How amerikkka underdeveloped Afrikans inside the empire

In a way, underdevelopment is a paradox. Many parts of the world that are naturally rich are actually poor and parts that are not so well off in wealth of soil and sun-soil are enjoying the highest standards of living. When the capitalists from the developed parts of the world try to explain this paradox, they often make it sound as though there is something “God-given” about the situation. One bourgeois economist, in a book on development, accepted that the comparative statistics of the world today show a gap that is much larger than it was before. By his own admission, the gap between the developed and underdeveloped countries has increased by at least 15 to 20 times over the last 150 years. However, the bourgeois economist in question does not give a historical explanation, nor does he consider that there is a relationship of exploitation which allowed capitalist parasites to grow fat and impoverished the dependencies

Walter Rodney

We would be foolish and historically inaccurate to dismiss the underdevelopment of Black People/New Afrikan People inside the amerikkkkan system in the same fashion that Rodney highlights europe’s underdevelopment of Africa. In his classic work Rodney draws on extremely detailed histories of The Continent and europe to solidify his case and support his analysis. As we analyze Rodney it is…