On hate… 🧵
Someone mentioned how growing up, their house in Germany always had a lot of items, furniture etc.
Her parents told her casually how the items were gotten. It wasn't until she grew up, she realized her parents had bought for a very ridiculous price,
Someone mentioned how growing up, their house in Germany always had a lot of items, furniture etc.
Her parents told her casually how the items were gotten. It wasn't until she grew up, she realized her parents had bought for a very ridiculous price,
the possessions of their Jewish neighbors, who were being sent to concentration camps. They claimed ignorance of the matter too. "We didn't know why they were selling it so cheap"
"We didn't know where they were moving to"
"We didn't know the government was after them".
"We didn't know where they were moving to"
"We didn't know the government was after them".
When Hannah Arendt spoke about the "Banality of Evil" as a response to the prosecution of Eichmann, one of the men in charge of the Holocaust, you quickly realize how this banality is quickly replicated where any form of hate exists.
See it in the excuses by the parents above.
See it in the excuses by the parents above.
During Eichmann's trial, of course he said 'I did what the government asked me to do. So, how do you fault that?
It's built on the pretense of the lack of individuality of thought, the weaponization of feigned incapability. Eichmann knew bloody well he could have refused to.
It's built on the pretense of the lack of individuality of thought, the weaponization of feigned incapability. Eichmann knew bloody well he could have refused to.
But he wanted to make you think 'Ah, poor man. He did what Hitler asked him to. Refusal meant risking death'.
"I didn't send them away na. The government did. I only went to Ebeano to carry a cartoon of noodles. Blame the police that didn't protect them. Not me".
"I didn't send them away na. The government did. I only went to Ebeano to carry a cartoon of noodles. Blame the police that didn't protect them. Not me".
Do you again see the banality of evil?
Frantz Fanon, in his book, "Black Skin, White Masks", talked about what I summarize as "hate to one is hate to all': Specifically, he was depicting how when one says they hate a Jew, they also mean, they hate the n!gga.
Frantz Fanon, in his book, "Black Skin, White Masks", talked about what I summarize as "hate to one is hate to all': Specifically, he was depicting how when one says they hate a Jew, they also mean, they hate the n!gga.
But because you're not a n!gga, you think you're free from their hate.
Like when a misogynistic man marries a woman, and she thinks she's free of his hate, because,
"it's only directed towards these other foolish, loud women. Not me".
Like when a misogynistic man marries a woman, and she thinks she's free of his hate, because,
"it's only directed towards these other foolish, loud women. Not me".
One day, you will be his foolish, loud woman, and you will feel the weight of this hate.
Whosoever is capable of hate to one, is capable of hate to all.
You know why this affects me?
It's far from me being partial Igbo.
I wish it was just that.
Whosoever is capable of hate to one, is capable of hate to all.
You know why this affects me?
It's far from me being partial Igbo.
I wish it was just that.
I'm currently in a PhD program that saps me daily of my mental health. I've been fuming and writing a storm. Inheriting the foreigner's hate.
Not stopping to think for ONCE, that what I'm desperately fighting against abroad, is happening right here, under my nose.
Not stopping to think for ONCE, that what I'm desperately fighting against abroad, is happening right here, under my nose.
What exactly is the purpose of my 'academia'?
Why am I so focused on writing about another man's hate, while it's being replicated at home.
We all saw the example on Saturday.
Why am I so focused on writing about another man's hate, while it's being replicated at home.
We all saw the example on Saturday.
If this hate is not contained, it will metamorphose. And it will explode. And everyone of us will feel it.
Then, everyone will pick a pen, and be forced to write.
Then, everyone will pick a pen, and be forced to write.
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