Jesse Clarke
South African here 👋🏾 (33F) I just discovered Jesse Clarke, the British content creator guy living in Tanzania.
I went down the rabbit hole on some of his content. I'm in two minds about this guy...
On one hand; as an African woman I really appreciate how he speaks out against Female Genital Mutilation in Eastern Africa, as well as the fact that he made the effort to learn Swahili and engage local communities in Tanzania. It's more than most tourists do - he's clearly very fond of the culture and the people. He also seems like a decent family man...
On the other hand; there's something about him I just don't trust. For one, he has 'sinister eyes' (I'm aware of how dumb this sounds but it really stands out to me). I also scrolled really deep down on his Instagram page and discovered that... he's a Trump supporter! 😕 (which just confirms my suspicion that there's something ominious about him) How does a white man who's made the decision to live in Africa, among black people reconcile his chosen surroundings with his support of a bigot like Trump?!
I fully understand how and why Trump appeals to white men - he protects their interests, he speaks for them and he operates with the main objective that everything should always benefit the white man. I get it! But what I'm astounded by is how Jesse Clarke, a white man married to a black woman with mixed race kids, supports a guy like that. I'm legitimately concerned that's he's one of those white men who's such a raging racist that in order to advance his white supremacist agenda and simultaneously hide his beliefs, he's infiltrated a community as an 'ally' simply so he can slowly and strategically espouse his racist beliefs. All the while claiming he could never be racist because his wife and kids are black and that he's done so much for the community... I'm sorry but I don't trust this man!!!!!!!! Supporting Trump is not a mere political preference, it's actually a major moral failure in my eyes.
Anyway, the reason I'm bringing this to Reddit is that, I'm never going to leave hateful, nasty comments on his content but I really want to get a read on this guy... What do Tanzanians think of this man?
*I really hope I'm wrong about him 🤞🏽