Comments by "rejvaik" (@rejvaik00) on "How tiny Liberia dominates global shipping" video.

@pkingpumpkin they are called americo-liberians not African Americans. And unfortunately the civil war resulted in Charles Taylor gaining power.
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I wish this was more widely known in the US
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@eonjustingeneral7073 sure. I wish this account of black American racism against indigenous African communities was more widely known. Here are a few sources to get you started: Slaves to Racism: An Unbroken Chain from America to Liberia Johnston, Harry Hamilton; Stapf, Otto (1906). Liberia, Volume I. Hutchinson & Co. ISBN 1-143-31505-7. "Global Impacts of White Racism: Americo-Liberians" by Feagan, Joe R. "Christian Community and the Development of an Americo-Liberian Identity, 1824–1878" by Wegmann, Andrew N. Jesse N. Mongrue M. Ed (2011). Liberia-America's Footprint in Africa: Making the Cultural, Social, and Political Connections. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1462021642 I also recommend that you find books on the Liberian Pepper Coast, the American Colonization Society, the True Whig Party, the indigenous Kru and Grebo people
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Too bad the black American settlers that were returned to Liberia were seen as foreigners. And the native Liberians treated them with such hostility it led to civil wars
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Brother Opaque I believe his mother was of the Gola tribe and his father was an americo-liberian. there's better biographical videos and books that can tell you about this the infamous POS than I can
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Brother Opaque yes they are still there, though they are not as powerful or as numerous as they were prior to 1905 when the Liberian government finally started to allow the mixing of cultures The book Slaves to Racism: An Unbroken Chain from America to Liberia published in 2008 by Benjamin Dennis, a Liberian professor, explains the historical injustices far better than I ever could in a simple comment
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@Thys that's a little too one sided. There were various attempts at cultural blending and by 1905 the situation had greatly improved.
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