Reynolds pussyfoots around the obvious AGAIN A whining piece about genocide in Africa ignores the obvious. Nobody gives a shit about Black people. Period. Especially not American Black politicians. Slavery in the Sudan isn't mentioned because it is Blacks doing it to other Blacks. The deliberate starvation of a population in disagreement with the "president" Mugabe in Zimbabwe is ignored because a Black leader is doing the starvation. The repeated famines in Ethiopia, which could be solved in one growing season by the introduction of genetically engineered seeds, are shrugged off because of color. Oh and the incredible greed of the EU that cares more about their farmers getting rich than in allowing Africa to be famine free. One could call the agricultural policies of the EU genocide by farm subsidies. Reynolds does link to a good piece yesterday in the NYT that is the usual article about "what smart people already know and dumb people don't want to know". The real fact remains is that when a people's main focus is on getting the next meal or starve they can't do anything else but try to eat their next meal.

Period. See my old essay: "Do you Really Care How Many Africans Starve?" Reynolds on the plus side links HERE to a disgusting revelation of "news" coverage that is very depressing. Read it.