Help me debunk this racist

[Blouge]

thewayofthepath said:

reggin_bolas said:

Nintentacle said:
I probably would give up; He will probably never change his opinion.

That's fine but I'm curious for my own sake. I'm not too familiar with African history so I'd appreciate some good historic facts. Seems kind of strange if there has never been a civilization ruled by Blacks beyond mere tribes.

How about ancient Ethiopia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aksum

Exactly.

http://mises.org/daily/5336/The-Ash-Heap-of-History

"[Aksumites'] prosperity was built upon two informal but core tenets: noninterventionism and the maintenance of a broadly accepted, market-dictated currency standard. These codes, even beyond their enviable geographic location, proved critical in the ascendancy of the Aksumites, quickly bringing them to prominence as a preferred trading center... the Aksumite civilization is a counterexample to a host of pseudoscientific, ethnocentric, and sometimes blatantly racist assertions regarding the social history of Africa... Archeological evidence reveals that the quality of the Aksumite coins — both in terms of their metal content and sharpness of production — declined markedly during this period.[24] It's a clear sign that in addition to having abandoned centuries of largely nonpartisan policies, the Aksumites had also, in the process, reneged on their commitment to a sound currency in favor of inflationary war finance"