Jieeng Council of Elders, the Erosion of Jieeng’s Values and the Jieengization of South Sudan

First off, let's remember that the elders I'm talking about are not the REAL ELDERS, but the dollar-intoxicated, Prado-Driving, educated political 'elders' in Juba. I'm not referencing the real elders in Jieeng Villages!

Elders, the world over, are supposed to be the voice of reason and wisdom. They should be the people to calm down a young and fiery generation, who’s always interested in solving everything through myopic physical means. However, this is not the case in South Sudan as the nation has had every order of things turned upside down. Elders have lost wisdom and reason as they are the first to beat the drum of war and division. Personal benefits are put above the health and long term well-being of all citizenry! It’s very sad but there seems to be no end in sight. We are free falling!

Undoubtedly, it's no secret that South Sudan is a tribalized nation and it will take a seasoned, self-sacrificing strategist to formulate a long-lasting and acceptable panacea for the chronic malady of tribalism. So far this strategist is either not given a chance to help save South Sudan, or she/he doesn’t’ exist.

Color Identity and Self-Identification: The Case of Raven-Symone

Raven-Symone Pearman has angered many African-Americans regarding her identity utterances. Even her father wrote a letter in support of his daughter while acknowledging that she can say some dumb statements sometimes. However, looking at some of the responses to Raven-Symone, I realized that some  comments revealed some ignorance regarding the identity of Africans and people of African descent in Europe and in the Americas. Below are two of her quotes.



Raven-Symone - Courtesy: USmagazine.com

  "I’m tired of being labeled. I’m an American. I’m not an African-American; I’m an American.” - Raven-Symone

I never said I wasn’t Black. I said I wasn’t African American. To me, that’s a difference. Thank you to Ancestry.com, actually, for sending me my DNA test. I am from every continent in Africa, except for one. And I am from every continent in Europe, except for one. And for the last 400 years, my family has been living in Virginia. How long do you have to be in one country before you’re that?”   - Raven-symone