I tell you  both this also from other  personal experiences not because of my Arab origin but from our very own African bothers in Gambia who call All Nigerians  Crooks  and drug dealers which is far from the truth just because there are some example of Nigerian drug dealers that they know . My wife is from Nigeria and I know that some of the best Africans that have contributed to the advancement of the continent are Nigerians.

I wish we all would take into consideration the younger generation that also listen to us. If they hear us preaching hate they will live with hate  and it will go down for generations . The  typical example we see now is The Palestinian/Israeli /Arab  /Jewish conflict.  Both sides tell their children How evil the others are without letting them know the causes of the animosity and how to resolve the problems peacefully. Thus the endless cycle of violence

Well , I spoke too much. Best regards for now

Habib

>From: "Yusupha C. Jow" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Excerpt from Islam's Black Slaves:The other Black Diaspora >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:08:13 EST > >Brother Faye: >I feel your pain but such generalizations are dangerous. In fact, one of my >first big bust-ups on the L was because I took up one of the esteemed >contributors we had here cuz he painted a great sub-section of the >African-American statement with a broad brush by literally calling them >niggers. When I stood up for what was right, the majority of this list >cowered in their holes and refused to do the right thing. In essence, it is >not the Gambian style to speak against injustice. We like to stay mute and >either get trampled on or see other perpetrating the most horrible crimes on >others. To me, this is truly a sad phenomena. > >Anyway, this is the reason I brought it up and I am very glad you were able >to address my concerns reasonably. In the meantime, I beseech you to >apologize to members of the list who are Gambians of Arab origin. There are >many of them on the list and while you don't have to heed my call, it would >be the right thing to do lest we give the impression that the Gambia-L is a >haven for bigots. > >Much respect! > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~