The Streets

[RCNAL]

...and can't blame you. I have been there. I was regarded as a 'tourist' and not even a tourist on the same level as the white boys. Not as good as them but not related to the people.

My problem is tryna have it both ways. The diaspora is sought for help when you are in trouble but keep it moving otherwise.

 

[ZxBro]

Not triggered at all. All I can say is we knew you were cowards when you didn't come and get our ancestors so don't talk about "building and taking control" be about it because from where we're standing them Colonizers got Y'all wrapped.

 

[Jay]

When you understand how Africans have let ethnic difference plunge the entire country into slavery you’ll understand why you’ll be treated differently when you go.

You’re looked at as a different ethnicity and to them you might as well be a Martian. You add in some white worship and you have a recipe for disaster.

I hope more “Black” movements start taking shape on the continent because I think it’s one of the few things that can supersede ethnicity.

 

[GwynShivers]

When you understand how Africans have let ethnic difference plunge the entire country into slavery you’ll understand why you’ll be treated differently when you go.

You’re looked at as a different ethnicity and to them you might as well be a Martian. You add in some white worship and you have a recipe for disaster.

I hope more “Black” movements start taking shape on the continent because I think it’s one of the few things that can supersede ethnicity.

I've a few dear friends that visited Zambia for a few months. They're saying it's one of the friendliness places you could ever go to. They're seriously thinking about moving there.

 

[BlackWarGod]

...and can't blame you. I have been there. I was regarded as a 'tourist' and not even a tourist on the same level as the white boys. Not as good as them but not related to the people.

My problem is tryna have it both ways. The diaspora is sought for help when you are in trouble but keep it moving otherwise.

He’s right we arent African but that last part if that last part was true then Ghana wouldn’t be pandering to us with that year of return scam. They want our tourist dollars to help build up their economy that they don’t want us to have any part of… kinda like slavery.

 

[Sovereign]

He’s right we arent African but that last part if that last part was true then Ghana wouldn’t be pandering to us with that year of return scam. They want our tourist dollars to help build up their economy that they don’t want us to have any part of… kinda like slavery.

Why do you believe we are not African?

 

[Troy]

Not everyone is going to like us Black Americans and that's fine. Videos like this are only triggering to the FBA segment of Black America.

 

[GwynShivers]

Why do you believe we are not African?

This is why I don't believe we're African, because we're from the Cosmos.

 

[Sovereign]

This is why I don't believe we're African, because we're from the Cosmos.

We can take a lung from a White man, out it in a Black man and it’ll work just fine. So White people are probably from the cosmos too if that’s the case.

 

[GwynShivers]

We can take a lung from a White man, out it in a Black man and it’ll work just fine. So White people are probably from the cosmos too if that’s the case.

No, they aren't. They want to change the narrative though. They were created in a lab. The only species on Earth with 3DNA.
They've only been here 6,000 years. We've been here millions of years.
The fossils that have been found belonged to Black women over 65 million years old.

 

[The Haze Of Our Lives]

Ok point taken. But when BoKo Harrom enslaves all his female family members DONT run here. We have ICE on speed dial for his ass. ⚡✊🏾⚡

 

[BlackWarGod]

Why do you believe we are not African?

Most of us have mixed DNA and are hundreds of years removed from Africa. South East Asians and Oceanic peoples are sometimes darker than some of us and of course have African dna but they don’t refer to themselves as African. After so many years we’ved developed our own culture uniquely distinct from any other culture 300 years ago.

 

[Kanu]

This thread proves mental illness is sad and should be treated...

 

[Sovereign]

Most of us have mixed DNA and are hundreds of years removed from Africa. South East Asians and Oceanic peoples are sometimes darker than some of us and of course have African dna but they don’t refer to themselves as African. After so many years we’ved developed our own culture uniquely distinct from any other culture 300 years ago.

Being African doesn't mean having darker skin because every skin color, hair type, facial feature, and body size is in Africa. While we may have mixed DNA it is 30% tops on average for a Black American with two Black American parents and guess what that 70% is.

West African! Even saying that we are not culturally African is partly a stretch because some of the way we prepare our foods and speak our language is directly from our African heritage. Black American English takes West African syntax and sentence structure and combines it with English words which is why it sounds so foreign.

But even if we accept that our culture is 100% unique that doesn't change that we are an African people. You can look in the mirror and see it. We look no different than many from Nigeria and Senegal.

 

[RCNAL]

The trip thing is this. They will tell a guy who was born in America of Nigerian parents or born there and left as a baby and the guy grew up in the UK, Canada and America and visits one day. They will tell him, nah you ain't Nigerian.


Same in the Caribbean, if you don't have the local accent, you are not really from there, your parents are.

However, if you are famous they'll claim you.
"Dat NBA MVP basketball player be Nigerian like we'.
or "De NBA MVP from yaad" (did I get it right Rollie? lol)

Other countries as well. Korean women who marry brothers and have a baby, that kid is persona non grata in Korea. Straight up...unless you are Super Bowl winner and half Korean Hines Ward, then you get love. Same with Naomi Osaka, so its not just with us but a lot of folks.

Anyway, I don't care about other groups, if its black people disowning or other negative things on other black people for no valid reason based on superficial ish (jealousy, envy, lineage, culture, whatever) , its off code.

They'll take them tourist dollars with a smile and call you 'bredda' though, I've seen that first hand. haha. As long as you going back.

On balance, not a lot but like Tariq, have met some cool ass black folks from all over. The problem is there aren't nearly enough of them and they are in the minority.