We live in a world where wrath is selective. People scream for justice when the victim looks like them, thinks like them,when they relate to the situation in any form but suddenly become silent when the suffering belongs to others. That silence says a lot.
Selective activism has become one of the most bothersome forms of hypocrisy in modern society, especially in Africa where tribalism, politics, religion, and social media trends often determine who deserves empathy and who does not.
What hurts the most is not just the injustice itself, it's the inconsistency of the people. The same individuals who demand accountability today go on defending oppression the next,simply because it comes from someone they support.
We have normalized conditional empathy.
A tragedy trends for a week and suddenly everyone becomes activists online. Hashtags are posted,speeches are made and opinions flood timelines. Then the second the noise dies down, people move on while the victims continue suffering in silence.
For example, after the death of George Floyd,a black American whose sad death executed by a police officer in 2020 sparked global protests,millions of people spoke out against racial injustice and police brutality, yet many recent ongoing humanitarian crises in African countries continue to receive little global attention and activism.
Justice should NOT depend on popularity.
Human suffering should not need social media validation before people decide to care.
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