Many Ethiopians, especially those born and raised in Ethiopia, will automatically tell you that they are Ethiopian first because they were never raised identifying with their skin color (black/white) because we don't have white. Ethiopians identify with their nationality. All they know is that they are Ethiopians who come from different ethnic background and religion. Ethiopians born in the US can tell you that they are definitely Ethiopian and black because here in the US, people are identified with skin color. Those who come from Ethiopia are mostly shocked to find out they are identified with their color until they learn the new concept. That mostly takes time. You, of all people, should know that this is the case. But no, you went on highlighting "I am not black". In your interviews, you were putting words in their mouth most of the time, which I highly believe was intentional. Obviously, if you ask them "are you black or Ethiopian?", they are most likely to say, "I am Ethiopian". That is because we have all skin colors in Ethiopia and that has never been our topic of discussion, when it comes to identity. They give you a passport for being Ethiopian and not for anything to do with your skin color. In many ways, you acted in a conniving nature. However, these people innocently believed you were acting in good faith, and they answered your questions accordingly. Very very proud of my people and my motherland! We keep strong despite such unforeseen obstacles! Believe me, I would have smelled your poisonous motive in a second and checked you if it was me. And the nerve to include these innocent little girls in your interview! Did you even have their parent's permission, or you just thought, well I have come so far, so why not take advantage of their naivety? Discussing African Issues and Embracing African heritage.....she says 😏
Don't mix things up. Being Ethiopian is not about a race but it is nationality so it has nothing to do with color. So basically you are trying to defend that idiot fucking guy who doesn't consider himself black. So the bottom line is Ethiopia is a home of black people whether you like it not. I came across some Ethiopians considering themselves as a white.
As an African, we grow up in our countries and we mostly only know our people. We don’t have white people, so we don’t focus on white and black because we all dark skin tones. We focus on ethnicity and nationality. Please understand
Actually, there's something that you DO need to understand. You DO have white people. You just don't have them directly. You have them in the form of the puppets that the west installs to run your countries for their own benefit. You have them in the form of the World Bank and the UN and other international organizations that use their economic and military power to force your governments to bend to their will. One of these days, you should contemplate how the richest real estate on planet earth with the most natural resources beneath the feet of its peoples manages to also be home to the poorest human beings on the planet. You can focus on whatever you like, you have white people... corrupting your governments and exploiting your natural resources.
Not a good reason-when the fascists Italians invaded Ethiopia TWICE was it your ethnicity the reason behind these caucasian attempt to colonize Ethiopia or was it because your'e ALL Afrikan (black). Know thyself. Why did the Queen of Sheba call herself black (Songs of Solomon 1 vs 5)??? Historically, Ethiopia was a term that applied to ALL of Afrika and meant " Land Of the Burnt Face People". Modern Ethiopia is NOT the same as Ethiopia of the past (antiquity).There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, "The Land Of The Burnt-Face People." You need to read these books written by your fellow Ethiopian historian Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan's: Black Man of the Nile, 1979, Africa: Mother of Western Civilization, 1976, and The African Origins of Major Western Religions, 1970., We The Black Jews (1996): Witness to the 'White Jewish Race' Myth, Volumes I & II (in One). Running and Running Away From Yourself-but you can't run away from yourself (Bob Marley, Running Away song). Changing one's name or nationality DOES NOT change one's IDENTITY.
That's why the enemy from outside have ALWAYS been able to manipulate you and promote division among as we have recently seen in the conflicts in Ethiopia. What does Ethiopia mean??? When the whiteman is dealing with you he doesn't see you in terms of ethnicity; ALL of you are put in the same bag and seen as black people. Take your blackness from out of the closet.
The problem is how you phrase the question. I'm black, but I'm also South African. If you ask me do I identify as black or South African, I'd genuinely be confused because the two are not mutually exclusive. So, when you ask someone who's from a culture that doesn't make the concept of race a big deal, they'll obviously identify stronger with the culture rather than race...
Yes they are beatifull people orginal people and first nation of the bible. And i had many Ethiopian fruends and ethiopian gfs gorgeous culture. Rastafari
OH look hypocrite are always everywhere, IF you are not ruled by white people why you identify yourself as a black ? What is wrong with you ? Check yourself again
@HayatIt's a fact most of Northern Africans(Moroccans, Lybians, Tunisians, Egyptians, Algerians) are not real indigenous black Africans; they are invaders, colonialists, settlers, etc. from Asia. Yes there are still a few real indigenous black Africans in Northern Africa, but they're marginalized and massacred by those evil Arab invaders.
Dear Ethiopians, regardless of what you consider yourselves, our love and support for you is wreckless and deep. We will forever be proud of you. That will never change. ❤You can always count on us🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👌 #Staybeautiful.
Kenyans, especially the Kikuyus, are bootlicker who suffer from an inferiority complex with non-blacks but are ready to fight other blacks in their country. They are proud to have been colonized and brag about the white queen on England becoming queen while vacationing at the Treetops. And while Africans at the time were moving in the direction Kwame Nkrumah and Ọbafẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀, passive Kikuyu-led Kenyans were inviting Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, represented the Queen of Kenya (i.e. Elizabeth II) at the independence celebrations in 1963 of their own country 🤔
I’m Eritrean we don’t identify by skin colour my skin colour is brown my aunti dark skin uncle light skin we have many shades but we don’t just identify by the westernised institutionalised meaning
We all have different skin tones and colors including white people. That's not the point. When it comes to race skin tone is not a race if is a color/shade😂
every Ethiopian I've met in the US has identified as black but it's understandable why Ethiopians in Ethiopia wouldn't (even though I've also met Ethiopians born and raised in Ethiopia who consider themselves black). Calling yourself black in Africa is sort of meaningless since it's a label that applies to nearly the entire continent. People in Asia don't really consider themselves Asian until they go to another part of the world. It's not because they don't think they're Asian, it's just not a useful identifier when you live on a continent full of people of your race.
I am Ethiopian, living in the US, I identify as Ethiopian, not black...I don't allow others put me in the box for their convenience...I am Ethiopain from the continent of Africa..
It's the same thing with black people who are mentally enslaved-they are afraid to say that they are black or Afrikan and would rather identify themselves by some nationality etc.
I am a "white" person born and raised in USA, and I can say for a fact that i am met with mostly vitriol when i say that i am not "white", and that african americans are not "black". Its truly the downfall of our nation to label our people on such LITERAL black and white terms. Its comforting to know that the majority of Ethiopian peoples understand that the institution of race is merely based on an entitely fabricated social hierarchy, in which the "white" man is on top, and the "black" man is on bottom. God bless Ethiopia and it's people, regardless of ethnicity and/or religious background. I hope to visit someday.
Thank you so much race was invented to make money and cause division instead of reinforcing it we really should just get rid of it especially in 🇺🇸 America. Why people wanna double down on all this millennia old racist scientifically debunked nonsense is beyond me
Very well put. This identity politics, whether it's dividing people by race, sexual preference or gender, is tearing the fabric of this nation. I came here as an immigrant about 30 years ago, and overtime I'm seeing identity politics pushed by liberals becoming so toxic that it is having a backlash effect. If it continues like this, the future is really scary!taring
The majority of people of color understand that the institution of race is merely based on an entirely fabricated social hierarchy in which the white man is on top and the black man is on bottom. The problem is that this fabricated social hierarchy aka "white supremacy" is responsible for a lot of suffering in both history through today. The difference is that African Americans experience this suffering directly through gentrification, redlining, racially biased police brutality, etc. while Africans like Ethiopians experience it indirectly through sanctions, coups, assassinations, and military interventions. The difference between the imaginary lines that divide the countries of Europe and the imaginary lines that divide the countries of Africa is that Europeans established their own lines AND the lines in Africa, plunging the continent into a turmoil that it still struggles with. Unfortunately, what these conversations show is that many Ethiopians have failed to learn the lesson from their history that their tribalism hasn't served them as well as unifying with each other and the others willing to help. This is why much of Ethiopia's advancement in recent decades has come by way of the Chinese. They may be "Ethiopian" in America, but in Ethiopia, they struggle with trusting each other with power. That's why for every leader they've had, the ethnic background of that leader has been an issue. The only time Ethiopians were all Ethiopian in Ethiopia was under communist leader Mengistu who outlawed tribalism.
Some fellow Africans misunderstand Ethiopians identifying themselves just as Ethiopian for not wanting to identify themselves as Africans..but the fact that Ethiopians have a long history of isolation(independence) means identifying oneself by colour doesn't come naturally....I remember back in early early 90s in South Africa when it was still uncommon for a black person to just walk in to white owned cafe and Ethiopians would just walk in and order whatever they wish to the surprise of the black south Africans..the attitude is "why not" who are the white ?
@@YekunoAmlak333 why should an ethiopian care about what people outside of africa have to say. if these foreigners like to see africans as black with all the connotations the word has, then that is their choice; but you don't have to subvert your own identity to fit these simplistic foreign categorization.
@@YekunoAmlak333 you cannot be united just by claiming to be "black". If you think in color, you would be more divided than united. the primary uniting forces are language, faith, custom, world view, exchange of ideas and goods, geographical proximity and population intermingling. If you ignore these things and keep drumming on about color, you are doing more to divide than unite.
@@rafaelw8115 "Ethiopia was named by Italians..." 😂😂😂😂 you sound like someone about to die from thirst 😂😂😂😂...I love the way hate eats you inside and out ...😂😂😭..just curious, tell us your non fake country and we can discuss about it...
I am Ethiopian. When I was in Ethiopia I know my colors is black. We all black in Ethiopia, we are the same. I saw a couple of white peoples while I was in Ethiopia. When I was 15 moved to a full of white peoples. I know I am Ethiopian and I know my color is black but I know first I am human being. I see all races as equal. For me I don’t judge people by they color. I do love all human beings. But in America I learned a lot of things in my life. But when I was back home I was so innocent I didn’t know a lot of things about racism.
I am Kenyan and love Ethiopians...They can identify with whatever they want..Personally I have never seen it as a problem as long as you are not prejudice
Definition belongs to the definer-who are you and are you really who you say that you are-only colonized people don't know who they are. The last Emperor of Ethiopia ,Haile Selassie I didn't have a problem with identifying himself as a black person.
Ethiopians are not black tho. Sure you can say your skin is dark but black is a connotation and is more appropriate for west and south africans and specifically those who were taken as slaves to the US particularly from west side of Africa. I got offended when my well read South african friend told me i wasn’t black. But instead of being butthurt i researched it but i’ve also knew it all my life growing in Ethiopia. Ethiopians are not “black”
I'm Somali from Ethiopia. I agree. We are our culture, ethnicity, tradition, nationality not COLOUR. The people are clearly black but black is not a race
@@YekunoAmlak333 Why use a term that makes no sense as a race.? We don't hear people in East Asia running around talking about "we are yellow" or people in India saying "we belong to the brown race" or indigenous Americans saying "I am a man (or woman) of the red race". I don't follow what society says we should do or say (such as using black or white as races). I follow what makes technical sense (which society isn't always in line with). And using "black" for a mulatto who has dark yellow skin makes no technical (or common) sense at all.
@@YekunoAmlak333 Give me a break. We are not literally the colour black. If you are Habäsa you better be proud of your own ethnic heritage as a Habäsa because you have nothing in common-ethnically, linguistically, and historically with so called black people. We are a dark-skinned people and we are Habäsa by blood.
we don't have the concept of calling ourselves Black because race is a social construct created by Europeans. and we are an uncolonized nation and people. we only have the concept of ethnic group, tribe and skin tones. someone "black" would just be a dark skin Ethiopian, just like someone "brown", or "yellow/light" in our country. we don't have to identify by European terms like Black but we are Africans and that should be enough to respect and love each other thank you❤
@@truthdude8849 a man made concept that does not exist locally in our country. you cannot expect us to think and act like Europeans or nations that lived under European colonial rule. which is why I just said we identify by ethnic group, tribe and culture locally. it is a simple concept to understand.
And who do you think created those borders that you respect ? Same Europeans, why refused to be called black and accept to be called Ethiopian? In spite of Ethiopia not been colonised, the borders were created by these wicked people. And the same people created the concept of colour and race, so why accept one and leave the other ? I need an answer please.
What a damn question, asking black people from Africa...."are you black" we don't go by skin color in Africa. That question is never asked in Africa because there is no racism and it does not apply. Keep Dominican racism issues in Dominican.
I am a proud Ethiopian and I am black. If you asked me that day I would have been happy to confirm that I am black and Ethiopian in the same interview I ha with you
@@eukatefuka8192 That is true. It's hard to change people mind when they have been exposed to other cultures like the West via Television etc. We have been trying to get rid of the racist and oppressive word here in the United States for decades.
Until I moved to London, I never really understood this black/ white concept and how big of an issue it is. We never have to identify ourselves as black as no one goes around and ask you if you are black in Ethiopia because we have never been colonised maybe dont understand the race issue like black Americans or other Africans who have been colonised. So I see why for some Ethiopians it's hard to answer this question so they always answer with no I am not black I am Ethiopian which gets fellow Africans offended, i was told by people i met at Uni, work and sharing houses that Ethiopian are racist that we see ourselves better than others. I was shocked because that is far from the truth. We respect others, and we are proud black/African. There is only one race in the world. and that is a human race, and that is what we thought as its a Christian country . We are first Ethiopian and then African. And we are proud African.
Stop the bull shit cause i'm from Barbados which is mostly black so there was no reason to say the obvious which is we're black but we know we're black. When i came to the USA i knew real quick i was black despite never calling myself black in a mostly black country.
That's not bullshit. it's a fact. People are unaware and uneducated, so educate them and move on. We are the most humble.kind, down to earth people you will ever meet, We just are not well educated on this subject. Especially, Eritea, as the country is very isolated, not so much knowledge on this subject, so yes, sadly, that's the truth 🤷♀️
@@rahwa138 We are just not black stop trying to force us to call ourselves that useless term we don't even look like them, even black people tell us we are not black in the west and now they complaining that we don't call ourself black? lol who cares we know our idenity we don't need to call ourself by a crayon.
@@dahbajanman7044Barbados and Ethiopia are not the same country. I would say Barbados is closer to Britain than Ethiopia when it comes culture and things of that sort.
@@dahbajanman7044you don’t have an ethnic name and you speak another group of people’s native language. This is not the same. You didn’t grow up in a country with no outside influence where no one in the country is calling you black but by your ethnic group.
Brother I'm from Ethiopian too , when Ethiopians identified as Ethiopian its doesn't mean they looking down black , pls ask black Americans if they're seen red boy or red girl .not exist right ? Then ask Ethiopians in Amharic " qeyu lij or qeywa lij " you know what I mean , also white people identified as white , are they really white color ? Just think about it..
@@MultiAyeleyes actually a lot of Black ppl and even Africans have said to me Ethiopians don't consider themselves as black or African that think they r better. Because they talk to ppl like u. It's sad and embarrassing. Hizbachin enditela new yemitaregut kemanim anishalim. Tiqur sidib ayiselem
@E G don't mixed African & black ...African isn't representing color..I didn't say we are not black of course we are , in Ethiopia my understanding is our color never be question , simply people identified as Ethiopian old day , now most of identified their tribe or ethnicity. We never have color problems much.
We Ethiopians will not allow westerns to give us names black because they knew us when they tried to colonize us We gave them the answer proud to be the capital city of Africa which call Ethiopia.... We African we don't accept colour categories because you will find all colours in Ethiopia
Am ethiopian and am not black cause we ethiopians have different features than black ppl do and when this European say black it's not only abt colors they also mean tht slave and we ethiopians weren't slave so we aren't black we are ethiopians.
@@thdoom81 Haile Selassie didn't officially end slavery in Ethiopia until 1942 (After the Italians tried to end it in 1935) That means that many Ethiopians have grandparents that were actually slaves as well as grandparents who were slave owners. Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Not every African American you encounter online is unfamiliar with Ethiopian history...
We know we are black, but we just love our homeland, culture, way of life, belief system, languages etc, so we identify as Ethiopian. We will prevail no matter how the West wants to destroy our culture to divide and conquer us.
You do understand that the Greeks gave you that name Ethiopian, which means black face. At the end of the day it is all Africa (Alkebulan) Ethiopia is located in Africa, therefore more Ethiopians need to identify themselves as African because the key to all of this is UNITY not separation and from being in Ethiopia there was a lot of separation among each other due to lack of education and not knowing who you truly are.
@@itsallpointless once again ignorance is bliss from lack of knowledge smh.... When you look at the northern region of tigray and some parts of Eritrea, they had mixed with Italians and Arabs, though there's pure Nubian Africans in Eritrea, my girl's mother is one, pure black African Nubian. And some tribes in tigray were able to not mix and to keep the African roots solid, but when you go to the heart of Amhara region, Gondar, Wollo, gojam, these are pure Africans, as well as the south region of Ethiopia, which are pure Africans, and the west region of Ethiopia are Oromo which are pure Africans. The east part of Ethiopia, Afaar, which are Somali, and they originally come from ancient Egypt, which are Africans, Harar and Dire Dawa, which some did mix with Arabs, though many there are pure black Africans as well. Dire Dawa are also Oromo. Please educate yourself on these things. Ethiopia is 95% pure African. When you leave outside of Addis Ababa, you will see that Ethiopians are pure Africans.
Sister the question is misleading and could easily be taken out of context. It would have been great if you inquired whether they identify as Ethiopian or African. Ethiopians consider themselves as a proud African Ethiopian. Skin color has no place in the Ethiopian psyche. Thanks for your great effort.
We Ethiopians consider ourselves as black and Ethiopian that guy is talking about himself. He is black and as the same time, he saying I am not black what a contradiction is it.
Dont say we, just say I if u belive so! in my openion we are all Human beings, and we should start from that, then if u have something unique to have distinguished u r Ethiopian, tell me something u are expressing ur self as a black. Do u have one, say it! if u have something to show it is ur lifestile, culture .. that differs from others, not the color! we have mix of colors, then why black, if black is color!?
Thank you!!!!! I am so grateful I lived to see this video that explain why Ethiopians do not say I am black. Over 20 years I have been confronted by a young lady saying Ethiopians do not think they are black. I tried to explain the reason the same way these people in the video explained. Thank God for technology that exposes the reason. Ethiopians are proud African who fought against Western colonization and love their African brothers and sisters.
The word black is used in America to refer to Africans of Bantu heritage. So, it's true Ethiopians aren't black are not being asked to be. But don't volunteer to tell people that you're not black when you're not being asked to be. Bantus aren't going outta their way to say they're not Arab or Ethiopians. We're tired of being in the mouth of people we care little about. We Bantus only care about our Bantu people and our awesome diverse Bantu cultures in the Americas, Caribbean, and certainly the Bantu nations in Africa. We're a rich people in all front and we're not recruiting people to be 'black'. Leave us, our culture, our land to us!
So um, proud Ethiopian... did you know that it was a "black" American who founded the Ethiopian Air Force, as well as Ethiopian Airlines, and taught the first Ethiopian pilots how to fly? Did you know that when Musolini came back to finish in 1935 what Italy had started in 1896, that it was an African American who flew Haile Selassie around the country and provided him with aerial reports concerning Italy's troop movements? Did you know that it was African American "black" people that signed up by the thousands in their attempt to fight alongside Ethiopians against the Italians? John C. Robinson. Look it up. Do you know what Musolini saw when he invaded Ethiopia in 1935? A country full of BLACK PEOPLE. Do you know which African descendants were the FIRST to come to Ethiopia's assistance despite sanctions imposed on BOTH Ethiopia and Italy by the League of Nations? African American BLACK PEOPLE... but you can't understand why your historical benefactors, singularly responsible for your being able to take advantage of opportunities in America might be little miffed at you? TSK.
Jubilee bro stop the cap, black refers to all black African people not just us black Bantus Somalis are black Ethiopian Tanzanian Kenyans all black what are you even saying. Now black Americans are generally a specific ethnic group.
@@VerbalWarrior162 Black Americans have white blood so what’s your point ? Aboriginal people from Australia are a different ethnic group than Africans… it still falls under the black umbrella. You guys go out of your way to deny over 80% of your dna. A white person from Italy and a white person from Russia have different background but they would never reject the fact that they are white. Only self hating people reject the majority of their blood to claim a drop of foreign blood
We Ethiopian people understand the word “black” in a different way, not what you think. That’s why one person in your interview said it depends on where you grow. If your grow up in Ethiopia, the meaning of black is different that is why they said I’m from Ethiopia. Of course if you grow up in US, we have been hearing color people black. Some people they misunderstood when Ethiopians say from Ethiopia, it doesn’t mean they don’t like black or they don’t like to be called black. That black word is not professional to be called; to name one as an example, it’s like black instead of African American.
@@johnolaoluwa Because it is one of our cultural dance called " Eskista " . It is an Amhara Tribe dance, one of the tribes found in Ethiopia. We have more than 80 tribes with different culture, language, dance, food, way of dressing .....
Black is a color, anybody who has an eye can tell colors but that doesn’t mean that’s who you are. Being an Ethiopian is not about color. Come on people!
All good proud Ethiopian... just make sure if you come to America, whenever you apply for jobs or educational opportunities that you either check the "other" box or create your own box and label it "Ethiopian". Come to the "black" people you encounter here for *nothing* and take your chances with white people, their interests and their institutions.
@@ariikwek7795 she doesn't want to be referred to by her skin color because she seeks to escape the impediments imposed against people of color in America and that undermines the reason she came here. If there were advantage in it, she'd change her tune. Why? Because she's an opportunist. What she is also telling you is that she's either of an elite class or trying to be of an elite class because the working classes universally understand the value of unity and solidarity. "Blackness" in America is like a labor union that is open to all people of African descent to join. The issue is that Ethiopians like the ones we are debating relate more closely to the management class than to the labor class. African Americans resent them for the same reasons they resent non-unionized workers-- because they still benefit from the union's victories while undermining the union's efforts. These particular Ethiopians don't want to join our labor union because they've sided with management since jump and feel that this is where the opportunities for their success lie.
@@vmoney65 I see they're really opportunists. But it's good we've now known them; I have now known their standing too. Traitors within a group/race of people and an enemy to a group/race are equal; they all contribute to the degradation of that group/race.
@@ariikwek7795 As I've said elsewhere, having traveled to Addis Ababa many times, although it looks like you are perceiving a racial issue, you're most likely perceiving a class issue. People from the working classes including Ethiopians recognize the value of unity and solidarity. These Ethiopians come only to eat (economically). Their own country wasn't feeding them enough to eat as much as they wanted, so they came here to America because in their minds, they were entitled to much more than their country could feed them. So most will celebrate being Ethiopian and will attend all kinds of Ethiopian cultural events, but they'll never go back. They'll die and be buried here... at least until Ethiopia has more to offer them than America. I'm working to retire in Ethiopia, I talk to my Ethiopian friends about joining me all the time. So far? No takers. According to the recent videos I've seen, it looks like Dr. Abiy is building Wakanda in East Africa so maybe that will change.
As a African American is see Ethiopians as our brothers and sisters! I agree with the brothers response in this video! 💯 Ethiopians were able to keep their culture and traditions, us Africans Americans had ours stripped from us via slave trade but we’re finding our way back slowly but surely!
@@kisha4040 twerk?cuz if is twerk hell no that's not y'all culture y'all adapted from the slaves that when there wich ivory coast people the south people!!"
The question by itself wrong. Black or Ethiopian? Black or Kenyan, Black or Nigerian? … are you asking the race or the origin? I’m an Ethiopian. Everybody understands when I say Ethiopian, I’m referring my origin/citizenship not my race. Off course I’m black. Whether I have light skin, brown skin or dark skin, or I was born in America, Europe, Asia or in Africa it doesn’t change who I’m, generally categorized as black. But your question gives a sense of as if Ethiopians doesn’t consider as African. Which is non sense. Please correct it.
From America and I love Ethiopian people whatever you may call yourselves. We cheer for you here no matter what European media tells you. We know your story and your struggle and again we cheer you on. 1 love. 🖤💪🏿🖤💪🏿🖤💪🏿
We are not black but we are Ethiopian, African. You get Ethiopian from each color. Black, light black, brown, light brown, light white, even pinkish. We’re diverse. Different build but we are African!!! Not identified as black!
@@victorkelley87 That doesn't mean anything, 1st of all it is GREEK for burnt face meaning the original Cush people we call Nilotes who are not even brown but charcoal skinned. In the 1930's Abyssinia was name changed to Ethiopia.
@lobsterbale Legesse But Ethiopians call themselves Ethiopian, which means burnt face, which denotes their color. So it does mean something. They don't say they are Abysinians they say they are Ethiopians. Are you trying to say these people are wrong? So it does mean something.
Robel put it very intelligently. All these names, be it black, negro, African American, were imposed on to us. We never chose any of them. The saddest thing about this is that we accept them and carry on. We never examine what these terms are intended for. Thank you Robel
@@rafaelw8115 Lol, you are missing the point. You see, white people call themselves white. Did you call yourself black? They named you black, Nigro, African American etc and you did not dispute any of it. Instead, you repeated after them and called yourself black. That is a slave mentality!
Is that all you have to say to prove your point? I am sorry for you. I am assuming you are either a child or someone who has not been to school. Read, read, read to become a better person.
Why do people want to associate with a colour instead of a culture? That’s what us Ethiopians don’t understand about Americans, never ever degrade yourself down to a simple colour you have a culture and a history that you shouldn’t throw away.
All good. Please keep that same energy when you apply for educational and job opportunities in America. When you see that fortune 500 company recruiting "black" people, make sure that you bypass that event and wait until they recruit Ethiopians or "other" people. Those of you attending HBCUs like Howard University or any of their peers on scholarships, please LEAVE and take your chances with white institutions because you're displacing "black" students. If you're truly not black and don't want to reduce yourself to a color, leave all those demeaning "black" opportunities alone and when racism comes for you, turn inward toward yourselves and your own institutions to fix it. HBCU = Historically BLACK Colleges and Universities.
@@vmoney65 lol we’ve faced racism all by ourselves to begin with nobody ever looked out for us, and we don’t need any handouts we’re respected and wanted for our skill basically everywhere anyone who knows Cushites knows our value you can either drop your weird self hating colonial mindset or completely dissociate with us.
@@YourDad-te9fg Really? did Ethiopians found their own Air Force or Airlines? The answer to that would be... No. An African American did that. Did the Ethiopian community make it possible for all Africans to immigrate to America and participate in American society without fear of violence? That answer would also be... No. Again, the African American community did that. Y'all don't need handouts? Nobody every looked out for you? Really? Let me just warm up my singing voice-- Coy/and dekika: "We are the world! we are the children! we are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving! It's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives, it's true we'll make a better day just you and me..." Remember that? Remember when Ethiopia couldn't even FEED itself? I remember that... CLEARLY. I remember a lot of people including African Americans sending a lot of money to Ethiopia SPECIFICALLY to "look out" for Ethiopians. BTW, What color were most of the people featured in that music video? Ahem: BLACK... organized by black American Quincy Jones. Black African Americans organized and caused MILLIONS of dollars to flow to Ethiopia to "look out" for Ethiopians. Many years later and meanwhile...In America, Ethiopians in DC couldn't even get a section of DC renamed to "Little Ethiopia" without the help of African Americans (because we run the city council) Years ago ECDC director Abdul Kamus went to jail behind a bribery scandal behind taxis and Silver Spring replaced a lot of parking attendant jobs with ticketing machines because they were tired of Ethiopians stealing ticket fares. Even my Ethiopian friends joked about their countrymen majoring in Parkiology... but everybody wants you??? Are you sure about that? Check it: America is America. America is not Ethiopia. Y'all run nothing here but somehow y'all are respected for your skills and wanted EVERYWHERE? Oh, is THAT WHY THE LINE at the American embassy in Addis Ababa is so long (and yes I've been there to check in as an AMERICAN) and why they make y'all wait months to years for your interview appointments... because they value your skills and respect you so much? LOL. Here's a clue: That difficulty Ethiopians face at the American embassy in Addis they face because they are BLACK. How do I know this? Because every other BLACK country on Earth faces the same difficulties for the same reason. So if you don't think you're reduced to a color fine. GET YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS STUCK BACK IN ADDIS VISAS behind your "Ethiopian identity" and let us colonialized mindest African Americans know how that works out for you. The ECDC (Ethiopian Community Development Council) literally has nothing on the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) when it comes to service and accomplishments. That said, look man, I'm not EVEN putting this on Ethiopians as a whole. Working class Ethiopians like all working class people universally understand the value of solidarity and unity. Nope. This foolishness belongs to the vultures who come to America to eat their fill from carcasses that they didn't kill. You can cut the BS: y'all disassociate with "black" because you figure it will ingratiate you to the white people that you hope will improve your chances for success. Good luck with that... but we see you.
We Dominicans fully understand you guys. We have been in a constant argument with African Americans with this same subject we also finding extremely weird and unnecessary.
In Africa we identify our self by our nations just like the French just like the Germans and the Greeks. Our colors never been in question until we left Etiopia as Ethiopian we are Africans trough and trough.
Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven. An African who is closer to 100% African has wider nose bones and the bones near the mouth stick out more. They have a Eurasian skeletal form.
No Somalis are Cush. Tigray, Amhara, Gurage, and Hararri are semitic. You're full of misinformation. We live in higlands why would we look like lowland people. @@VerbalWarrior162
Most “African Americans” don’t know what else to say other than “black”. They don’t know with absolute certainty what tribe or ethnic group to claim from Africa, Africa is very large with many ethnic groups, tribes and languages and they do not know which ethnic group they are originally from. It could have a sense of playing a guessing game as to which one do they think they are from and that is not a good place to be in, no one wants to be guessing when it comes to their culture and ethnicity. All I have spoken to say that “black” really means that they do not know what tribe or culture they actually originated from in Africa and or that “Africa Americans”/ “black” people are a mixture of multiple ethnic groups in Africa and do not know what they originally were. What do we say they should do just pick an African ethnic group that they like and just identify as it moving forward? Many I have spoken with said that they don’t want to be guessing like that and the uncertainty may feel like they are just trying and or pretending to be something that they are not absolutely certain of being.
12 Thus, in the garden, Adam should have the interpretation, the revelation that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that was there was not a tree like the one of Revelation 22:1-2 but the serpent. That is to say, some religious leaders. It is the tree of theology. Do you understand that? Every Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, evangelical or Branhamist leader is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Very well! That's it. 13 The Lord Jesus Christ is therefore the tree of Revelation 22:1-2 with the twelve fruits and whose leaves are the miraculous virtue to heal the nations. You see?
@@daconfi1453 you are the delusional one you watch too much hollywood movies that's why, how could you refer to yourself as black in a country where white people don't exist?
They are right! The don't have to narrow their heritage to a color just because that's what people want. They should be very proud because they know their heritage. I know a lot of them. I admire them and Africa Americans should get over it. When they go to Europe, Ethiopians are considered black, but they can be whatever they want to be. They have a beautiful Afro- Asiatic culture.
In America, "black" is essentially a labor union that is free for all people of African descent to join. Black people resent Ethiopians who refuse to join the "black union" for the same reason that Unions resent non-union workers-- They benefit from the victories of the unions while undermining their efforts to achieve those victories. The Ethiopians who don't want to identify as black tend not to be from the working class, but rather come from the elite classes. As a result, they are more likely to side with management over labor. Working class people universally understand the value of solidarity and unity. The Ethiopians in this video don't get it because they choose not to.
@@vmoney65were not black don't try and force labels on us. We told you what we are, Ethiopians. Since when did black americans start viewing Ethiopians or anyone from the horn as black?????
9 Ether BLACKNESS is DIVINE and powerful!!! Before it was light there was pure BLACKNESS!!! As an Black american woman ,I love it that I came from blackness like the famous song by James Brown (Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud)!!!
I enjoyed this video. One thing I learned is people do not to personify what global media dictates being black means. It is a made up concept by the media, Africans who lived in their own countries have a strong sense of their own culture they will not agree and relate to this globally portrayed concept being black means. Being black and linking that with the state of the African continent belittles the Richness of every culture in that continent. This is why North Africans and Egyptians hasten to identify with being Arab or carving Middle Eastern image of their cultures. So in the end, this is a competitive world and people will identify what suits best with their interest.
My dad is Venezuelan but black. In Venezuela, we use it to reference skin color in a very superficial almost descriptive kind of way. It's like asking a European if they identify as white. The reason it sounds strange is that a French person will hardly have anything in common with a Pole or a Greek, the same way a Dominican will hardly have anything in common with an Ethiopian. These categorizations only work regionally because of shared culture and experiences (i.e. Caribbean, East African, West African, North African, etc.). It sounds very very strange.
@@rafaelw8115 I live in Europe. I have lived in 5 European countries. Nobody identifies like that except for certain fringes. And even when they do, nationality takes precedence, which is my point. Think about it. European countries engaged in two major wars in the past 120+ years.
@@rafaelw8115 You lose an argument automatically when you call another person an imbecile. Even stating that European children take biology courses about race is ridiculous. Again, not everybody subscribes to the race-based model of the US. Also, where do you live in Europe and what race are you?
@@rafaelw8115 I can assure you that race is only taught as a historical fact in history class and not in biology. You seem unable to comprehend my arguments because you keep misunderstanding them and calling me an imbecile. I am stating that the argument for asking non-Americans about their race is strange. The only way it is used is just a descriptive trait. Americans treat race as if it is tied directly to ethnicity and one's very being.
@@rafaelw8115 I live in France too (in the country side to be specific). Yes, again people know the difference between a white and black person, but people do not use race in a literal sense. Can you stop calling me an imbecile please? Be nice. Nationality is treated as more important in regard to the African migrant crisis.
Well listen, this Nigerian/Yoruba at work told me this same thing. I realized that *some* people from Africa, feel this way because they consider "Black" to be a western term, more or less black people from the Caribbean and Latin America see only ADOS/FBA to be "Black". My Latino ex told me this he said "We consider black people to mean African-Americans"
Yea I’m Caribbean and “Black” was seen as a slur for a long time because of the way the white colonizers used it, eventually it was seen as a term for Americans and now they embrace it. Before they would prefer to be called Africans even though they weren’t in Africa anymore.
Yes we are not Black, we are Ethiopians and We are a proud African as well. We don't refer ourselves as Black, because Black is a label that is created by the white people to divide peoples by their skin color. You see color is not actually a problem in Ethiopia or Africa as a whole because we have all the colors. Which makes it beautyful and diverse.
@@VerbalWarrior162 I don't know about Somalian......they are habisha community.....Somalian they are kuse .....of course Eritrean and Ethiopia they are semantic
I'm second generation Jamaican American when growing up I thought Black was a phenotype categorization (some people believe and insist it is a genotype) that also included Melanesian Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals,"whats considered now biracial people",etc. And was an informal categorization. Then all of a sudden it got politicalized and got turned into an "Ethnicity"??????? Ethnicity is community that traces back to an independent nation present or in the past. I do not believe Black or White is an ethnicity it only describes what a person looks like. I think that is were the confusion lies. I do believe all the people you interviewed would be categorized under the Black phenotype categories. I think those categories are real based on the discrimination we all have in favor towards people we deem similar to us and is a hint to the way we socialize. But I agree that the creation of strict biological races (genotype) and color as an ethnicity was originally a white supremist invention that many extremist social justice rights are just as much responsible for endorsing.
I’m Ugandan. From watching American media, I understood that I was black. But I never really thought of myself as a black person, just a person. That was until I moved to South Africa in the early 2000s. I was there for almost 4 years and my experience there made me realize that I was not just a person, I was a black person.
If the question is are u identifying white or black defiantly I will said black but Question is u r consider Ethiopian or black it will be any Ethiopian answer is I’m Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ❤
These people have a lot in common with Indians 🇮🇳. Lots of them even look like Indians. There seems to be a connection between the two nations. I have to research this. America is a society where silly things like skin color take prominence. It is something that has to be exorcist from the minds of people. Especially Americans !
I think what makes Ethiopia difference is the fact that it’s the only African country that’s never been colonized they don’t have any outside influence that’s why they don’t have the black and white thing all they know is their nationality and they are very proud of it which is a good thing for people in Africa the rest of the African communities should learn from them
That's not the only difference ethiopia or habesha differs from other Africans tho , Phenotype , culture , many differences we don't look the same even , we have semetic levant roots
Dominican are artificially(human) created mixed ppl Ethiopians are evolutionary created mixed people Since these ppl are black but also not black black, Ethiopians hv a little of levant n semetic ancestry history n culture so it's confusing af, if you are in our place, so it's nothing against you 😂
@Zem u nailed it I hope everyone READS YOUR COMMENT,we all need just to be educated, I am born African American and I love all my different cultures of blacks, so at the end of the day America sees us all as BLACKS, ONE LOVE TO ALL.
I'm born & raised in Ethiopia still living in Ethiopia i always call my self black that's how my parent & my community raise me my nationality is Ethiopian but by race i'm black n i'm proud of it 🖤💯
No culture is superior but we appreciate the beautiful culture of the rest of African brothers as they do ours. We are one & the same with our own differences period.
It all depends on what can be salvaged from the past thru artifacts, records, memory, ruins, & remains. THAT tells a story WE can't allow Others to interpret for US. Let's not quibble over the SPELLings of words. Phonetics came after genetic. The Nilotic PHENOTYPE is a-priori. Juba is still called the City of Giants which was in olden times under the umbrella of the Aethiopian/Canaan'knight/Phoenixian EMPIRE, which succeeded Atlantes. Superior (Advanced) Culture IS a thang because it once existed long before the Ice Age, before the Neandertalbino. This was when there was no polar bear or so-called white people (Hanuman/Palepers). Societies are dynamic, not static, so today pathetic model of civilization is only temporary. During the Golden Age [which existed] WE were then DOMINANT. Historical fact! Why else is OUR true Giantific LEGGACY (what WE stand on) suppressed?
Am a very proud and beautiful black ⚫ person from Africa 🌍 born in 🇪🇹 ETHIOPIA, let me tell you , intact a very original black person is made in ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 from Africa 🌍 😀
A few confused people do not represent the whole country. You have to increase your sample size. Even the premise is incorrect. Black is a shade of skin color that is obvious on first impressions if you are not blind. The question should be do you believe that you are genetically African. Maybe some are getting confused by the question of trying to assign a subjective attribute to which they don’t see themselves as.
@Regulus no bro the world does not revolve around the USA. When one says black they are not referring to a small subset of people with African genetics located in the US. That is a very acutely inadequate way of thinking. When one says black one is referring to the outwardly perceived phenotype of a person. If you are in the US what you say may hold true. For instance black culture, black food or black music is in specific reference to the African American heritage. As for your statement on Ethiopians denying that they are African I am basically saying what you are. What this man being interviewed said is not representative of the whole of Ethiopia but a subset of ill informed people. As an Ethiopian myself I have met number of people who share this sentiment but again its not representative of the population in general.
Exactly 💯💯💯! What the first guy said, only African Americans classified themselves as a color, instead to a nationality. Even brown melanated people classified themselves as black.
Black is a term that Europeans hoisted upon the Africans that live in the West. We picked it up and started using the term wholesale. Yet, westerners are surprised when Africans on the continent don't identify with that term.
First and foremost your question is 'are you black or Ethiopian' definitely we are Ethiopian not black we can't compare our country with anything even with our color don't compare it like that ofcourse we are proud not colonized African there is black Ethiopian around South part of Ethiopia but blackness can't define Ethiopia only ethiopianizm define us so for the question I'm not white ...no africa is not black we are a light for the world 🥰
@@Zeyede_Seyum Anyone who has ever been to the American embassy in Addis Ababa knows that it is exceedingly difficult to get a VISA to come to the United States as a visitor, let alone as a student or an employee. It's a bar set high enough that in general, with the exception of spouses and DV recipients, only the elite classes of Ethiopians can surmount it because of the non-trivial resources required. As a result, the Ethiopians that African Americans tend to encounter professionally in places like DC are opportunists. As proud of Ethiopians as they may be, they tend to keep to themselves in America as an ethnic group just as they would keep to themselves in Ethiopia as a socio-economic class. "Black" in America is essentially a labor union that is open to all African descended immigrants to join. African Americans resent non-black identifying Ethiopians for the same reasons Unions resent non-union workers: They benefit from the victories of the union while undermining the efforts of the union to secure those victories. Washington DC is the power center of the United States and as a result, most of the Ethiopian immigrants can be found here. As a huge population of non-union workers, it creates problems between them and the greater African American community. The resentment plays out in several ways from Ethiopians discriminating against African Americans socially to African Americans discriminating against Ethiopians economically and politically. Each community regularly attempts to stab the other where they think it will hurt most whether its the Ethiopian community denying African Americans social acceptance treating them as outsiders or the African American community denying Ethiopians the opportunities and access to power that comprise the reasons they came to America for in the first place. IMO, the carnage is worst in the DMV area. In my area Hampton Roads about 3 hrs south of DC, it's a little different in part because the Ethiopian population is much smaller here and because through people like myself and others, it works more intimately (and productively) with the African American community. When one of my Ethiopian friends opened a convenience store in a lower income black neighborhood, the neighborhood actually protected his store in part because of his relationship as a black person relating to other black people. They gave him business and protection from crime. The Indian owned gas station around the corner which did not have that relationship with the surrounding neighborhood suffered from the lack of both. As close as I am to the Ethiopian community in my own area... Muslims, Protestants, and Orthodox... Gurages, Amharas, and Oromos mainly, I can testify that it often saddens me that each community allows its ignorance of the other to sabotage the success that both could enjoy if they were more willing to learn from one another and work together. This video is a stark reminder. Most interesting to me is that I find it ironic that any African American should have to potentially lecture Amharas and other Ethiopians of the value of solidarity and unity. As Ethiopians yourselves, your people should understand better than most that had they not embraced these values, had the Oromo, the Amhara, the Tigray and others not put aside their rivalries, their country _would_ have been colonized, if not in 1896, definitely in 1935. Had they failed to unite, like the South African Zulu and Xhosa, they would have found themselves as serategna in their own country. Interestingly enough, I don't usually have to have these conversations with older generation Ethiopians. Perhaps they remember their history better or perhaps they are old enough or have lived in America long enough to remember the struggles of black people in the 1960s and 1970s fondly and with respect. This very well be a problem of the younger generations intoxicated with opportunism and too infected by consumerism to be anything other than narcissistic. I've stood in the middle of Edna mall in Addis with Ethiopian friends and family and even I can see the Diaspora Ethiopians coming a mile away... it doesn't necessarily make them bad people I've seen them treat their countrymen with every bit as much disdain as any African American that might reach out to them. That said, I'll conclude with this: There is no one group of black people (and I said black) that is large or powerful enough to overcome the challenges that we face AS black people by ourselves. White people divided Africa and Africans from one another for a reason. It is conversely the same reason that our communities should be finding ways to work together instead of against one another... and like it or not, it starts (at least in America) with joining our labor union.
Many Ethiopians, especially those born and raised in Ethiopia, will automatically tell you that they are Ethiopian first because they were never raised identifying with their skin color (black/white) because we don't have white. Ethiopians identify with their nationality. All they know is that they are Ethiopians who come from different ethnic background and religion. Ethiopians born in the US can tell you that they are definitely Ethiopian and black because here in the US, people are identified with skin color. Those who come from Ethiopia are mostly shocked to find out they are identified with their color until they learn the new concept. That mostly takes time. You, of all people, should know that this is the case. But no, you went on highlighting "I am not black".
In your interviews, you were putting words in their mouth most of the time, which I highly believe was intentional. Obviously, if you ask them "are you black or Ethiopian?", they are most likely to say, "I am Ethiopian". That is because we have all skin colors in Ethiopia and that has never been our topic of discussion, when it comes to identity. They give you a passport for being Ethiopian and not for anything to do with your skin color.
In many ways, you acted in a conniving nature. However, these people innocently believed you were acting in good faith, and they answered your questions accordingly. Very very proud of my people and my motherland! We keep strong despite such unforeseen obstacles! Believe me, I would have smelled your poisonous motive in a second and checked you if it was me. And the nerve to include these innocent little girls in your interview! Did you even have their parent's permission, or you just thought, well I have come so far, so why not take advantage of their naivety?
Discussing African Issues and Embracing African heritage.....she says 😏
Great well said!
Very well constructed comment
Thank You.
Not even many will tell you their Ethnic Group their clan or sun group before a color. Ethiopian first and always
Don't mix things up. Being Ethiopian is not about a race but it is nationality so it has nothing to do with color.
So basically you are trying to defend that idiot fucking guy who doesn't consider himself black.
So the bottom line is Ethiopia is a home of black people whether you like it not.
I came across some Ethiopians considering themselves as a white.
Are you black or ethiopian
my i answer is i am ethiopian
again if you ask me are you black or white my answer is i am black
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
Thanks but what kids of Question is that ?
You Ethiopian black or white???
Ethiopian in African soil African map
Great
@@zeusapollo1576 geography has nothing to do with race and Africa is multi race content just like Asia
@@Porchmonkey4321 A better answer is that you are BOTH black AND Ethiopian.
The only African country to never get colonized. What a Beautiful People
Who cares lol, they had to beg the White Man to help them.
Yeah, but its not doing any better than the countries that were colonized. Fighting and famine.
@sm9372 Yeah it's wild they gave the Prime Minister a Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 ☠️
@@sm9372Ethiopia is evergreen and reach nature country ...the mighty Nile river started in Ethiopia .
@@Ya-rm4qpwhy they are hangry. ?
As an African, we grow up in our countries and we mostly only know our people. We don’t have white people, so we don’t focus on white and black because we all dark skin tones. We focus on ethnicity and nationality. Please understand
We don't have white in Africa? That's crazy! Plenty of whites in south Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana.
Actually, there's something that you DO need to understand. You DO have white people. You just don't have them directly. You have them in the form of the puppets that the west installs to run your countries for their own benefit. You have them in the form of the World Bank and the UN and other international organizations that use their economic and military power to force your governments to bend to their will. One of these days, you should contemplate how the richest real estate on planet earth with the most natural resources beneath the feet of its peoples manages to also be home to the poorest human beings on the planet. You can focus on whatever you like, you have white people... corrupting your governments and exploiting your natural resources.
Not a good reason-when the fascists Italians invaded Ethiopia TWICE was it your ethnicity the reason behind these caucasian attempt to colonize Ethiopia or was it because your'e ALL Afrikan (black). Know thyself. Why did the Queen of Sheba call herself black (Songs of Solomon 1 vs 5)??? Historically, Ethiopia was a term that applied to ALL of Afrika and meant " Land Of the Burnt Face People". Modern Ethiopia is NOT the same as Ethiopia of the past (antiquity).There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, "The Land Of The Burnt-Face People." You need to read these books written by your fellow Ethiopian historian Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan's: Black Man of the Nile, 1979, Africa: Mother of Western Civilization, 1976, and The African Origins of Major Western Religions, 1970., We The Black Jews (1996): Witness to the 'White Jewish Race' Myth, Volumes I & II (in One). Running and Running Away From Yourself-but you can't run away from yourself (Bob Marley, Running Away song). Changing one's name or nationality DOES NOT change one's IDENTITY.
100% understand you.
That's why the enemy from outside have ALWAYS been able to manipulate you and promote division among as we have recently seen in the conflicts in Ethiopia. What does Ethiopia mean??? When the whiteman is dealing with you he doesn't see you in terms of ethnicity; ALL of you are put in the same bag and seen as black people. Take your blackness from out of the closet.
The problem is how you phrase the question. I'm black, but I'm also South African. If you ask me do I identify as black or South African, I'd genuinely be confused because the two are not mutually exclusive. So, when you ask someone who's from a culture that doesn't make the concept of race a big deal, they'll obviously identify stronger with the culture rather than race...
she seems not to know this
Lol, why would a South African call themselves black???? That is strange
We have Venda's, xhosa"s , Zulu 's etc
BLACK IS A STATUS
Is that not what they call a straw man argument
Very devisuve by thr interviewer call herself and motives into question
Right
I Love Ethiopian people they are very kind and loving.
Yes they are. I have had nothing but positive experiences with Ethiopians.
Yes they are beatifull people orginal people and first nation of the bible. And i had many Ethiopian fruends and ethiopian gfs gorgeous culture.
Rastafari
@@Falkowski82truly lovely people. Just started befriending a few in a new city
I am Ethiopian. What is the matter of skin color? that's work for Europeans not for us
I’m Ethiopian born and raised in Ethiopia. I’m unapologetically and proudly BLACK! As African as any of my African brothers and sisters!
Blacks doesn’t always equal African look at Libyans and Egyptians
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
OH look hypocrite are always everywhere,
IF you are not ruled by white people why you identify yourself as a black ?
What is wrong with you ? Check yourself again
@@Zelazella1 Most of Lybians And Egyptians are not real indigenous black Africans; they are Arabs from Asia
@HayatIt's a fact most of Northern Africans(Moroccans, Lybians, Tunisians, Egyptians, Algerians) are not real indigenous black Africans; they are invaders, colonialists, settlers, etc. from Asia. Yes there are still a few real indigenous black Africans in Northern Africa, but they're marginalized and massacred by those evil Arab invaders.
Dear Ethiopians, regardless of what you consider yourselves, our love and support for you is wreckless and deep. We will forever be proud of you. That will never change. ❤You can always count on us🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👌 #Staybeautiful.
Kenyans, especially the Kikuyus, are bootlicker who suffer from an inferiority complex with non-blacks but are ready to fight other blacks in their country. They are proud to have been colonized and brag about the white queen on England becoming queen while vacationing at the Treetops. And while Africans at the time were moving in the direction Kwame Nkrumah and Ọbafẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀, passive Kikuyu-led Kenyans were inviting Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, represented the Queen of Kenya (i.e. Elizabeth II) at the independence celebrations in 1963 of their own country 🤔
Oh much love my kenyan sister the Eastside Got love for each other ✊✊
Nasiume shout aki😂😂😂
Kenya in Oromo language means ours. . .atleast I heard, but I could be wrong
based on?
Am from ethiopia with solomonic dynasty but I am proud 100% black african
you cannot say any one black or white whatever you should call them with name of there ethnicity
for more respect
@@hailehaile8229 still Ethiopia is still a developing nation.
@@jamesbedukodjograham5508What about your country is developed ?
Congratulations for being an adulterous queen Sheba dynasty.
I’m Eritrean we don’t identify by skin colour my skin colour is brown my aunti dark skin uncle light skin we have many shades but we don’t just identify by the westernised institutionalised meaning
Hi
Stop lying’ Many light skinned Eritreans identify themselves as Black, as a matter of fact Every single one of them..
They go by there nationality, there is nothing wrong with that!
Yep as an Eritrean you summed up my family skin color variety basically. Our hair types are very different as well.
We all have different skin tones and colors including white people. That's not the point. When it comes to race skin tone is not a race if is a color/shade😂
every Ethiopian I've met in the US has identified as black but it's understandable why Ethiopians in Ethiopia wouldn't (even though I've also met Ethiopians born and raised in Ethiopia who consider themselves black). Calling yourself black in Africa is sort of meaningless since it's a label that applies to nearly the entire continent.
People in Asia don't really consider themselves Asian until they go to another part of the world. It's not because they don't think they're Asian, it's just not a useful identifier when you live on a continent full of people of your race.
THIS 👏
They are just being nice or avoiding this long debate. For those of us from 🇸🇴🇩🇯🇪🇹🇪🇷, race is not colour.
I am Ethiopian, living in the US, I identify as Ethiopian, not black...I don't allow others put me in the box for their convenience...I am Ethiopain from the continent of Africa..
It's the same thing with black people who are mentally enslaved-they are afraid to say that they are black or Afrikan and would rather identify themselves by some nationality etc.
It is useful for unification purposes this why they are fighting so hard for the United States of Africa. Bless up!
I am a "white" person born and raised in USA, and I can say for a fact that i am met with mostly vitriol when i say that i am not "white", and that african americans are not "black". Its truly the downfall of our nation to label our people on such LITERAL black and white terms. Its comforting to know that the majority of Ethiopian peoples understand that the institution of race is merely based on an entitely fabricated social hierarchy, in which the "white" man is on top, and the "black" man is on bottom. God bless Ethiopia and it's people, regardless of ethnicity and/or religious background. I hope to visit someday.
Thank you so much race was invented to make money and cause division instead of reinforcing it we really should just get rid of it especially in 🇺🇸 America. Why people wanna double down on all this millennia old racist scientifically debunked nonsense is beyond me
Very well put.
This identity politics, whether it's dividing people by race, sexual preference or gender, is tearing the fabric of this nation.
I came here as an immigrant about 30 years ago, and overtime I'm seeing identity politics pushed by liberals becoming so toxic that it is having a backlash effect.
If it continues like this, the future is really scary!taring
You spoke my mind! God Bless You! I'm Ethiopian. There is a deep meaning in the so called 'Black or White'
💯 people aren’t ready for this conversation 🙌
The majority of people of color understand that the institution of race is merely based on an entirely fabricated social hierarchy in which the white man is on top and the black man is on bottom. The problem is that this fabricated social hierarchy aka "white supremacy" is responsible for a lot of suffering in both history through today.
The difference is that African Americans experience this suffering directly through gentrification, redlining, racially biased police brutality, etc. while Africans like Ethiopians experience it indirectly through sanctions, coups, assassinations, and military interventions. The difference between the imaginary lines that divide the countries of Europe and the imaginary lines that divide the countries of Africa is that Europeans established their own lines AND the lines in Africa, plunging the continent into a turmoil that it still struggles with.
Unfortunately, what these conversations show is that many Ethiopians have failed to learn the lesson from their history that their tribalism hasn't served them as well as unifying with each other and the others willing to help. This is why much of Ethiopia's advancement in recent decades has come by way of the Chinese. They may be "Ethiopian" in America, but in Ethiopia, they struggle with trusting each other with power. That's why for every leader they've had, the ethnic background of that leader has been an issue. The only time Ethiopians were all Ethiopian in Ethiopia was under communist leader Mengistu who outlawed tribalism.
Some fellow Africans misunderstand Ethiopians identifying themselves just as Ethiopian for not wanting to identify themselves as Africans..but the fact that Ethiopians have a long history of isolation(independence) means identifying oneself by colour doesn't come naturally....I remember back in early early 90s in South Africa when it was still uncommon for a black person to just walk in to white owned cafe and Ethiopians would just walk in and order whatever they wish to the surprise of the black south Africans..the attitude is "why not" who are the white ?
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
100%
@@YekunoAmlak333 why should an ethiopian care about what people outside of africa have to say. if these foreigners like to see africans as black with all the connotations the word has, then that is their choice; but you don't have to subvert your own identity to fit these simplistic foreign categorization.
@@YekunoAmlak333 you cannot be united just by claiming to be "black". If you think in color, you would be more divided than united. the primary uniting forces are language, faith, custom, world view, exchange of ideas and goods, geographical proximity and population intermingling. If you ignore these things and keep drumming on about color, you are doing more to divide than unite.
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"Ethiopia was named by Italians..." 😂😂😂😂 you sound like someone about to die from thirst 😂😂😂😂...I love the way hate eats you inside and out ...😂😂😭..just curious, tell us your non fake country and we can discuss about it...
I am Ethiopian. When I was in Ethiopia I know my colors is black. We all black in Ethiopia, we are the same. I saw a couple of white peoples while I was in Ethiopia. When I was 15 moved to a full of white peoples. I know I am Ethiopian and I know my color is black but I know first I am human being. I see all races as equal. For me I don’t judge people by they color. I do love all human beings. But in America I learned a lot of things in my life. But when I was back home I was so innocent I didn’t know a lot of things about racism.
የዚህ ቪዲዮ title "ጥቁር አይደለሁም እኔ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ" ይላል። አቅራቢዋ በጣም በቁጥር አነስተኛ የሆኑ ኢትዮጵያውያንን በመጠየቅ ሀሳባቸው የሁሉም ኢትዮጵያውያን አስመስላ በማቅረብ ከሌላው (በተለይ ከሌሎች አፍሪካውያንና አፍሪካን አሜሪካንስ) ህብረተሰብ ጋር በጣም ለማቃቃር/ለማጋጨት አስባ ያዘጋጀችው ነው። የልጅቱ አቀራረብ ከላይ ሲያዩት ቀና አላማ ያለው ቢመስልም ሲገለጥ መርዝ ነው። ተደጋጋሚ አሳሳች (deceiving) እና ያለቦታቸው የገቡ/የተተረጎሙ (out of context) ጥያቄዎችን እየጠየቀች ከፍ ሲልም አውቃ "እኛ ጥቁር አይደለንም ኢትዮጵያዊ ነን እንጂ" እንዲሉ ምርጫ የሚያሳጣ (corner የሚያደርግ) ንግግር/ጥያቄ (leading questions) እያቀረበች ወጥመድ ውስጥ የከተተቻቸው ሁኔታ የተስተዋለበት ነው። ኢትዮጵያ ስናድግ ጥቁርና ነጭ ልዩነት ሳይገባን ስለሆነ ያደግነው "ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ" እንላለን እንጂ "ጥቁር ነን" የሚለውን ቀድመን አናስበውም። ያላደግንበትን ሀሳብ ከየትም አናመጣውም። አሜሪካን አገር ስንመጣ ግን የጥቁርና የነጭ ልዩነት (የቆዳ ቀለም የማንነት መገለጫ ሆኖ) ገኖ የሚታይበት ስናገኘው ለብዙዋቻችን መጀመሪያ ላይ ያደናግራል። ለመልመድ ብዙ ጊዜ የሚፈጅባቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን አሉ። ኢትዮጵያዊ ነህ ወይስ ጥቁር ተብሎል ሁለት ምርጫ ሲሰጠው አንድ የዚህች ልጅ ተንኮል ያልገባው ወንድም "ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ" ቢል ምንም አይገርምም። ጥቁር ነህ ወይስ ነጭ ሲባል ኢሄ ሰው በእርግጠኝነት ጥቁር ነኝ ይላል። በአጠቃላይ ሙሉውን ቪዲዮዋን አይታችሁ ከሰጠቸው አርእስት ጋር ስታገናዝቡት ምን ያህል የኢትዮጵያውያንን ስም ልታጠፋ እንዳቀደች ትገነዘባላችሁ። ኢሄ ስራዋ (በተለይ ልጆችን እያካተተች ያሳየችበት መንገድ) ለልጆቻችን በጣም ጠንቅ ነው። ልጆቻችን ከተለያየ የህብረተሰብ ክፍል ጋር ይማራሉ። እኔ ልጄን እዚህ ቪድዮ ውስጥ አካታ ባገኛት ኖሮ ያለምንም ማንገራገር ለUA-cam አሳውቄ እንድታጠፋ ነበር የማስደርጋት። ከፍ ሲልም በሙሉ ቪዲዮውን ማሳገድ ነው። እነዚህ ልጆች ከ18 አመት በታች ናቸው። በማን ፈቃድ ነው እንደዚህ አይነት ስም አጥፊ መልእክት ያለው ቪዲዮ ውስጥ የለጠፈቻቸው? ቤተሰቦቻቸው ታውቃላችሁ? በቀላል የሚታይ ነገር አይደለም። ወደ ማጠናቀቂያው የጠየቀቻት ሴት (በዚህ አጋጣሚ በጣም ብርቱ ኢትዮጵያዊ በጣም ንቁ። I am so proud of you! You represented us beautifully! ❤) ስትጠይቃት "ክርስቲያኖች ናችሁ አይደል? ኢትዮጵያ በአብዛኛው ክርስቲያን ነው አይደል? ብሎ መጠየቅ ለምን አስፈለገ?? በዚህ አጋጣሚ "አዎ" መባል ፈልጋ/ሰፍ ብላ ካልሆነ በስተቀር። እህታችን ብልህ ስለሆነች "በመረጃ (data) የተደገውን ቁጥር አላውቅም ግን ብዙ ሙስሊም ኢትዮጵያውያንም አሉ" ብላ አፉዋን አዘጋቻት እንጂ አላማዋ ሌላ ነበር!! የፈለገ ብትሞክር ወጥመድ ውስጥ እንደማትገባላት ስትረዳ ነው የተለመደውን ሌሎቹን የዋህ ወንድሞች የጠየቀችውን "ጥቁር ወይስ ኢትዮጵያዊ" ጥያቄ ከመጠየቅ ተቆጠባ የማስመሰል ጥያቄ "ቡና አፈላል.... የመሳሰሉ" መጠየቅ የጀመረችው። ለማንኛውም ወገን እየተጠነቀቅን!
ትክክል ልጅቷ አጀንዳ ተሰጥቷት ነው::አጠያየቋ ትክክል አይደለም ለምሳሌ አንድን ኬንያዊ ጥቁር ነህ ወይስ ኬኒያዊ ተብሎ ቢጠየቅ ሁለቱንም መሆኑንን ይገልፃል::ስለዚህ ሶስተኛ ምርጫ አልሰጠችም ከጅምሩ ጥያቄዋ ትክክል አይደለም ስለዚህ ይህ ቪዲዮ ሪፖርት ተደርጎ መጥፋት ያለበት ነው::በነገራችን ላይ ይህ ጥያቄ የሁሉም ሌሎች አፍሪካውያን ኢትዮጵያውያንን እናንተ ጥቁር ነን አትሉም በማለት ለኢትዮጵያ ትልቅ ጥላቻ አላቸው ከእነርሱም አልፎ ነጮቹም ይህንን ያውቁታል::ነገር ኢትዮጵያዊ በጥቁርነቱ የሚኮራ ህዝብ መሆኑን አልተረዱንም::ስለዚህ ይህ ሴራው ሌላ ነው::ለዚያም እኮ ነው የሀበሻ ልጆችን በተገኘው አጋጣሚ ይበቀሏቸዋል ማለትም በጏደኝነት በተለያየ ነገር ሁሉንም መጥቀስ አይቻልም::ስለዚህ መፍትሄው ልጆቻችሁን መንገር ማስተማር እንዲሁም ከሌሎች ጋር የሚያደርጉትን ግንኙነት በጥንቃቄ እንዲሆን መምከር ያስፈልጋል::በዩኒቨርስቲ ውስጥ በድንገት ፓሪ ጭፈራ ዶርም ውስጥ በተኙበት ሞተው የተገኙ ኢትዮጵያን ተማሪዎች ቁጥር ብዙ ነው::ከዚያ ሲጣራ አልኮል ጠጥታ የማታውቅ ልጅ ኦቨር ዶስ ተብሎ የህክምና ሪፖርት ይወጣል ነገር ግን እንደሚመስለኝ ሴራው የኢትዮጵያንንጥላቻ ነው::እባካችሁ ተጠንቀቁ በተለይ ካምፓስ ::
ትክክል ነህ ወንድም ! ይህ ነገር ከሌሎች አፍሪካዊ ወንድሞቻችን ጋር ሲያቃቅረን የቆየ ነው። ኢትዮጵያዊያን ጥቁር እንደሆኑ አያስቡም የሚል ስሞታ በተደጋጋሚ ሰምቻለሁ።
@@abuhaile6517 ወንድሜ አፍሪካውያን ብቻ ሳይሆን ነጩም ህንዱም ቻይናና ስፓንሹም ይህንን በደንብ ጠንቀቀው ያውቃሉ::እኛ ነበርን የማናውቀው::ነገር ግን ቀንና ጊዜ ጠብቀው ይሰሩልናል ምንም ባላሰብነው መንገድ ለዚያም ነው ብዙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ችግር ሲገጥማቸው መቋቋም አይችሉም::
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
Exactly. be tekkie
I am Kenyan and love Ethiopians...They can identify with whatever they want..Personally I have never seen it as a problem as long as you are not prejudice
We ethiopian very proud of our blackness love Africa more than anyone in the content
Thank you man.
I love you Kenyans❤️🇪🇹🇰🇪
Thanks for understanding 🙏
Black is a social construct, a racist one at that but not a real identity. We are Ethiopians, that's our nationality, sense of pride and heritage.
It is good Ethiopians and Somalis are poor otherwise they are simply too racist for barely noticeable differences in skin cilour
Racism is an economic construct by the way poor whites in South Africa live in shacks with black neighbours and their is no issue
Everything is a social construct-so what is the point
@@agro-valleyfarm7217 This one's different since it's pushed on a group of people who never agreed to opt in. Another form of cultural dominance
Definition belongs to the definer-who are you and are you really who you say that you are-only colonized people don't know who they are. The last Emperor of Ethiopia ,Haile Selassie I didn't have a problem with identifying himself as a black person.
You’re title is divisive, offensive and a click bait. Don’t use this beautiful culture and people to create drama. Thank you
Sadly, it seems like she just did that. 😡
What ever. . .you were great and I m ethiopian
I agree.
Ethiopians are not black tho. Sure you can say your skin is dark but black is a connotation and is more appropriate for west and south africans and specifically those who were taken as slaves to the US particularly from west side of Africa. I got offended when my well read South african friend told me i wasn’t black. But instead of being butthurt i researched it but i’ve also knew it all my life growing in Ethiopia. Ethiopians are not “black”
I couldn’t agree more with you comment.
I'm Somali from Ethiopia.
I agree. We are our culture, ethnicity, tradition, nationality not COLOUR.
The people are clearly black but black is not a race
@@YekunoAmlak333 Why use a term that makes no sense as a race.? We don't hear people in East Asia running around talking about "we are yellow" or people in India saying "we belong to the brown race" or indigenous Americans saying "I am a man (or woman) of the red race". I don't follow what society says we should do or say (such as using black or white as races). I follow what makes technical sense (which society isn't always in line with). And using "black" for a mulatto who has dark yellow skin makes no technical (or common) sense at all.
@@YekunoAmlak333 uh no it wasn't
@@YekunoAmlak333 Give me a break. We are not literally the colour black. If you are Habäsa you better be proud of your own ethnic heritage as a Habäsa because you have nothing in common-ethnically, linguistically, and historically with so called black people. We are a dark-skinned people and we are Habäsa by blood.
@@YekunoAmlak333 african are not the only people with black skin, for your general knowledge.
@@YekunoAmlak333 so if it's not about skin color then what's it about, culure, language, religion or what ?
we don't have the concept of calling ourselves Black because race is a social construct created by Europeans. and we are an uncolonized nation and people.
we only have the concept of ethnic group, tribe and skin tones. someone "black" would just be a dark skin Ethiopian, just like someone "brown", or "yellow/light" in our country. we don't have to identify by European terms like Black but we are Africans and that should be enough to respect and love each other thank you❤
Amen
African is a european term as well. Ethiopian is a mad made term as well. It all is.
@@truthdude8849 a man made concept that does not exist locally in our country.
you cannot expect us to think and act like Europeans or nations that lived under European colonial rule.
which is why I just said we identify by ethnic group, tribe and culture locally. it is a simple concept to understand.
And who do you think created those borders that you respect ? Same Europeans, why refused to be called black and accept to be called Ethiopian?
In spite of Ethiopia not been colonised, the borders were created by these wicked people. And the same people created the concept of colour and race, so why accept one and leave the other ?
I need an answer please.
@@bigmanrasta4389ca suffit ca suffit fire bun
What a damn question, asking black people from Africa...."are you black" we don't go by skin color in Africa. That question is never asked in Africa because there is no racism and it does not apply. Keep Dominican racism issues in Dominican.
I am a proud Ethiopian and I am black. If you asked me that day I would have been happy to confirm that I am black and Ethiopian in the same interview I ha with you
Thank you for your input 👏
What is black? is it color? or belief?
@@eukatefuka8192 don't look stuipd.
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself ..
@@eukatefuka8192
That is true. It's hard to change people mind when they have been exposed to other cultures like the West via Television etc. We have been trying to get rid of the racist and oppressive word here in the United States for decades.
Until I moved to London, I never really understood this black/ white concept and how big of an issue it is. We never have to identify ourselves as black as no one goes around and ask you if you are black in Ethiopia because we have never been colonised maybe dont understand the race issue like black Americans or other Africans who have been colonised. So I see why for some Ethiopians it's hard to answer this question so they always answer with no I am not black I am Ethiopian which gets fellow Africans offended, i was told by people i met at Uni, work and sharing houses that Ethiopian are racist that we see ourselves better than others. I was shocked because that is far from the truth. We respect others, and we are proud black/African. There is only one race in the world. and that is a human race, and that is what we thought as its a Christian country . We are first Ethiopian and then African. And we are proud African.
Stop the bull shit cause i'm from Barbados which is mostly black so there was no reason to say the obvious which is we're black but we know we're black. When i came to the USA i knew real quick i was black despite never calling myself black in a mostly black country.
That's not bullshit. it's a fact. People are unaware and uneducated, so educate them and move on. We are the most humble.kind, down to earth people you will ever meet, We just are not well educated on this subject. Especially, Eritea, as the country is very isolated, not so much knowledge on this subject, so yes, sadly, that's the truth 🤷♀️
@@rahwa138 We are just not black stop trying to force us to call ourselves that useless term we don't even look like them, even black people tell us we are not black in the west and now they complaining that we don't call ourself black? lol who cares we know our idenity we don't need to call ourself by a crayon.
@@dahbajanman7044Barbados and Ethiopia are not the same country. I would say Barbados is closer to Britain than Ethiopia when it comes culture and things of that sort.
@@dahbajanman7044you don’t have an ethnic name and you speak another group of people’s native language. This is not the same. You didn’t grow up in a country with no outside influence where no one in the country is calling you black but by your ethnic group.
I am from Ethiopia I am pure black And I am proud to call myself Black Africa
Brother I'm from Ethiopian too , when Ethiopians identified as Ethiopian its doesn't mean they looking down black , pls ask black Americans if they're seen red boy or red girl .not exist right ? Then ask Ethiopians in Amharic " qeyu lij or qeywa lij " you know what I mean , also white people identified as white , are they really white color ? Just think about it..
@Hayat so u r saying Gambelas are not Ethiopians ? So u have to be very dark to be called black?
@@MultiAyeleyes actually a lot of Black ppl and even Africans have said to me Ethiopians don't consider themselves as black or African that think they r better. Because they talk to ppl like u. It's sad and embarrassing. Hizbachin enditela new yemitaregut kemanim anishalim. Tiqur sidib ayiselem
@E G don't mixed African & black ...African isn't representing color..I didn't say we are not black of course we are , in Ethiopia my understanding is our color never be question , simply people identified as Ethiopian old day , now most of identified their tribe or ethnicity. We never have color problems much.
@@MultiAyele as long as you say we r black, that's all. Thank u
We Ethiopians will not allow westerns to give us names black because they knew us when they tried to colonize us We gave them the answer proud to be the capital city of Africa which call Ethiopia.... We African we don't accept colour categories because you will find all colours in Ethiopia
then why do you say barya
Am ethiopian and am not black cause we ethiopians have different features than black ppl do and when this European say black it's not only abt colors they also mean tht slave and we ethiopians weren't slave so we aren't black we are ethiopians.
Becayse your a barya @@thdoom81
@@thdoom81 Haile Selassie didn't officially end slavery in Ethiopia until 1942 (After the Italians tried to end it in 1935) That means that many Ethiopians have grandparents that were actually slaves as well as grandparents who were slave owners. Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Not every African American you encounter online is unfamiliar with Ethiopian history...
We know we are black, but we just love our homeland, culture, way of life, belief system, languages etc, so we identify as Ethiopian. We will prevail no matter how the West wants to destroy our culture to divide and conquer us.
actually, Europe's behind that.😑
You do understand that the Greeks gave you that name Ethiopian, which means black face. At the end of the day it is all Africa (Alkebulan) Ethiopia is located in Africa, therefore more Ethiopians need to identify themselves as African because the key to all of this is UNITY not separation and from being in Ethiopia there was a lot of separation among each other due to lack of education and not knowing who you truly are.
You are middle eastern. Not black
@@itsallpointless 🤣
@@itsallpointless once again ignorance is bliss from lack of knowledge smh.... When you look at the northern region of tigray and some parts of Eritrea, they had mixed with Italians and Arabs, though there's pure Nubian Africans in Eritrea, my girl's mother is one, pure black African Nubian. And some tribes in tigray were able to not mix and to keep the African roots solid, but when you go to the heart of Amhara region, Gondar, Wollo, gojam, these are pure Africans, as well as the south region of Ethiopia, which are pure Africans, and the west region of Ethiopia are Oromo which are pure Africans. The east part of Ethiopia, Afaar, which are Somali, and they originally come from ancient Egypt, which are Africans, Harar and Dire Dawa, which some did mix with Arabs, though many there are pure black Africans as well. Dire Dawa are also Oromo. Please educate yourself on these things. Ethiopia is 95% pure African. When you leave outside of Addis Ababa, you will see that Ethiopians are pure Africans.
I’m from Ethiopia 💚💛❤️ 100% I’m proud of Black & Africa
Amesegenallo yene ihit.
@@Explorer_cities Do research
@@Explorer_cities because African is not a race … Ethiopia is in Africa, and it’s a country with black people. I’m confused by your confusion
That is wonderful!
@@Goldniz no we are not black
Sister the question is misleading and could easily be taken out of context. It would have been great if you inquired whether they identify as Ethiopian or African. Ethiopians consider themselves as a proud African Ethiopian. Skin color has no place in the Ethiopian psyche. Thanks for your great effort.
And so if color has no place in Ethiopia, why do call people from Benshagul and Gambella "Shenkila"??
@@RUSHIITUBE Do you know what the word "Shenkila" means?? If not STFU.
@@RUSHIITUBE we don’t
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
@@makistoner3946 a few Supremacist do though, no common you right.. but it still exist!
I’m from Alexandria Egypt I love Ethiopia
We don't care about racist Arab Egypt. you guys are racist towards black African.
I love Egypt too 🇪🇬 ❤️
We love u too Egypt 🇪🇬
@@loveabebe3790
Ethiopians are not black. Ethiopians have brown skin and are not black, and this is established in the Abyssinian civilization.
We Ethiopians consider ourselves as black and Ethiopian that guy is talking about himself. He is black and as the same time, he saying I am not black what a contradiction is it.
Thanks for your input 👏
Dont say we, just say I if u belive so! in my openion we are all Human beings, and we should start from that, then if u have something unique to have distinguished u r Ethiopian, tell me something u are expressing ur self as a black. Do u have one, say it! if u have something to show it is ur lifestile, culture .. that differs from others, not the color! we have mix of colors, then why black, if black is color!?
Black is not an identity u dumb ass!
speak for yourself
Race is a socks contruct “Black” isn’t a real thing. What is Black Culture? Is there a “Black”? Country?
I am so happy and proud of you guys,
The question you answered about Ethiopian culture is Great😇♥️👌👍🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
Thank you!!!!! I am so grateful I lived to see this video that explain why Ethiopians do not say I am black.
Over 20 years I have been confronted by a young lady saying Ethiopians do not think they are black. I tried to explain the reason the same way these people in the video explained. Thank God for technology that exposes the reason. Ethiopians are proud African who fought against Western colonization and love their African brothers and sisters.
The word black is used in America to refer to Africans of Bantu heritage. So, it's true Ethiopians aren't black are not being asked to be. But don't volunteer to tell people
that you're not black when you're not being asked to be.
Bantus aren't going outta their way to say they're not Arab
or Ethiopians. We're tired of being in the mouth of people
we care little about. We Bantus only care about our Bantu
people and our awesome diverse Bantu cultures in the
Americas, Caribbean, and certainly the Bantu nations in
Africa. We're a rich people in all front and we're not
recruiting people to be 'black'. Leave us, our culture, our
land to us!
So um, proud Ethiopian... did you know that it was a "black" American who founded the Ethiopian Air Force, as well as Ethiopian Airlines, and taught the first Ethiopian pilots how to fly? Did you know that when Musolini came back to finish in 1935 what Italy had started in 1896, that it was an African American who flew Haile Selassie around the country and provided him with aerial reports concerning Italy's troop movements? Did you know that it was African American "black" people that signed up by the thousands in their attempt to fight alongside Ethiopians against the Italians? John C. Robinson. Look it up. Do you know what Musolini saw when he invaded Ethiopia in 1935? A country full of BLACK PEOPLE. Do you know which African descendants were the FIRST to come to Ethiopia's assistance despite sanctions imposed on BOTH Ethiopia and Italy by the League of Nations? African American BLACK PEOPLE... but you can't understand why your historical benefactors, singularly responsible for your being able to take advantage of opportunities in America might be little miffed at you? TSK.
They are black just not African American, they can’t appropriate African American history because they have a history of their own
Jubilee bro stop the cap, black refers to all black African people not just us black Bantus Somalis are black Ethiopian Tanzanian Kenyans all black what are you even saying. Now black Americans are generally a specific ethnic group.
@@VerbalWarrior162 Black Americans have white blood so what’s your point ? Aboriginal people from Australia are a different ethnic group than Africans… it still falls under the black umbrella. You guys go out of your way to deny over 80% of your dna. A white person from Italy and a white person from Russia have different background but they would never reject the fact that they are white.
Only self hating people reject the majority of their blood to claim a drop of foreign blood
We Ethiopian people understand the word “black” in a different way, not what you think. That’s why one person in your interview said it depends on where you grow. If your grow up in Ethiopia, the meaning of black is different that is why they said I’m from Ethiopia. Of course if you grow up in US, we have been hearing color people black. Some people they misunderstood when Ethiopians say from Ethiopia, it doesn’t mean they don’t like black or they don’t like to be called black. That black word is not professional to be called; to name one as an example, it’s like black instead of African American.
Why do you dance with your shoulders and shake your bursts? I'm curious.
@@johnolaoluwa Because it is one of our cultural dance called " Eskista " . It is an Amhara Tribe dance, one of the tribes found in Ethiopia. We have more than 80 tribes with different culture, language, dance, food, way of dressing .....
@@Axiom61 Thanks for taking the time to explain. In West Africa, they shake bums.
@@johnolaoluwa Your welcome, yeah culture is different everywhere. That's what makes us unique and beautiful.
Here in African continent people are not considered black but they are considered African.
Well, in America, where I'm from, they call them black Africans
Stupid question, off course we Ethiopian are black. The fact that some of us have light skin, it doesn’t mean we are not black.
I think it is a stupy question too I am dominican
Say I don’t say we I personally am not a n
Don’t say we but you can say I am black ….. there is no black rice
skin color is not the only thing than make a black person "black", facial features are more obvious
We have semetic roots too for habesha people
Black is a color, anybody who has an eye can tell colors but that doesn’t mean that’s who you are. Being an Ethiopian is not about color. Come on people!
I am a proud Ethiopian! Stop referring to me as a skin color. This does not mean I do not acknowledge my African roots, however.
All good proud Ethiopian... just make sure if you come to America, whenever you apply for jobs or educational opportunities that you either check the "other" box or create your own box and label it "Ethiopian". Come to the "black" people you encounter here for *nothing* and take your chances with white people, their interests and their institutions.
So you're colorless right?
@@ariikwek7795 she doesn't want to be referred to by her skin color because she seeks to escape the impediments imposed against people of color in America and that undermines the reason she came here. If there were advantage in it, she'd change her tune. Why? Because she's an opportunist.
What she is also telling you is that she's either of an elite class or trying to be of an elite class because the working classes universally understand the value of unity and solidarity. "Blackness" in America is like a labor union that is open to all people of African descent to join. The issue is that Ethiopians like the ones we are debating relate more closely to the management class than to the labor class. African Americans resent them for the same reasons they resent non-unionized workers-- because they still benefit from the union's victories while undermining the union's efforts.
These particular Ethiopians don't want to join our labor union because they've sided with management since jump and feel that this is where the opportunities for their success lie.
@@vmoney65 I see they're really opportunists. But it's good we've now known them; I have now known their standing too. Traitors within a group/race of people and an enemy to a group/race are equal; they all contribute to the degradation of that group/race.
@@ariikwek7795 As I've said elsewhere, having traveled to Addis Ababa many times, although it looks like you are perceiving a racial issue, you're most likely perceiving a class issue. People from the working classes including Ethiopians recognize the value of unity and solidarity. These Ethiopians come only to eat (economically). Their own country wasn't feeding them enough to eat as much as they wanted, so they came here to America because in their minds, they were entitled to much more than their country could feed them. So most will celebrate being Ethiopian and will attend all kinds of Ethiopian cultural events, but they'll never go back. They'll die and be buried here... at least until Ethiopia has more to offer them than America.
I'm working to retire in Ethiopia, I talk to my Ethiopian friends about joining me all the time. So far? No takers. According to the recent videos I've seen, it looks like Dr. Abiy is building Wakanda in East Africa so maybe that will change.
Am Ethiopian and I know that am African but I found that Ethiopian culture is way different than most African people traditions.
But you are not black right?
@@RUSHIITUBE am not black or white .. I don’t want to put my self in one category.
@@mercym1733 of course
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
Which difference?! Talking as if Ethiopians are angels?? Aren't they humans like other humans?
I say the same thing I’m not black I’m African cause I was born there 🤷🏾♀️
We eritreans, our identity is not based on skin color. The core of our identity is based on our culture, tradition, and history.
As a African American is see Ethiopians as our brothers and sisters! I agree with the brothers response in this video! 💯 Ethiopians were able to keep their culture and traditions, us Africans Americans had ours stripped from us via slave trade but we’re finding our way back slowly but surely!
@rodweick2722 Black Americans are far removed from Africa. We have our own culture here in America.
@@kisha4040 twerk?cuz if is twerk hell no that's not y'all culture y'all adapted from the slaves that when there wich ivory coast people the south people!!"
@@SHANNY13_96No it’s not twerk, read a book on Black American culture, you would be surprised smh
@@cupidgal It's pu$$y Pop Then Twerk In Ivory coast They Call Mapouka In Cape Verde Where My Family Came From Is Mapu/Trakukadera=Throw Dat A$$ Up!!!"
@@SHANNY13_96😂😂😂
The question by itself wrong. Black or Ethiopian? Black or Kenyan, Black or Nigerian? … are you asking the race or the origin? I’m an Ethiopian. Everybody understands when I say Ethiopian, I’m referring my origin/citizenship not my race. Off course I’m black. Whether I have light skin, brown skin or dark skin, or I was born in America, Europe, Asia or in Africa it doesn’t change who I’m, generally categorized as black. But your question gives a sense of as if Ethiopians doesn’t consider as African. Which is non sense. Please correct it.
From America and I love Ethiopian people whatever you may call yourselves. We cheer for you here no matter what European media tells you. We know your story and your struggle and again we cheer you on. 1 love. 🖤💪🏿🖤💪🏿🖤💪🏿
We need more people like you. ❤ from Ethiopia
We are not black but we are Ethiopian, African. You get Ethiopian from each color. Black, light black, brown, light brown, light white, even pinkish. We’re diverse. Different build but we are African!!! Not identified as black!
why are you lying? There are no pink or white Ethiopians 😂
As an Ethiopian I can assure you that the term BLACK doesn’t carry the usual negative connotations the West imposes on the concept.
That is from colonialism term which is fake concept. Ethiopian will say their country or tribe like Tigrinya.
actually, it does not only is it a status it's a lower one, but America wasn't where the color concept started it was actually Europe.
@lobsterbale Legesse What does Ethiopia translate into English?
@@victorkelley87 That doesn't mean anything, 1st of all it is GREEK for burnt face meaning the original Cush people we call Nilotes who are not even brown but charcoal skinned. In the 1930's Abyssinia was name changed to Ethiopia.
@lobsterbale Legesse But Ethiopians call themselves Ethiopian, which means burnt face, which denotes their color. So it does mean something. They don't say they are Abysinians they say they are Ethiopians. Are you trying to say these people are wrong? So it does mean something.
Robel put it very intelligently. All these names, be it black, negro, African American, were imposed on to us. We never chose any of them. The saddest thing about this is that we accept them and carry on. We never examine what these terms are intended for. Thank you Robel
He definitely gave us something to thing about...
You are black regardless
Negro are diff from african
@@rafaelw8115 Lol, you are missing the point. You see, white people call themselves white. Did you call yourself black? They named you black, Nigro, African American etc and you did not dispute any of it. Instead, you repeated after them and called yourself black. That is a slave mentality!
Is that all you have to say to prove your point? I am sorry for you. I am assuming you are either a child or someone who has not been to school. Read, read, read to become a better person.
Why do people want to associate with a colour instead of a culture? That’s what us Ethiopians don’t understand about Americans, never ever degrade yourself down to a simple colour you have a culture and a history that you shouldn’t throw away.
በትክክል ☝️☝️
All good. Please keep that same energy when you apply for educational and job opportunities in America. When you see that fortune 500 company recruiting "black" people, make sure that you bypass that event and wait until they recruit Ethiopians or "other" people. Those of you attending HBCUs like Howard University or any of their peers on scholarships, please LEAVE and take your chances with white institutions because you're displacing "black" students. If you're truly not black and don't want to reduce yourself to a color, leave all those demeaning "black" opportunities alone and when racism comes for you, turn inward toward yourselves and your own institutions to fix it.
HBCU = Historically BLACK Colleges and Universities.
@@vmoney65 lol we’ve faced racism all by ourselves to begin with nobody ever looked out for us, and we don’t need any handouts we’re respected and wanted for our skill basically everywhere anyone who knows Cushites knows our value you can either drop your weird self hating colonial mindset or completely dissociate with us.
@@YourDad-te9fg Really? did Ethiopians found their own Air Force or Airlines? The answer to that would be... No. An African American did that. Did the Ethiopian community make it possible for all Africans to immigrate to America and participate in American society without fear of violence? That answer would also be... No. Again,
the African American community did that.
Y'all don't need handouts? Nobody every looked out for you?
Really? Let me just warm up my singing voice-- Coy/and dekika:
"We are the world! we are the children! we are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving! It's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives, it's true we'll make a better day just you and me..."
Remember that? Remember when Ethiopia couldn't even FEED itself? I remember that... CLEARLY. I remember a lot of people including African Americans sending a lot of money to Ethiopia SPECIFICALLY to "look out" for Ethiopians. BTW, What color were most of the people featured in that music video?
Ahem: BLACK... organized by black American Quincy Jones.
Black African Americans organized and caused MILLIONS of dollars to flow to Ethiopia to "look out" for Ethiopians. Many years later and meanwhile...In America, Ethiopians in DC couldn't even get a section of DC renamed to "Little Ethiopia" without the help of African Americans (because we run the city council) Years ago ECDC director Abdul Kamus went to jail behind a bribery scandal behind taxis and Silver Spring replaced a lot of parking attendant jobs with ticketing machines because they were tired of Ethiopians stealing ticket fares. Even my Ethiopian friends joked about their countrymen majoring in Parkiology... but everybody wants you???
Are you sure about that? Check it:
America is America. America is not Ethiopia. Y'all run nothing here but somehow y'all are respected for your skills and wanted EVERYWHERE? Oh, is THAT WHY THE LINE at the American embassy in Addis Ababa is so long (and yes I've been there to check in as an AMERICAN) and why they make y'all wait months to years for your interview appointments... because they value your skills and respect you so much? LOL. Here's a clue: That difficulty Ethiopians face at the American embassy in Addis they face because they are BLACK. How do I know this? Because every other BLACK country on Earth faces the same difficulties for the same reason. So if you don't think you're reduced to a color fine. GET YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS STUCK BACK IN ADDIS VISAS behind your "Ethiopian identity" and let us colonialized mindest African Americans know how that works out for you.
The ECDC (Ethiopian Community Development Council) literally has nothing on the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) when it comes to service and accomplishments. That said, look man, I'm not EVEN putting this on Ethiopians as a whole.
Working class Ethiopians like all working class people universally understand the value of solidarity and unity. Nope. This foolishness belongs to the vultures who come to America to eat their fill from carcasses that they didn't kill. You can cut the BS: y'all disassociate with "black" because you figure it will ingratiate you to the white people that you hope will improve your chances for success.
Good luck with that... but we see you.
We Dominicans fully understand you guys. We have been in a constant argument with African Americans with this same subject we also finding extremely weird and unnecessary.
# AM A VERY BLACK ⚫ PERSON, VERY PROUDE OF MY COLOR AND MY SELF , THE SAME TIME AN ETHIOPIAN !
I am ethiopia handsome light skin soft hair I am not black. I don't want anyone call me black. I respect black people
In Africa we identify our self by our nations just like the French just like the Germans and the Greeks. Our colors never been in question until we left Etiopia as Ethiopian we are Africans trough and trough.
By the way Ethiopian people are so beautiful and those little girls sharing about their culture just put a huge smile on my face.
Thank you sis
Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven. An African who is closer to 100% African has wider nose bones and the bones near the mouth stick out more. They have a Eurasian skeletal form.
@@regulus7181 I would love to try Ethiopian food one day. ❤️
@TwinMommySoRayaAfricans have no history. Semites have the most history in Africa.
No Somalis are Cush. Tigray, Amhara, Gurage, and Hararri are semitic. You're full of misinformation. We live in higlands why would we look like lowland people. @@VerbalWarrior162
We don’t have color problem, we don’t know we are black or white most people using colure for discrimination we don’t
That's true! ❤❤❤ i'm Ethiopian or i'm Habesha i'mnot black and i'm not colonolaized. I'm proudly Ethiopian ❤❤❤ Jha ras tafarai
Most “African Americans” don’t know what else to say other than “black”. They don’t know with absolute certainty what tribe or ethnic group to claim from Africa, Africa is very large with many ethnic groups, tribes and languages and they do not know which ethnic group they are originally from. It could have a sense of playing a guessing game as to which one do they think they are from and that is not a good place to be in, no one wants to be guessing when it comes to their culture and ethnicity. All I have spoken to say that “black” really means that they do not know what tribe or culture they actually originated from in Africa and or that “Africa Americans”/ “black” people are a mixture of multiple ethnic groups in Africa and do not know what they originally were. What do we say they should do just pick an African ethnic group that they like and just identify as it moving forward? Many I have spoken with said that they don’t want to be guessing like that and the uncertainty may feel like they are just trying and or pretending to be something that they are not absolutely certain of being.
Educate 🎉
So much love in here! Love to the Ethiopian people 💚💛❤ Endet Nachu
12 Thus, in the garden, Adam should have the interpretation, the revelation that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that was there was not a tree like the one of Revelation 22:1-2 but the serpent. That is to say, some religious leaders. It is the tree of theology. Do you understand that? Every Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, evangelical or Branhamist leader is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Very well! That's it.
13 The Lord Jesus Christ is therefore the tree of Revelation 22:1-2 with the twelve fruits and whose leaves are the miraculous virtue to heal the nations. You see?
Ethiopian are the mother of all human race on earth
I am Ethiopian born, raised in Ethiopia, and I am proud to say I am Black.
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
Yeah bro this people are delusional
@@daconfi1453 you are the delusional one you watch too much hollywood movies that's why, how could you refer to yourself as black in a country where white people don't exist?
@@zach4168 because of the color of my skin is that so difficult to understand?
@@daconfi1453 Do you think it's right to classify people based on color of skin?
They are right! The don't have to narrow their heritage to a color just because that's what people want. They should be very proud because they know their heritage. I know a lot of them. I admire them and Africa Americans should get over it. When they go to Europe, Ethiopians are considered black, but they can be whatever they want to be. They have a beautiful Afro- Asiatic culture.
Such childish comments. Go read a book dude.
In America, "black" is essentially a labor union that is free for all people of African descent to join. Black people resent Ethiopians who refuse to join the "black union" for the same reason that Unions resent non-union workers-- They benefit from the victories of the unions while undermining their efforts to achieve those victories. The Ethiopians who don't want to identify as black tend not to be from the working class, but rather come from the elite classes. As a result, they are more likely to side with management over labor. Working class people universally understand the value of solidarity and unity. The Ethiopians in this video don't get it because they choose not to.
@@vmoney65were not black don't try and force labels on us. We told you what we are, Ethiopians. Since when did black americans start viewing Ethiopians or anyone from the horn as black?????
9 Ether BLACKNESS is DIVINE and powerful!!! Before it was light there was pure BLACKNESS!!! As an Black american woman ,I love it that I came from blackness like the famous song by James Brown (Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud)!!!
I enjoyed this video. One thing I learned is people do not to personify what global media dictates being black means. It is a made up concept by the media, Africans who lived in their own countries have a strong sense of their own culture they will not agree and relate to this globally portrayed concept being black means. Being black and linking that with the state of the African continent belittles the Richness of every culture in that continent. This is why North Africans and Egyptians hasten to identify with being Arab or carving Middle Eastern image of their cultures. So in the end, this is a competitive world and people will identify what suits best with their interest.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed it!
I am Ethiopian for sure I am black 🖤.
What else I could be? White, brown or yellow. Not I am proud to be Ethiopian and black 🖤.
Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.
My dad is Venezuelan but black. In Venezuela, we use it to reference skin color in a very superficial almost descriptive kind of way. It's like asking a European if they identify as white. The reason it sounds strange is that a French person will hardly have anything in common with a Pole or a Greek, the same way a Dominican will hardly have anything in common with an Ethiopian. These categorizations only work regionally because of shared culture and experiences (i.e. Caribbean, East African, West African, North African, etc.). It sounds very very strange.
@@rafaelw8115 I live in Europe. I have lived in 5 European countries. Nobody identifies like that except for certain fringes. And even when they do, nationality takes precedence, which is my point. Think about it. European countries engaged in two major wars in the past 120+ years.
@@rafaelw8115 You lose an argument automatically when you call another person an imbecile. Even stating that European children take biology courses about race is ridiculous. Again, not everybody subscribes to the race-based model of the US. Also, where do you live in Europe and what race are you?
@@rafaelw8115 I can assure you that race is only taught as a historical fact in history class and not in biology. You seem unable to comprehend my arguments because you keep misunderstanding them and calling me an imbecile. I am stating that the argument for asking non-Americans about their race is strange. The only way it is used is just a descriptive trait. Americans treat race as if it is tied directly to ethnicity and one's very being.
@@rafaelw8115 I live in France too (in the country side to be specific). Yes, again people know the difference between a white and black person, but people do not use race in a literal sense. Can you stop calling me an imbecile please? Be nice. Nationality is treated as more important in regard to the African migrant crisis.
I Loved everything what The last gurl said./እመቤት ..ደርባቢት❤❤/ our ambassador.
Well listen, this Nigerian/Yoruba at work told me this same thing. I realized that *some* people from Africa, feel this way because they consider "Black" to be a western term, more or less black people from the Caribbean and Latin America see only ADOS/FBA to be "Black". My Latino ex told me this he said "We consider black people to mean African-Americans"
Yea I’m Caribbean and “Black” was seen as a slur for a long time because of the way the white colonizers used it, eventually it was seen as a term for Americans and now they embrace it. Before they would prefer to be called Africans even though they weren’t in Africa anymore.
Ethiopian people are beautiful,I once had a co- workers in dubai back 2014.They are goodlooking..😊
thank you❤
Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.
Yes we are not Black, we are Ethiopians and We are a proud African as well. We don't refer ourselves as Black, because Black is a label that is created by the white people to divide peoples by their skin color. You see color is not actually a problem in Ethiopia or Africa as a whole because we have all the colors. Which makes it beautyful and diverse.
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Were not black stop
Yes we are not black we are Ethiopia ...habisha community....he is right
finally, a woman with a brain. You are 100% correct.
Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.
@@VerbalWarrior162 I don't know about Somalian......they are habisha community.....Somalian they are kuse .....of course Eritrean and Ethiopia they are semantic
@@itsallpointless A brainless woman 😂
So Ethiopians are not black right?? LOST SOULS 😂
I am Ethiopian and I'm not black or white i am Ethiopian we have our identification Ethiopian
Thanks for showing Ethiopia show and beautiful people .❤
I'm second generation Jamaican American when growing up I thought Black was a phenotype categorization (some people believe and insist it is a genotype) that also included Melanesian Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals,"whats considered now biracial people",etc. And was an informal categorization. Then all of a sudden it got politicalized and got turned into an "Ethnicity"??????? Ethnicity is community that traces back to an independent nation present or in the past. I do not believe Black or White is an ethnicity it only describes what a person looks like. I think that is were the confusion lies. I do believe all the people you interviewed would be categorized under the Black phenotype categories. I think those categories are real based on the discrimination we all have in favor towards people we deem similar to us and is a hint to the way we socialize. But I agree that the creation of strict biological races (genotype) and color as an ethnicity was originally a white supremist invention that many extremist social justice rights are just as much responsible for endorsing.
Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.
If you ask an Ethiopian the shade of their skin, he/she will tell you of course black. But if you ask him her/ his identity they say Ethiopian
I’m Ugandan. From watching American media, I understood that I was black. But I never really thought of myself as a black person, just a person. That was until I moved to South Africa in the early 2000s. I was there for almost 4 years and my experience there made me realize that I was not just a person, I was a black person.
If the question is are u identifying white or black defiantly I will said black but Question is u r consider Ethiopian or black it will be any Ethiopian answer is I’m Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ❤
These people have a lot in common with Indians 🇮🇳. Lots of them even look like Indians. There seems to be a connection between the two nations. I have to research this. America is a society where silly things like skin color take prominence. It is something that has to be exorcist from the minds of people. Especially Americans !
It is easy , just like middle eastern identify themselves as Arabs, Palestinians and so on..but not white, we also identify ourselves as Ethiopians…
Keep it real my Habesha brothers and sisters.
I think what makes Ethiopia difference is the fact that it’s the only African country that’s never been colonized they don’t have any outside influence that’s why they don’t have the black and white thing all they know is their nationality and they are very proud of it which is a good thing for people in Africa the rest of the African communities should learn from them
That's not the only difference ethiopia or habesha differs from other Africans tho ,
Phenotype , culture , many differences we don't look the same even , we have semetic levant roots
God the creator even identify us an Ethiopians in the bible. He did not use black or white to identify us or anyone else in the bible.
Coming from a Black American I envy how united and prideful these people are, I wish I could say the same for our people
We are pretty together please stop with that narrative. It just not true
Please keep your low self esteem to yourself, I'm BA, and damn proud of it.
@@bettyboopsie9836 Yeah it's my opinion lol but thanks for being disrespectful and proving my point
@@originaleverythingelseisca5977 No we're not stop lying to yourself that's not how things get better
We used to be, after the 70s, our communities went to shit
The reason behind some Dominicans saying they are not black is different from the Ethiopian context.
You have a point. I will tackle this in another video.
Dominican are artificially(human) created mixed ppl
Ethiopians are evolutionary created mixed people
Since these ppl are black but also not black black,
Ethiopians hv a little of levant n semetic ancestry history n culture so it's confusing af, if you are in our place, so it's nothing against you 😂
I am Ethiopian if you ask me I will say I am Ethiopian
Great video. Very educational.
Thank you so much 👏
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
This is not educational, its stupid video
@Zem u nailed it I hope everyone READS YOUR COMMENT,we all need just to be educated, I am born African American and I love all my different cultures of blacks, so at the end of the day America sees us all as BLACKS, ONE LOVE TO ALL.
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
What is a born African American?
Well you are black from west Africa we Ethiopians originated from different we look nothing like you
Still Blacks….smh
@@anthonyloveanthonylove2159 still black smk
My grandad was from Eritrea. Greetings from England 🏴👋👋
Am Ethiopian i am Black and proudly to be black
I'm born & raised in Ethiopia still living in Ethiopia i always call my self black that's how my parent & my community raise me my nationality is Ethiopian but by race i'm black n i'm proud of it 🖤💯
We don't call ourselves black in ethiopia lol , also habeshas are mixed race ,
I'm ethiopian proud to be African
No culture is superior but we appreciate the beautiful culture of the rest of African brothers as they do ours. We are one & the same with our own differences period.
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
It all depends on what can be salvaged from the past thru artifacts, records, memory, ruins, & remains. THAT tells a story WE can't allow Others to interpret for US. Let's not quibble over the SPELLings of words. Phonetics came after genetic. The Nilotic PHENOTYPE is a-priori.
Juba is still called the City of Giants which was in olden times under the umbrella of the Aethiopian/Canaan'knight/Phoenixian EMPIRE, which succeeded Atlantes.
Superior (Advanced) Culture IS a thang because it once existed long before the Ice Age, before the Neandertalbino. This was when there was no polar bear or so-called white people (Hanuman/Palepers).
Societies are dynamic, not static, so today pathetic model of civilization is only temporary.
During the Golden Age [which existed] WE were then DOMINANT.
Historical fact!
Why else is OUR true Giantific LEGGACY (what WE stand on) suppressed?
@SunsignAquarius Now re-read my editing. Thanks to U.
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Questions?
Your not ethiopian
Am a very proud and beautiful black ⚫ person from Africa 🌍 born in 🇪🇹 ETHIOPIA, let me tell you , intact a very original black person is made in ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 from Africa 🌍 😀
A few confused people do not represent the whole country. You have to increase your sample size. Even the premise is incorrect. Black is a shade of skin color that is obvious on first impressions if you are not blind. The question should be do you believe that you are genetically African. Maybe some are getting confused by the question of trying to assign a subjective attribute to which they don’t see themselves as.
Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself
@Regulus no bro the world does not revolve around the USA. When one says black they are not referring to a small subset of people with African genetics located in the US. That is a very acutely inadequate way of thinking. When one says black one is referring to the outwardly perceived phenotype of a person. If you are in the US what you say may hold true. For instance black culture, black food or black music is in specific reference to the African American heritage. As for your statement on Ethiopians denying that they are African I am basically saying what you are. What this man being interviewed said is not representative of the whole of Ethiopia but a subset of ill informed people. As an Ethiopian myself I have met number of people who share this sentiment but again its not representative of the population in general.
Were not black aka American
Exactly 💯💯💯! What the first guy said, only African Americans classified themselves as a color, instead to a nationality. Even brown melanated people classified themselves as black.
I love the speach of this man . Matured view.
I am Ethiopian; I am Ethiopian without question. I don't know about black.
Ethiopian is a person born in Ethiopia. What race are you????
🤬 Shat up We are Balck Africa but there is Somane Color
Ethiopians Peoples Color black ፤ brown ፤ White
For example my dad is Black my Mom brown
@@dagmawiterbelo9688 First learn to write proper English, maybe you are not Habesha, maybe you are from Baria tribe.
@@rosetta4880race? What ethnic group are you
@@dagmawiterbelo9688were jot black stop lying
We Ethiopians use a term red or black we don’t use colour white that’s why people considers me as red in my language (Keyo )
Black is a term that Europeans hoisted upon the Africans that live in the West. We picked it up and started using the term wholesale. Yet, westerners are surprised when Africans on the continent don't identify with that term.
He’s right ya know (first guy) nobody is “black.” State your nationality and be proud!
Panafricanism is dead
First and foremost your question is 'are you black or Ethiopian' definitely we are Ethiopian not black we can't compare our country with anything even with our color don't compare it like that ofcourse we are proud not colonized African there is black Ethiopian around South part of Ethiopia but blackness can't define Ethiopia only ethiopianizm define us so for the question I'm not white ...no africa is not black we are a light for the world 🥰
OMG the dmv area esp Maryland has so many Ethiopians sis filmed this in downtown silver spring 😂😂good content 👏🏾
Thank you 👏
The relationship between AA and EA is probably worst in DMV.
@@vmoney65 really please tell me more
@@Zeyede_Seyum Anyone who has ever been to the American embassy in Addis Ababa knows that it is exceedingly difficult to get a VISA to come to the United States as a visitor, let alone as a student or an employee. It's a bar set high enough that in general, with the exception of spouses and DV recipients, only the elite classes of Ethiopians can surmount it because of the non-trivial resources required. As a result, the Ethiopians that African Americans tend to encounter professionally in places like DC are opportunists. As proud of Ethiopians as they may be, they tend to keep to themselves in America as an ethnic group just as they would keep to themselves in Ethiopia as a socio-economic class.
"Black" in America is essentially a labor union that is open to all African descended immigrants to join. African Americans resent non-black identifying Ethiopians for the same reasons Unions resent non-union workers: They benefit from the victories of the union while undermining the efforts of the union to secure those victories.
Washington DC is the power center of the United States and as a result, most of the Ethiopian immigrants can be found here. As a huge population of non-union workers, it creates problems between them and the greater African American community. The resentment plays out in several ways from Ethiopians discriminating against African Americans socially to African Americans discriminating against Ethiopians economically and politically.
Each community regularly attempts to stab the other where they think it will hurt most whether its the Ethiopian community denying African Americans social acceptance treating them as outsiders or the African American community denying Ethiopians the opportunities and access to power that comprise the reasons they came to America for in the first place. IMO, the carnage is worst in the DMV area.
In my area Hampton Roads about 3 hrs south of DC, it's a little different in part because the Ethiopian population is much smaller here and because through people like myself and others, it works more intimately (and productively) with the African American community. When one of my Ethiopian friends opened a convenience store in a lower income black neighborhood, the neighborhood actually protected his store in part because of his relationship as a black person relating to other black people.
They gave him business and protection from crime. The Indian owned gas station around the corner which did not have that relationship with the surrounding neighborhood suffered from the lack of both. As close as I am to the Ethiopian community in my own area... Muslims, Protestants, and Orthodox... Gurages, Amharas, and Oromos mainly, I can testify that it often saddens me that each community allows its ignorance of the other to sabotage the success that both could enjoy if they were more willing to learn from one another and work together. This video is a stark reminder.
Most interesting to me is that I find it ironic that any African American should have to potentially lecture Amharas and other Ethiopians of the value of solidarity and unity. As Ethiopians yourselves, your people should understand better than most that had they not embraced these values, had the Oromo, the Amhara, the Tigray and others not put aside their rivalries, their country _would_ have been colonized, if not in 1896, definitely in 1935. Had they failed to unite, like the South African Zulu and Xhosa, they would have found themselves as serategna in their own country.
Interestingly enough, I don't usually have to have these conversations with older generation Ethiopians. Perhaps they remember their history better or perhaps they are old enough or have lived in America long enough to remember the struggles of black people in the 1960s and 1970s fondly and with respect.
This very well be a problem of the younger generations intoxicated with opportunism and too infected by consumerism to be anything other than narcissistic. I've stood in the middle of Edna mall in Addis with Ethiopian friends and family and even I can see the Diaspora Ethiopians coming a mile away... it doesn't necessarily make them bad people I've seen them treat their countrymen with every bit as much disdain as any African American that might reach out to them.
That said, I'll conclude with this: There is no one group of black people (and I said black) that is large or powerful enough to overcome the challenges that we face AS black people by ourselves. White people divided Africa and Africans from one another for a reason. It is conversely the same reason that our communities should be finding ways to work together instead of against one another... and like it or not, it starts (at least in America) with joining our labor union.
@@vmoney65you wasted time with that essay. All Ethiopians view themselves as Ethiopians before a color pallete everywhere you go even outaide DC
First and for most, we all human, second and most is we are 🌍 Africans, 3rd we are 🇪🇹 ETIOPIANS !!
No first were our ethnic group then were Ethiopian.
Please we are proud blackAfricans don’t try confuse us .
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Say I don’t say we am not a black
We are not black
We are not black