White supremacy is still prevalent in these parts of Africa

A refugee girl walks amidst laundry scattered around the lawn of a Masonic temple converted into a refugee camp July 15, 2003, in Monrovia, Liberia. Slate

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The Republic of Liberia formed in hopes of being a solution to combat slavery in the United States.

Members of the American Colonization Society thought freed slaves would have a better chance at maintaining their freedom and a suitable economic solution by moving to the West African nation.

Nonetheless, the racial construct of America has also made an undeniable impression in Liberia.

Americo-Liberians and Liberians have been known to be in conflict due to the first group feigning superiority over the latter.