Mr. Sidibeh:
The reality in our approach to one Gambia is our willingness to embrace things
that we share affectionately, and disband the negatives that divide us.
Our approach in understanding and properly communicating our intended message
to our audience will clearly define our strategy.
Tribalism is the same as racism. If you are Black, mainstream US will not
define you by your tribe, but by your race. If we hold true that our race is
integral in how we are defined, then we can clearly change our approach to our
tribal sentiments.
Naphiyo,
Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:27:50 +0000 Edi Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Not everyone but few, will feel comfortable accepting the fact that they are
tribalist. This denial of facts mean there will never come any changes in our
attitudes regarding tribalism. Again if we accept the fact that we are
tribalist then we are ready to change and discuss the issue effectively with
openness. This comes to my mind when Beran is calling for invitation to
forming a broader base Gambian organization and the difficulties they have
encountered in their first session. If a root of an organization is wollof,
mandingoes will not be pleased and therefore formed their own organization to
challenge the existing one. The proper example is the mighty post which was
formed because they are not satisfied with the rules and regulations of the GL
and her personnel. I am not saying that all those in the mighty post are
mandinkas or wollofs but just making a point on how African particularly
Gambian will be problematic to form a broad base organization.
There is however, one golden rule: Do not express your anger in a way that
might harm yourself or others. We will have to speak from our own experiences
by using words like, "I think", "I feel", "I am angry", "I am experiencing
such and such". We will have to be realistic in finding out and saying or
expressing our needs and wants hence other people are not mind readers. for
example, I will like X, is that okay with you than to say, this is what I
like and is what I will get no more no less. We should be prepare to
negotiate, because others have their own agendas, too. We should stop blaming
other people and say accusatively, "you didn't or did this and that. We need
to find a true target of our anger and refrain from always blaming or accuse
other of it.
Edi
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