Liberia Has Never Been, and Can Never Be a Racist Country

21 February 2018
editorial

As debates about dual citizenship continue to rage, people are wrongly thinking that Liberia is practicing a form of apartheid. To believe that Liberia is practicing racism is to accuse the victims of racism of practicing racism.

In his recent Annual Message, President George Weah blamed the Liberian Constitution, which he swore to protect and uphold, because he believed it was racist and out of date. The President said that the racist clause in the Liberian Constitution was justified in the 19th century but no longer justified in 21st century. In other words he was implying during his Annual Message that there can be specific periods of time in history when racism can be justified.

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