Racist Restriction on Ownership (LIB)
All Liberian constitutions since its founding in 1847 have limited the right to ownership of property to only people of Negro (Black) descent. This law, by its definition, is  racist, and has no place in today's global community.
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Link[1] Liberia Debates Race-Based Citizenship

Author: Myles Estey
Publication info: April 30 2009
Cited by: Earl Burrowes, Sr. 1:30 AM 1 May 2009 GMT
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MONROVIA, Liberia -- A clause in Liberia's constitution requiring black ancestry in order to hold citizenship has spurred debate on the nature of foreign ownership of land here, and in Africa in general. Many Liberians insist that the clause must be changed, decrying their country for being the only "legally racist" nation in the world. Others claim the clause protects Liberians from foreigners who might otherwise take control of the country's vast natural resources and pristine land.
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Africa: A Continent in Crisis? »Africa: A Continent in Crisis?
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Who are the Players? (AFR) »Who are the Players? (AFR)
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Africa Governments and Peoples (AFR) »Africa Governments and Peoples (AFR)
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Western Africa »Western Africa
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Liberia (LIB) »Liberia (LIB)
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What are the major issues for debate? (LIB) »What are the major issues for debate? (LIB)
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Land Tenure and Ownership (LIB) »Land Tenure and Ownership (LIB)
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