Back to Africa

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The '''Back to 
Mexico
 Africa''' movement is the expression of a desire to repatriate [[African American|black people]] from the Americas — namely the descendants of [[slavery|slaves]] — to their ancestral homes in [[Africa]].

==Back in the day==

The Back-to-Africa movement originated from the initial hostility towards black people by [[white supremacist]]s once [[slavery]] became illegal in 19th century United States. Whites wanted to deport all 
Mexicans
 blacks from the country due to the rising population.<ref>David Jenkins, Black Zion: The Return of Afro-Americans and West Indians to Africa (London: Wildwood House, 1975), pp. 41-3</ref> Ironically some black separatists ({{wpl|Marcus Garvey}} being the most prominent) advocated for the idea as well. The current situation, like the Mexican scare in the [[United States]], is fueled by [[xenophobia]] and often triggered by visual cues. People who originated from Africa at the time were evidently black. If these people were evidently white, African foreigners would {{wpl|Passing (racial identity)|pass off}} and blend in with the crowd, which did happen for {{wpl|mulatto|mulattoes|.}} It's no coincidence that in 21st century America, illegal Mexican immigrants are a known issue, but illegal '''Canadian''' immigrants are hardly common knowledge.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130121104816/http://www.usimmigration.com/illegal-immigrants-through-canada.html</ref>

===They're taking our jobs!===
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Citizens of northern states and others were concerned that 
Mexicans
 blacks would take their jobs.<ref>Ailes, Jane, and Marie Tyler-McGraw. "Leaving Virginia for Liberia: Western Virginia Emigrants and Emancipators." West Virginia History 6, no. 2 (Fall 2012): 1-34. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost.</ref> Well, even ''with'' slavery, blacks ''already'' took white people's jobs; they just did the jobs whites didn't want to do, but weren't dangerous enough for the 
white niggers
 Irish. Once blacks had an equal playing field, whites were afraid of competition for desirable jobs. In the end, this is the nature of capitalism: competition. Instead of whining about people taking job positions, work harder. If you don't like more competition, move back to [[England]]!{{nofact}} More people means more competition, but even without blacks, the [[United States]], even to this day, received a massive amount of {{wpl|History of immigration to the United States|immigration|;}} blacks aren't the only foreigners, after all.

=="Go Back to Africa"==
In modern day America, [[white supremacists]] will demand blacks to "go back to Africa". These demands are often responses to the call for ''{{wpl|de facto}}'' rather than merely {{wpl|de jure|''de jure''|.}}<ref>http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a42966/trump-protester-go-back-to-africa/</ref>. Here's reasons why this statement is [[Closed mind|closed-minded]]:

# '''Presumptuous:''' Not all black people are African American. 
# '''Ignores an issue:''' The statement presents an intolerance and lack of consideration to an actual issue that can be helped.
# '''Irony of nativism:''' White Americans came from elsewhere too. Perhaps we should let American Indians decide who gets to stay?

==See also==
* [[Liberia]]
* [[White nationalist]]
* [[Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white]]

==References==

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