Liberians Not Americans

By Lawrence D. Taplah

The use of discrimination is an appropriation by Liberians for what I consider a settled assumption in which they are classified as despisers and erudite learners. Can Liberians escape from their choice to discriminate? No and yes. Let me be clear from the outset that no answer to this question can ever be completely convincing. What I confer depend on the existential condition of really living and not worry about fruition. This belief is becoming defensive for Liberians to make a promise for destiny. Strenuously, this belief constellate the despisers to be gronam or yanam boys, market women, and do menial labors; and the erudite learners are bookish and professional. In other words, who is responsible for the boundary of Liberians without redemption according to what is available?

I know a chorus of critics will be ready for me with objection. Since formidable confusion is arising to detect who is a descendant of Americans and Africans, this dualism is for identity despite the fact that they are on the West Coast of Africa. This book should be able to explore the culpable negligence of Liberians through discourse narratives that are merely an attempt to further the use of acquired education and natural capacity. There has been tension for unity to abandon the reproach—we are separated, not equal—the distinctiveness for discrimination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 6, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728302416

Lawrence D. Taplah

He is an hourly laborer at Lincoln Industries who has been with the company for seventeen years and still working there while this book is under review for publishing. He had decided to reexamine the past sixteen years (1999–2016) of work and relationship at this company. He is a foreign-born from Liberia on the West Coast of Africa. He is an alumnus of Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, and a former graduate student from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/04/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-0242-3 (sc)

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DEDICATION

My Brothers and Sisters

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1   Onto

Chapter 2   Not Yet

Chapter 3   Wandering

Chapter 4   Claws

Chapter 5   Chasing

Bibliography

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

It is easy to talk about playing football (soccer) in Liberia as talent than to view talent as knowledge. Most of my childhood friends who were asked to commit said that playing football (soccer) is a habit not talent as knowledge. Thanks to all of them whose names will not be mentioned.

Thanks to my editor, Cecelia W.Kieh Nemah, who is also my sister for a particular sentence on our mother.

Thanks to anybody who may read this book with disagreement about what I had to say and to those who may agree but don’t know why.

INTRODUCTION

The use of discrimination is an appropriation by Liberians for what I consider a settled assumption in which they are classified as despisers and erudite learners. Can Liberians escape from their choice to discriminate? No and yes. Let me be clear from the outset that no answer to this question can ever be completely convincing. What I confer depend on the existential condition of really living and no worry about fruition. This belief is becoming defensive for Liberians to make promise for destiny. Strenuously this belief constellate the despisers to be gronam or yanam boys, market women, menial labors and the erudite learners are bookish and professional. In other words, who is responsible for the boundary of Liberians without redemption according to what is available.

I know a chorus of critics will be ready for me with objection. Since formidable confusion is arising to detect who is a descendant of Americans and Africans, this dualism is for identity despite they are on the West Coast of Africa. This book should be able to explore the culpable negligence of Liberians through discourse narratives that are merely an attempt to furtherance the use of acquired education and natural capacity. There has been tension for unity to abandon the reproach-we are separate and not equal-the distinctiveness for discrimination.

It is imperative for the readers who are not Liberians to know this statement-my man what you got for me-is a request in exchange of a favor to be done not bribery. By this I mean such statement is the Liberian way to demand assistance. Foreigners may say no to upend the request, not so with my fellow Liberians who will be able to repose this request for gratitude.

It has often been remarkable when my siblings and I decide to talk about our late mother is always what she told us in the Kru language during our childhood in Liberia. Dor koh teh na jlah bi ya chlede chen? Interpretation. Why do you want to learn book (acquired education)? Na jlah bi ya chlede chen bi ya deh jee poh. Interpretation. I want to learn book (acquired education), in order to know something.

Concerning the use of discrimination by Liberians is to deprive aspiration and create fear. This offering is a choice for limitation in the performance of talent as knowledge by despisers and erudite learners in situational roles. It is always in the effort