The Sufferings of Africa
Posted on 11. May, 2004 by John Fife in Top Stories
“I have given my life to alleviate the sufferings of Africa.
There is something that all White men who have lived
here like I have must learn and know: that these individuals
are a sub-race. They have neither the mental or emotional
abilities to equate or share equally with White men in any
functions of our civilization. I have given my life to try to
bring unto them the advantages which our civilization must
offer, but I have become well aware that we must retain
this status: White the superior, and they the inferior. For
whenever a White man seeks to live among them as their
equals, they will destroy and devour him, and they will
destroy all his work. And so for any existing relationship
or any benefit to this people, let White men, from anywhere
in the world, who would come to help Africa, remember that
you must maintain this status: you the master and they the
inferior, like children whom you would help or teach. Never
fraternize with them as equals. Never accept them as your
social equals or they will devour you. They will destroy you.”
-Dr. Albert Schweitzer-
If Schweitzer saw Blacks as hopeless inferiors why did he devote his life to them? Did he suffer from a ‘better to rule in hell than serve in heaven’ complex or just an abject inferior complex or was he just a masochist?
I think the point was that he tried all his life to help improve the lives of Africans and came to that conclusion only after spending so much time with them.
I believe your conclusion is correct newlyenlightenedaryan. At the time he was in Africa, this was a new adventure for mankind (white mankind of course) to study and learn of sub-Sahara Africa… which he did and then gave his truthful conclusion. And we see daily around the world that he was and is absolutely correct.
Was wondering what book if any this quote/remark was taken from??