TheMsTBennett who is “we”? And my comment by definition is additive so I’m not sure what your problem is. If you get my race a history month maybe we can divide what time we can talk about what races. Until then you are just picking a fight over nothing
On the other hand "black is not a monoloth and all our experiences are valid" doesn't get us any closer to the answer either. It's an obvious fact that was stated in a way to make it sound poignant.
@@TheMsTBennett why are you so Afrocentric you attack someone for trying to be inclusive. Lighten up. Why are you such a tribal person. Do you have some kind of self-esteem issue you have to cling to every group you think you're a part of?
Black is rather a (skin) color . I think African is our race. I mean you can say white, black, yellow. But I think there are 3 races african, european, asian . Everything in between is a mix.
Here in Bulgaria (in the South-East of Europe) we have a difficulty defining people. In many years our elders were using the N-word not knowing that it was actually offensive for afro-americans (because they heard it a lot in movies and so on).. /that was our granfathers and the elder fathers even/, because in our part of Europe we don't have many Black people. They might be stared on a lot (just of curiousity). This is mistaken for a racism.. which isn't. People trully don't know. And we do have racist people here too.. now.. I think we have settled on the word Black.. but I am often wondering if we should use a word like Black-europians.. African-europians.../that one seems a bit bizzare, because both are continents/. It's also very hard explaining to our elders that they are not-knowingly rude.. and trying to explain black friends visiting here that people are not calling them the N-word out of... not-knowing better.. I just try... try focusing on Black and Coloured... but.. in my native language Black sounds even more offensive than the N-word. ?yes it really does/.. and coloured might be a little... not-definitive as we have many gipsies here (which are differently coloured with white-towards-going-black skin colour..).. It's also very hard asking, because if I try to explain the problem.. people jump on me being offended. Please... examine my comment and your reply about three times and count to 10 before writing and publishing your reply. I tried doing the same. I'm sure people will think bulgarian are very racist. I think some of us really are.. especially towards the gypsy people though.. not that much towards the actual blacks.. and yes.. probably some really are towards blacks.. but...they are always going to be some people like that.. same as some black people probably are always going to dislike white people (not only based on history.. My county is not accountable for the slavery.. even if it's for other genosites and slav-ery based stuff..)
I always preferred saying Black, only because White people don't feel the need to call themselves European Americans, and my family has been here as long or longer then a lot of White people (since at least the 1780s). Saying African American to me is assuming that *American* is default White, and that I'm a hyphenated version of the default. I don't know this is just my opinion
@@bobbye.wright4424 Like I said in my origional comment, my family has been here for hundreds of years, and I have little in common with Africans other than skin color. And it's not like all Africans are the same either, there are thousands of tribes in Africa and many of them are as different form each other as Swedish people are from the Chinese. Black American culture has its roots in Africa obviously, but over hundreds of years these have left us a lot different from each other, I don't even have an ancestral homeland ie. country/tribe/language. Also given that Im Black American, I don't only have African heritage. I have South East Asian, Native American, and yes, White in me too. Wouldn't me identifying as African be denying those heritage's as well?
I agree with you, Americans of any race are still Americans. I would think people with dual nationality would be African Americans or European Americans. And normally it would be more specific like Zimbabwean American or Greek American. I mean that’s what make sense to me. But I also understand wanting to retain a connection with the ethnicity of your ancestors. Hence black Americans referring to themselves as African Americans
Yes by calling ourselves African American we not only have confused ourselves and everyone else but we are, ‘othering’ ourselves. As my national and political identity I am an #ADOS #AmericanDOS #AmericanDescendantofSlavery but Black for short😏
At times when people ask me what race I am I say human, I usually get a laugh out them, but that's what I am. Now, my cultural experience is that of a black American.
Thank you. I’m black that’s my color. But it’s not me. I don’t mind when people say they don’t see color. All you should is is that I’m a human. Treat me as I treat you. I don’t identify with the “black” culture because my nationality is American. I’m apart of the American culture. And I hate when people make black a personality trait. We are not walking colors. We are humans that just so happen to be this color. And it’s skin. It just makes out appearances. It doesn’t make us
The problem with black in this context is that it excludes non-African blacks. Like Vijay Singh. He is not considered black by most American blacks even though he is definitely black.
Oh snap. We got moms in the program too? AND she's a social scientist?! If this isnt black excellence, idk what is. I am loving this series and we're only 2 episodes in🙌🏾
I hate that phrase. I can see your “color “ and still make a decision on who you are based on your actions. Your color is what you are not who you are.
@Shawn Macdonald So that's what they're calling gentrification these days! Those high prices sure do "scare" people out of the neighborhood lol (P.S. I'm only joking)
As an African high school student living in America, I always get called out when I tick "other" in the ethnicity category. Sometimes, black isn't an option. They just type African American instead. I'm black but I'm definitely not African American lol
@@gregoryglass9040 No he isnt. He;s whatever country he comes from hyphenated American Nigerian American. Labels can sometime fit others but it isnt for them
@@aperson7151 People like that assume all the wrong things/ Lets take the to latin american Haiti is a latin american country but are not latinos in the US. Italy where the whole notion of latin comes from arent latin people in the US. As you know there are people in africa who do not see themselves as african but identify as arabs only
Even as a white woman I find these videos amazing. Not only are the hosts entertaining and mak eit engaging, it's also really educational! Thank you for the great content.
@@hannahjoyk Mel C, I guess we can't hang out because by Texas standards that constitute as a mob and others will get uneasy about more than 3 blacks folks together when they aren't related.
People should learn the difference between race and ethnicity. I’m black because white people labelled my ancestors as black . However I see blackness today as my connection to indigenous African people living in north and South America, Africa , Australia,parts of Asia . My ethnicity is African American because of the rich culture my ancestors in the United States have created for themselves and I honor that . Not all black people are African American.
So you think black is you race? Sorry, but there is only one race for humans. You can't define humans by race... I know we use the word all the time, but we use it wrong. We are no dogs. But correct, not all black people are African American.
African is not an ethnicity though. African Americans are a mixture of different ethnicities, one AA may have Cameroon and another may not. Africa has hundreds of unique ethnic groups.
Serenity but we don’t know them, hence African being the easiest pinpoint of this ethnicity. For continental Africans (and many of the diaspora) it’s different. Ethnicity, language, and culture has been preserved. It differs even across the Americas where you see a heavy African influence in Central and South America culture than in the US, where we had to start all over and make a quilt of culture. Slavery and treatment of slaves operated differently down there than up here. AA’s cannot pinpoint lineage past slavery, past the greater region of west africa, we do not retain that privilege. So that is why the ethnic title isn’t more specific.
As James Brown said “ Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m proud”, I am also originated of African seed, so I claim that heritage too, African American is fine with me too, even thou some white folk don’t want you to claim African ancestory. They say stop saying that, you are an American. I’m just glad to be me, daughter of God.
Unless you're from the boonies I doubt your "experience" that "white" people don't identify "black" people as African American. From my experience, it is the opposite. African Americans (at least from the inner city) are offended if you use the term African American. I have been corrected to just say black enough times.
@@guerline4417 and alot of that offense comes from their limited knowledge of the homeland. Media only exposes them to the poverty stricken, feed the hungry type infommercials, even I am offended that so many live in that poverty stricken life, but the people are more than the poverty they reside in. The Continent of Africa contains many countries and all of Africa is not as we see on the child help, child feed programs. There is vast beauty, clean and modern cities well as the rural countryside. If not for this global Internet , I would not know such, but have seen parts of Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and many other areas that I'd like to visit including Cameroon.
@@lorebay2593 I agree with you and am have close friends from Ghana and have seen the beautiful culture and life that Africa has to offer. It doesn't matter that if you weren't born in Africa. Africa was born in you.
Conversation with two coworkers that actually happened about 10 years ago: Black Nigerian: "Why do these people keep saying I'm African-American like it's bad to be called black? I'm not American." White naturalized American from South Africa: "Why do they get mad when I say I am African-American? I am more African than they are."
@Elle D We were a pretty international team, and sadly there were few Americans of any color who qualified to work there, so no. It was a cool place to work if you like accents (which I do). But every once in a while I'd be in a conversation like this one that was just a stark reminder that non-Americans sometimes just think differently.
Hey bill you are not more' African than any US born blacks especially considering the the way in which in which black South Africans were treated by you Europeans in South Africa remember Apartheid the Afrikaners in particular behaved like nazis and most of them are unrepentant about their past transgressions so enough of that arrogance.
Hi Maureen Jackson , thank you for your reply. I have to make two points back to you. For starters, I don't think you read what I wrote. The two speakers there were born in Africa, not the US. Their ancestors for generations were born in Africa. The white South African in the conversation had literally risked his life to fight apartheid throughout his youth before he migrated to the US. My second point is that if you're going to judge all white people as collectively guilty, including me as a white American, based on color of skin and ancestry rather than an individual's values, beliefs, and actions, then you are a racist by definition. You're saying the same things about white people that the nazi party said about Jewish privilege in the 1920s, and was the precursor to many German people seeing jews as inhuman. This is a terrible worldview and I implore you as one human being to another to open your mind and your heart to a better truth.
@BEEN BRACKIN Exactly they're Europeans they will NEVER be African no way they were oppressors and most of them supported Apartheid. Most of them are unrepentant and even today rarely interact with blacks.
@@maureenjackson2041 That's a sweeping statement and I don't know -- maybe that's true. I've never been to South Africa. Maybe you have and know better. But I have personally known and worked with both white and black South Africans. Nico, the friend I told you about above, was one of the 20% of the South African population who were anti-apartheid during the 1980s. He didn't talk about it much but one time, over a few beers, explained what it was like to be present at an anti-apartheid meeting when someone in a truck drove by with machine guns and lit the place up, with Nico cowering on the floor because he stood up for the rights of his fellow human beings. Not all white people are the same person and not all have the same beliefs and values. It's my understanding Nelson Mandela did an amazing job trying to unite all South Africans regardless of race. Seen Invictus with Morgan Freeman? Like that. I think it's a shame that even today, some people are trying to re-open old racial tensions. And yes, Nico considered himself African regardless of his skin color.
What a disappointment that Thomas Jefferson, who had so many enlightened ideals, was such a racist. Nicely done and sorely needed. Thanks from an old white guy in Austria, keep up the good work, Scott
He was just following the Darwinian model. Which is still taught as fact in our pubic school system and colleges. Even though it asserts that anyone of the black race is less evolved. Let that sink in.
Yea good old Tommy Jeffs may or may not have been racist, depending on your definition. In today's vernacular, I'd say he wasn't, any more than scientists today are because they have theorems for topics they don't fully understand. He fancied himself a scholar.
The general consensus is that humanity gains enlightenment over time. Ergo, history in general is racist, prejudiced, and sexist. You will not find liberalism in the past.
@@annonnie Perhaps not in the European past. Let's not forget that there were a lot of other cultures back then, and some of the things they were enlightened enough to realize (e.g. two-spirit people), the West and the people they invaded/colonized still struggle with
@@radrook4481 Amish are finnicky. You have to be Amish and go to their churches and live their culture in order to be accepted. Something that apparent us, the English, cant do easily because of living without all our modern items. Many kids leave to join us from Amish culture. But those within it are actually living their lives peacefully and probably one of the most Green ways. I wouldnt say that they are wrong. They call the modern world the devils playground, yet still exist and get away without paying taxes. Shame the same treatment doesnt fly the same way for the indigenous
Weirdly, that speech was vastly reworded to sound “more black” by some random white lady in the 1890s. The original transcript of the speech is an astounding contrast. Not an “ain’t” to be found. She didn’t fit the stereotype, so disgruntled white people changed it.
@@emilysmith3594 This is so true!! That white lady wrote that mess 12 years after Sojourner gave the speech despite someone already publishing the original speech. You literally cant even read the 2nd speech because it was so poorly written. She NEVER said aint i a woman🤦🏾
I like that this video draws a distinction between Black people asking “what do we call ourselves” and white people asking “what do we call you.” One is about community and one is about exclusion. I’ve seen a few fellow white people in this comment section feeling distressed about how this conversation never seems to resolve, because they just want to know what term to use in order to be polite/inclusive and using a term that some may consider “wrong” is scary and uncomfortable. Guys let’s focus: this conversation is not about our comfort. This is not a response to “what should we call you.” No one owes us a response to that question.
Love how you ladies teach with humor and mass respect for the diversity of thought. Self Identity is complicated and not based solely on genes. It includes culture in all it's aspects and the recognition from your community of origin. Genetically I'm a quarter Black, a quarter Native American and Half European. Culturally I'm of Puerto Rican origin and 100 percent Human. I bow to the genius of our African ancestors.
This was really enjoyable. Evelyn is a natural at this, and it nice to see how she's branched from her own UA-cam channel. I personally identify as Black because it is the descriptive that connects me to the diaspora, and people spread throughout the planet. However, just like the young lady in the video stated, I tell people to call me African-American because I don't want to deal with them calling me something I don't want to be called.
(I'm white.) If UA-cam (and other forms of popular media) existed in Thomas Jefferson's time, I highly doubt that whites in America could've "gotten away with" slavery, or many less obvious forms of racial prejudice.
@Karl Pilkington We are all on a purely biological level from Africa. That's where humans elvolved! But then it really doesn't matter, cuz cultural differences are what really matter.
Learning black history has taught me so much about my own history. The history my side is not so quick to tell. I wish we would have learned this type of stuff in school. I think it would have made a difference on how & what we think about eachother & why. I know for me, so many of my opinions have changed. Thank y'all from Texas for making these videos.
By the way it's so beautiful to see three generations of African queens breaking down this knowledge Frost in this video. I absolutely love that, and you all did a fantastic job with your production value.
"...But?" Why do you think this video wasn't made to include you in the audience? Bc you were taught that White people shouldn't listen to POC? You don't have to answer, but it's really worth thinking about. Also, deconstruct your "Whiteness." You have an ethnicity too, you just have to find it 💜
Imani Culver so why the white they didn’t say black Americans they say African Americans so you think who you are you are African if you was born in America no matter your name is African
I identify based on my culture. I'm Black American because I have no African culture. I am of African descent. But, I can't call myself African American if I live in the U.S., it would mislead people into thinking I'm from Africa. "African American" is a U.S. term. My niece's father is from Nigeria and her Mom is Black American. I would consider her African American because she will learn the Nigerian culture ( language/values). Race is a societal term that categorizes people based on physical and ancestral characteristics. Ethnicity is cultural.
Cup of Tea same... and have been told I’m “denying” my African roots by callin myself black American... I’m black... I’m American... other than obvious physical features I have no ties to Africa and I feel no need to force it! Ppl really love reaching!
@@jessicab331 Black is inclusive to not only African descendants but the Latin community and native Africans too. In my experience, African born are quick to acknowledge the difference between Black Americans and native African people. My bro-in-law has brought up a couple of times that me and my family are not from Africa. I don't really care about being born in Africa. Black people include native Africans but it's not reciprocated.
Cup of Tea There are plenty of African cultural survivals among African Americans-in our language, behaviors, artistry, etc. We are simply educated to believe otherwise.
I live in Denmark (but i am from Sierra Leone - West Africa) and we know the term African American to mean a black person from the United States, so if you told me that your niece was African American i would assume that she was solely from the United States. I think that the distinction between black American and African American is mostly relevant to The United States. Also i think that black is a universal description of our race - but in the US that description also houses a culture and different dialects (The black American culture), While African refers to a person that has an African nationality, like me that is a Sierra Leonean.
HowSway? My friend, please don’t take most of these postings or this video as consensus among African Americans or as a fully informed discussion. The tendency among many African Americans today (mostly younger) to make a distinction between being “black” and being African is a relatively recent tendency. During the 1960s, the was a surge of nationalism among African Americans (and among continental Africans as well). This led to the embracing of the term black as a rebuttal against the negative connotations attached to blackness. And blackness referred to African identity. So affirmation of blackness was an affirmation of African identity. This spirit of “black consciousness” involved an emphasis on Pan-Africanism. This discussion represented in this video and the comments is evidence of how assimilationist has gradually eroded the consciousness of African Americans since the 1960s. Americans-including African Americans-have a different level of respect for the ancestry of other Americans. For example, a Japanese American would not be considered a yellow American, nor does he have to speak Japanese or be born in Japan for anyone to recognize him as Japanese. It is generally understood that a Japanese American is a person who is American-born but of Japanese descent. Strangely enough, this general understanding is not generally applied to Americans of African descent.
Black is a race while african-American is an ethnicity.Being Afro-Haitian I’m black race wise but ethnicity wise I’m Haitian.Calling all blacks african-American would be like calling all whites Irish-American
I've always said black is the diaspora, and African American is the descendant of slaves living in America. So you can be black anywhere you can only be African American in America. So Whitney Houston is both but a jamaican is black, if that makes sense.
@@123tube456 my husband is actually one of those people😊! He does not consider himself AA, he considers himself black/ Zimbabwean, which of course I agree with. To me AA is the culture. So because he did not grow up in the culture he doesn't claim it.
@@123tube456 they identify by their country, not continent. Nigerian American, Ugandan America etc. Everyone I've met who actually knows their roots say it like that even if they're the 4th generation born in the US. Caribbean people born in the US say Caribbean American because it's common to travel between islands or have parents from 2 islands.
So, you have to deal with gender discrimination first ("she's just a girl...what do girls know?" "a woman's place is in the home" etc), and only after that deal with the racial discrimination??
Man, thank you so much for making this video. I’m Australian, and when people describe me as “European” I feel hurt, because Europe abandoned my ancestors. Call me White Australian. I can’t even understand a Scottish accent. I feel like this video validates that feeling.
Melanin Goddess when you are a citizen in two different countries. For example, say she wants dual citizenship in Canada. She will then be Canadian and American.
Your impersonations are my favorite part. Really brings to life the perspective you're talking about. You both are so talented. Subscribed, and good luck!
The US is not America, America is the Continent, the US did not name itself right. True Americans are the original people of the entire American Continent from the Berin g Strait to Tierra del Fuego.
This last year while in Monticello was one of the first times it was acknowledged that the black side was not acknowledged and up until recently we were not allowed into his gravesite! But, we now have a key just like the white side which is huge. Most of the other descendants have married predominantly black
@@iamsusiecarmichael6650 i was reading up on that about Monticello... that's really incredible that you know about your family history! Keep passing that down , for generations to know what happned & how you became to be apart of one of the presidents lineage
Why is it that every non-white group need to add a qualifyer before the name American? Like African-American, Asian-American, and Latino-American. I've never heard someone call themself European American. It shows who cares more about race.
White person here. I was curious about their take on it. And I loved this video! I don't really think about people's races, but there are those who get really upset if you don't recognize them as being black or African American. But I know Africans too, their viewpoint is different, as well.
Good music for the dance break! Sojourner Truth's ICONIC response sent me to thee floor! LOVE Evelyn already; great meeting Azie and Azie's wonderful Mother! #QueensQueening
I was born in the 60s, so I grew up when the term was Black, and it was a term Black people selected for ourselves. The term "African-American" came about as a way to link ourselves to Africa, just as Italians, Polish, Mexicans ect. do for their ancestral homelands. However, Africans were enslaved, and inevitably mixed with other races and cultures. Also, it has been a couple of centuries since American slavery that most of us do not share a direct lineage to Africa, so I cannot call myself "African-American". And, truth be told, many Africans do not consider American Blacks as their own for similar reasons. So, for me, "Black" it is.
I know one thing. My ancestors forced over here surely weren’t immigrants and I am a descendant of former American Chattel Slaves. Everyone knows why this title and history is important to my people. No matter how much the USA wants to forget about how she was built. 💅🏾
This made me smile so hard. I love how you take things that feel so complex to people and break them down in relatable ways. Inspiring brilliant beautiful women. ❤️
I always say African American. I feel like saying black just meaning that my ancestry started in the belly of slaveships and bandage. But when I say african american....i can remember that my ancestors ruled the continent of Africa.
We in Brazil use the hole shades to describe someone. But nowadays they're importing that racial stuff from US trying to portrait a binary society right here. It's ridiculous because we are the most racial diversity country in the whole world.
Let’s not forget that WEB DeBoise was a big eugenics fan. He believed that Black women were not equipped to raise children with out being educated by white women. I never understood why My mom, born 1919 hated the man until I stated researching him.
gen nye Like many Black Christians, he was pro Black male. An issue that is still retarding our advancement. Anytime a culture hangs on to a myth of supremacy it is destined for eventual fail. Look at the pathetic ways white racists are presenting in order to maintain the myth of white supremacy. They are killing themselves and each other in droves. History proves that Mythology and superstition is always the mindset of uneducated and easily controlled people. Peace.
Native kids were forced into boarding schools where they got into trouble for using their native languages. They made them cut their hair & forced “Christianity” on them. The US Gov has been doing messed up stuff to POC forever. Still are (kids in cages).
Missy R Thank you Missy. Perfect example of the way Christianity, our government has messed over POC from the get-go. Many NDN adults are still dealing with the trauma from those boarding schools and work camps.
@GotAFedInAHeadLock So are white people dividing themselves from Europeans or wherever they descended from when they only classify themselves as white Americans? Why can't we just be black Americans too? If anything they are trying to make it sound like we are the "other" category and are not full Americans.
@Kd WHAT is your origin? Do any of these "African Americans" REALLY know their origin ,other than their black skin.?Most white people in England have no clue where WE came from ,but we don't keep on and on and on and on and on about it.
peaches they’ve been mass migration of Europeans to America, Irish , Italians and Germans. You don’t see the original white Americans trying to separate themselves from those European immigrants “just because their struggle is different “. Any white European immigrant who settles in America is deemed as white. It’s only Black Americans who try so hard to distinguish themselves from Africa or Africans. A lot of you do not want to be called African Americans just because you don’t want to be classified with continental Africans who are American citizens. It has nothing to do with you not knowing African culture
I’m from the Caribbean and I don’t identify as “Caribbean-American”, I’ve actually never heard that term until I watched this video, I personally identify as Caribbean or the island I’m from
7:06 it’s funny that he said that b/c as an African who became an American at a very young age I do the opposite for the same reason. I always felt that the term African American referred to ppl with distant ancestry in Africa and a long history in the States. Never quite felt right using the term as it felt somewhat like I was stealing a culture and history that did not belong to me. I most often use the generic Black to identify myself... sometimes I also use Ethiopian American, African or just plain old American.
Azie and Evelyn- The year is 2021. I was going through You Tube and bumped into your video. I truly enjoyed it. It was creative, informative and funny all at the same time. To answer your question- All cultures/ experiences of life are different for everyone- with that in mind you may call yourself anything you chose to call yourself. My favorite word in the whole world is a Swahili word " Kujichuchaglia" It means YOU DEFINE YOURSELF! You decide who you are and what you are in this world. You do not let others define you. Be blessed ladies, and I hope I get to bump into more of your videos.
this is a great explanation for those of us who are not POC, because I was curious about this myself, and have been asked this question a lot but of course I have no answers XD Great content, you ladies are hilarious!! Glad i found your channel, i love to learn and the humour is making my day ^_^ You deserve so many more followers!
The evolution of "black identity" has changed a lot in my lifetime. Negro, Black and African American. Parents nearly whooped up on my sister for referring to "black people" instead of "Negro" they thought she was being disrespectful. Her response was "do you want me to get beat up!"
It was funny; but I thought "ain't i a woman" meant white women were treated as precious and delicate in need of protection, but black women were treated roughly and just as bad as our men were 🤔
This series is going to be SO amazing! Thank you for helping us further understand our past, heritage, culture and identity in this country; despite our oppressors trying their best to erase our history. Thank you for helping us stand a little taller ladies!
"Black is not a monolith and all of our experiences are valid." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheMsTBennett that goes for all races.
SO DANCE! YAAAS.
TheMsTBennett who is “we”? And my comment by definition is additive so I’m not sure what your problem is. If you get my race a history month maybe we can divide what time we can talk about what races. Until then you are just picking a fight over nothing
On the other hand "black is not a monoloth and all our experiences are valid" doesn't get us any closer to the answer either. It's an obvious fact that was stated in a way to make it sound poignant.
@@TheMsTBennett why are you so Afrocentric you attack someone for trying to be inclusive. Lighten up. Why are you such a tribal person. Do you have some kind of self-esteem issue you have to cling to every group you think you're a part of?
African American is more of an ethnic description and black is more of a racial category.
Yep, exactly. African-American is a specific ethnicity.
Exactly! African American is my ethnicity and black is my race.
Black is rather a (skin) color .
I think African is our race.
I mean you can say white, black, yellow.
But I think there are 3 races african, european, asian .
Everything in between is a mix.
Here in Bulgaria (in the South-East of Europe) we have a difficulty defining people. In many years our elders were using the N-word not knowing that it was actually offensive for afro-americans (because they heard it a lot in movies and so on).. /that was our granfathers and the elder fathers even/, because in our part of Europe we don't have many Black people. They might be stared on a lot (just of curiousity). This is mistaken for a racism.. which isn't. People trully don't know. And we do have racist people here too.. now.. I think we have settled on the word Black.. but I am often wondering if we should use a word like Black-europians.. African-europians.../that one seems a bit bizzare, because both are continents/. It's also very hard explaining to our elders that they are not-knowingly rude.. and trying to explain black friends visiting here that people are not calling them the N-word out of... not-knowing better.. I just try... try focusing on Black and Coloured... but.. in my native language Black sounds even more offensive than the N-word. ?yes it really does/.. and coloured might be a little... not-definitive as we have many gipsies here (which are differently coloured with white-towards-going-black skin colour..).. It's also very hard asking, because if I try to explain the problem.. people jump on me being offended. Please... examine my comment and your reply about three times and count to 10 before writing and publishing your reply. I tried doing the same. I'm sure people will think bulgarian are very racist. I think some of us really are.. especially towards the gypsy people though.. not that much towards the actual blacks.. and yes.. probably some really are towards blacks.. but...they are always going to be some people like that.. same as some black people probably are always going to dislike white people (not only based on history.. My county is not accountable for the slavery.. even if it's for other genosites and slav-ery based stuff..)
@INFINITE 2020 That's totally wrong, that has nothing to do with science.
I always preferred saying Black, only because White people don't feel the need to call themselves European Americans, and my family has been here as long or longer then a lot of White people (since at least the 1780s). Saying African American to me is assuming that *American* is default White, and that I'm a hyphenated version of the default. I don't know this is just my opinion
America has never just called us American. I prefer African American over any other nasty name white people have put on us.
Mleew I’m mixed racially, but nationality I’m 100% Romanian. My kids will be called Romanian Americans. I’m the immigrant so it don’t work on me lol.
@@bobbye.wright4424 Like I said in my origional comment, my family has been here for hundreds of years, and I have little in common with Africans other than skin color. And it's not like all Africans are the same either, there are thousands of tribes in Africa and many of them are as different form each other as Swedish people are from the Chinese. Black American culture has its roots in Africa obviously, but over hundreds of years these have left us a lot different from each other, I don't even have an ancestral homeland ie. country/tribe/language. Also given that Im Black American, I don't only have African heritage. I have South East Asian, Native American, and yes, White in me too. Wouldn't me identifying as African be denying those heritage's as well?
I agree with you, Americans of any race are still Americans. I would think people with dual nationality would be African Americans or European Americans. And normally it would be more specific like Zimbabwean American or Greek American. I mean that’s what make sense to me. But I also understand wanting to retain a connection with the ethnicity of your ancestors. Hence black Americans referring to themselves as African Americans
Yes by calling ourselves African American we not only have confused ourselves and everyone else but we are, ‘othering’ ourselves. As my national and political identity I am an #ADOS #AmericanDOS #AmericanDescendantofSlavery but Black for short😏
At times when people ask me what race I am I say human, I usually get a laugh out them, but that's what I am. Now, my cultural experience is that of a black American.
Another "human" here. (white) ;)
Thank you. I’m black that’s my color. But it’s not me. I don’t mind when people say they don’t see color. All you should is is that I’m a human. Treat me as I treat you. I don’t identify with the “black” culture because my nationality is American. I’m apart of the American culture. And I hate when people make black a personality trait. We are not walking colors. We are humans that just so happen to be this color. And it’s skin. It just makes out appearances. It doesn’t make us
Literally cause “black” people have been here longest
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The problem with black in this context is that it excludes non-African blacks. Like Vijay Singh. He is not considered black by most American blacks even though he is definitely black.
I say black because African culture and American black culture are totally different experiences
Same
Right completely different.
Word✊🏾
Same!
There are sooo many similarities between African and Black American cultures. What are y'all talking about?? Food, religion, ect...
Oh snap. We got moms in the program too? AND she's a social scientist?! If this isnt black excellence, idk what is. I am loving this series and we're only 2 episodes in🙌🏾
Aaayyyye Black excellence all round!
“Social Scientist and Mom,” best interview tagline 10/10
👏👏👏@ Mom💛
Hi please when will you come to ghana
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“I don’t see color...” “A friend of mine had that condition...” 😂❤️😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"A few teaspoons of mercury should clear that right up."
I hate that phrase. I can see your “color “ and still make a decision on who you are based on your actions. Your color is what you are not who you are.
@DarthYuYevon , worse than delusional. They perpetuate racism. They unwittingly become/are uncle Tom's.
@Shawn Macdonald So that's what they're calling gentrification these days! Those high prices sure do "scare" people out of the neighborhood lol
(P.S. I'm only joking)
every other language except english & spanish defines black as meaning pale , dead, transparent, bland & weak..u see what they did there?..lol
As an African high school student living in America, I always get called out when I tick "other" in the ethnicity category. Sometimes, black isn't an option. They just type African American instead. I'm black but I'm definitely not African American lol
Actually your are african and American but I'm black American
You have language and culture and home land we don't we have culture it's not your culture. We are different and we both know why
@@gregoryglass9040 I'm trying so hard to understand this comment 😐
@@gregoryglass9040 No he isnt. He;s whatever country he comes from hyphenated American Nigerian American. Labels can sometime fit others but it isnt for them
@@aperson7151 People like that assume all the wrong things/ Lets take the to latin american Haiti is a latin american country but are not latinos in the US. Italy where the whole notion of latin comes from arent latin people in the US. As you know there are people in africa who do not see themselves as african but identify as arabs only
Even as a white woman I find these videos amazing. Not only are the hosts entertaining and mak eit engaging, it's also really educational!
Thank you for the great content.
Ditto your comment.
Same. I'm white, but love learning about other peoples cultures and experiences. Black history has so many layers that it fascinates me.
you dont have to be black to enjoy black content 🙄🙄 shut up and stop pulling the "pick me! pick me! im a woke white!"
yucky king hahha chill. 😂😂😂
@@boybriar
And you are not the hall monitor
As a black person from Austin, TX, I love that they pointed out it's hard to find us. Cause it's true.
starbrite526 ayyy I’m from Austin too!
Aye me three 🖐🏽
@@hannahjoyk Mel C, I guess we can't hang out because by Texas standards that constitute as a mob and others will get uneasy about more than 3 blacks folks together when they aren't related.
I laughed when she said that. it's so true! I moved here from Atlanta and was so surprised at how few black people i saw.
It's almost like people like being around and associating with people that look like themselves... basically the white nationalist's position.
People should learn the difference between race and ethnicity.
I’m black because white people labelled my ancestors as black . However I see blackness today as my connection to indigenous African people living in north and South America, Africa , Australia,parts of Asia .
My ethnicity is African American because of the rich culture my ancestors in the United States have created for themselves and I honor that .
Not all black people are African American.
So you think black is you race?
Sorry, but there is only one race for humans. You can't define humans by race...
I know we use the word all the time, but we use it wrong. We are no dogs.
But correct, not all black people are African American.
African is not an ethnicity though. African Americans are a mixture of different ethnicities, one AA may have Cameroon and another may not. Africa has hundreds of unique ethnic groups.
Perados human is a species my love 😔 the species is divided into races x
But didnt they literally go over how not all black people are african american??
Serenity but we don’t know them, hence African being the easiest pinpoint of this ethnicity. For continental Africans (and many of the diaspora) it’s different. Ethnicity, language, and culture has been preserved. It differs even across the Americas where you see a heavy African influence in Central and South America culture than in the US, where we had to start all over and make a quilt of culture. Slavery and treatment of slaves operated differently down there than up here. AA’s cannot pinpoint lineage past slavery, past the greater region of west africa, we do not retain that privilege. So that is why the ethnic title isn’t more specific.
As James Brown said “ Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m proud”, I am also originated of African seed, so I claim that heritage too, African American is fine with me too, even thou some white folk don’t want you to claim African ancestory. They say stop saying that, you are an American. I’m just glad to be me, daughter of God.
@Road Carver west africa, i can be more specific.
Unless you're from the boonies I doubt your "experience" that "white" people don't identify "black" people as African American. From my experience, it is the opposite. African Americans (at least from the inner city) are offended if you use the term African American. I have been corrected to just say black enough times.
@@guerline4417 and alot of that offense comes from their limited knowledge of the homeland. Media only exposes them to the poverty stricken, feed the hungry type infommercials, even I am offended that so many live in that poverty stricken life, but the people are more than the poverty they reside in. The Continent of Africa contains many countries and all of Africa is not as we see on the child help, child feed programs. There is vast beauty, clean and modern cities well as the rural countryside. If not for this global Internet , I would not know such, but have seen parts of Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and many other areas that I'd like to visit including Cameroon.
@@lorebay2593 I agree with you and am have close friends from Ghana and have seen the beautiful culture and life that Africa has to offer. It doesn't matter that if you weren't born in Africa. Africa was born in you.
Why you Black people born in US from generations don't want to say "I am American" and I am proud of that?
Conversation with two coworkers that actually happened about 10 years ago:
Black Nigerian: "Why do these people keep saying I'm African-American like it's bad to be called black? I'm not American."
White naturalized American from South Africa: "Why do they get mad when I say I am African-American? I am more African than they are."
@Elle D We were a pretty international team, and sadly there were few Americans of any color who qualified to work there, so no. It was a cool place to work if you like accents (which I do). But every once in a while I'd be in a conversation like this one that was just a stark reminder that non-Americans sometimes just think differently.
Hey bill you are not more' African than any US born blacks especially considering the the way in which in which black South Africans were treated by you Europeans in South Africa remember Apartheid the Afrikaners in particular behaved like nazis and most of them are unrepentant about their past transgressions so enough of that arrogance.
Hi Maureen Jackson , thank you for your reply. I have to make two points back to you. For starters, I don't think you read what I wrote. The two speakers there were born in Africa, not the US. Their ancestors for generations were born in Africa. The white South African in the conversation had literally risked his life to fight apartheid throughout his youth before he migrated to the US. My second point is that if you're going to judge all white people as collectively guilty, including me as a white American, based on color of skin and ancestry rather than an individual's values, beliefs, and actions, then you are a racist by definition. You're saying the same things about white people that the nazi party said about Jewish privilege in the 1920s, and was the precursor to many German people seeing jews as inhuman. This is a terrible worldview and I implore you as one human being to another to open your mind and your heart to a better truth.
@BEEN BRACKIN
Exactly they're Europeans they will NEVER be African no way they were oppressors and most of them supported Apartheid. Most of them are unrepentant and even today rarely interact with blacks.
@@maureenjackson2041 That's a sweeping statement and I don't know -- maybe that's true. I've never been to South Africa. Maybe you have and know better. But I have personally known and worked with both white and black South Africans. Nico, the friend I told you about above, was one of the 20% of the South African population who were anti-apartheid during the 1980s. He didn't talk about it much but one time, over a few beers, explained what it was like to be present at an anti-apartheid meeting when someone in a truck drove by with machine guns and lit the place up, with Nico cowering on the floor because he stood up for the rights of his fellow human beings. Not all white people are the same person and not all have the same beliefs and values. It's my understanding Nelson Mandela did an amazing job trying to unite all South Africans regardless of race. Seen Invictus with Morgan Freeman? Like that. I think it's a shame that even today, some people are trying to re-open old racial tensions. And yes, Nico considered himself African regardless of his skin color.
What a disappointment that Thomas Jefferson, who had so many enlightened ideals, was such a racist.
Nicely done and sorely needed. Thanks from an old white guy in Austria, keep up the good work, Scott
He was just following the Darwinian model. Which is still taught as fact in our pubic school system and colleges. Even though it asserts that anyone of the black race is less evolved. Let that sink in.
Scott Wallace His mistress was a mixed race slave whom he went on to have children with
Yea good old Tommy Jeffs may or may not have been racist, depending on your definition. In today's vernacular, I'd say he wasn't, any more than scientists today are because they have theorems for topics they don't fully understand. He fancied himself a scholar.
The general consensus is that humanity gains enlightenment over time. Ergo, history in general is racist, prejudiced, and sexist. You will not find liberalism in the past.
@@annonnie Perhaps not in the European past. Let's not forget that there were a lot of other cultures back then, and some of the things they were enlightened enough to realize (e.g. two-spirit people), the West and the people they invaded/colonized still struggle with
We’re not a monolith and all our experiences are valid. Well said. Truth.
Do you ever talk about whites, asians, or hispanics in terms of group characteristics?
Yes! Listen to the nerds 🔮!!
@@greoricm771 what do you mean
I discovered your channel today by accident and I love it. FINALLY REAL HISTORY. Y’all are amazing. Thank you.
“I am a black queen, looking for a black king” 😂😂😂😂
Who’s NaeNae I'm a black emperor!👑
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That part had me 💀
Blackwomen 🌍 use that term Queen loosely and don't really know what it means to be a Black Queen 😡🌍❤️🖤💚
@@africanheru2863
So true.
I would never advertise for a man on UA-cam.
Seems some women have a tendency to do that.
"Are you Black or African-American?"
"I am a child of God, how about you?"
I live
put that answer in the diversity survey for your job application and they will have you put in a strait jacket..lol. Funny answer though! Love it!
Clark Smith Amen! A human being not a color and please treat me as such 🙌🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍.
I am Human
Clark Smith sad.... because religion is a made up concept too!
@@radrook4481 Amish are finnicky. You have to be Amish and go to their churches and live their culture in order to be accepted. Something that apparent us, the English, cant do easily because of living without all our modern items. Many kids leave to join us from Amish culture. But those within it are actually living their lives peacefully and probably one of the most Green ways. I wouldnt say that they are wrong. They call the modern world the devils playground, yet still exist and get away without paying taxes. Shame the same treatment doesnt fly the same way for the indigenous
Soujourner Truth is hilarious! "If you're a man... Ain't I woman?" 😂
Weirdly, that speech was vastly reworded to sound “more black” by some random white lady in the 1890s. The original transcript of the speech is an astounding contrast. Not an “ain’t” to be found.
She didn’t fit the stereotype, so disgruntled white people changed it.
@@emilysmith3594 the more you know..
@@emilysmith3594 This is so true!! That white lady wrote that mess 12 years after Sojourner gave the speech despite someone already publishing the original speech. You literally cant even read the 2nd speech because it was so poorly written. She NEVER said aint i a woman🤦🏾
Lol.... today the pc culture would tear that up. With the LBGTQ and non-binary movement. 😂😂😂
Yvette A I’m not sure what exactly you mean. What would the lgbt+ community tear up and why?
I love how Sojourner Truth looks like she's just over it
I always say that I'm Black but followed by my Haitian roots and my African American roots. I'm a mixed culture baby! Two shades of African lol.
Pierre Gilson same here! 🇭🇹🇸🇱
Sir learn your real roots..Your from Tribe of Judah and Tribe of Levi..Research it..You will learn what they have been hiding from us
@Trey Diggz your from Tribe of Judah and Tribe of Benjamin..research it..You will find the truth
I'm just Haitian
I want to do some research on my DNA. But its expensive for the good kits.
I like that this video draws a distinction between Black people asking “what do we call ourselves” and white people asking “what do we call you.” One is about community and one is about exclusion.
I’ve seen a few fellow white people in this comment section feeling distressed about how this conversation never seems to resolve, because they just want to know what term to use in order to be polite/inclusive and using a term that some may consider “wrong”
is scary and uncomfortable.
Guys let’s focus: this conversation is not about our comfort. This is not a response to “what should we call you.” No one owes us a response to that question.
thepeacefish Thank you so much for this. I really appreciate your comment. ❤️
Anna's Original Remakes call us by our names.
How about y'all just don't talk to us? Thanks.
FlowerTower agreed.
Anna's Original Remakes how often do you describe white people as white to ppl that don’t know what they look like?
Frederick Douglass's mustache is slipping 😂
Tiger Lilly AND
😂😂😂 I caught that
@Tiger Lilly biracial people are liked way more then full black people 🤦🏾♀️
@Tiger Lilly oh because of the European beauty standards, colorism textureism and all the other isms .(light is better )
This is both academic and entertaining. Well done ladies!
Black nerd understood. Exactly!
I loved the nerd! We are all of us so much more than any one identifier of race or religion, but nerdiness unites all nerds from around the world!
I lost it when "Frederick Douglass" appeared. 😂
That beard tho
Wasn't expecting that to be honest
I lost it when "he" danced!!
“So, that’s race math” yikes
We should check "American". I am American no matter my background or ethnicity ☺️🇺🇲🗽⚖️🦬🦅🇺🇲
Love how you ladies teach with humor and mass respect for the diversity of thought. Self Identity is complicated and not based solely on genes. It includes culture in all it's aspects and the recognition from your community of origin. Genetically I'm a quarter Black, a quarter Native American and Half European. Culturally I'm of Puerto Rican origin and 100 percent Human. I bow to the genius of our African ancestors.
This was really enjoyable. Evelyn is a natural at this, and it nice to see how she's branched from her own UA-cam channel. I personally identify as Black because it is the descriptive that connects me to the diaspora, and people spread throughout the planet. However, just like the young lady in the video stated, I tell people to call me African-American because I don't want to deal with them calling me something I don't want to be called.
Imagine Thomas Jefferson’s UA-cam channel
“It’s yo boi Thomas Jefferson today we’re gonna be doing race math today so let’s get on with the video
Would he be more popular then...or now? Eesh!
I mentally read that in a Leafy Is Here voice.
Tbh, I picture him saying "Tommy J" lmao
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂
(I'm white.) If UA-cam (and other forms of popular media) existed in Thomas Jefferson's time, I highly doubt that whites in America could've "gotten away with" slavery, or many less obvious forms of racial prejudice.
I am so sad there hasn’t been any new episodes. I really enjoyed this series.
They're back with a Season 2!!
When your british, born and raised and living and someone calls me Afro American hahahaha i think you need to be American in some way first hahaha
Same
XD i'm so sorry for the Muricans that hide among us disguised as Americans :P
wow. britains an island buddy...nobody is "from" the UK...
@Karl Pilkington We are all on a purely biological level from Africa. That's where humans elvolved! But then it really doesn't matter, cuz cultural differences are what really matter.
Lol
I saw more Black folks on this video than I saw the entire ten years I lived in Austin. I am loving your channel.
Lol which part of Austin were you in? That don't sound right :'D
Austin is gentrified AF and it really depends on where you were. I saw quite a few (more than the video showed) when I passed through there recently.
You're on the White side of the tracks then.
Paul Spears I definitely was, lol
@@emmieg2589 congratulations! Haha
the Christian woman didnt answer the questions tho lol 😂
Osiris Phoenix she said both
jujifina must've missed that
Osiris Phoenix she is a Christ child 😏
Osiris Phoenix she's lost. Poor soul
She was trying to say in a nice way---why does it matter?
Learning black history has taught me so much about my own history. The history my side is not so quick to tell. I wish we would have learned this type of stuff in school. I think it would have made a difference on how & what we think about eachother & why. I know for me, so many of my opinions have changed. Thank y'all from Texas for making these videos.
By the way it's so beautiful to see three generations of African queens breaking down this knowledge Frost in this video. I absolutely love that, and you all did a fantastic job with your production value.
I'm pretty white, but I genuinely love these videos. They're so educational, entertaining, and inspiring.
Entertaining??
@@reneeknight1028 I mean, yeah. They crack jokes every once in a while, and I enjoy learning about interesting subjects, so yes, they're entertaining.
"...But?" Why do you think this video wasn't made to include you in the audience? Bc you were taught that White people shouldn't listen to POC? You don't have to answer, but it's really worth thinking about. Also, deconstruct your "Whiteness." You have an ethnicity too, you just have to find it 💜
There’s not such white or black skin color. The truth is you are pale not white 😉
Yes qu-white educational
This is so dope! I like how you made a complex topic so entertaining and easy to grasp. The graphics are #goals!
I'm black, we all black people, from different places across the world
I say them interchangeably. Black when i am having a conversation and African American when I am being formal.
White people never associate themselves as
European-Americans. So Black is good enough for me in formal settings.
I say that I’m Black American
Yup
@@matthewbowden6655 Will you say that when my God come back to put you in Captivity and those brimstones hit you
@@Mikeyboy4865 It's just a joke
Imani Culver so why the white they didn’t say black Americans they say African Americans so you think who you are you are African if you was born in America no matter your name is African
@@Mikeyboy4865 maybe you are but there are black Americans who realize our ancestors were slaves in America.
Black. It links me with other people throughout the diaspora.
Ezie "Someone in my ancestry was from Africa."
Evelyn looks appraisingly and nods "I see it."
😎
Hallease, Evelyn, Azie and her cool mom!
I've learnt a lot
This was fun to watch and so creative!
#BlackGirlsRock!
I identify based on my culture. I'm Black American because I have no African culture. I am of African descent. But, I can't call myself African American if I live in the U.S., it would mislead people into thinking I'm from Africa. "African American" is a U.S. term. My niece's father is from Nigeria and her Mom is Black American. I would consider her African American because she will learn the Nigerian culture ( language/values).
Race is a societal term that categorizes people based on physical and ancestral characteristics. Ethnicity is cultural.
Cup of Tea same... and have been told I’m “denying” my African roots by callin myself black American... I’m black... I’m American... other than obvious physical features I have no ties to Africa and I feel no need to force it! Ppl really love reaching!
@@jessicab331 Black is inclusive to not only African descendants but the Latin community and native Africans too. In my experience, African born are quick to acknowledge the difference between Black Americans and native African people. My bro-in-law has brought up a couple of times that me and my family are not from Africa. I don't really care about being born in Africa. Black people include native Africans but it's not reciprocated.
Cup of Tea There are plenty of African cultural survivals among African Americans-in our language, behaviors, artistry, etc. We are simply educated to believe otherwise.
I live in Denmark (but i am from Sierra Leone - West Africa) and we know the term African American to mean a black person from the United States, so if you told me that your niece was African American i would assume that she was solely from the United States.
I think that the distinction between black American and African American is mostly relevant to The United States.
Also i think that black is a universal description of our race - but in the US that description also houses a culture and different dialects (The black American culture), While African refers to a person that has an African nationality, like me that is a Sierra Leonean.
HowSway? My friend, please don’t take most of these postings or this video as consensus among African Americans or as a fully informed discussion. The tendency among many African Americans today (mostly younger) to make a distinction between being “black” and being African is a relatively recent tendency. During the 1960s, the was a surge of nationalism among African Americans (and among continental Africans as well). This led to the embracing of the term black as a rebuttal against the negative connotations attached to blackness. And blackness referred to African identity. So affirmation of blackness was an affirmation of African identity. This spirit of “black consciousness” involved an emphasis on Pan-Africanism. This discussion represented in this video and the comments is evidence of how assimilationist has gradually eroded the consciousness of African Americans since the 1960s. Americans-including African Americans-have a different level of respect for the ancestry of other Americans. For example, a Japanese American would not be considered a yellow American, nor does he have to speak Japanese or be born in Japan for anyone to recognize him as Japanese. It is generally understood that a Japanese American is a person who is American-born but of Japanese descent. Strangely enough, this general understanding is not generally applied to Americans of African descent.
Azie, your mom is really great! She's one, smart lady! I'm a new subscriber, but I already love your channel!!!
I'm BLACK and I'm Proud ✊🏾
@Mike Gee lol
Please when will you come to ghana
Even better than the last!! I love where this series is going.
Thanks! - Hallease
"Ain't I a woman?" 😂😂😂
"If you're a man... *Ain't I a woman?* "
I about fell out 🤣🤣🤣
Sojourner Truth right? 😂
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Black is a race while african-American is an ethnicity.Being Afro-Haitian I’m black race wise but ethnicity wise I’m Haitian.Calling all blacks african-American would be like calling all whites Irish-American
Afro Haitian ??? 95% Haitians are black.
I've always said black is the diaspora, and African American is the descendant of slaves living in America. So you can be black anywhere you can only be African American in America. So Whitney Houston is both but a jamaican is black, if that makes sense.
Can I AMEN your comment?
What would you call a person from Africa who comes to the US and changes their citizenship? Are they not African American then?
@@123tube456 my husband is actually one of those people😊! He does not consider himself AA, he considers himself black/ Zimbabwean, which of course I agree with. To me AA is the culture. So because he did not grow up in the culture he doesn't claim it.
Black is like an umbrella and there are tons of ethncities under it. Thats how i see it and i feel like thats what you were going for
@@123tube456 they identify by their country, not continent. Nigerian American, Ugandan America etc. Everyone I've met who actually knows their roots say it like that even if they're the 4th generation born in the US. Caribbean people born in the US say Caribbean American because it's common to travel between islands or have parents from 2 islands.
9:51 "Ain't I a woman? That's all I need to know. That's as far as I've gotten. Ok? I can only do so much." 😂😂😂
I was hoping that would be her answer... I was not disappointed!
Ain't ya
So, you have to deal with gender discrimination first ("she's just a girl...what do girls know?" "a woman's place is in the home" etc), and only after that deal with the racial discrimination??
Are you familiar with that speech by Sojourner Truth. It is powerful. Google it. You will not be disappointed.
When will you come to ghana
Man, thank you so much for making this video.
I’m Australian, and when people describe me as “European” I feel hurt, because Europe abandoned my ancestors. Call me White Australian. I can’t even understand a Scottish accent. I feel like this video validates that feeling.
Black is universal.
I loved Frederick Douglass and his cure for colour blindness, that was great XD
I love these. They're so educational, and they bring us together instead of tearing us apart.
I am American and when I get dual citizenship I will be more. 💁🏽♀️
Bring it on quickly (dual citizen ship)
I’m white and I support black people succeeding in life! You will be more and everything! Good luck and I wish you the best 😊
What’s a dual citizenship?
Melanin Goddess when you are a citizen in two different countries. For example, say she wants dual citizenship in Canada. She will then be Canadian and American.
why are all y'all's skits so good
Your impersonations are my favorite part. Really brings to life the perspective you're talking about. You both are so talented. Subscribed, and good luck!
I am an American of African decent.
Right. American nationality while African is your ethnicity.
@@jessecanada6995 ethnicity is more centred around a particular country which tends to be synonymous with ethnicity in the Western conglomerations
That how I see it. That's sort of how I explained to my son.
The US is not America, America is the Continent, the US did not name itself right. True Americans are the original people of the entire American Continent from the Berin g Strait to Tierra del Fuego.
Meaning, you're African American.
Yay Hallease & team! Cool capture.
Thanks for watching! - Hallease
I was crying when all the characters got to talking back and forth 🤣🤣
I’m a descendent of Thomas Jefferson through Sally Hemings. That’s all. Grandma would want me to comment this lol
Incredible... do your cousins on jeffersons side acknowledge the black family members? And how many of sally hemmings descendants married white?
@@telianutt9555 They likely dont know her or her family
This last year while in Monticello was one of the first times it was acknowledged that the black side was not acknowledged and up until recently we were not allowed into his gravesite! But, we now have a key just like the white side which is huge. Most of the other descendants have married predominantly black
@@iamsusiecarmichael6650 i was reading up on that about Monticello... that's really incredible that you know about your family history! Keep passing that down , for generations to know what happned & how you became to be apart of one of the presidents lineage
20something I had a friend who was his descendant
I’m African American....never realized this was/is an issue. I can also accept Black with no problem...(shrugs shoulders).
I'm an Asian but I still clicked on this video 😂
So are you Asian American or [ethnic group] American?
Why is it that every non-white group need to add a qualifyer before the name American? Like African-American, Asian-American, and Latino-American. I've never heard someone call themself European American. It shows who cares more about race.
I watch a ton of Asian cultural videos. We're all people, and I find ethnicity really cool.
White person here. I was curious about their take on it. And I loved this video! I don't really think about people's races, but there are those who get really upset if you don't recognize them as being black or African American. But I know Africans too, their viewpoint is different, as well.
@@mizdragonfly it's cause they don't want to be associated with whites like you. They hate you.
This is the best. I don't share many videos with my parents but here I go...! This was sooooo educational and hilarious
Good music for the dance break!
Sojourner Truth's ICONIC response sent me to thee floor!
LOVE Evelyn already; great meeting Azie and Azie's wonderful Mother!
#QueensQueening
I do the "Nerd" one finger jam dance all the time. 💕😂💕
I was born in the 60s, so I grew up when the term was Black, and it was a term Black people selected for ourselves. The term "African-American" came about as a way to link ourselves to Africa, just as Italians, Polish, Mexicans ect. do for their ancestral homelands. However, Africans were enslaved, and inevitably mixed with other races and cultures. Also, it has been a couple of centuries since American slavery that most of us do not share a direct lineage to Africa, so I cannot call myself "African-American". And, truth be told, many Africans do not consider American Blacks as their own for similar reasons. So, for me, "Black" it is.
Mexican ain't a race there's BLACK Afro Mexicans as well
I would have been labeled a "Griffe" 😑 Very informative video! AND I am here for Evelyn's black panther look!!
Gabby Quigley half lion half eagle ALL wonderful !
@@Sejkcmj Aye!!
Now I can rock with this series! Very well done and looking forward to more 👌🏽
The skits!!! REAL TEARS ❤️😭
so good girls. I'm Puerto Rican , Afro Carribean .....Black is not a one thing and all of our experiences are valid so so good girls love you.
I know one thing. My ancestors forced over here surely weren’t immigrants and I am a descendant of former American Chattel Slaves. Everyone knows why this title and history is important to my people. No matter how much the USA wants to forget about how she was built. 💅🏾
Facts
Yes!! Say it again! I am an descendant of American chattel slavery ✊🏾
yes! I am a Descendant of American Chattle Slavery! My Dad’s side comes from a plantation in Tenesse and my Mom’s side is traced back to Virginia!
We are more than just slavery though
Exactly, give credit where credits due. Let's not act like 400 plus years of slavery didn't jump start our booming economy into what is today.
You guys are entertaining and educational.. Keep it up!
This made me smile so hard. I love how you take things that feel so complex to people and break them down in relatable ways. Inspiring brilliant beautiful women. ❤️
I always say African American. I feel like saying black just meaning that my ancestry started in the belly of slaveships and bandage. But when I say african american....i can remember that my ancestors ruled the continent of Africa.
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@@jobrien8974 yeah I agree, thus video doesn't really give everything...ill definatoey check it out.
Why don't people use "afro" or "afrodescendents" ?
@@MConsole some do....like the terms afro American or afro Asian. It just means desecding or relating from africa.
We in Brazil use the hole shades to describe someone. But nowadays they're importing that racial stuff from US trying to portrait a binary society right here. It's ridiculous because we are the most racial diversity country in the whole world.
"Hey mom, which one of your daughters is your favorite?"
Nia Rodgers “Don’t ask me that again” Lmaoo !!
Shame shame shame on us BLACK IS A COLOR NOT A RACE I'M ASHAMED
@@micaelmoses2827 black isn’t a color, are u dumb.
Let’s not forget that WEB DeBoise was a big eugenics fan. He believed that Black women were not equipped to raise children with out being educated by white women. I never understood why My mom, born 1919 hated the man until I stated researching him.
I thought he was pro black
gen nye Like many Black Christians, he was pro Black male. An issue that is still retarding our advancement. Anytime a culture hangs on to a myth of supremacy it is destined for eventual fail. Look at the pathetic ways white racists are presenting in order to maintain the myth of white supremacy. They are killing themselves and each other in droves. History proves that Mythology and superstition is always the mindset of uneducated and easily controlled people. Peace.
Native kids were forced into boarding schools where they got into trouble for using their native languages. They made them cut their hair & forced “Christianity” on them. The US Gov has been doing messed up stuff to POC forever. Still are (kids in cages).
Missy R Thank you Missy. Perfect example of the way Christianity, our government has messed over POC from the get-go. Many NDN adults are still dealing with the trauma from those boarding schools and work camps.
Are you sure you are talking about W.E.B Du Boise? Because this sounds very unlike him. And by the way, he was basically an atheist.
I personally prefer to go by black.
@GotAFedInAHeadLock So are white people dividing themselves from Europeans or wherever they descended from when they only classify themselves as white Americans? Why can't we just be black Americans too? If anything they are trying to make it sound like we are the "other" category and are not full Americans.
@Kd WHAT is your origin? Do any of these "African Americans" REALLY know their origin ,other than their black skin.?Most white people in England have no clue where WE came from ,but we don't keep on and on and on and on and on about it.
peaches they’ve been mass migration of Europeans to America, Irish , Italians and Germans. You don’t see the original white Americans trying to separate themselves from those European immigrants “just because their struggle is different “. Any white European immigrant who settles in America is deemed as white. It’s only Black Americans who try so hard to distinguish themselves from Africa or Africans. A lot of you do not want to be called African Americans just because you don’t want to be classified with continental Africans who are American citizens. It has nothing to do with you not knowing African culture
@Kd Nope. If a white person from Africa now calls America home they are now African American. I love who and what I am. Make no mistake about it.
peaches Not all white people came from Europe
I love your instruction. Makes learning inviting!!!!!!! I am am using your Digital Studio videos for my classes this year. Thank you!
Watching my girl Evelyn represent all the way from Kenya!🇰🇪
Came here from Theory of Everything. Excellent!☺
Yaaaaaas Nerd! 🙌🏾🙌🏾😂
Ugh, this was beyond great. This is Black Girl Magic! Black Excellence!
Blaxcellence?
Simply. BRILLIANT !
“If you’re a man...ain’t I a woman”
😭😭😭
I’m from the Caribbean and I don’t identify as “Caribbean-American”, I’ve actually never heard that term until I watched this video, I personally identify as Caribbean or the island I’m from
Kenya Belle ..same here. Are there any people from your island who identify as “Afro-Caribbean”? I’ve been hearing that a lot lately
Afro Caribbean sounds a lot better lol. It flows
Afro-Caribbeans is what I'd classify myself like formally but in normal life I'd just say I'm West Indian or Grenadian.
7:06 it’s funny that he said that b/c as an African who became an American at a very young age I do the opposite for the same reason. I always felt that the term African American referred to ppl with distant ancestry in Africa and a long history in the States. Never quite felt right using the term as it felt somewhat like I was stealing a culture and history that did not belong to me. I most often use the generic Black to identify myself... sometimes I also use Ethiopian American, African or just plain old American.
Azie and Evelyn- The year is 2021. I was going through You Tube and bumped into your video. I truly enjoyed it. It was creative, informative and funny all at the same time. To answer your question- All cultures/ experiences of life are different for everyone- with that in mind you may call yourself anything you chose to call yourself. My favorite word in the whole world is a Swahili word " Kujichuchaglia" It means YOU DEFINE YOURSELF! You decide who you are and what you are in this world. You do not let others define you. Be blessed ladies, and I hope I get to bump into more of your videos.
I’m sorry when the Nerd spoke up I was like “Period!!” It’s different for everybody.
"A friend of mine had that condition.". I nearly died laughing!
"It's the syphilis" 🤣
this is a great explanation for those of us who are not POC, because I was curious about this myself, and have been asked this question a lot but of course I have no answers XD Great content, you ladies are hilarious!! Glad i found your channel, i love to learn and the humour is making my day ^_^ You deserve so many more followers!
Arrival in the Americas.
It's some Black Americans who are actually American were already here.
That's just facts
The evolution of "black identity" has changed a lot in my lifetime. Negro, Black and African American. Parents nearly whooped up on my sister for referring to "black people" instead of "Negro" they thought she was being disrespectful. Her response was "do you want me to get beat up!"
The Historical Characters made me fall on the floor laughing!!! Especially the dancing!
“Ain’t I a woman?”
🤣😂🤣😂 basically means I’m black enough so 🤷🏾♂️
It was funny; but I thought "ain't i a woman" meant white women were treated as precious and delicate in need of protection, but black women were treated roughly and just as bad as our men were 🤔
Perma Frost you’re not wrong due to the historical situation of slavery and Jim Crow treating Black women like they aren’t human when they ARE.
You guys are hilarious and it's great to learn about black history and culture in such a new way!
This series is going to be SO amazing!
Thank you for helping us further understand our past, heritage, culture and identity in this country; despite our oppressors trying their best to erase our history.
Thank you for helping us stand a little taller ladies!