Phibbs, I am Welsh-English. If either of those countries insulted me and my country by implying that I'd be happier living over there, they would get a figurative boot up the ass.
Boo hiss on Ghana for confusing those BLM shallow hearts with the black American population in toto.
And not for nuttin, anybody wanting to give up their American citizenship might discover that it ain't that easy. And if you do manage to do that, you can't come back. So they might want to think twice about giving up all that they have here for beautiful downtown Ghana.
How's about them apples?
