I hope black people will learn a lesson from the earthquake that hit Haiti.

If they don’t learn anything from it, then I throw up my hands in despair and give up.

Let’s start with a few basic facts.
Until the earthquake, I never knew there was a place called Haiti. I was taught geography at school but I can't remember a time when the teacher told us about Haiti. It must have been one of those insignificant countries that we had no reason to know about.

I was fairly good at geography because I knew which country was on which continent but as for Haiti I was clueless.

Now the whole world, including myself, knows about Haiti. When I heard news of the earthquake on the radio and TV, I wondered where Haiti was and what sort of people lived there.

Finally, when I switched on the television, I was informed that Haiti is an island in the Caribbean. Television pictures revealed a place populated by black people.

From the non-stop television coverage of the earthquake, I learnt about the history of Haiti. It was not a good history lesson. It would seem throughout its existence Haiti has suffered a series of natural calamities. In the process it has sunk even deeper into poverty and deprivation.

Like all places populated by black people, Haiti is poor. As I watched the television images, I felt very sorry for that God forsaken place. Then I was hit by a thunderbolt!
I wondered what if there were no white people.

You see, when the earthquake hit Haiti somebody had to come to its assistance. There had to be a rescue effort. The Haitians who survived of course did their fair bit by digging out their families from the collapsed ramshackle buildings.

But such was the scale of the devastation and the loss of human life that a bigger effort was needed. For that sort of work, you need heavy lifting gear and other sophisticated rescue equipment. I have been following the story of the earthquake keenly. I can attest to the fact that the first people to arrive with sniffer dogs were white crews from all over the world.

The aircraft that set off carrying water and food were from white countries. Not only that, the teams of volunteer doctors seen on television comprised white people from across the world. As the sniffer dogs went into action, the organized rescue teams that carried the stretchers were made up of white people.

It was announced that a mobile hospital was on the way. It was coming from a white country. For all intents and purposes in the aftermath of the earthquake, Haiti was literally swarming with white people. They had all arrived to save the poor blacks. And the locals were so happy to see them. Granted there were teams from the Orient such as the Chinese and Japanese. They too had quickly left their homes and families to go and assist the stricken people of Haiti.
It is obvious to everyone that this was a devastating earthquake and the work to repair Haiti and return it to a modicum of normalcy will take many years. Somebody had to commit funds to this effort. Most of the countries that have committed funds to aid the recovery are white. In fact, it would seem the whites are running the show in Haiti.

What is my point?

My point is that ever since Haiti was hit by the earthquake I haven't seen anyone from Africa, unless the television cameras deliberately ignored them of course. Nor did I see any sniffer dogs from black countries and most importantly, I never saw a single traditional doctor busy divining where to find people buried under the rubble.

Haiti is a land of black people. I would have expected the place to be swarming with black people helping their own. They were nowhere to be seen. I never saw any ships from black countries in the harbour.

As the air traffic descended on the tiny airport, none of the planes was reported as coming from Africa. The blacks were nowhere to be found. They issued tepid statements of condolence to the people of Haiti and a few of the African countries donated small amounts of cash.

Granted that was better than nothing. But I must say I was disappointed. I was sad because the blacks did not behave as I had expected. You see, for far too long black countries have been insolent to the point of being abusive. They have a tendency of insulting the us white men and telling him to keep out of their countries. In fact, black people have the temerity to tell white people they can survive perfectly well on their own.
So I had expected the black countries to be consistent and behave true to form. Why didn’t black countries tell white countries to stay away from Haiti because they were quite capable of leading the rescue effort?

Black countries insult white countries and accuse them of imperialism and neo colonialism. I was extremely disappointed when black countries failed to accuse white people of practicing imperialism and neo colonialism by coming to rescue the blacks of Haiti.

Perhaps they should have been told Haiti has better sniffer dogs that have been taught only to rescue black people. The citizens should have told foreign ships to stay away and their planes not to overfly Haiti because the locals were up to the job with their own ships and aeroplanes.

Perhaps we should have sent in traditional food instead of the strange rations the Haitians are not accustomed to.

I am so disappointed by the black leaders that I hope never to hear them again bleating about how bad white people are. The earthquake in Haiti was the most opportune time to show us decadent whites, once and for all, that we are not needed.

From now onwards, black leaders should shut teh fcuk up and never accuse white people of being bad. Everyone is sick and tired of big words such as imperialism and neo colonialism which are unable to rescue victims of the earthquake.

I hope this is not the last earthquake that hits a black country. I want the next one to specifically hit the residence of Mugabe in Harare. Then we will see if he will abuse the crews from white countries coming to rescue him!