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Originally posted by Callisto.
I wish African Americans believed in black Unity + Ethnic pride.
I always felt like like African Americans are the least proud of their ethnic group.  |
Because a lot of African Americans don't even realize that we're our own ethnic group, as dumb as that sounds.
If you ask an African-American about they're ethnic background, they will most like say they're Black, whereas a Jamaican will quickly tell you that they are Jamaican.
So many of us are caught up in not knowing the specifics of our roots in Africa. So many African-Americans (think of Malcolm X) are so bent on reclaiming our lost African heritage. I'm not saying that's wrong; in fact it's very RIGHT. But they act like we have no culture or no history anymore and lol no we have some right here in America.
Again, it would be interesting to find out which regions/cultures/nations in Africa my ancestors came from, but I'm not beat for it. I know nothing about the cultures of West Africa. I am not from there. I'm from here. I have my culture here. I am culturally African-AMERICAN. We got our own thang going just like Jamaicans, Haitians, Trinidadians, etc. Ppl just don't realize that.
Are you catching my drift? It's hard for me to put it eloquently.
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Originally posted by Javan
Yes. I heard that y'all treat African immigrant students poorly smh!
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I've witnessed that in my life.
There was this one kid from Africa who I had a few classes with in middle school. He was a Ugandan from Zambia. Everybody used to pick on him and crack jokes on him and call him an 'African booty-scratcher' and whatnot. He would come back at those jokes, but of course it wasn't the same.
Then he got hit by a train and died right at the beginning of 8th grade, and everybody acted like they were his best friends.
Lol/smh (rest in peace)
Urban is playing it tho!
