Here is all I can say, Mr. Freeman:
Here is how I see this, Mr. Freeman:
To put it more specifically, a dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about Black Americans wanting to steer clear of any Africanness that is left of them, and to shed any remaining connections that they have with the rest of blackness.
To put it more specifically, a dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about Black Americans wanting to steer clear of any Africanness that is left of them, and to shed any remaining connections that they have with other black people.
From what I know already, Mr. Freeman, a dislike of the term African American is nearly mainstream within the Black American community, and has long been. So, it isn’t just you. From what I know, there are millions of black people in America, or Black Americans to be more specific, who have long said the same.
Moreover,
In a way that matches word to action, most Black Americans have not only totally never been to Africa, but also, the majority simply do not have any connection with anyone in Africa.
Moreover,
Most Black Americans have not only totally never been to Africa, but also, the majority simply do not have any connection with anyone in Africa.
When you look at things like tethering. Or things like Black Americans being mongrels, and therefore no longer the original blacks who deserve to have the word “African” in their name. Or when you look at the distance Black Americans as a group have placed between themselves and Africa, and the fact that many are even ready to get into a fight if you reminded them of their African roots, one thing that I can say is:
When you heed things like tethering. Or things like Black Americans being mongrels, and therefore no longer the original blacks who deserve to have the word “African” in their name. Or when you look at the distance Black Americans as a group have placed between themselves and Africa, and the fact that many are even ready to get into a fight if you reminded them of their African roots, one thing that I can say is:
And there are millions of Black Americans who have even said simply that “Africa was a long time ago”, and that calling them African American is a way of tethering them to Africa forever.
Recently, there is also a post I read on Quora, where someone wrote that: “telling an African American about their African origins is an insult to most African Americans. It is a sure fire way of getting into a fight.”
And there are millions of Black Americans who have made it very clear that “Africa was a long time ago”, and that calling them African American is a way of tethering them to Africa forever.
When you heed things like tethering. Or things like Black Americans being mongrels, and therefore no longer the original blacks who deserve to have the word “African” in their name. Or when you look at the distance Black Americans as a group have placed between themselves and Africa, and the fact that many are even ready to get into a fight if you reminded them of their African roots, one thing that I can say is:
The moment I realized that things weren’t easy for people like me, I resorted to unconventional tactics.
Once I realized that things weren’t easy for people like me, I resorted to using unconventional tactics.
Similarly, in your own Sunday Times interview, Mr. Freeman, you said “most Black people in this part of the world [America] are mongrels [or crossbreeds], and you say Africa as if it’s country…” — suggesting therefore, that they are no longer the original black people they were back in the day, and thus no longer have any real connection to Africa.
And there are millions of Black Americans who have said simply that “Africa was a long time ago”, and that calling them African American is a way of tethering them to Africa forever.
Recently, I also read a post on Quora, where someone wrote that: “telling an African American about their African origins is an insult to most African Americans. It is a sure fire way of getting into a fight.”
Recently, I also read a post on Quora, where someone wrote that: “telling an African American about their African origins is an insult to most African Americans. It is a sure fire way of getting into a fight.”
Moreover:
However, being black and of African descent myself, I just wanted to say something about you saying that you don’t like the term African American, or that it is an insult, as you said in your Times interview.
To put it more specifically, a dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about Black Americans wanting to steer clear of any Africanness that is left of them, and to shed any remaining connections that they have with the rest of blackness.
To put it more specifically, a dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about Black Americans wanting to steer clear of any Africanness that is left of them, and to shed any remaining connections that they have with other black people elsewhere.
When you heed things like tethering. Or things like Black Americans being mongrels, and therefore no longer the original blacks who deserve to have the word “African” in their name. Or when you look at the distance Black Americans as a group have placed between themselves and Africa, and the fact that many are even ready to get into a fight if you reminded them of their African roots, one thing I can say is:
FYI, I understand this is a universal feeling:
From what I know already, Mr. Freeman, a dislike of the term African American, is nearly mainstream within the Black American community, and has long been. It isn’t just you. From what I know, there are millions of black people in America, or Black Americans to be more specific, who have long said the same.
And there are millions of Black Americans who have made it very clear that “Africa was a long time ago”, and that calling them African American is a way of tethering them to Africa.
On the question & answer website Quora, one writer also adds that: “telling an African American [about] their [African] origins is an insult to most African Americans. It’s a sure fire way of getting into a fight.”
Similarly, in your own Sunday Times interview, Mr. Freeman, you said “most Black people in this part of the world [America] are mongrels [or crossbreeds], and you say Africa as if it’s country…” — suggesting therefore, that they are no longer the original black people they were back in the day, and thus no longer have any real connection to Africa.
Moreover, most Black Americans have not only totally never been to Africa, but also, the majority simply do not have any connection with anyone in Africa.
As one writer highlights here, “studies have revealed that majority of African slaves were captured through acts of kidnappings, raids and warfare, and through judicial processes, while only a few were literally sold by their relatives or friends as slaves”.
For example, why should it be an unheard of, totally impossible miracle for ordinary poor Africans like me to even merely get a tweet from a single black influencer in the west, about my quest to stem the cycle of poverty where I live (I have given this a try for about ten years in vain), and why should it be totally impossible for people like us to ever be friends with our fellow black people in the African diaspora however much we try?
For example, why should it be an unheard of, totally impossible miracle for people like me to even merely get a tweet from a single black influencer in the west, about my quest to stem the cycle of poverty where I live (I have given this a try for about ten years in vain), and why should it be totally impossible for people like us to ever be friends with our fellow black people in the African diaspora however much we try?
On the other hand, a place like Africa is also where Black Americans themselves have the comparative advantage for using their networks & connections in a way that results in lasting change for themselves.
Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage in a way that transforms blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, is a big wasted opportunity for themselves too.
To put it another way, all we are asking for is a world where true black freedom depends solely on things like successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in Africa, and continuous BLM street protests, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west.
To put it another way, all we are asking for is a world where true black freedom depends solely on things like successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in Africa, and continuous BLM street protests, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you on the other side of the planet.
Black dignity won’t all of a sudden come from mounting the right black emancipation campaigns, while at the same time we are remaining our own biggest problem. Let’s just become a people who function the same way all other people do.
After all, what good does it serve to shun each other, or to shun our homeland Africa, when the same struggles we black people are going through today, are exactly what awaits us another 400 years ahead if we don’t work together?
Similary, what purpose it serve to shun each other, when blackness is the most indignified thing wherever on earth you are?
And what purpose does to serve to shun each other, while at the same time decrying anti-black racism, and mounting continuous BLM campaigns?
And there isn’t a single group of people anywhere that has ever earned their dignity without having a dignified homeland of their own, no matter where on earth they live, or how long they have lived there.
On the other hand, a place like Africa is also where Black Americans themselves have the comparative advantage for using their networks and connections in a way that changes their own lives for good.
Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage to transform blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, is a big wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves.
After all:
Black dignity won’t all of a sudden come from groaning and moaning about anti-black racism, no matter how many BLM protests we stage, and no matter how consistent. Let’s just become a people who function the same way all other people do.
Black dignity won’t all of a sudden come from mounting the right black emancipation campaigns, nor will it emerge from taking a knee, or putting on the right BLM street protests, no matter how consistent. Let’s just become a people who function the same way all other people do.
After all, what good does it serve to shun each other, or to shun our homeland Africa, when the same struggles we black people are going through today, are exactly what awaits us another 400 years ahead if we don’t work together?
Similarly, what purpose it serve to shun each other, when blackness is the most indignified thing wherever on earth you are? And what purpose does to serve to shun each other, while at the same time decrying anti-black racism, and mounting continuous BLM campaigns?
One writer even points outs clearly that, “studies have revealed that majority of African slaves were captured through acts of kidnappings, raids and warfare, and through judicial processes, while only a few were literally sold by their relatives or friends as slaves”.
On the other hand, a place like Africa is also where Black Americans themselves have the comparative advantage for using their networks and connections in a way that brings about lasting change for Black Americans themselves.
Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage to transform blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, is a big wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves.
From what I know, Mr. Freeman, a dislike of the term African American is nearly mainstream within the Black American community, and has long been. From what I know already, there are millions of black people in America, or Black Americans to be more specific, who have long said the same.
In the same way, what purpose it serve to shun each other, when blackness is the most indignified thing wherever on earth you are?
And what purpose does to serve to shun each other, while at the same time decrying anti-black racism, and mounting continuous BLM campaigns?
To put in another way, what purpose does to serve to shun each other, while at the same time decrying anti-black racism, and mounting continuous BLM campaigns? And what purpose it serve to shun each other, when blackness is the most indignified thing wherever on earth you are?
On the other hand, a place like Africa is also where Black Americans themselves have the comparative advantage for using their networks and connections in a way that results in lasting social, phycological and economic change for Black Americans themselves.
So, by refusing to use their leverage in a way that transforms blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, Black Americans have in the process also proved to be a big waste to themselves.
Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage in a way that transforms blackness as a whole, or to help our homeland Africa, is a big wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves too.
Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage in a way that transforms blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, is a big wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves too.
Also, on Quora, one writer named Ashley Riggs even points out that “telling an African American [about] their [African] origins is an insult to most African Americans. It’s a sure fire way of getting into a fight.”
When you heed things like tethering. Or things like Black Americans being mongrels, and therefore no longer the original blacks who deserve to have the word “African” in their name. Or when you look at the distance Black Americans as a group have placed between themselves and Africa, and the fact that many are even ready to get into a fight if you reminded them about their African origins, one thing I can say is:
To me, a dislike of the term African American, is more about Black on Black, or Black on Africa, than about black identity in America.
To put it more specifically, a dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about Black Americans wanting to steer clear of any Africanness that is left of them, and to shed any remaining connections that they have with the rest of blackness.
Today, most diasporan Africans, for example Black Americans, have not only remained very detached from their homeland Africa, and from their black peers elsewhere, for example those from the Caribbean, but also, most online conversations indicate that the events of transatlantic trade, is the main reason we black people cite, for remaining a people who can’t look each other in the eye.
Also, on Quora, one writer named Ashley Riggs even points out that “…telling an African American [about] their [African] origins is an insult to most African Americans. It’s a sure fire way of getting into a fight.”
After all, what good does to serve to shun each other, or to shun our homeland Africa, with all the indignity that comes with being black anywhere in the world today?
Or, what purpose does it serve to keep each other at a distance, while at the same time decrying anti-black racism, and mounting continuous BLM campaigns?
After all, what good does it serve to shun each other, or to shun our homeland Africa, when the same struggles we black people are going through today, are exactly what awaits us another 400 years ahead if we don’t work together?
Or what good does to serve to shun each other, or to shun our homeland Africa, with all the indignity that comes with being black anywhere in the world today?
But then, blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity. It is why, right now, as one writer says above, “there is no [single] nonblack nation [on earth], even among the most liberal ones, where the black man is dignified”. Not even the wealthiest black man in Europe or North America. No dignity.
The reason is none but the indignity of the black race as a whole, and our homeland Africa.
And until we black people realize this, and become a people who function the same way all other people do, we will forever remain the ragtag of humanity, and we will forever remain the only humans on earth who do not have a dignified, poverty-free homeland of our own — where we can at least exist without the need to constantly chant BLM slogans, or take a knee all the time.
And until we black people realize this, and become a people who function the same way all other people do, we will forever be the ragtag of humanity, and we will forever remain the only humans on earth who do not have a dignified, poverty-free homeland of our own, where we can at least exist without the need to constantly chant BLM slogans, or take a knee all the time.
But then, blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity. It is why, right now, as one writer says above, “there is no [single] nonblack nation [on earth], even among the most liberal ones, where the black man is dignified”. Not even the wealthiest black man in Europe or North America. No dignity.
All because of but nothing but the indignity of the black race as a whole, and our motherland Africa.
To put it another way, all we are asking for is a world where true black freedom depends solely on things like successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in Africa, and continuous BLM street protests, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west.
And yes, that is exactly what we black people think. And it is what we have quietly thought for centuries.
But our ancestral traditional chiefs who handed you over to the enslavers in the 1480s and 1600s, didn’t somehow have their own independent, all-mighty governments and armies that operated separately from, or parallel to, those of the enslavers. No.
Our ancestral chiefs in Africa, back then, only had full powers until the arrival of the enslavers.
From the very first day the enslavers landed in Africa, our ancestral African chiefs (who handed you over to the enslavers) immediately became puppets of the enslavers, and not because of their choosing.
After all, if the whole of Africa eventually became a full colony of these enslavers-turned-colonists, or, if every single African who remained on the continent eventually became their subject, how then, can you think that our African ancestors somehow had the powers to decide if slaves can be taken or not?
If Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi can be occupied in only a month, how about our ancestral chiefs in the 1480s and 1600s who were only using arrows to defend themselves against a determined, armed enslaver?
After all, what good does it serve to shun each other, or to shun our homeland Africa, when the same struggles we black people are facing today, are exactly what awaits us another 400 years ahead if we don’t work together?
To put it another way, all we are asking for is a world where true black freedom depends solely on things like successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in Africa, and continuous BLM protests, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west.
According to one writer, “studies have revealed that majority of African slaves were captured through acts of kidnappings, raids and warfare, and through judicial processes, while only a few were literally sold by their relatives or friends as slaves”.
But, it’s not like our ancestral African chiefs who handed you over to the enslavers in the 1480s and 1600s somehow had their own independent, all-mighty governments and armies that operated separately from, or parallel to, those of the enslavers. No.
Our ancestral chiefs in Africa, back then, only had full powers until the arrival of the enslavers.
From the very first day the enslavers landed in Africa, our ancestral African chiefs (who handed you over to the enslavers) immediately became puppets of the enslavers, and not because of their choosing.
Or, if the whole of Africa ultimately became a colony under total rulership of the enslavers turned colonists, how can you even suggest that our African ancestors somehow had the power to stop anything
1). I am ready to own all the events of transatlantic slave trade (text).
2). My thorough apology for slavery (text).
Today, most diasporan Africans, for example Black Americans, have not only remained very, very detached from their homeland Africa, and from their black peers elsewhere, but also, most online conversations indicate that the events of transatlantic trade, is the main reason we black people give, for remaining a people who can’t look each other in the eye.
Today, most diasporan Africans, for example Black Americans, have not only remained very, very detached from their homeland Africa, and from their black peers elsewhere, for example those from the Caribbean, but also, most online conversations indicate that the events of transatlantic trade, is the main reason we black people give, for remaining a people who can’t look each other in the eye.
Today, most diasporan Africans, for example Black Americans, have not only remained very detached from their homeland Africa, and from their black peers elsewhere, but also, most online conversations indicate that the events of transatlantic trade, is the main reason we black people cite, for remaining a people who can’t look each other in the eye. But to me, these things only betray blackness as a whole.
These things only help consolidate blackness as the footrest (i.e. the resting place) of human misery.
But to me, these things only betray blackness as a whole.
But to me, these things only betray blackness as a whole. These things only help seal the fate of blackness, as being the symbol of human suffering.
Every part of Africa, today, is full of Asians (Indians, Chinese etc) who have lived here for decades, and who with locals. Even here in my town of Kamuli, in eastern Uganda, there are lots of Indians who. And Black Americans, being Africa’s own, are the last people Africans won’t
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And just to be clear: by Americans standards, Black Americans are indeed very poor.
And just to be clear: by Americans standards, Black Americans are indeed a very poor lot.
they still have problems with electricity and they still have problems with power service