Is China trying to create a mixed blasian ruling class in Africa?

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[–]CircumsteinRabbi Circumstein 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Zambian ruling party (PF) is clearly an implicit front for the interests of Zambia's larger Eastern tribe.

Guy Scott was only elected to where he was because of his closeness to then-President Michael Sata. When Sata died in office and Scott found himself in the Presidency there was very quickly an attempt to remove him. Pressured out of the PF, the Scott family switched sides to the opposition UPND, only to be physically attacked by PF supporters when campaigning for the UPND:

https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/07/19/charlotte-scott-chased-town-center-market/

This can't really be construed as some sort of evidence disproving black ethnocentrism or racism. Blax exhibit higher ethnocentrism than Europeans and Asians, including those in America. It is this same ethnocentrism that disallowed Jean Ping or Lionel Zinzou from winning elections in their respective countries. Beninese propaganda portrayed the mulatto Zinzou as a French puppet 'parachuted' into the country. The 'right thing to do' was obviously to elect his opponent, Patrice Talon.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If it was ethnocentrism, wouldn't they have simply banned them from running?

In the Benin election, the mullato guy received the same share as votes as another Black candidate who lost the election before him (34%).

And with Jean Ping, the results were much more narrow. Losing by only 1.6%.

I can also name another non-Black leader of a Black country. Edward Seaga was Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1980 to 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Seaga