In this book, the Sierra Leonean author talks to his readers about the colours black and white, and about the concept of racism. The objective of the book is to highlight the roles played by our history, our language, our culture, our politics, our religion and our economy in promoting racism. It should be clear that discrimination, even when it is not racist, should not be tolerated. They have possibly occupied your mind too. I would like to talk to you about the two basic colours on earth, black and white, and about the concept of racism.
Racism is a product of the interrelations between blacks and whites mainly.
My objective is to highlight the roles played by our history, our language, our culture, our politics, our economy and our religion in promoting racism. These are usually sources of unfair judgement and generalisations about others. By the time you finish reading this book, you should be able to understand that when you discriminate against someone or something, you exercise a preference at the expense of another. I will discuss different types of discrimination and will stress that the most pervasive one is discrimination based on colour. In order for us all to live in harmony, all of us must overcome the problem of discriminating against others based on their colour.