It’s because they know that you were not aware of their politics. It’s the same thing here if a brotha from Britain walked in a Crip neighborhood with a red hat. They’d stop but when they hear him sayFirst time I went to Brixon in London, I may as well been uptown Harlem or Watts or North Philly or Bronzeville, Chicago.
The brothers showed love because it was rare to see an American brotha. You know it was hood but once they knew you were a foreign brotha, you were 'off limits'. Hard to describe.
It's about empowering the next generation, gotta teach 'em young so they don't have to struggle for too long. We gotta build up our own systems, invest in our own communities, and create our own opportunities.It's the same anywhere you go on the planet they don't prepare poor Black Children to run their own economic systems that's why we as parents or mentors must prepare the youth.
Why do we let these folks do this to us?
We definitely gotta teach them while they are young. We tend to want to spoil these children. However, somebody has to teach these children that if they want something, they will have to work for it, be strategic and save/invest while protecting what was built.It's about empowering the next generation, gotta teach 'em young so they don't have to struggle for too long. We gotta build up our own systems, invest in our own communities, and create our own opportunities.
Wow. Thanks for sharing this information.First time I went to Brixon in London, I may as well been uptown Harlem or Watts or North Philly or Bronzeville, Chicago.
The brothers showed love because it was rare to see an American brotha. You know it was hood but once they knew you were a foreign brotha, you were 'off limits'. Hard to describe.
Of course. They teach them to wait on somebody else to do it. Somebody else will provide. SMH. We need to get up and teach what needs to be taught. Of course, the white supremacists and white supremacist sympathizers will send folks in to break up this strategy of self independence and running our own economic systems.It's the same anywhere you go on the planet they don't prepare poor Black Children to run their own economic systems that's why we as parents or mentors must prepare the youth.
"Brainwashed" by Tom Burrell would be recommended reading with regards fully breaking down this question.Why do we let these folks do this to us?
I got a pass in LA as well. I have an east coast accent (or it was stronger back then) and even when I knew LA politics I'd play dumb like a just arrived when I heard "Where you from?" and say the city I was from back east. I learned NEVER say I'm from the East Coast....lol....LA area cats know what I am talking about. But the fact I got love though in Brixton anyway, is cool. I don't get love like that in Lagos....and sometimes in Accra (Ghana) or Nairobi (Kenya)...hate to see it but if they acknowledge you, they looking for a come up.It’s because they know that you were not aware of their politics. It’s the same thing here if a brotha from Britain walked in a Crip neighborhood with a red hat. They’d stop but when they hear him say
“Bruv, I’m not from ‘round heer”
They will stop and let him pass through but let him know not to wear that hat.
I think you look like you could be from Nigeria so they treat you like they treat each other…like trash. Kinda like if we in the Dominican Republic they will love us as Americans but the second we say we from the island or from Haiti the love instantly turns to hate. Same skin, same swag, same everything.I got a pass in LA as well. I have an east coast accent (or it was stronger back then) and even when I knew LA politics I'd play dumb like a just arrived when I heard "Where you from?" and say the city I was from back east. I learned NEVER say I'm from the East Coast....lol....LA area cats know what I am talking about. But the fact I got love though in Brixton anyway, is cool. I don't get love like that in Lagos....and sometimes in Accra (Ghana) or Nairobi (Kenya)...hate to see it but if they acknowledge you, they looking for a come up.
Generally speaking brothers in London got love for us from my personal experience, at the very least curious in a good way.
Actually to be fair, Nigerians are mad tight with each other. It's tribal. The term 'Nigerian' is for outsiders. You are Ibo, Hausa, Yoruba. I got very good Yoruba friends in LA I met through a part time job. I got Ibo homies overseas I met because they had the hook up for anything. I knew a Hausa in Saudi Arabia, the only Hausa I know but we hit it off right away (via soccer). They don't eff with each others tribe but within the tribe they are tight AF, ride for each other. As far as other tribes, they are cool outside Nigeria. They'll politic if the circumstances dictate they need to stick together. Just like in Cali prisons if it jumps off Bloods and Crips will posse up together if the Latinos and Whites go to war in certain prisons. Depends on the circumstances. Nigerians are like that. Depends on what's going on around them and their numbers.I think you look like you could be from Nigeria so they treat you like they treat each other…like trash. Kinda like if we in the Dominican Republic they will love us as Americans but the second we say we from the island or from Haiti the love instantly turns to hate. Same skin, same swag, same everything.
I want to show my girlfriend this hella bad
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