dreams-from-my-father:

Do the ideas of equality and freedom of the people BELONG to Marx and to socialists, and hence white people???

This is imperialism in its ultimate form: Use eurocentric ideology to make sense of the diverse and complex reality of people of color. 

Marxism is an ideology of CLASS that IGNORES the tremendous impact of WHITE SUPREMACY on the reality of PoC around the world. So it is imperialist and erroneous to say the least!! Sankara’s main obstacles were debt slavery, western pressures against stable government in Africa and democracy and neo-colonialism, yet his work is filed under Marxism as if it has ANYTHING in common with European workers revolution of the 19 and 20th centuries!!

White supremacy is the leading force in the oppression of most PoC around the world before class and labeling EVERY revolution of PoC as merely socialist and Marxist erases this fact!!

Because he utilized Marxist and Socialist methods. Simple. He made his nation VERY self-reliant which is understandable because the French were exploiting the shit out of it. And he served his own nation’s interests first, second and third. If he is neither Marxist nor Socialist, then what is he? Maybe a Populist? I know he was Pan-African.

And yes, he even praised Che Guevara too. Believe it or not (except I’m not sure where the idea of calling Che “African and Burkinabe” came from).

You can’t really dismiss “Marxism” or “Socialism” as “upholding whiteness” without any proper evidence. It’s not to say that either of them are the only solutions, because it is true that we shouldn’t judge people by what they say but by what they do, but let’s be realistic: White Supremacy is absolutely incompatible with Marxism, Socialism or Communism and that isn’t up for debate. If you think there’s a link between them, you need evidence, not just “I know” or “I am X.” Because anyone can just say that, even a white person.