It is with a deep sense of embarrassment that I ask a question plaguing many an educated mind: Do you think the ICC would ever pursue an Israeli, Western European or North American leader as they do Africans? From what we have witnessed, and no conjectures of hypothetical extrapolations needed, the simple answer is no. I visited the “Current Cases” page on the ICC official website; there are 7 cases currently underway; 7 African leaders currently being tried; 7 men of colour being tried. It is never in the interest of progressiveness to propagate racist ideals when the motives do not exist, and some people may argue that if these are the men guilty of war crimes they are the ones who should be tried. I agree completely, any man who orchestrates gross human rights violations of another man deserves to be held accountable. However, knowledge of current world affairs makes it all too transparent that African leaders are not the only men who need to be hounded by the ICC