Why Most Black People Are Poor

Let’s consider, for a moment, the question: why are most black people poor? Perhaps this is a question that has sometimes crossed your mind, or you often think about it: why are most black people poor in the world? Is it because of their race, skin color, or location? Maybe it’s because they don’t have access to many things that white people have access to. 

First of all, let’s see where this problem started from.

Up until the 14th century, Africa still held one of the richest empires in the world. Africa was doing great in economy, trade, agriculture, mining, and infrastructural development. There were accounts of inventions and innovations that came from Africa. But when slave trade and colonization came, Africans were robbed of their things. Their resources were looted away in multitudes.

Is the looting away of the resources the reason why Africans are poor? I don’t think so! Poverty is not created by losing what you have. It is created by not recognizing what you have. Even if the white people took away all the resources in Africa, they can’t still make Africans poor, because poverty is not in the physical things that we see. But in the abstract things that we don’t see.

For a person with a rich mindset, he can create wealth anytime, any day, anywhere. He’s not limited by location, time, or place. Even if all his wealth is taking away from him, he can create a new one over and over again. Riches are not limited to only the physical things that we can see. But they are abundant in numerous things that we cannot see.

So, what makes Africans poor? It is the mindset – the way we see ourselves – the way we think and the way we interpret things. Because of the history of slavery and colonization that we have, many of us have not come out of that mental peonage yet. We still keep thinking about them. We still keep thinking we are victims and disadvantaged. We still think somebody is behind our problem. 

Yes, we can identify the problem and know what or who the causative agents are. But that doesn’t mean we must continue to play the blame game. It doesn’t mean we must continue to leave our life in the hands of the oppressors. 

Rather, we must take action. We must take responsibility for our own life and move forward. We don’t want to keep dwelling in the past, but we want to create a better future for ourselves and our children. Despite all the bad that the colonizers have done, we can still rise again and make a better life for ourselves and our future generations.

The ball is in our court, and we can decide what we want for our future. Africa is a land of resources – both human and mineral. We can never be short of resources. Our land is always flowing with milk and honey. No matter how much the foreigners have come to drain our resources, we will always have more than enough for ourselves and those around us.

We’ve got to come out of this mentality of lack and poverty. We’ve got to take ourselves away from this mindset of slavery and colonization. I know we hear the story every time, and it used to demoralize us, and make us have this feeling of being victims and at the mercy of the people to help us and bale us out of poverty. But no one will help us more than we can help ourselves. No external help is sustainable. We must focus on the inside and tap into our own grace and ability that the Creator has given us.

Contrary to what many think, Africa is not disadvantaged. We are not unfortunate or unlucky. It’s not a bad thing that we are born in Africa or have African origin. Black is not cursed. Africa is not cursed. We are blessed people. We are people of grace and power. We are smart and strong people. We are willful and ambitious people. We don’t have a lack or poverty in our lives. Whatever poverty we see is the one we have created in our minds. It doesn’t exist. It is a mirage that if we keep moving, it will disappear.

How can a land that has tremendous resources in the world be in lack? How can a continent that gave birth to humanity be in lack? Africa is where all the resources in this world came from. And all the good things that we see in the world today came from Africa. 

Think about people who have done great and mighty things in the world; they are of African origin. There is no single thing that has excelled so much in the world that doesn’t have its origin traceable to Africa. Top big companies like Apple, Tesla, Hp, and Intel have their products made from minerals extracted from Africa. There are a lot of others in the background, taking advantage of African resources. It is because Africa is a land of gold. It is because Africa is a land of treasure – a land of the rich – rich in resources and mind.

I encourage you to start working with this mindset. Let this be your thinking. Let this be your life. I see you stepping into a new level of success and fulfillment. Cheers to higher living!

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