Black versus White

Black versus White. Both are abstract entities, thriving as elite individuals yet both adequately complement each other; relating in a blend of shadow and light, both are oblivious to the atrocities, the hate, the divide, that their very existence has imprinted on human's as a race. Black versus White; a duelling relationship; a timeless conflict; a deadly duo; the lethal pair of Good and Evil. Black as Good and Evil as White or perhaps White as good and Evil as Black? More fitting, no? Black versus White. Who is but a mere man to claim superiority over a man of equal mediocrity? Black versus White. Simple and Plain on the surface, a tactful move to shy the complexities of its dark depth. Black versus White. Why is it that these founders of racism pose such a threat to us as humans, but to each other, they are but brief acquaintances in this Black and White picture of a 17 year old Kenyan girl?...

Submission by Mwango Anita Moragia, Kenya

Africa Awareness Initiative & Caribbean African Association Member