Indeed so... the current Prime Minister of the UK, is the wealthiest MP in Parliament. His wealth and his links to Big Finance, helped erase his brownness.
It is Colorful-people who must lead'....
The opening line of this poem is signally the unity of humanity as a whole... ie that color is on a spectrum , while the binary system of 'white / black' labelling and then affording legal and civil rights and protections, or not, is the invention of the European invaders of Africa, Asia, the Americas etc.
Hence, rejecting 'white leadership', is rejecting the racial, political and psychological heritage of a system that denies the humanity of the majority of people on Earth.
I would hate to live in a world like that, but thankfully it is not true... I have friends who are still interested in me long after crises in which I supported them, and vice versa.
There are still a few of us with integrity, sincerity and genuine compassion and…
Where are the political analysts and commentators who are highlighting these facts? Instead we receive a constant barrage of negative aspersions about Chinas actions and intentions, all designed to create the impression that China is a threat and does nothing but copy others' inventions. This is a fine example of projection, but one would have to know the real history of theft by Europeans's and their spies across several centuries!
And this history is not taught in their schools.
Integrity is not well-paid.
Damn... so that is why we have sell-outs !