DEAR AFRICAN AMERICANS PLEASE STOP THIS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ธ.ค. 2023
- A message to my dear African Americans.
00: Intro
00:39 Geography
02:21 Rap and Hip Hop culture
06:48 Ethnicity
08:08 Fighting for rights
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#african #american
Thank you for your interest in my video. Quick clarification, I am NOT AMERICAN, I am AFRICAN but I always find myself following American media for some reasons. Also English is my second language obviously. Enjoy
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So just a note about African Americans. We don't have a place to return to in Africa as most African Americans don't know their roots. They don't know them because that information and many parts of their culture was taken away during American Slavery. The vast majority of African Americans in the U.S. can only trace their ancestry to only 200-300 years or so, and it ends in the U.S. No understanding of where we come from. Also, the majority of Black Americans are hardworking, diligent people who are just trying to live. The music and other media that you see is just what they presented to the public by corporations. There are plenty of rappers and singers, men and women, that make great music that isn't debased like the popular music that most people know. Black people in America do have alot of issues, but no more than other races. Ours are just displayed in public by media corporations.
@@zaofactor That's very helpful information. Thank you very much for your comment. peace
You have a nice English profiency. USA media is overwhelming everywhere. I wish I was skilled on German and French, just to get other POVs.
@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 You might be able to use AI tools to help translate videos. I speak a little spanish, so I try to watch the news in Spanish speaking countries, but I admittedly still need help at times to understand.
As an Black male here from the US , I agree that the culture many black men and women have created here is very toxic and counter productive. Seeing the way other races including native Africans talk about us makes me so upset but then again I guess we do it ourselves.
Africa needs to feed its people and provide them clean water that's a bigger problem for them
They don’t teach African history/geography in school. A lot of European tho
@@ericrivera8410yea but as long as the world system is in the hands it’s been in, if it’s not the water its another. Best thing to do is learn about the world to know
@@Yoo-yooYeshua you make absolutely no sense word salad.
That gives them no right to...
Two things, one…there are plenty of brothers young and old who could name countries in Africa. Using clips of ignorant blk folks is what YT folks do to make their point. Secondly, with everything going on across ur homeland…why are we the topic of conversation?
I think I can guess why. If you're born in America- your an American. Your relatives in Africa are African..
It their pronoun- and you're American. It doesn't matter how you dress it up. If you were born in America you are an American- your heritage might be African, but that's not where you were born...
The other reason I think is because WHO GIVES A SHIT!!
if you don't like it,,- make a podcast- and put on a helmet!!
Facts!
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This makes me feel so significant. As i just wake up. Enjoy my coffee ☕ as a Foundational Black American and see a video showing that out of Cambodians, Peruvians, Micronesians, Sri Lankans and about 94 other Nations. Thy obsession with my people is real... A tiny population of 11% lives in the hearts and minds rent free 24/7 😂
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@Cng215
not the flex you think it is
@@eliegerminal2453 Absolutely is. Any intellectual understands that when something is text book definition "insignificant." You don't pay it any attention whatsoever. Yet I'm seeing people in Japan who've never even met a Black person speaking on tiny 11% population of Black Americans both bad and good. I'm seeing Indians making videos about MLK ect. I see a mix of emotions. Variables from people from all over the world of Envy and jealousy to Inspiration and Admiration.
@@Cng215 This is your insecurity writ large. It's sad but I hope you can heal in time man, you deserve better
I am a Black American👽🫶🏽🖤1
Dude, you need to understand the term African American is a recent term that came out in the 70’s particularly from people Jesse Jackson. Not even Martin Luther King Jr didn’t refer himself as African American. You have a few Black Americans who profess they speak for the rest of us claiming we want to be called African American but majority of us don’t! Most of us prefer to be called Black American! But if you’re from the USA you would know that but from watching TV or TH-cam you wouldn’t find that out.
I'm white, and I can name a ton of countries in Africa and around the world, but I love geography.
Same here
I used to study geography and Maps as a little kid cuz it was very fascinating
I would pretend I'd be traveling and going up the mountains and down the rivers and to the different countries looking at Atlas as a 6-year-old kids so I kind of knew the countries of the world just from Fascination as a child
Same here. Curiosity about the world seems to be mostly a White People Thing.
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
NOOOO, it's predominately an educated / intellectual person's thing
@@ImehSmith Intellectuals without curiosity, it's academia, and academia loves diversity... and went down. It's the White Man the one with the utmost curiosity, which in turn lead to all the cultural advances.
@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
Every culture in the world had people exploring the land around them otherwise you wouldn't have human migration Out of Africa all over the planet like it currently is
Tether-Babble
really ?
right!!
Definitely bro using videos of the bottom of the barrel to make a case.
Exactly, africa is 96% black and are still dominated by the UK, fix your own backyard before criticizing black americans
This is what they do to get views, that know speaking ill on us brings the numbers in…
Bro are you in the USA? A lot of black american don't Identify as African American. African American is a old term now and Many black american don't want it anymore.
BS the vaaaaaast majority still reference themselves as African American, it's even used for official documentation when referring to race.
Facts. This dude is clueless.
Calling someone black, a color is disgusting in every way
I agree. Indigenous
@tecumseh4095 Are you black american? Cuz if you not you would not understand black america Have a Culture of changing the meaning of words or making up words.
As my friends from Czechia put it "you are no black. You are metalhead, and we. Are metalheads!" It was the most welcoming thing ever
Feels nice to escape your racial identity for a few minutes, huh?
Is it? Cause.... clearly you ARE black... why can't you be black AND a metalhead?
Bro watching TV and TH-cam for a preference of Black people but tells us to learn about the continent of Africa.
I would like to hear what you think I am wrong about. I am open to learning more.
@TellEmBoi You should talk to more black american old and young that know are history to learn are history.
@@TellEmBoi most of the mainstream media as well as the top trending videos and streaming music involving the black community is highly negative and creates bad promotion to people living outside of the U.S. They don't promo or advertise our positive shit or they'll promote something superficial like Kendrick, Drake and J. Cole. A lot of Black Americans don't like Sexy Redd, Suki, Ice spice, or Kodak Black because they are used as tropes and props. While they show you those clown they won't show you Immortal Technique, Lupe Fiasco, Tech N9ne, Jay Electronica, No Name, or Danny Brown
@@TellEmBoi Not all "Black Americans" believe in that Pan African mental genocide.
@@dgenerate707 This guy has no clue of the entertainment industry operations.
How about this….I am a Black AMERICAN. With close to a thousand years of separation from that continent so if I CHOOSE to know something about the Continent of Africa then it is of my own interest not because I am black so I have an obligation to know Africa and African culture. That is an insult to me as an American.
I appreciate your input to this. Everyone has a choice to do whatever they want in life ofc. As I said at the beginning of the video, if you think what I am saying doesn't apply to you, just don't mind me.
So where have you been for the past 1000 years, because it hasn't been America..
@@quentint5735 I think it took longer than 1000 years ago for the continents to separate..... just saying
You SHOULD LEARN your past. All of it!
Don't forget though you are an American not an African if you were an African you'd be speaking from Africa or at least telling us about your voyage over to America. And don't forget you might not have come from Africa you could have come from an island other than Africa
Africans who left Africa 1 to 30 years ago are not comparable to Black Americans whose ancestors left Africa 400 years ago. The vast majority of us are not going to have detailed knowledge about Africa living in this American superpower. Same as you not know much about our history.
For example you said we should at least know which country we came from. That's lack of knowledge. When our ancestors were brought here those current nations in West in Central Africa DID NOT EXIST. Also our ancestors don't even come from one ethnic group but many so there isn't one nation or one ethnic group even that we come from.
I don't no anyone that says African American, I am Black and very proud to be so. I also no plenty of countries in Africa. As you said you've seen our media for a long time and are utilizing an American platform to voice your opinion. We can be different and still relate in positive way.... let's move on. H
You rather someone call you a derogatory term like negro, colored or black than African American? 😂
@@tecumseh4095 No body call us colored or negro them fighting words now a days and black to us don't mean bad to us black is beautiful.
They aren't Africans...
Exactly, were not african, we're FBA or black americans, the media pushes this africa label, the panafrican movement is dead
I appreciate your opinion to it. However, do you think AA's who came to claim free land in Ghana, when Ghanian gvt offered free land to AA's who would repatriate, have the same opinion ?
@@TellEmBoi You mean the Africans that migrated to America are moving back to africa. But FBA's are not moving to ghana.
We are Black Americans ❤️🔱🖤
They are Imports
A good majority of AAs were slaves! Do you know how hard it is to find out what country our ancestors from?
AAs don't own anything of significance in the music industry! In the 80s & 90s you could hear all types of music! But the media and record labels make billions off of pushing stereotypes!
You yourself have fallen right onto the trap of stereotyping AAs and you didn't even realize it! You need to talk to some reasonably educated black folks if you really want to understand the struggle of our ppl!
I feel you. It must be hard for sure. But would you say that someone who knows not even just a single country in Africa, has ever put any effort to find out where his/her ancestors are from ?
@@TellEmBoi why the hell should we care about that land, especially the way y’all obviously see us…
There is no us african and black american know we different nowadays. If you was one of us you know we don't say the er you sound like one of the people that sold us.
I have a curious mind and Geography is one of my two favorite subjects. I can name all 54 countries on the continent.
I can name 40
Same here
I used to study geography and Maps as a little kid cuz it was very fascinating
I would pretend I'd be traveling and going up the mountains and down the rivers and to the different countries looking at Atlas as a 6-year-old kids so I kind of knew the countries of the world just from Fascination as a child
@@ImehSmith sounds like you were a really bright kid.
@@Dentsun4228
Or an overactive imagination at least🤣🤣
I agree about Your comment that African Americans need to know at least one country in Africa, and needs to stop the current violence and disrespectful rap narrative. As far as the violence of the Black community in the Protests/ riots, it is not always one thing, nor are they always reported accurately.. They each almost always have to be looked at on a factual basis. There is a lot of inaccurate reporting going on.
The idea of "empowering people" isn't real part of Western Society. We expect people to bring their "power" to society. Not for people to rely on society for "power". It's more focused on the individual. Individual responsibility and accountability.
Thank you for you input on it.
agree
Well, I have noticed a lot of people hijacking other people's heritage when it hasn't even been earned.. just saying
You need to STOP generalizing. We are NOT African. We have been here over 400 years. Furthermore, we are "Black" American, not African or African-American. You don't seem to know much about us, yet you have a lot to say. Also, we are not all ignorant. A lot of us are educated, so, I don't think it's wise to get all your "knowledge" about us from social media. A couple of videos don't define what we know. !n$ul+!ng people's !n+eLl!gence for clicks and view on American TH-cam while using American Google isn't the way to go.
If you are educated you would know that African-American mitochondrial DNAs matches the mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups 100% of time. You can’t deny who you are and that’s African.
GOD is about to test us in our love for each other.
I hope we all pass❤.
Yea we domt claim to have any knowledge of Africa, and why would we want to? You guys talk a lot of crap about "African Americans" when you guys sold us out before. I, don't have any ancestors from Africa, thank goodness. I am dark, but I'm native American and English. I feel sorry for the diaspora
Great perspective My good man!
Im not one of them Im sure I can name 30 or more countries in Africa and I'm African Ameican it's sad they couldn't even think of Egypt Kenya or something hell Ethiopia this has nothing to do with only African Americans the education for this younger geneation is horrible
What do you mean Ethiopia has nothing to do with African-Americans? Explain that one?
@@knos360 That's not what the poster said IMO. The poster started to name counties but only mentioned three, probably just to keep the post short. I'll add some punctuation: Egypt, Kenya or something...hell, Ethopia... Ethopia was the last country on the list.
@arpadzigisfari5819 OK I have seen post where racist will say certain Black Africans have nothing to do with Black Americans because they are East Africans and have certain aspects of thier culture whites admire. So they will say things like ( Black's come from Sub Saharan West Africans that couldn't even invent the wheel) I have seen this weird thing from whites trying to separate other Africans from each other depending on the achievements of those particular Africans. Black is Black no matter what part of Africa we came from.
Now make a video about the things you like about Africans and African Americans
Definitely .
@@TellEmBoi naw fuck that talk about your own people…
Hello my friend. Greetings from America. I want to know, which country are you from? Your English is very good and it reminds me of Japanese speakers who have learned English.
Bro many of us have to do a DNA test to find out which country we are from they stripped us of our identity when we became slaves and it wasn't passed down including myself I have to do a DNA test I don't know which country my roots came from
It is worth remembering they didn't discriminate like you think, there were white slaves too and the women raped and they also invaded and killed all the men instead of mostly just trading with African slave traders, also the UK initiated the end of the slave trade, the Spanish, Belgians and French took decades longer to stop and the arabs are still doing it. The white English people were first to realise the error of their ways.
@@calgakispict3652 exactly!! There were also close to 4000 black slave owners here in America -so who can they blame for that??
@@calgakispict3652 actually -it was the Americans that initiated the end of the slave trade.
@@calgakispict3652 Britain initiated the transatlantic slave trade but there were still plenty of slaves working on plantations which took many many more years to abolish (they just weren't sending them on boats overseas anymore.)
I'm labeled African-American, but I reject that label because I know I am indigenous to the Americas. However, being from the USA does not excuse the levels of ignorance evident in this video. With all the information on TH-cam and other sources, the average person should be able to say the names of 2 African countries. That's not much to ask. This is a reflection of a poor educational system that devalues world geography, and a poor mindset that is focused on shallow entertainment and other distractions.
I was born in Chicago but now reside on the continent and I laughed when you asked about hip hop being so low vibrational. Easy E warned that rappers will need to do more than call women the B word. Boy was he wrong. 30 years later rappers are still using that only with less talent. It's outrageous.
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Isnt Ice Spice half Nigerian?
Deep familiar roots help people feel united, more secure and safe - a human right. Americans who are Black often do not have an identity due to lack of cultural, historical and family lineage, and systematic oppressions for generations. Some rap music is awful, degrading, and self-deprecating - sign of many lost & hurt people. Being inclusive of lost people may help all heal and grow.
We are all just playing parts and our physicality is just an illusion we carry while in this life (at this moment). When we face this we can begin to enjoy being our authentic selves and sharing the beauty in our uniqueness and come together around growing hearts of LOVE and CREATIVITY.
While there is some truth to your point of view. There are some things you may not fully understand about why things are the way they are in the US. Geography is supposed to be taught in schools. So let me ask you this - why are the black schools not given proper geography and science educational training? Why are black schools not properly funded?
Friend, you need to dig deeper. If you are going to look at the "effect", you have to look at the "cause". To blame the people that were robbed of a proper education, and miseducated but not ask the "cause" of such an "effect" is incomplete.
May I suggest that you start by reading the book "the miseducation of the negro" by Carter G. Woodson. It was written way back in 1933 but will give you a clearer picture. Thank you
TH-cam erased my comment about the DNA companies little secret…I wonder why? 🤔
Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
Yes, the hip hop/rap genre needs to clean up and improve. Are you aware our ancestors were brought to the New World, enslaved from 1619 to 1808? Was the oldest, present day country on The Continent created around 1941 (Ethiopia)?
Funny how the only successful "African American" is Elon Musk! 🤷🏼♂️
That's not true, what about Charlize Theron? 🤣
Trevor Noah
That's why we stop using African American.
@@patmann9363 I said successful. The only thing he's done is being gay
Wow successful or just have a lot of money. Because if you talking about money then the top richest people are the only ones successful.
The term African American is a term the black community gave themselves. I have been corrected for not using the correct title. 😅😅 black Americans are responsible for themselves. As a white woman, my people stepped back many years ago! ❤
I provide language services to public organisations and hospitals in the US and almost all the forms that clients/patients have to fill they have to write their race, and these forms don't have ''black'' as a race they have ''African American'' .
“Black” Americans didn’t choose the term African American, the Bourgeois negroes came up with that term. We had no vote on it we just ran with it. It’s actually kinda dumb considering Africa is a continent.
@@westbmorecertified5011 it certainly is dumb but if you put five black people in the same room and ask them what they prefer they're all going to come up with something different
@@Blacksheep-Ba-Ba Of course that would be the case, as a collective, we were robbed of our history. The fact remains that we didnt come up with these terms to describe ourselves. That includes the term black.
@@westbmorecertified5011 well if you are searching for your history- I would suggest you start in Africa. Where your own people captured you and put you on the market to be sold all over the world.
that proved they aint African American. they are black Americans 😂. they claimed they are African Americans cuz they felt lonely in the U.S. African Americans who actually from Africa or their kids born here i knew? most of them work very hard
Respectfully, that’s not true. As an “African American” most of us prefer the term black. The term African American was given to us by the US government during the civil rights era. We don’t say “African American lives matter” or “African American history month” or “support African American businesses” we say black.
Funny how the only successful "African American" is Elon Musk! 🤷🏼♂️
That was just dumb whT you said and it's very clear you are white.
We didn't feel lonely we felt brotherhood with black people all over the world at one time and look to Africa as the motherland but now we know it facts over feeling.
@@BlkTXcowboy Blacks have never built nor can they maintain a civilization.
You're talking about four fish and a fish bowl. Its a very long explanation of what you're saying. Short version- looking through the glass you see 4 different kinds of fish (African Americans) also looking through the glass only one of them is seen as Black
That' deep. I am not sure I understand it tbh but I appreciate your opinion.
@@TellEmBoi It's really not deep or complicated. Black culture today is a direct result of slavery and white supremacy. This means you can not separate Black culture from the effects of slavery and white supremacy. I don't condone willfull ignorance/cognitive dissonance within Black culture. I do however understand what we are up against and that what we know today as Black culture can not be explained separate from white supremacy anymore than the current situation in Sudan, Congo, Niger etc. can be explained excluding the contributions of colonialism.
Checkout the mouse utopia experiment, the Stanford prison experiment. Read Malcolm X, Diary of and Economic hit man, Post tramatic slave syndrome, Mass incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Stokely Carmichael. And definitely checkout The Black Panther Party.
First 1:30 & you f**king up already 🤦🏿♂️
I am black and Scott Adams was right.
Im not African im afo America i know alot geographic countries
You have described rap music correctly, so why did you like it so much? Who brags about evil? Rappers. What you heard, you liked very much. Why? You just said your not sure looting is always wrong. Why don't you understand the rap music you like, supports evil?
I like rap music but I am picky when it comes to which songs/artist that I constantly listen to. At some point of course you get to hear all these mainstream sh*ty songs because they are trending.
@@TellEmBoi The people who group Black people with evil, love rap music. That's you. Why?
they dont know their ancestors heritage completely seperated
The hate from someone who looks just like you is crazy
I am not hating though. I am just constructively cliticising.
unless you hold and pat the back of their hand, they're just going to accuse you of "hate"@@TellEmBoi
Wokanda or Wakanda
We are not African we are Chaldean’s Abrahams Isaac, and Jacob family. Cain’s family, are Aricans from Ham’s.
Here we go again #Tyrone
🔥🏀 "HIP-HOP AFMERICANS"🏀🔥
I know a bunch of Nigerian Canadians. Had a roommate who's a 2nd generation South American. Yeah, you'd be hard pressed to find a group of people with a lower opinion of African American "culture" than them.
Ask your Nigerian friend about the 'area boys' in Nigeria?? Then you will see where this so called toxic African American culture stems from
Nigerian Canadians have told me the same thing. Completely different cultures.