dear ldv,
thanks for highlighting the divide between africans and afro carribeans this is a true fact that there is a separation between certain groups of blacks over here in the uk its has got to a disproportionate level that no one would truelly understand i myself have endured racial self harm from my own coloured skin black people through share ignorance of there ignorant parents who have inherited this stigma through time wether ,mr wiffen or his immediate party have manufactured this remark to generate the existing hatred between the very similar ethnic groups is to be questioned what he has done here is add further fuel to the fire if you look at the asian community they stick together /jewish likewise but not black community it has become so evident that there is extreme hatred boiling up in the black community especially in the london regions of the uk he has stated that the africans sold there own ito slavery so why do they not say there african unlike the afro americans say with proudness they say there carribean more then afro carribean little do they no the carribean was awash with carribs /arawaks before the white europeans arrived us black people do not like each other fullstop do you also no that in the carribean there is inter island hatred for example you would find that the lesser islands people don,t like jamaicans through there morroon like rebelious attitude they were the warriours of our people this behaviour has existed since time its now filtered over here in the uk in modern times there are so many people out there who would share my opinion we may all be of the same skin colour but of a diffferant nature its so embarassing even in the carribean barbados is classed as little britain even over there is a small nation being type casted as the sell out nation the uncle tom of the west indies what you have to look at there is many cultural differances that lay within these communities that make them non identifiable there,s descendents of indian laborours over there african descendants from the west coast of africa they do not even no this so maybe what mr wiffen has said is a wake up call to these communities what you must remember england played a signifant part in slavery so when he says england was the first to abolish it they pursued it for three hundred yrs london bristol and liverpool were key players in this brutal trade so mr wiffen hang your head in shame hypocrite ……