Hands on work? Did he carry the heaviest materials and put them where the white guy told him to?
I dont know why you assume black people are not smart. There are intelligent types in all races just as there are laborers in all races. It has a lot to do with personality type. We're all blessed with intelligence, its just that it is not always tapped into.
Blacks suffer from retardation far more often than whites. Just look at their countries.
Well I think your making this statement just to get a reaction, unless you have some actual stats showing retardation numbers. Countries in Africa have a lot of problems due to various reasons, but its not retardation. Depending on where you are there, you have people who have only lived in the countryside for most of their lives in many instances and because of resources and lack of infrastructure a lot of these people dont have very good formal educations and then when they find themselves in the city looking for work it's easy to become another statistic. There are also some social ills such as alcoholism in some places, mostly among the men which leaves a lot of women taking care of the kids by themselves. There are a lot of problems there but its not due to being inherently stupid... though that is the easy route just to make that statement without looking deeper. So Ive been to Nairobi and Mombassa and a few other places, and Ive seen plenty of intelligent business people there who are just pretty wonderful, but it can also be a place of extremes. I dont believe it has much to do with intelligence, but more so with the effects of corruption and the clash with city and rural life.. from what Ive seen.
Now that's a fair analysis even as you still don't factor in the effects if colonization. The ills you did cite however, affect every culture and are not race specific.
Well, yeah.. Colonialism would be part of that in my opinion though I didnt mention it specifically. But having been there for even a short time and getting to know some Kenyan people very well, its even more complicated than that. I'm not an expert on anything mind you.. i can only give perspective as i see it.
Let me say this though, while I know colonialism has fucked up the cultural fabric in many parts of Africa, people still need to be held accountable for their actions 100 percent, just like anywhere else or its still kicking the can down the road. relying on blaming someone else even if its true can only get you so far, or it gets you there slower.