Probably because as time has gone on due to internet or due to Africans moving away to America they’ve used it. But I know for a fact that from my parents generation it’s not a term we would use.
Think they meant it was used on Africans especially during the colonial period. We really all have the same shared experience even if being in Africa and around majority people that look like you means we experience less overt or subtle racism
The n word may have been used against Africans but was nowhere near used against them as it was against black Americans nor it is deeply ingrained in African history as it is for black American history.
Being black isn’t a monolith and there is nothing wrong with distinguishing the differences of the diaspora as long as it’s not in a disrespectful and inferior way.
Wrong, that was what we were saying “we’re all black”, nowadays others in the diaspora have distinguished themselves from us so there’s nothing wrong with us doing the same…
As an African Zimbabwean girl who doesn't say the n word like at all, I think any black person can say it 🤷🏾♀ Cuz when racist man Joe from down the street sees me he still gonna call me a nigga! I'm black, we all black. He don't care about my ancestry, if I'm dark enough for him I'm a target! All I'm gonna say is if you look black, you can say it. Heavy on the look. If you gotta pull up percentages to show your black, you don't look black enough to say it. Case closed.
They call Africans that in Europe all the time. There was this black brazilian soccer Player that was racially attacked by the white crowd in Spain. It happens all the time
They would call you a nigger. That's what y'all don't understand. There is an accent shift from the South. Y'all really don't see into things. I'm sorry that they say that to you, but it's not alike.
As an indigenous African, I love my fellow black Americans. There will always be deep familiarity and comradery and I have notice over the years more and more black Americans being comfortable with reclaiming and calling themselves 'black' instead of 'African' for those reasons you mentioned Dee, which I fully understand and respect. I have had many conversations about this with black Americans when they visit the continent. It seems to be more accepted as a reality now (whether good or bad) simply because of factors you stated.
This is so sad, i got nothing but love for african people i know our cultures are different but we're all going through the same ish whether it's here or in another country and we need to stick to together
Fun fact for anyone who cares: Most Ethiopians are roughly 45-50% 'Nilotic Sub-Saharan-related' and 50-55% non Sub-Saharan 'Natufian/Levant-related'; closest to the Semites in the Middle East and North Africa; mostly the Arabs. The Amhara, Tigrayans, Oromos make up more than three-fourths of the population. Amazing culture and people; the Habesha are my favourite.👌🏽
@@idaf3028 Huh? I'm talking about present-day ancestry. Not ancestry from hundreds of thousands of years ago lol. It also wasn't an insult at all. Just a fun fact. It doesn't mean they aren't Ethiopian or are only 50% Ethiopian. Theyr'e all still 100% Ethiopian. It just means their ancestry is related to the people in the Middle East and North Africa + Horn African people. They're essentially connected through various migrations, intermixing, trade, etc. Like for example; alot of Amhara claim relationship and/or even descent with the Ancient Arabs (Sabaeans) in the Arabian Peninsular.
@@donmoez6289 lol this is a big myth. I saw a bunch of videos from Ethiopians doing their DNA test and most are 100% Africans (East Africans) Just because they don’t have the same texture of hair, noses shape or skin color mean they aren’t continental Africans. People from Mali look completely different than people from South Africa but nobody going to say one is less African than the other. People just want to be divisive.
@@yvans. This wasn't meant to be discourse brother. Just a fact I thought about when Dee showed love to Ethiopians. But I'm gonna have to go into it now. Ethiopians get 100% Horn African on a modern DNA Test as it's simply testing for specific alleles/mutations that are mostly only found amongst the Ethiopian people. They've been there for generations (centuries/millenniums). A DNA Test goes back 5-7 generations. My comment was regarding their genetic contributors and ethnic group formation; the ethnogenesis. This isn't exclusive to Ethiopia either. It's also present in Eritrea, North Sudan (Nubians, Arabs); and other parts of Horn Africa like Somalia, etc. Just different ratios. Through databases like Vahaduo G25 as well as the academic literature on Cushitic-related groups; the Ethiopian Amhara, Tigray, Afar, Oromo, etc samples support my original statements. They’re all part of the ‘Ethio-Somali’ autosomal cluster. Cushitic-speaking peoples was formed by a mixture process involving Eastern African and Arabian ancestries. Ethiopia is both Semitic and Cushitic. The Amharas are Semitic. You think they have no relations to the Semites in the Middle East; or even North Africa? Africans are not a monolith. They are different peoples genetically, linguistically, culturally, etc. This fact isn't meant to be "divisive". This also wasn't to say one is more or less Ethiopian than the other. They are still 100% Ethiopians; regardless of possessing both Sub-Saharan and non-Sub-Saharan ancestries. It was just meant to be educational. The fact you still got people liking your comment after I disproved your point is pretty bad ngl. Shows people care more about their own agendas than actual reality. Yall are weird.
I liked this vid because there wasn’t anyone who was too PC or Technical about things . When us black people have these conversations there’s a lot of “we know what we meant”. And I’m happy they didn’t take the questions too literally
I think a lot of black Americans also disregard the extreme bullying/xenaphobia that African and really black immigrants from all over endured. I’m not even just talking about kids I mean adults too, and it still happens to this day. As a kid I was ashamed of being African because of how terribly African kids and adults were treated by people that look like us. It was very harmful and damaging.
And y’all disregard the fact that we are taught that by the media💀. And so is literally the rest of the world but yall have the most smoke for African Americans
I feel like a lot of us Africans are first or second generation so it makes sense why our parents wouldn’t use the n word. They were born and raised in motherland so everyone looked like them. They also have their own traditions and their own words. Whereas us diaspora have a mixture of both cultures. I can see where he is coming from but we grew up with that word too.
@@karasmith348 I feel this way too, but I don't expect them to ever understand us, or respect us. As with everyone in this country, all immigrants take from us and build their personality, their persona, and their wealth from us. They are immigrants first, Africans next, and black people last. In this country, we are black always and forever, and will never be considered ANYTHING other than black. This is something they will never understand or experience, and frankly it makes me mad (and I'm mixeddd...I shouldn't even be this mad but this shit makes me pissed knowing how my grandmother used to live and how freely they get live). They want to feel like they are on bottom when all statistics point to them being on top. They want to claim to be oppressed, but when a quick 6-hour flight home to a country full of people who look like you and a few American dollars would make you rich, YOU ARE NOT OPPRESSED. My two exes were both Ethiopians (both Oromo as well). All they had to do was work a regular ass job at Fedex and then go home and be fuckin rich. It honestly makes me sick we can't do that. I'm sorry but this dynamic is fucked. Africans living in the US need to grow up and learn respect. They are not black in this country first, and they are highly privileged, normally highly educated, selectively chosen immigrants.
@@karasmith348 African slaves were called the n word. Africans in Africa were called the n word by colonizers. Africans born and raised in America, besides in their homes, have a black American experience. If an African chooses to use that word, it shouldn’t be a problem. Yet some of y’all won’t bat an eye if a Hispanic person says it.
@nikk5002 well it is to me. It's not about who was or wasn't or is or isn't called the word. That's what yall fail to realize. It's not about who faces racism and who doesn't. It's about WHOSE CULTURE it is or isn't used in. Older africans don't use the word. My great grandma that's in her 90s does. Her parents did and so on... likeeeeee It's a word in AAVE that we reclaimed GENERATIONSSSSS ago! Yall only wanna say it to cosplay black american
I hate how they always ask questions based on race. As a Nigerian American there is so much culture in Africa, food, dance, education system very different than other countries, 2,000+ languages, tribes, etc. Nigeria alone has over 500 languages.
Preach. I have been saying the same thing. We are very different. Coming to this country was a huge cultural shock. The things American kids get away with here in America, they would never try that in Nigeria or any other African/Arab countries
Exactly! But westerners focus on race a lot.. like its the most important thing, when we are beyond our races. We are our langugaes, cultures, ethnicities and so much more! Greetings from Bulgaria
@gracielakh You are "above" race because everyone in Bulgaria is Bulgarian majority speaking and it plays no role in day to day life. America is a melting pot country built with white supremacy mindsets and rules even after slavery ended. It shouldn't matter when no judgment is passed on you for it.
I’ve loved African wildlife and sealife but also I feel like African culture isn’t a topic in America and it’s a shame, such a amazing bunch of countries
@@King-zx4qr A big part probably is due to the whole world falsely advertising africa as full of poverty/war/lack of education and with no inventions.They also see it as one big country rather than a continent with 54 countries.
i can't believe you mentioned my country🇸🇴 period. when you asked what you were missing i said tanzania and a second later you wrote it on the screen 😲💯❤
On a lighter note tho, this was a great conversation between the 2. Because there is so much healing that needs to take place. It's like a rap beef, between two 2 charting artist, where the fans start it.
I don’t have a problem with any black person saying nigga but..the word is a very “American” word anyway and I feel like if it wasn’t for social media and rap music no one outside of America would use that word
I have to agree with this one. I learned it from school and rap music. I don’t think I would have used it otherwise either but I was honest enough to admit that I’ve used it with close friends. Thank you for watching ❤
@johnwebb2442 Man, shut up. Y'all want to claim African so badly and I don't know why. They don't even like Black Americans. Don't get fooled by these people who push tha fake ass Pan Africanism. They constantly hating on Black Americans.
I go out my way to say im not african American i got seven generations of Americans here that i can find i prefer native or foundational black American
We need to move away from the idea that black people worldwide should be united because they share the same/similar skin tone. To me that notion of expecting unity based on race is just as infantile and racist as condemning based on race. That mindset also insinuates that it is somehow more excusable if you're not united with people of another race. More importantly, our greatest actual differences with the greatest potential to divide, are actually cultural and not racial. So it's foolish to expect disparate cultures to just unite based on skin color. We need to stop judging and expecting based on race because that is what racism is at its core! We should unite, not because of shared ethnicity but because of shared humanity, being willing to tolerate and understand cultural differences. This is the mindset we need to adopt to end racism.
Its interesting though because similar division has happened with white people and asian people. The British and Irish hated eachother and the Chinese and Japanese hated eachother.
people like you will always be victimized because of your naivety, your way of seeing the world through rose colored glasses. You think when black people were considered 2/3 humans that those white people truly believed that? or was it the right propaganda to use to keep a very profitable business (slave auctions * plantations = free labor | huge profit margins) afloat? are all black people the same? no, Are you being grouped regardless? yes, everyone to a certain extent is (think positive/negative stereotypes and their effects on groups ex=> black people not seen as intelligent , consequence = might be skipped for a job position based on perception | Asian man believed to have smaller phallus, consequence = women might not find them attractive based on perception, despite being some of the highest income earners in the country) The bottom line is that the world is not black and white, there is a lot of politics at play for diverse reasons, politics are not about logics, but agendas. In a world where everyone is playing chess, it would be very stupid of you to be playing checkers. Black excellence, regardless of it being in America, Caribbean, Africa, is a plus to the overall image of black folks. The more we build, the more we create, the more we advance, the less other groups can see us as lesser than.
The reason Black Americans don’t relate to half the things that Africans do is because We’re aboriginal Americans we have our own culture not saying we don’t share similar things to Africans but at the same time we have different culture.
@@littleleah310 right that’s what society wants to think like Africa is the mother land. It’s not it’s actually Australia back when all the continents were connected. Even the Australian aborigines have their own culture. But that’s like telling someone who is from Hawaii or Samoa if they don’t claim their Asian roots then they don’t know their roots and as you can see Hawaiians and Samoans have way different cultures than typical Asian countries 😂
Aboriginal Americans? So are Europeans Aboriginal Americans too? I thought the Amerindians were the indigenous Americans? I get your point regarding cultural difference, but I don't think it was worded right.
@@donmoez6289 Europeans are not aboriginal Americans where did you even get that from?🤔🤣 Melanin people were the first of the human there’s traces of Melanin people being in Europe before white people. If you think Melanin folks say in Africa there whole life until White folks then you need to do some research. And there’s traces of Melanin people being in the Americas as human fossils remains have been found in the state Wisconsin and had a elongated shaped heads that dated back way before Columbus and English and before the Vikings came to America. There’s even statues in Central America that was found in the jungle that looked just like someone who was melanin or “black”. So no I didn’t word anything wrong
7:35 that is actually a great point and it just doesn’t stop their when Africans or even Caribbean’s say the n word, how they dress and how they carry themselves too
7:29 ok, ok, I totally get his point, and I have to agree to some level. But I want to remind everyone that the n-word was not only an American thing, it was used everywhere, also in Africa, especially during comonization. There are even 2 versions of it in german. So, yes, it is interesting to see how african adopted to the use of the word from the black people in America, but I would describe it more as adopting to an trauma response. My african mom doesn’t say it, but she’s still fine with it. (I‘m african-european btw)
Following that Dude Logic, Mf Doom,Nicki Minaj,21 Savage etc etc shouldn't say the N word loool. people speak it because it's around them, i'm black i don't say because people around me never used it but in case of Nicki Minaj,21 Savage they grew up around the culture. That's why the say it. This american thing of trying to separate everything all the time lol
But if I grew up around Caribbeans or Africans they won’t let that slide as an American just cause I live next to them. All cultures separate themselves.
I agree with "african Americans" just being "black" my mom is an immigrant from africa and my dad is Jamaican but we share no cultural similarities, white people just made that word to group us negros together lmao
Not even among food? Someone did a post about the black diaspora and food (black Americans, West Indian, African) and how there’s so many similarities. Also, isn’t Jamaica racially diverse? Is everyone referred to as just Jamaican or do they also use “black, white, Asian” out there as well?
See I don’t even like the word black. For one weren’t not black idc how dark someone is. 2 You can’t be black but also be a color person when black isn’t even a color it’s the absent of color. So how does that make sense 😂. We’re all different shades of brown. Some of us are like copper, some of us are like peanut butter, some of us are like brownies and some of us are like hot fudge.
@@CEO.Danny_ lmao 🤣 we not talking literally 😭 but what term do you prefer? How you feel about ADOS? I don’t think we ever going to be able to decide on a name we can all agree on 🤣
@@CEO.Danny_ girl black is a race its not about the tone of your skin, its the sam for asians, in asia there are many different tones of skin colour from pale to dark but they are still asian
@@glitbow7630 I currently live in Nigeria too. My dad is from Nigeria and mom is from the United States. I grew up in the US but I currently live in Nigeria with my fiancé and we have a 5 year old son, 2 year old daughter and I’m 7 months pregnant with twin girls. I love Nigeria period.
From what I've seen and heard from native Africans; I also think alot of the African vs African American discourse stems from a large portion of African Americans trying to claim various identities and cultures. You'll have some claiming they're not even from Africa and are indigenous to America. Some will say they were the ancient Israelites, Moors, Egyptians, etc; when historically & genetically it does not match at all. But of course the fundamentals and main discourse is the difference in experiences, culture, lifestyle, language, etc.
Do you know/think this issue is only present with blacks in America? Ex. why don’t descendants of enslaved have same issue in places like Haiti or Jamaica? Or do they?
Some of us black Americans are indigenous to America. And even then when black Americans do claim their African roots some are met with hatred because we can’t trace back where exactly in Africa we come from as if we asked to be sold into slavery and striped of our history. Black Americans have created the most emulated and imitated culture and still get told we have none.
@@jadetaylor5191 I think it's definitely majority prevalent in America yes; North America to be exact. I'm not too familar if the mindset is also present within the Carribean. I don't think so. But perhaps in today's timeline; there is alot of influence within social media, etc that it's possible some may have adopted the mindset. And to answer your question on why; most likely an identity crisis. African American identity seems to be volatile; especially with the effects of social media, etc; where people brainwash each other. I think Carribeans might be more secure in their identity than the average African American. This is just a generalization though, and an attempt to answer your question.
There are Black people who are indigenous to the Americas though… what’s the problem? It doesn’t match genetically? What does that even mean? If you looked at what an “American” is today, and then looked at what that was, genetically speaking, just a few hundred years ago, it wouldn’t match. How tf would you even go about trying to figure out what the genetic makeup of mf’ers from 10,000 years ago in Egypt were to begin with? Look at Australia for instance. Colonization can change the genetic makeup of a place in the blink of an eye.
11:55 Facts. Fun fact for anyone who cares: Most Ethiopians are roughly 45-50% 'Nilotic Sub-Saharan-related' and 50-55% non Sub-Saharan 'Natufian/Levant-related'; closest to the Semites in the Middle East and North Africa; mostly the Arabs. The Amhara, Tigrayans, Oromos make up more than three-fourths of the population. Ethiopians are a fire culture/people; the Habesha subset are my favourite.👌🏽
Incorrect. Amhara and Tigray people are technically considered Habesha. Habesha refers to Ethiopians/Eritreans that speak Semitic-languages (these are Tigrayans and Amhara people). Oromo people and the rest of Ethiopia are not technically Habesha but endure the label because it’s now considered a general term for Ethiopians (and it’s a term Ethiopian-Americans or Ethiopian nationalists use).
@@duretihailu4026 I know bro. Nothing I said was wrong. I did not group Oromo under Habesha. I simply said Habesha are my favourite, but I can see how it looked that way though. I’ll edit.
Just to add to the n word discourse, speaking at least for my country -Sudan- we might not use the n word because we are not an English speaking country but we definitely havwe equivalents
The N word means nothing to me and yes I am African not black there is a difference (I am a from a country where the race theory doesn’t work for us but we will respectfully call you by your chosen race)
That ain't true fam. I grew up in Nigeria and the majority of Nigerians loved Black Americans. Don't let the few trolls (on both sides) on twitter convince you otherwise.
Africans are Black. Just like Afro Latinos are Black... You North Americans love to appropriate the term black when you're only 1% of the Black People world wide
As an African myself (Cameroonian by the way), I feel so sad that Eurocentric views have succeeded to divide us as a race so much. While I understand the hesitation by some AA's to be referred to as such, I feel that it is unfortunate because the Rev. Jesse Jackson coined that term in the 1980s as a way of reinventing the identity of Black Americans who had been so greatly marginalized in American society. However, we don't see these same divisions among White people regardless of where they come from. They are always very proud of their heritage. I am glad that in this age of social media, our AA brothers and sisters are starting to realize that the image of a sick, dirty and dying Africa which they were fed for centuries was a lie, and many of them are starting to even visit and settle in the Motherland. Would be glad to see stronger ties between people of African descent and more Africans. Thanks for your reactions on this video.
White definitely have divisions . An Englishman would feel prejudice against a German, Austians don't like germans, Hungarians hate Romanians, the Croatian dispise the Serbians, and no one seems to like Albanians lol.
Dee is kinda wrong( around 5 minutes) you along with all of your ancestors are african you just happen to be american as well. Even though the reason may be different it is similar to that white girl we have all heard of sayin she is german, french, dutch etc . Also we gotta stop letting terms created by racist/ignorant (same thing) people dictate what we refer to ourselves as.
Regardless on if black American “known where they’re from” there would be a difference in history and culture. You privacy don’t mean to but you comment comes off a bit condescending about us not knowing exactly where our ancestors came from. Because Caribbeans don’t share the same history or culture as Africans but y’all never point that out and say y’all don’t know where y’all from because they aren’t native to those Caribbeans island they were bought in slave ships just like black Americans. 🙃
Same thing with Carribeans and Afro Hispanics, but no one talks about that. Pulse there is no one place in Africa black Americans are from. We are mixed of multiple different tribes.
@@nikki6340YOU don’t know where YOU came from. Don’t put the rest of us in it. I don’t have to trace back to some random tribe in Africa to know where me and my people are from.
African Americans don’t want to know where their from they just stop at America and that’s it lol I have generations of people that were here before me but really wondered where my lineage was traced
The N word means something else where am from We grew up watching american rappers use the n word so we thought N word means youbare dressed with still or saging and blin blin and all
Africans are literally addressed as nigga as a racial slur, our ancestors were colonised in our own borders and experienced racism too. The term is not peculiar to black Americans.
@@beulah5213 you were called, but did you call each other that? Did you pass the term down generations over? In what way are you using the term? Black folks weren't called nigga in America by non black people.
@@karasmith348thats so stupid to restrict a whole group of people from using a word that was used against them too just because they didn’t reclaim it. shouldn’t y’all be happy that we’re reclaiming it and it’s negative connotations are going away? the n word has as much cultural relevance to africans as it does to yall
@Aang is best boi @Aang is best boi Black Americans aren't restricting you from saying it. We don't have control over anyone to do that. Is it offensive? Yes. Why? Because you're using a term that is very much so embedded into our CULTURE. We don't just say it for the fuck of it like others. How is it just as culturally relevant if the vast majority of your culture DOESN'T use it. Black Americans have been using the term for GENERATIONS, literally to the 1800s. The real question is. Why do you want to say it so bad? What benefits do you get from saying the nword? Does it make you feel good about yourself or what?
Volume is TOO low on the recording, so I stopped watching it. I don't subscribe to the word African American, as its a racist term for white Americans to label you as an outsider of the US, even though white Americans are also outsiders from the native Americans that are indigenous to the US. Americans are all colours and some say you are where you were born and many black Americans for many generations have never been to Africa.
All of west Africa was enslaved. And there’s a country literally named after the N word which is Niger. If you from North Africa then you can’t say cause you ain’t black. The East depends if they think themselves as black. South you can unless you white.😂
The n word discourse is so weird to me because it’s been used with Africans as well. Not only black Americans
Probably because as time has gone on due to internet or due to Africans moving away to America they’ve used it. But I know for a fact that from my parents generation it’s not a term we would use.
Think they meant it was used on Africans especially during the colonial period. We really all have the same shared experience even if being in Africa and around majority people that look like you means we experience less overt or subtle racism
@@newrecruit100 i mean sure but it’s not like it completely disappeared from the vocabulary.
But I can understand where the ick might be
The n word may have been used against Africans but was nowhere near used against them as it was against black Americans nor it is deeply ingrained in African history as it is for black American history.
right like has he never heard of colonization??
This whole Africans vs African Americans thing is so stupid to me 😂. We’re ALL BLACK. Let’s just leave it at that LMAO.
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Being black isn’t a monolith and there is nothing wrong with distinguishing the differences of the diaspora as long as it’s not in a disrespectful and inferior way.
No we not why are you forcing us to accept race theory? It literally doesn’t make sense in my off our languages of cultures
@@aura.euphoriano there’s a difference
Wrong, that was what we were saying “we’re all black”, nowadays others in the diaspora have distinguished themselves from us so there’s nothing wrong with us doing the same…
As an African Zimbabwean girl who doesn't say the n word like at all, I think any black person can say it 🤷🏾♀ Cuz when racist man Joe from down the street sees me he still gonna call me a nigga! I'm black, we all black. He don't care about my ancestry, if I'm dark enough for him I'm a target! All I'm gonna say is if you look black, you can say it. Heavy on the look. If you gotta pull up percentages to show your black, you don't look black enough to say it. Case closed.
As a fellow Zimbabwean, the white people here call us that. I've seen and heard it
They call Africans that in Europe all the time.
There was this black brazilian soccer Player that was racially attacked by the white crowd in Spain. It happens all the time
They would call you a nigger. That's what y'all don't understand. There is an accent shift from the South. Y'all really don't see into things. I'm sorry that they say that to you, but it's not alike.
As an indigenous African, I love my fellow black Americans. There will always be deep familiarity and comradery and I have notice over the years more and more black Americans being comfortable with reclaiming and calling themselves 'black' instead of 'African' for those reasons you mentioned Dee, which I fully understand and respect. I have had many conversations about this with black Americans when they visit the continent. It seems to be more accepted as a reality now (whether good or bad) simply because of factors you stated.
This is so sad, i got nothing but love for african people i know our cultures are different but we're all going through the same ish whether it's here or in another country and we need to stick to together
Truth.
"Ethiopians are fine" We won once again lol
Fun fact for anyone who cares: Most Ethiopians are roughly 45-50% 'Nilotic Sub-Saharan-related' and 50-55% non Sub-Saharan 'Natufian/Levant-related'; closest to the Semites in the Middle East and North Africa; mostly the Arabs. The Amhara, Tigrayans, Oromos make up more than three-fourths of the population. Amazing culture and people; the Habesha are my favourite.👌🏽
@donmoez6289 Ethiopians are Ethiopians but also its been proven everyone came from Africa for anyone who cares
@@idaf3028 Huh? I'm talking about present-day ancestry. Not ancestry from hundreds of thousands of years ago lol. It also wasn't an insult at all. Just a fun fact.
It doesn't mean they aren't Ethiopian or are only 50% Ethiopian. Theyr'e all still 100% Ethiopian. It just means their ancestry is related to the people in the Middle East and North Africa + Horn African people. They're essentially connected through various migrations, intermixing, trade, etc.
Like for example; alot of Amhara claim relationship and/or even descent with the Ancient Arabs (Sabaeans) in the Arabian Peninsular.
@@donmoez6289 lol this is a big myth.
I saw a bunch of videos from Ethiopians doing their DNA test and most are 100% Africans (East Africans)
Just because they don’t have the same texture of hair, noses shape or skin color mean they aren’t continental Africans.
People from Mali look completely different than people from South Africa but nobody going to say one is less African than the other.
People just want to be divisive.
@@yvans. This wasn't meant to be discourse brother. Just a fact I thought about when Dee showed love to Ethiopians. But I'm gonna have to go into it now.
Ethiopians get 100% Horn African on a modern DNA Test as it's simply testing for specific alleles/mutations that are mostly only found amongst the Ethiopian people. They've been there for generations (centuries/millenniums). A DNA Test goes back 5-7 generations. My comment was regarding their genetic contributors and ethnic group formation; the ethnogenesis. This isn't exclusive to Ethiopia either. It's also present in Eritrea, North Sudan (Nubians, Arabs); and other parts of Horn Africa like Somalia, etc. Just different ratios.
Through databases like Vahaduo G25 as well as the academic literature on Cushitic-related groups; the Ethiopian Amhara, Tigray, Afar, Oromo, etc samples support my original statements. They’re all part of the ‘Ethio-Somali’ autosomal cluster. Cushitic-speaking peoples was formed by a mixture process involving Eastern African and Arabian ancestries. Ethiopia is both Semitic and Cushitic. The Amharas are Semitic. You think they have no relations to the Semites in the Middle East; or even North Africa?
Africans are not a monolith. They are different peoples genetically, linguistically, culturally, etc. This fact isn't meant to be "divisive". This also wasn't to say one is more or less Ethiopian than the other. They are still 100% Ethiopians; regardless of possessing both Sub-Saharan and non-Sub-Saharan ancestries. It was just meant to be educational.
The fact you still got people liking your comment after I disproved your point is pretty bad ngl. Shows people care more about their own agendas than actual reality. Yall are weird.
I liked this vid because there wasn’t anyone who was too PC or Technical about things .
When us black people have these conversations there’s a lot of “we know what we meant”. And I’m happy they didn’t take the questions too literally
I think a lot of black Americans also disregard the extreme bullying/xenaphobia that African and really black immigrants from all over endured. I’m not even just talking about kids I mean adults too, and it still happens to this day. As a kid I was ashamed of being African because of how terribly African kids and adults were treated by people that look like us. It was very harmful and damaging.
And y’all disregard the fact that we are taught that by the media💀. And so is literally the rest of the world but yall have the most smoke for African Americans
Homophobia?
@@JonathanDCHy lol I was typing fast, i meant xenophobia
@@jadebruce4091 aaah makes sense
yall do the same for aa tho
I feel like a lot of us Africans are first or second generation so it makes sense why our parents wouldn’t use the n word. They were born and raised in motherland so everyone looked like them. They also have their own traditions and their own words. Whereas us diaspora have a mixture of both cultures. I can see where he is coming from but we grew up with that word too.
It's not just a word we grew up with, it's a word that is cultural. I don't think non Black American people should use it
@@karasmith348 I feel this way too, but I don't expect them to ever understand us, or respect us. As with everyone in this country, all immigrants take from us and build their personality, their persona, and their wealth from us. They are immigrants first, Africans next, and black people last. In this country, we are black always and forever, and will never be considered ANYTHING other than black. This is something they will never understand or experience, and frankly it makes me mad (and I'm mixeddd...I shouldn't even be this mad but this shit makes me pissed knowing how my grandmother used to live and how freely they get live). They want to feel like they are on bottom when all statistics point to them being on top. They want to claim to be oppressed, but when a quick 6-hour flight home to a country full of people who look like you and a few American dollars would make you rich, YOU ARE NOT OPPRESSED. My two exes were both Ethiopians (both Oromo as well). All they had to do was work a regular ass job at Fedex and then go home and be fuckin rich. It honestly makes me sick we can't do that. I'm sorry but this dynamic is fucked. Africans living in the US need to grow up and learn respect. They are not black in this country first, and they are highly privileged, normally highly educated, selectively chosen immigrants.
@@karasmith348 African slaves were called the n word. Africans in Africa were called the n word by colonizers. Africans born and raised in America, besides in their homes, have a black American experience. If an African chooses to use that word, it shouldn’t be a problem. Yet some of y’all won’t bat an eye if a Hispanic person says it.
@nikk5002 well it is to me. It's not about who was or wasn't or is or isn't called the word. That's what yall fail to realize. It's not about who faces racism and who doesn't. It's about WHOSE CULTURE it is or isn't used in. Older africans don't use the word. My great grandma that's in her 90s does. Her parents did and so on... likeeeeee It's a word in AAVE that we reclaimed GENERATIONSSSSS ago! Yall only wanna say it to cosplay black american
I hate how they always ask questions based on race. As a Nigerian American there is so much culture in Africa, food, dance, education system very different than other countries, 2,000+ languages, tribes, etc. Nigeria alone has over 500 languages.
Preach. I have been saying the same thing. We are very different. Coming to this country was a huge cultural shock. The things American kids get away with here in America, they would never try that in Nigeria or any other African/Arab countries
Exactly! But westerners focus on race a lot.. like its the most important thing, when we are beyond our races. We are our langugaes, cultures, ethnicities and so much more! Greetings from
Bulgaria
@gracielakh You are "above" race because everyone in Bulgaria is Bulgarian majority speaking and it plays no role in day to day life. America is a melting pot country built with white supremacy mindsets and rules even after slavery ended. It shouldn't matter when no judgment is passed on you for it.
Dee’s excitement 7:43 got me smiling from ear to ear looool
I’ve loved African wildlife and sealife but also I feel like African culture isn’t a topic in America and it’s a shame, such a amazing bunch of countries
Something I've observed is that the topic is available but a lot of people don't care to look into it
@@King-zx4qr A big part probably is due to the whole world falsely advertising africa as full of poverty/war/lack of education and with no inventions.They also see it as one big country rather than a continent with 54 countries.
African American sounds like “you black from somewhere but you American tho”
That’s kind of what it means. Just means that your ancestors were born in Africa but you weren’t.
Omg I just watched this yesterday and was thinking about sending it to you Dee! Glad you reacted to it!
i can't believe you mentioned my country🇸🇴 period. when you asked what you were missing i said tanzania and a second later you wrote it on the screen 😲💯❤
On a lighter note tho, this was a great conversation between the 2. Because there is so much healing that needs to take place. It's like a rap beef, between two 2 charting artist, where the fans start it.
I’ve been mad considering moving to Africa! Do your research. It really can be an amazing place to live!
I don’t have a problem with any black person saying nigga but..the word is a very “American” word anyway and I feel like if it wasn’t for social media and rap music no one outside of America would use that word
I have to agree with this one. I learned it from school and rap music. I don’t think I would have used it otherwise either but I was honest enough to admit that I’ve used it with close friends. Thank you for watching ❤
Truly feel we always been here tbh. And we the only niggas on earth 💯☝🏿
7:50 finally an American who doesn’t think Morocco is in the Middle East
African American means black american of african descendant.
But I call myself Black American.
DNA test will reveal the truth.
@johnwebb2442 Man, shut up. Y'all want to claim African so badly and I don't know why. They don't even like Black Americans. Don't get fooled by these people who push tha fake ass Pan Africanism. They constantly hating on Black Americans.
Why I pause to name the countries just to unpause and see her do the same thing😂😂😂
Dee looks like a light-skinned Igbo chick named Chioma
Definitely!
Definitely!! Or Amaka!!!
She looks like this Colombian chick I know named Jesenia from Harlem NY
Chi Chi Baby
I go out my way to say im not african American i got seven generations of Americans here that i can find i prefer native or foundational black American
We need to move away from the idea that black people worldwide should be united because they share the same/similar skin tone. To me that notion of expecting unity based on race is just as infantile and racist as condemning based on race. That mindset also insinuates that it is somehow more excusable if you're not united with people of another race.
More importantly, our greatest actual differences with the greatest potential to divide, are actually cultural and not racial. So it's foolish to expect disparate cultures to just unite based on skin color. We need to stop judging and expecting based on race because that is what racism is at its core!
We should unite, not because of shared ethnicity but because of shared humanity, being willing to tolerate and understand cultural differences. This is the mindset we need to adopt to end racism.
Its interesting though because similar division has happened with white people and asian people. The British and Irish hated eachother and the Chinese and Japanese hated eachother.
people like you will always be victimized because of your naivety, your way of seeing the world through rose colored glasses. You think when black people were considered 2/3 humans that those white people truly believed that? or was it the right propaganda to use to keep a very profitable business (slave auctions * plantations = free labor | huge profit margins) afloat?
are all black people the same? no,
Are you being grouped regardless? yes, everyone to a certain extent is (think positive/negative stereotypes and their effects on groups ex=> black people not seen as intelligent , consequence = might be skipped for a job position based on perception | Asian man believed to have smaller phallus, consequence = women might not find them attractive based on perception, despite being some of the highest income earners in the country)
The bottom line is that the world is not black and white, there is a lot of politics at play for diverse reasons, politics are not about logics, but agendas. In a world where everyone is playing chess, it would be very stupid of you to be playing checkers.
Black excellence, regardless of it being in America, Caribbean, Africa, is a plus to the overall image of black folks. The more we build, the more we create, the more we advance, the less other groups can see us as lesser than.
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i love being african american
Me too.
The reason Black Americans don’t relate to half the things that Africans do is because We’re aboriginal Americans we have our own culture not saying we don’t share similar things to Africans but at the same time we have different culture.
Fr, and people get made if we don't "claim our African roots" most of us don't know our roots🤣
As first gen our culture is very very different.
@@littleleah310 right that’s what society wants to think like Africa is the mother land. It’s not it’s actually Australia back when all the continents were connected. Even the Australian aborigines have their own culture. But that’s like telling someone who is from Hawaii or Samoa if they don’t claim their Asian roots then they don’t know their roots and as you can see Hawaiians and Samoans have way different cultures than typical Asian countries 😂
Aboriginal Americans? So are Europeans Aboriginal Americans too? I thought the Amerindians were the indigenous Americans? I get your point regarding cultural difference, but I don't think it was worded right.
@@donmoez6289 Europeans are not aboriginal Americans where did you even get that from?🤔🤣 Melanin people were the first of the human there’s traces of Melanin people being in Europe before white people. If you think Melanin folks say in Africa there whole life until White folks then you need to do some research. And there’s traces of Melanin people being in the Americas as human fossils remains have been found in the state Wisconsin and had a elongated shaped heads that dated back way before Columbus and English and before the Vikings came to America. There’s even statues in Central America that was found in the jungle that looked just like someone who was melanin or “black”. So no I didn’t word anything wrong
I feel like I can still say African American because the earliest African in my blood line is only twice removed from the eldest person in my family
I’m African and my parents definitely say the n-world in different languages too 😅
7:35 that is actually a great point and it just doesn’t stop their when Africans or even Caribbean’s say the n word, how they dress and how they carry themselves too
7:29 ok, ok, I totally get his point, and I have to agree to some level. But I want to remind everyone that the n-word was not only an American thing, it was used everywhere, also in Africa, especially during comonization. There are even 2 versions of it in german. So, yes, it is interesting to see how african adopted to the use of the word from the black people in America, but I would describe it more as adopting to an trauma response. My african mom doesn’t say it, but she’s still fine with it. (I‘m african-european btw)
Thank you for saying Egypt. I have watched several reactions to this video and youre the first to say Egypt. To me Egypt is an easy one IMO. 😂
Following that Dude Logic, Mf Doom,Nicki Minaj,21 Savage etc etc shouldn't say the N word loool. people speak it because it's around them, i'm black i don't say because people around me never used it but in case of Nicki Minaj,21 Savage they grew up around the culture. That's why the say it. This american thing of trying to separate everything all the time lol
Right
But if I grew up around Caribbeans or Africans they won’t let that slide as an American just cause I live next to them. All cultures separate themselves.
We have been giving out too many passes
I agree with "african Americans" just being "black" my mom is an immigrant from africa and my dad is Jamaican but we share no cultural similarities, white people just made that word to group us negros together lmao
Not even among food? Someone did a post about the black diaspora and food (black Americans, West Indian, African) and how there’s so many similarities.
Also, isn’t Jamaica racially diverse? Is everyone referred to as just Jamaican or do they also use “black, white, Asian” out there as well?
See I don’t even like the word black. For one weren’t not black idc how dark someone is. 2 You can’t be black but also be a color person when black isn’t even a color it’s the absent of color. So how does that make sense 😂. We’re all different shades of brown. Some of us are like copper, some of us are like peanut butter, some of us are like brownies and some of us are like hot fudge.
@@CEO.Danny_ lmao 🤣 we not talking literally 😭 but what term do you prefer? How you feel about ADOS? I don’t think we ever going to be able to decide on a name we can all agree on 🤣
@@CEO.Danny_ girl black is a race its not about the tone of your skin, its the sam for asians, in asia there are many different tones of skin colour from pale to dark but they are still asian
@@CEO.Danny_ This!!!! Like we're all different shades of brown period
I love being half Nigerian 🇳🇬❤️
You love having to flee?
@@glitbow7630 I currently live in Nigeria too. My dad is from Nigeria and mom is from the United States. I grew up in the US but I currently live in Nigeria with my fiancé and we have a 5 year old son, 2 year old daughter and I’m 7 months pregnant with twin girls. I love Nigeria period.
@@Chase_Dapremont777 so you’re an anchor baby?
@@Chase_Dapremont777 you downgraded so did your mom
@@Chase_Dapremont777 I wish all the best to you and your family
OOOOHHH THIS GONNA BE NASTYYY😂😂😂
Wow that was an interesting and beautiful reaction. Love u from Sudan ❤️
This is so wild to me as someone from the UK. Like black people just be black people here 🤣
Americans love to categorise everything and be different 😂
what is a Black British are they not immigrants like the ones that come to America?
Lmfao dee killed me getting stuck on the last country
I just learned that it'd Darth Vader and not Dark Vader rn... watching this video
Omg 😭
From what I've seen and heard from native Africans; I also think alot of the African vs African American discourse stems from a large portion of African Americans trying to claim various identities and cultures. You'll have some claiming they're not even from Africa and are indigenous to America. Some will say they were the ancient Israelites, Moors, Egyptians, etc; when historically & genetically it does not match at all. But of course the fundamentals and main discourse is the difference in experiences, culture, lifestyle, language, etc.
Do you know/think this issue is only present with blacks in America? Ex. why don’t descendants of enslaved have same issue in places like Haiti or Jamaica? Or do they?
Some of us black Americans are indigenous to America. And even then when black Americans do claim their African roots some are met with hatred because we can’t trace back where exactly in Africa we come from as if we asked to be sold into slavery and striped of our history. Black Americans have created the most emulated and imitated culture and still get told we have none.
@@jadetaylor5191 I think it's definitely majority prevalent in America yes; North America to be exact. I'm not too familar if the mindset is also present within the Carribean. I don't think so.
But perhaps in today's timeline; there is alot of influence within social media, etc that it's possible some may have adopted the mindset.
And to answer your question on why; most likely an identity crisis. African American identity seems to be volatile; especially with the effects of social media, etc; where people brainwash each other. I think Carribeans might be more secure in their identity than the average African American. This is just a generalization though, and an attempt to answer your question.
@@RandomUser7199 That part.
There are Black people who are indigenous to the Americas though… what’s the problem? It doesn’t match genetically? What does that even mean? If you looked at what an “American” is today, and then looked at what that was, genetically speaking, just a few hundred years ago, it wouldn’t match. How tf would you even go about trying to figure out what the genetic makeup of mf’ers from 10,000 years ago in Egypt were to begin with? Look at Australia for instance. Colonization can change the genetic makeup of a place in the blink of an eye.
Americans asking if an African knows someone from africa is weird😂 I'd be like "Yeah, we climb trees together"😂😂
11:55 Facts. Fun fact for anyone who cares: Most Ethiopians are roughly 45-50% 'Nilotic Sub-Saharan-related' and 50-55% non Sub-Saharan 'Natufian/Levant-related'; closest to the Semites in the Middle East and North Africa; mostly the Arabs. The Amhara, Tigrayans, Oromos make up more than three-fourths of the population.
Ethiopians are a fire culture/people; the Habesha subset are my favourite.👌🏽
Incorrect. Amhara and Tigray people are technically considered Habesha. Habesha refers to Ethiopians/Eritreans that speak Semitic-languages (these are Tigrayans and Amhara people). Oromo people and the rest of Ethiopia are not technically Habesha but endure the label because it’s now considered a general term for Ethiopians (and it’s a term Ethiopian-Americans or Ethiopian nationalists use).
@@duretihailu4026 I know bro. Nothing I said was wrong. I did not group Oromo under Habesha. I simply said Habesha are my favourite, but I can see how it looked that way though. I’ll edit.
I’m African American I truly believe we get laid more then any race 😂 especially me
i dont say the n word bc that's just not how i talk, simple as that 🤷🏾♀️
Just to add to the n word discourse, speaking at least for my country -Sudan- we might not use the n word because we are not an English speaking country but we definitely havwe equivalents
"Watts homie Dee"😂
much love Dee
Dee you should think of coming to Botswana
Me just chilling Wisconsin dells right now
Didn't know my country Somalia is that popular lmao 🤣
The N word means nothing to me and yes I am African not black there is a difference (I am a from a country where the race theory doesn’t work for us but we will respectfully call you by your chosen race)
Yes, come visit. I am bias though 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿.
Shordy wit da curly red hair gotta phatty oms
Blacks vs Africans is a thing. A lot of Africans don't have love for Black Americans but as a Black American I can't say I blame em. We be wilding 😭
That ain't true fam. I grew up in Nigeria and the majority of Nigerians loved Black Americans. Don't let the few trolls (on both sides) on twitter convince you otherwise.
Africans are Black. Just like Afro Latinos are Black... You North Americans love to appropriate the term black when you're only 1% of the Black People world wide
Its not the trolls its the culture Africans bring over here@@blessedchild4941
As an African myself (Cameroonian by the way), I feel so sad that Eurocentric views have succeeded to divide us as a race so much. While I understand the hesitation by some AA's to be referred to as such, I feel that it is unfortunate because the Rev. Jesse Jackson coined that term in the 1980s as a way of reinventing the identity of Black Americans who had been so greatly marginalized in American society. However, we don't see these same divisions among White people regardless of where they come from. They are always very proud of their heritage. I am glad that in this age of social media, our AA brothers and sisters are starting to realize that the image of a sick, dirty and dying Africa which they were fed for centuries was a lie, and many of them are starting to even visit and settle in the Motherland. Would be glad to see stronger ties between people of African descent and more Africans. Thanks for your reactions on this video.
White definitely have divisions . An Englishman would feel prejudice against a German, Austians don't like germans, Hungarians hate Romanians, the Croatian dispise the Serbians, and no one seems to like Albanians lol.
Dee is kinda wrong( around 5 minutes) you along with all of your ancestors are african you just happen to be american as well. Even though the reason may be different it is similar to that white girl we have all heard of sayin she is german, french, dutch etc . Also we gotta stop letting terms created by racist/ignorant (same thing) people dictate what we refer to ourselves as.
Most Black Americans don't know where they're "from" there's just a difference in history and therefore a difference in culture
Regardless on if black American “known where they’re from” there would be a difference in history and culture. You privacy don’t mean to but you comment comes off a bit condescending about us not knowing exactly where our ancestors came from. Because Caribbeans don’t share the same history or culture as Africans but y’all never point that out and say y’all don’t know where y’all from because they aren’t native to those Caribbeans island they were bought in slave ships just like black Americans. 🙃
@@RandomUser7199 bro I'm black American I'm not being condescending bc I'm talking about myself💀 we have a different history
@@nikki6340 dude was just waiting for an opportunity to lashing out on somebody this isn’t your fault you said nothing wrong .
Same thing with Carribeans and Afro Hispanics, but no one talks about that. Pulse there is no one place in Africa black Americans are from. We are mixed of multiple different tribes.
@@nikki6340YOU don’t know where YOU came from. Don’t put the rest of us in it. I don’t have to trace back to some random tribe in Africa to know where me and my people are from.
Ibo isn't a tribe. It's an ethnic group.
Black Americans and African has different cultures 😂
8:10 I was shouting Tanzania at my screen lol
African Americans don’t want to know where their from they just stop at America and that’s it lol I have generations of people that were here before me but really wondered where my lineage was traced
We’re from America. Why should we have to trace back to some random tribe in Africa to “know where we’re from”?
Had to send this to my mom
Dee be spitting facts every time
Ohhh I love these
periof we are just all black people
The N word means something else where am from
We grew up watching american rappers use the n word so we thought N word means youbare dressed with still or saging and blin blin and all
Its ok to have different cultures. Non- Black American people should not use the n-word, period.
Nigga is a cultural term, not a racial one.
Africans are literally addressed as nigga as a racial slur, our ancestors were colonised in our own borders and experienced racism too.
The term is not peculiar to black Americans.
@@beulah5213 you were called, but did you call each other that? Did you pass the term down generations over? In what way are you using the term? Black folks weren't called nigga in America by non black people.
nigga please...
@@karasmith348thats so stupid to restrict a whole group of people from using a word that was used against them too just because they didn’t reclaim it. shouldn’t y’all be happy that we’re reclaiming it and it’s negative connotations are going away? the n word has as much cultural relevance to africans as it does to yall
@Aang is best boi @Aang is best boi Black Americans aren't restricting you from saying it. We don't have control over anyone to do that. Is it offensive? Yes. Why? Because you're using a term that is very much so embedded into our CULTURE. We don't just say it for the fuck of it like others.
How is it just as culturally relevant if the vast majority of your culture DOESN'T use it. Black Americans have been using the term for GENERATIONS, literally to the 1800s.
The real question is. Why do you want to say it so bad? What benefits do you get from saying the nword? Does it make you feel good about yourself or what?
period watts compton south central unite
Volume is TOO low on the recording, so I stopped watching it. I don't subscribe to the word African American, as its a racist term for white Americans to label you as an outsider of the US, even though white Americans are also outsiders from the native Americans that are indigenous to the US.
Americans are all colours and some say you are where you were born and many black Americans for many generations have never been to Africa.
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I feel like with the n word if u aren’t descendants from slaves then u shldnt say it bc my country in africa we were never enslaved
Nah if you black you can say it period. No matter what ignorant people are still going to look at us the same
half the planet was descended from slaves.
You were enslaved... just within your borders
@@randomdude7137 naaa we weren’t we were slave traders
All of west Africa was enslaved. And there’s a country literally named after the N word which is Niger. If you from North Africa then you can’t say cause you ain’t black. The East depends if they think themselves as black. South you can unless you white.😂
bye not Dee being from Watts
yes agree with the look at all yt folks as police they st@b u in the back gotta watch out
We’re different
Basically us aa are americanized africans. Thats the only difference ofc we are mixed with other things
Somalia on Top PERIOD!!
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somalia on top
Come to this subjects don't react the video
Contact me I will explain for U match better the main reason.
Would have been more telling if they got the Africans to name 10 Countries also.
Literally people dogging on Americans and I'd love to see them try