It's often the case in many
societies that people who
respond to discriminatory
and other societal ills
directed at their groups are
labeled negatively and
vilified more than the
issues they are responding
to. For instance, in
Liberia, those of us who
have had the audacity to
talk about
the anti-Mandingo-Moslem
discrimination have been
wrongly accused of promoting
tribalism. When mosques and
Quran are desecrated, when
others illegally
occupied Mandingo and Moslem
homes and properties, when
Mandingoes are selectively
harassed at check points,
and even when some public
officials make ignorant
comments about the
Mandingoes and Moslems, the
people who would call some
of us "tiribalists" are
silent, only waiting for us
to say something so they can
accuse us of promoting
tribalism.
As member of the
Limany
website editorial board, we
have often received hate
mails from some fellow
Liberians who out of envy
and jealousy can't seem to
stomach the fact that after
the war that should have
eliminated us, the
Mandingoes are still in
Liberia and vocal on issues
of national concerns more
than ever before.
Just few days ago in the
wake of the Edwin Snow's
situation, we have received
two hate emails from two
different persons. Both seem
to have been written by the
same person with two
separate names. The writer(s)
wants us to publish the
letters on our website. The
writer(s) want publicity,
want to be known, want
people to take them
seriously. We have decided
to publish portions of their
letters without their names
being mentioned because we
want to deny them the
opportunities of seeking
their 15-second fame through
our esteemed website. They
want to be known for doing
something and we cannot help
them achieve their desire
goals when it's clear their
intentions are anything but
positive.
Usually, we have thrown
these kinds of letters as
trash. The main reason we
are sharing some portion of
these hate mails from these
hate mongers is to let the
pundits who would accuse us
promoting tribalism know
that we are not the
tribalists and that we are
indeed the victims of
tribalism in Liberia.
Whenever we talk about these
issues we are responding to
an endemic tribal and
religious discrimination in
the Liberian society against
the Mandingoes and Moslems.
Below are the two
distasteful letters. You
will read portions of the
first letter, followed by
that of the second one.
Dear Sir:
I write to inform you that
my attention had been drawn
by your increasing criticism
against Madam Ellen Johnson.
I think it will be very good
that you follow the Guinean
politic instead of the
Liberian politic.
You Mandingos think Liberian
are fools, we are not
fool... Your site should
rather be thinking about the
Guinean politic and leave
Liberia alone with Liberian.
We have credible news media
in Liberia like Daily
observer, Star radio,
Analyst news paper, and many
more, they don't report
nonessential news. Leave Her
Excellency madam Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf alone with
we the bona fide Liberian
,not konakai Mandingo or
madinkai mandingo people.
I therefore urge you to
cover the Guinean news on
how Lassana Konte
slaughtering your brothers
and sisters, and stop
reporting stupidity about
our leader. Another thing is
never in the history of
Liberia will a Mandingo be a
president in Liberia. The
only thing you people will
do is to join a real
Liberian to vote.
Mandingo means backward
people, never constructive
but barbarian.
Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
the most popular African
Leader, she made the marks
in history
Portions from the second
letter reads as followed:
Dear Sir:
It's an increasing jealousy
and down heartedness that I
observe from your editing on
events that are happening in
present day Liberia. Look
let me remind you about
Liberia. Liberia belongs to
Liberians and not immigrants
Liberian like you Mandingos
from forest Guinea to be
clear from Bela, Macenta,
Misadou and what have you.
Please focus on Guineans
politics not Liberians
politics cause that's the
only place where a Mandingo
man can win political
victory . Look I say it
again cause former President
Taylor said it before that
there can be no ALCOP
victory in liberia. Under no
atmosphere that a Dingo can
be a president in Liberia.
Look this is our land your
parents came from Guinea
because of hardship. They
came as merchants and were
allowed to settled down.
That doesn't give you as
second generation immigrant
children the right to import
your relatives and extended
families in Liberia as
Liberian. Look I tell you
guys one thing that we
know clearly how you guys
supported LURD to kill our
people but I promise you
that like Taylor you guys
will see both Kromah
and Damate face
justice. It is just the
beginning of a long
isolation of the Mandingo
poeple in the new Liberia.
The TRC will bring more and
more facts out and we will
get to know who kill Karpeh,
our people in Lofa, Ganta and
others parts of Liberia. I
will advice follow Liberians
who want political victory
in Liberia to stay away from
you cause your support is
not wanted in any Liberian
quarters. And further you
just cause George Weah his
presidency what a pinful
moment in his life. Please
stop writing stupid
headlines about our leader
or president. Cause no
matter what you do, only a
true Liberian can be a
president and anybody
wanting to be president in
Liberia can only win when he
or she disassociates his or
herself with Dingos. You
accept it or not, president
Sirleaf is our leader no
Dingo can be president in
Liberia. Please publish this
letter to all your readers.
After reading the above hate
emails, we challenge the
pundits to state whether or
not they agree with the
writers of these hate
trashes. Our belief is that
these letters share
sentiment that is ever
present in Liberia. Our
first reaction to these
letters is as followed:
Thank you very much Mr. XXXXX.
You are only demonstrating
your ignorance and bigotry.
We will pray and hope that
some day you will learn and
understand the true history
of Liberia. By then you will
be cured of the disease of
ignorance and bigotry.
Now we have decided to share
the contents of these
letters to remind our
reading public about the
persistent hate filled
discrimination that is still
present in Liberia. Who
among the pundits agree that
these hate emails could have
been written by racist white
KKK members against blacks
in the United States?
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