"African, Caribbean or African-American?"
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The white girl is not African. She is a colonizer.
That’s very true and Nelson Mandela was just a puppet for the whites to stay instead of the South Africans driving them out
Shred Spectrum That’s a fact that most people don’t know about. Most “Black” leaders are sold out to the caucasian colonizers.
Nobody from Africa are Africans, they’re Ethiopians, Congolese, Egyptian, etc... If your a caucasian from SA your Dutch aka Afrikaner.
@@Quamperfectum Listen. The continent that is now called Africa is FOR AFRICANS. I am well aware of tribes and territories that were stolen because of the Berlin Conference but until that continent is back in full ownership of us so we can rename it It will be African and we are Africans and I am Black. Save your damn semantics
Gabriel Armsted You can call YOURSELF whatever tf you want. If you AA then what country you from in Africa? All people on that continent aren’t all the same. Don’t let the white man confuse you... to late.
Edit: With your perspective the white girl is African. Her family lives in Africa so she African. Right?
There’s a difference between Ethnicity and Race.
We are not all the same. Just because we are black doesn't mean we are the same. I am a Black American and I'm dating a Haitian. He speaks Creole, English, and French. He was born in Haiti and he came to America when he was a kid. Our culture is different. We may be the same race but we have cultural differences. People don't understand race, ethnicity, and nationality. My man is black but he is not a Black American. He is a Haitian American.
food forthought1 lol right??? As far as you have a darker complexion you are African or have some time of African ancestry in you and that’s that 🙅🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️....... I want to go back to the time when everything was simple 😂😂all I knew was blacks, white and Asians and that was it!!! Things are just so complicated nowadays 😩😩
But those things only have something to do with where your from not your dna... This is why blacks can't unite because we think were better based on where were from
Elle D girl keep calm, ain't no Africans or carribean tryna take your reparations away from you. Did you see or hear anything about reparations in the video? Stop being defensive for nothing.
This is a very controlled room. Get 2M of each you start seeing the difference.
@food forthought1 Would Brazilian culture be the same as black American culture? No, and there is a difference because not every black person has the same pphenotype. Race and culture is not the same, and people like you need to respect one's culture. Culture in Africa is also very important to them, Nigerians often stand out because of iti.
You don't need to explain what race is to black people, the only thing you have to do is acknowledge the differences, the diaspora has formed and identity for themselves based in their life experiences that cannot be ignored..
People don't know the difference between ethnicity and nationality.
Big facts
Chocolatebuttacupoet so correct
And Race and Culture
also "race" - grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities
Exactly! This is so cringey.
There are a lot of light-skinned people in Africa my mom included....... shout-out to my Ghanaian 🇬🇭 sister ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've met my fair share of light-skinned Naijas. Usually Yoruba, but a couple Igbos that I can recall.
That's because they're mixed. There is no such thing as a non mixed light skin person. That's just something blacks have been saying to try to reconcile with the fact that many of the public figures they live vicariously through are in fact mixed, and not black. For example, BEYONCE.
N.W.A. Then you haven’t been to any part of Africa before 😂🤷🏾♀️🙅🏾♀️of course they aren’t light skinned like mixed people .... fair colored Africans have a complexions like that of Chinese people “yellow”..... eg most Somalian’s are of a lighter complexion but they are Africans......There’s a difference between Africans and African-Americans
oRuTRa45 My mom is Ghanaian.... Ashanti to be precise and she is light skinned, there are lots of light-skinned women in Africa who aren’t mixed by any means they are full on Africans .... I don’t know why people find it hard to believe
Black To Grace exactly light-skinned Africans aren’t mixed and their complexion doesn’t resemble like that of mixed people..... their skin tone is more on the yellowish side like some Chinese complexions
Those Africans don’t need to say they are African Americans they can pinpoint a specific country. African American by genetics ancestry are mixed with multiple African ethnic groups.
Don't forget that Africa is highly mixed as well...
Elle D my DNA results showed 20% European the rest African but I still consider myself black it would be stupid to consider myself mixed just because of a small percentage of European DNA.
cariocabassa mixed in what way??
@@MRLX54 20% European..... question. Do you have a grandparent or great grandparent who is European? If not, that test is a lie.
Repping Black People Worldwide Yes, I found out recently that my great grandpa was European French to be exact.
@6:11 it’s ironic that the term “African American” was created for American descendants of African slaves but now we aren’t “African” enough for the category. Most immigrants or first generation Africans still have a connection to their nation or country so it would make sense for them to identify as “Nigerian American” for example.
Exactly . They need to say we are the foundational Black African Americans or foundational Afro Americans , who nowadays go by Black American. We set the trend and designation for so many people.
They use African american systematically like the one lady said. So you know what that means.... AFRICAN AMERICAN FOR BENIFITS ONLY
Ive explained this 1000 times on twitter with ppl from the motherland they don't know the difference, africa is a continent not a country! Where in africa are you from?
We are indigenous Americans not native americans
@@keepingwatch247 we set trends look at reggae , dance hall and etc useless bums
I wish the term African Americans would be erased as for as black people born in America. We are black Americans or simply Americans.
That's what I'm saying cause there's a huge difference and alot of us arent even educated on our African roots so it's not even fair for us to be considered African Americans and I'm not sure if you've noticed but allot of African people don't look at African Americans as African we're just black to them
@@esedontworryabouttherest7482 Exactly! I mean I get that our ancestors are from Africa but I know almost nothing about Africa. White people who have ancestry from Europe but and born and raised in America are still considered Amercians (that's it) not European Americans. They never wanted us to feel like real Americans
@@brijaythesinger yess that's exactly right I agree alot if us have white or native we're kind of our own thing you're right that's our ancestors but even looking at our different features we look different it's crazy
Foundational Black American
@@johnetterose6189 yess❤
West Indian is not a race it's an ethnicity. That girl is really confuse
It’s not even an ethnicity it’s an area that people use an identity. My ethnicity is the Caribbean country I come from. Lol but I was taken back with that one. Just like when someone say I’m Puerto Rican and Black. what does that mean?
@@LACHRONICLES your nationality is the island u are from. I am from Barbados therefore I am a Barbadian/Bajan. My ethnicity is West Indian
@@kenyayarsien9217 what are u talking about. What was a joke?
Sorry wrong comment
this is why were called that ua-cam.com/video/DNKpjRdD5HA/v-deo.html
[from a black man] Weall under the umbrella of Black, but it breaks down further... African American, Afro Caribbean, Nigerian, Ghanaian, etc. The difference between us vs other ethnicities is globally we are discriminated on because of our African/Black ethnicity.
ua-cam.com/video/DNKpjRdD5HA/v-deo.html
Our people are the Yahudeans aka copper colored Jews who ruled from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. And ruled all of Europe until 1350....
Who else other than our people who fit scripture...genesis 15:13 Deuteronomy 28 curses....
@Ashan /JUDAH De Leon but when they speak of themselves all of them arent European. Theyre irish, English, Spanish.....they use this subversiveness to not tell the truth. They are hypocrites to the highest degree and YhUh has already ordained he is going to punish the wicked Gentiles. They gave use a simultude of scripture..the grimiore called the bible. Extracted YhUhs name and title and inserted Gods to cause our people to continue to break his command.
Thou shalt not worship no other deity but your ELohym.
Gods of the bible and their names
Amen a god is in the grimoire aka bible, cuz its not scripture! Who else? Oh Sophiyah Mariyahm Lucifer, the Queen of heaven and God here on earth. Oh y'all thought Satan was a he, even though it states she is the most beautiful angel YhUh ever created? Lol! Know the christians got it very wrong, as per their elders, the greeks and catholics/Latin. Let's see Lord Ba'al, aka BeliEL, belief and/or Be'elzubub the king of the demons aka the tricksters..definitely fits with beLIEf and beLIEvers cuz they get tricked everytime they go see white jesus the god...who else is in the grimoire aka bible? Cuz its not scripture, it's a mis-spell book!
Oh yes one of my favorite spells has Yah causing chaos and destruction on those who call him this way..Jahovah..Ya' hovah..look it up! Hovah in hebrew means chaos nd destruction!
Jesus son of Jehovah
or
Yhuhshua son of YhUh
John 5:43 (KJV) I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Soooo, whats Fathers name? And if one comes in his Fathers name, wouldn't that signify a jr.?
It's the same as any other race. But the u.s. uses classification as a tool. That's why I get mad at the term African American. All "Black" people are not from Africa.
Watching this from the UK, Americans really don't understand the concept of "ethnicity". In the UK majority of Africans are immigrants so most blacks identity with the country their parents originate from.
It because black Americans don’t know where they’re from so the just say black or African American
@Black To Grace no we only identity as black British on paper, but we identity more with our country of origin
I'm from "the other side of the pond". Never been to the UK, but I understand so-called Black Brits to be in two distinct groups, so to speak: Afro-Caribbeans, descendants of formerly enslaved people from the former British colonies in the Caribbean/West Indies; and African Brits, usually from former British colonies (e.g. Nigeria) and other countries, and they identify with country of origin, much like Africans here in the US. As far as I can tell, Africans are more recent immigrants to the UK than Afro-Caribbeans. Am I correct in any of this?
How can you connect with something that’s not there. Descendants of American Slavery only have American slavery to connect to. There is no “ethnicity” to connect to. That part of our history was erased in the enslavement process.
From an American perspective, african American/black American. We are an ethnic group. It’s just that we use race and ethnicity interchangeably with Black. Growing up I never heard things like, “in our culture” more like “in our black community or in black households/families” to describe shared habits and etc.
I am BLACK. I have never been to Africa. I am tired of labels. It changes occurring to whatever somebody “ELSE” says I am. So I will just categorize myself.
Their all confusing race with nationality smh
That guy that “had the darkest complexion”, I actually thought he was African American. He didn’t look “African“ to me. Maybe by non-black people the difference would be something as simple as the complexion as an identifier, but it’s really not.
There is no look for us.
Exactly
Well, since the term "African American" has officially been hijacked by others who do not even consider themselves "black", I think that we American born decendants if slaves should call ourselves FOUNDATIONAL BLACK AMERICANS OR ADOS, PERIOD! We are a special people with a unique history.❤
God said we are special unto him. We the twelve lost tribes.
Yes we all seemed to have missed something. It turns out that the decendants of the Trans Atlantic slave trade experiencing various forms of racism and mistreatment in this Nation since its formation have a direct and critical relation to the Bible.
The entire existence and detailed experience of servitude and racism was already documented more than 3,000 years ago. This low state and mistreatment was a foretold Judgement for not keeping the Laws of their God.
Leviticus 17:26
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: 👉🏽THEY THAT HATE YOU SHALL REIGN OVER YOU”👈🏽; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
What this Nation and its institutions have Never done, was to truthfully tell these people who they truly are.
Are they Negro or Colored? Are they Black or Afro-American. maybe we'll just settle on African-American.
No other people on the planet have changed Nationalities from one generation to the next.
An important fact is that These people were not and ARE NOT AFRICANS, as supremest doctrine teaches.
Facts is Africans did not sell Africans. The history of these people does not begin with chains, cotton fields and Slave ships.
Truth is the decendants of the slave trade in this country and through out the Western Hemisphere are indeed the children of Israel
The only 👉🏽”SOLUTION”👈🏽 that will address any change for this people's will be when they awake to who they are and return to their God. The God of Israel
Awake from your graves, you Children of the Captivity, and hear your ancient speak.
Isaiah 51:20
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God
Zephaniah 2:1
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O NATION NOT DESIRED;
Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
We are NOT African-American. The South African Caucasian now living in America is an AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
HERE IS BOTH OUR PROBLEM & SOLUTION:
Deuteronomy 28:68
And the LORD shall bring thee into EGYPT AGAIN WITH SHIPS,by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and THERE YE SHALL BE SOLD TO YOUR ENEMIES FOR BONDMEN AND BONDWOMEN, and no man shall buy you.
HERE IS OUR SOLUTION:
1 Kings 8:47-
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither THEY WERE CARRIED CAPTIVES , AND REPENT and make supplication unto thee IN THE LAND OF THEM THAT CARRIED THEM CAPTIVES, saying, WE HAVE SINNED and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;48And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, IN THE LAND OF THEIR...."ENEMIES"....,, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:49Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
Zephaniah 11:4-5
4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;5 WHOSE POSSESSORS SLAY THEM, AND HOLD THEMSELVES NOT GUILTY: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Big Spin,💯❤ Thanks for posting. We are waking up to the reality of who we are in TMH.❤
@@bigspin6309 the truth shall set us free
@@bigspin6309 EXACTLY! I ALWAYS HATED BEING CALLED AFRO AMERICAN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER...AT 31 I REALIZED WHY A FEW YEARS AGO...
Mixed race are not light skin they are mixed. ... Being biracial means that you have two parents of a different race. Being multiracial means you are mixed with more than 2 races. Light skinned means both parents are black but your skin tone is light.❤️❤️
light skinned means queen naija these days. claiming black when convenient
Mixed can be dark
@JIQUAN TURNER yes there is lol dont act like they dont exist. Everyone does t fit into a bubble and shouldnt be forced to claim one race when they arent
my dad is black and my mom is biracial so I'm mixed race ??
Wiwi you are black love ❤️
Nigeria has more than 40+ tribes, there is no way she's gone say this guy is this or that, maybe her tribes.
Try 250 ethnic groups. However, most of the time you can tell your own people from your ethnic group.
Over 500 my G
@@mrcolemore5831 No they don't. They have 250 ethnic groups and 520 languages in Nigeria. I'm also Nigerian-American, I know what I am talking about🤔🙄
@@KeyLimeKue Hahaha we certainly have more than 250 ethnic groups for sure. I'll let you believe what you want.
@@mrcolemore5831 Google is free. You can look it up.
5:54 No- We ARE African (by decent) American, YOU are NIGERIAN American. The difference is that YOU have a home country to identify with - our true roots were washed away during the middle passage. *You now have permission to check the ☒ Other box. We can't divorce our roots from our identity.
Brother/Sister you are American. You cannot find 1 ancestor that came from Africa cuz we are really from America.
So basically you are two white men, Amerigo Vespucci and Scipio Africanus. Brothers we are the True Hebrew Israelites from the tribe of Judah.
She spoke out of ignorance, she did not realize that this category was created for Black Americans.
@@chadscott8733 Bs!
This clip shows the importance of #ADOS. We are a unique group of Americans whose ancestors built this nation. We’ve been here since before America was even America #1619. We’ve fought in every war to secure her honor. ADOS are arguably the MOST American group in this great nation. #ADOS #LineageMatters
Lysa Jordan the second girl who of course is Nigerian said African Americans (ADOS) are technically not African but I bet she will be the first one crying saying how ADOS don’t except her. YOU just said we aren’t African like you, so don’t come to OUR country expecting open arms
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we've always been here. colonizers told us they ship us all from Africa
The same could be said of Mexican Americans who have been here since the beggening of Statehood of Texas & New mexico . Our Ancestors are Native & Spainard and fought all Wars as well . Alot went against Mexico in the fight for freedom after it won the land back from Spain . African Americans are responsible for the south and Mexican Americans the West across to southern Texas .
It's shows the ignorance of our people, they are attending Penn State and don't even know their own nationality, all that studying and never coming to the knowledge of the truth.
My mom is African-American and my dad is Gambian. I identify usually as “Gambian-American”. That’s the label people around me has given to me since birth. Some people don’t understand that I am NOT “mixed” ...I just have two different “ethnic backgrounds”, but I’m STILL BLACK!!
Why do people with one non black American parent always seem to dismiss their BA parent. Like Jackie Aina is both Nigerian and black American but she only identifies as Nigerian American. It comes off like you guys are ashamed.
Kay Dreams ...... you clearly don’t understand what I just said, but I’m not going to argue with you. Everyone interprets things different. I CLEARLY said “TWO ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS” 🙄
@@TewasaSonko I saw that but you also said that you usually say you are Gambian American. Not accusing you but haven't you noticed that? It doesn't matter if they were born in Africa or the Caribbeans. I met a girl from Ghana with one black American parent who only saw herself as Ghanian which at least made more sense but people who have never even been outside of the U.S. will mostly identify as Jamaican or Trini, Nigerian etc.
@@kaydreams6051 It COULD be a cultural thing. In Africa, children who are a product of parents from two different ethnic groups/tribes tend to take their paternal identity. That's the norm. I am guessing the same thing is a factor with the fella who posted the original comment!
@@swahiliwithdavid5910 It's not just Africans. Like if one parent is Jamaican they'll only identify as that. Not all but it's super common and they even go as far as acting like they relate to black Americans while living right in America. It can be a female child with a black American mom and she will act like she can't relate to black American women. As if she never met one. It comes off like every culture holds more weight. But it's also because although every body copies black American music or just enjoys it here its looked down upon to be black American.
All those Africans are identifying themselves as African American and the Nigerian female says that the African Americans shouldn't be African American because they are not African. They all enrolled as African Americans.
By force since there’s no other option yeah lol how is that there fault
The Nigerian female said that because many continental Africans regard Black Americans as not being pure because we are mixed with something else. It was a slip up
Saying someone is African-American is the same as saying someone is Afro-latino, Afro-Jamaican, etc. People hear the word "African" added and go up in arms. I'm African-American because that is my ancestry, literally. It's that simple. My lineage goes back to at least the 1700s in the US.
Also if African-Americans aren't Africans then neither are white South Africans, since Afrikaan is basically Dutch creole and historically they separated themselves from Africans and still do to varies levels.
I don't know anything, but I think the girls with Nigerian parents should call themselves Nigerian Americans. In the US, the word "African Americans" are for black people whose ancestors are from Africa but they can't pinpoint the exact place due to slavery. It gets realy confusing cos its "black or African Americans" that is currently officially recognized in the U.S.
J. Kola you are actually right! I classify myself as Nigerian American since I actually know where I am from in Africa
I'm Nigerian and I agree with you
@D Long I realised years ago that no-one gives a F@ck about the differences between Ijaws and igbos to the yoruba and hausa Nigerians we were all igbo even though we have nothing in common except large christian population and close proximity in the same vein Ghana and Nigeria has nothing in common except British colonisation but yet to all of Africa we are all Nigerians, why does this matter? No-one gives a f@ck not the Europeans, not the Asians about the ADOS or Nigerian American or Nigerian Nigerian or whether you call yourself black or African all that s#!+ only matters to you. To everybody else you are a Black man no matter what you address yourself as and you know what? They are right.
Make sense
Most of us African Americans know we are really American Indian. The government forced this name on us to hide our identity.
Did she say her dad is biracial by being west Indian and black??? Unpackage that please... be cause West Indian isn't a race.
Indian is a race or whatever tho?
A lot of people are talking about this and I just need some clarification. What's wrong with specifying if he's from East or West India? No it wasn't necessary, but why does that make it wrong?
@@KayGee_yt It's simple... West Indian isn't a race, therefore west indian + black does not make a person biracial. In fact many West Indian are black in and of themselves.
@Derek Chauvin she's not tho, im west indian, majority of us are black, west indian and caribbean/antilles for the islands only are the same thing, so if your parent is black from the islands and other parents is black from american, than you are black therefore not racially mixed
@Derek Chauvin listen, every afro descendant have other ancestries.
Caribbean people are not 100% black, Afro American are not 100% black
Black is a phenotype and a race, if you look black then you are black, bc race is based on how people see you.
West indian and black doesnt exist as a mix, bc that's literally black caribbean and black american lmao.
If both are black, biraciality doesnt apply
5:10, that girl is so confused. She has no clue about what she's talking about
Mr Colemore Most Black Americans aren’t from Africa we’re from America.
Mr Colemore I disagree. I stopped saying African American in college because a white college professor of mine told me that his children were able to apply for the same scholarships as me because he (and them) were from South Africa and were also “African American”. Even though the scholarships were supposed to be for black Americans, because of the African American designation, they also qualified.
Wet Don African American isn’t a race
Wet Don They force us to use Black as our ethnicity but I’ve been choosing Native American for years now. The military gave me a hard time when I switched my ethnicity. My argument was I didn’t have to prove I’m AA but you expect me to prove I’m NA. Eventually my records reflected NA.
Wet Don Racheal?! Wtf? AA is a nationality not ethnicity. You confused??
This professor is making the case for #ADOS and why linage is important and why FOUNDATIONAL BLACK AMERICANS need ppl speaking for us in govt not African or Caribbean immigrants or their children.
Black Americans are an American Ethnic group that predates the creation of the United States of America
Why aren’t white Americans generalized as European-Americans, yet black Americans are called African-Americans?
American born descendants of slaves must be a protected and acknowledged class of ppl who actually stand apart from these non American Blacks who’s parents choose to have them in US soil yet their lineage is not who built this country with free labor bearing the mark of US Slavery
Yeah... I agree. But you must understand that only 5% of Africans actually came to the States. 95% were sent to the Caribbean and Brazil. The 5 and 95 were transported back and forth for centuries for "training", dehumanization, and to keep families apart. From a slave brought to the States, their descendants could have been born, raised and forced to work all over the Americas. Many of "foreign born slaves" fought beside those born in the States. I'm Haitian and consider myself an ADOS. The Americas includes the north, central, and South.
Kim All Naturelle You night consider yourself ADOS but unless your lineage was forced here n forced to give free labor to America n denied rights and benefits then you’re not ADOS or Foundational Blacks even tho you’re born here.
@@purpledynasty6343 Hello. You should use the term United States to specify which country. Many people in central and south America also consider themselves American.
Some are getting ethnicity and nationality mixed up as well as race.
Not some.. most society does it. The whole concept of African american is already a concept that blurs and mix things like hell.
I've always found it strange when a black person says they're African american. But they're not FROM africa. Their ancestors are, of course. My ancestors are from Europe. Ireland and Germany. But I dont claim to be german american, or Irish american, or even European american. I was born in america, so I'm american. That's basically the standard for white people. So why do black people say they're African american if they've never been to africa and weren't born there?
@@wetdon591 my easy position?? You wanna try that one more time?
@@wetdon591 and the only way I know where my ancestors are from was from asking my older relatives where their parents and grandparents etc etc...are from. Eventually, I got an answer. Makes sense after doing research. Black people can easily learn their heritage too. Just takes some time and research.
Tan T I have also discovered in my international travels that many people don’t think I’m American because associate Americans with being white. I have had to tell people yes in fact I, my parents and grandparents are all US born. I think it’s because that is mainly who they see in movies and tv.
@@anndeecosita3586do you know what country in Europe your family is from?
@@wetdon591 What about Native Americans, they have to use the word Native. Why don't American.
I noticed he didn't asks the real African American girl from New Jersey any questions.
Because she is American. I think his objective is to see if others blacks “claim” African-American for social status or if they can pass as us... I’m a black American btw.
true believer I just want to hear her voice of opinion too.
The results of this video necessitates the importance of African Americans distinguishing ourselves now as ADOS( American Descendants of Slaves.
Rude Dan Black people weren’t slaves. They were enslaved - crucial difference.
Aou are a African my dear. Your parents came from Africa. How they got to America does not change their root. How I wish every African in America root be traced someday.
African-American is NOT a nationality! It is a byword used by this racist system to hide our true-identity and nationality.
To be an immigrant (second generation) and come to our country and claim our ethnicity but tell us we really shouldn't be going by it is problematic and very telling...
This “professor” is cringe worthy.
Preach! The whole damn video is cringe worthy. All involved
Factz!!!!
I can't say that
Peace BeWithYou
Why is it cringe worthy?
Shannon Q
Why is it cringe worthy?
The girl said both her parents are biracial yet says her dad is West Indian and Black😂😂😂
She had me so confused 😮
Those Africans are lying. They’re saying African American because that’s what they put on their application to gain admissions.
Lol I've never met an African who calls them self African American
Not true...black Afrikans never identify as Afrikan American...
No lol
@Seruzul
Huh?
A free ride is always important to leaches
They're all African American when the winds blowing the right way.
I was in Africa. The only way I knew that the people there were African is that I was in Africa. The only way they knew I was American is when I spoke. Sudan is a different story. But the color spectrum is the same in most African countries as in the Americas.
Have you been to most african countries to make such a claim ?
I'm cringing.
With all due respect but please why give the white kid the mic to decipher where black people are from when most of the time they disregard the North, East, South and West of Africa. And don't further try to explain being Afro-Latina/Latino...that would just whiplash the heck out of them.
They only know the minimal factor of Africa being a continent.....if that. They don't know how to differentiate between hair types, hues, features, bone structures, groups; Nigerian for example are three. Plus, I'm Black. I don't have any direct lineage to Africa nor would my DNA place me distinctively to one group. So I'm Black American. I've been asked if I'm East African; Ethiopian, Eritrean or Somalian and few in between Afro-Latina. Other than that Black.
I guess it's a start but just have a map handy so that you can zoom in and point out what is missed.
The kid is blissfully ignorant because he just simply does not know. He knows nothing more than a shade of a crayon however, that's also where he's wilfully ignorant because he's probably never made the effort.
For me I see it as African-American means you and some of your immediate family members (6+ generations down the line) are born in the USA but you have African heritage. Your earlier grandparents are from a specific African country, no other island or continent. You don’t really carry any culture from Africa because the most recent generations are American born.
If you are Nigerian or Ghanaian I would identify as African, that’s it. Your parents and grandparents bloodline, no America mixed into it until you (first generation American) conceive a child in America, then the child is Nigerian-American if the parents or grandparents are from Nigeria. It sounds complex, but blacks are unique humans.
However if you and your immediate family are from the Caribbean you are westindian/Afro-Carribean..American. For me my mother is Jamaican (West Indian/Caribbean) and my Father is Guyanese (Caribbean) their Caribbean blood line is over 5 generations (I’m first generation American born, so I’m Afro-Caribbean American.
Technically we all date back to Africa, the entire existence of Man does. However where my bloodline runs the strongest it is from the Caribbean islands verses the continent of Africa. But do I still come from Black African descendants?? OF COURSE!!! 😇
Dajia Star my early grandparents are still from the US..but we’re slaves..I traced back my ancestry and I have to go extremely far back.. like the slave trade back to find Africans
Point blank and period. My ancestors on both sides are from the US. That’s all i need to know. We have a new ethnicity and culture the same way Carribeans have a new culture they created. You explained it perfectly.
Perfection! could not have explained it better.
You know people who have some level of common sense and you have gone beyond common sense ...you are brilliant
Thank you.
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans)[4] are an ethnic groupof Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.[5][6] The term typically refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.
African Americans constitute the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States (after White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans).[10]Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved peoples within the boundaries of the present United States.[11][12] On average, African Americans are of West/Central African and European descent, and some also have Native American ancestry.[13]According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-identify as African American. The overwhelming majority of African immigrants identify instead with their own respective ethnicities (≈95%).[14] Immigrants from some Caribbean, Central American and South Americannations and their descendants may or may not also self-identify with the term.[9]
African-American history starts in the 16th century, with peoples from West Africa forcibly taken as slaves to Spanish America, and in the 17th century with West African slaves taken to English colonies in North America. After the founding of the United States, black people continued to be enslaved, and the last four million black slaves were only liberatedafter the Civil War in 1865.[15] Due to notions of white supremacy, they were treated as second-class citizens. The Naturalization Act of 1790 limited U.S. citizenship to whites only, and only white men of property could vote.[16][17] These circumstances were changed by Reconstruction, development of the black community, participation in the great military conflicts of the United States, the elimination of racial segregation, and the civil rights movement which sought political and social freedom. In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
I can't be in this class. I would literally stand up and say what is the point of this foolishness.
BabyDoll same here!!! They need to remove his video
@@joey3841 why whats wrong with his lecture?
These foreigners don't like us.. They envy us. They're fronting for the cameras.
Yes, nobody brought up all the nuances with the black people.
I'm a Haitian descendant and have never tried to pretend to be African American because I respect African Americans and know their culture is not the same as mines. I never want to pretend to be something that I am not. African Americans are a strong spiritual people. I hope you guys understand that God is an essential part of your identity and survival in America.
African-Americans have American culture and not African. I can guarantee you that not one single "African American", can say with certainty which country his ancestor came from. Secondly, I can also guarantee you that not one single "African American", has never been to Africa and if offered the chance to live there, would not, simply because life is so easy in the USA.
Furthermore, of the 4.4 million black people at the time of the offer to go to Liberia to retrace their roots and live, only 0.37% of the black population or 16,000 chose to leave the USA. That tells you all you need to know.
America has a weird way of grouping people together. White Americans from Portugal to Russia to Turkey when they come to America Identify as just Americans. On the other hand people of African decent have to identify with their skin color or country of origin 🤔
This class is cringy though.
Cringy af dawg 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
Forreal...it really is!
LOL!!! I will reserve my true thoughts and just enjoy your cringe comment. lol
Exactly!! Weird as shit lol
She could not tell if he’s Nigerian lol. She’s a lie. That’s why Nigerians always ask what tribe they’re from because they can’t even tell.
Purple girl cuz we're so damn much, lol.
France didn't conquered Ayiti sir, we didn't even have a country then SMH
Formerly the French colony of St. Domingue, modern-day Haïti/Ayiti.
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GSHeverything _27 nothing bruh getting in knowledge, watching what’s unfolding in Haiti. You zanmi?
@@petersontheodore217 I'm getting tired of all the situation going on over there bro, we have never been this love in our 215yr of existence.
Love all of you black folks, stop dividing and start being greater
They need to update terms. "Black" and "White" are their own cultures in the U.S. now... long standing. African-American should refer to recently immigrated families, just like European-Americans does. I don't know what to tell Asians and Hispanics/Latinos though...different history.
@@quirkyt_T I agree with 99% of what you said, but the culture of "descendents from multiple countries in Africa" who have been here in the U.S. for generations is completely unique. Taking that beautiful and intricate culture and simplifying it to culture of "Stolen Americans" just doesn't sound right. That's why I appreciate the term "Black" and "Blackness." It's developed a very powerful meaning in the U.S. over generations of claiming it. I'm down for a title switch, but a "Stolen American" is not what my mother, and her mother, and her mother and her mother were. I am no longer a stolen person... misplaced at times, but not stolen. I get what you are saying though.
African American are those of African descent from the lines of slavery in America.
African-American are those of African descent who were born in Africa and migrated to America as well as their children and so forth.
The thing is Non Black and White people in the US are mostly "recent immigrants" whereas black and white people can be differentiated by colonial era and post colonial era (decolonization/last century) immigrants. (I know slavs don't count as immigrants but you get the point)
we all understand it though so this conversation is about nothing really.
@@mandyads Who are you to say what we Foundational blacks should be called ? We were called African American because we DESCENT from Africa wether we or Africans like it or not. At the time the term was coined the black immigrant population was small asf.
I’m American. I think all three groups are diverse looking but we are all subject to stereotypes. A lot of people assume I’m from a Spanish country in either the Caribbean or Central America. I have to tell people I’m not Hispanic while this girl is arguing that she is.
Dud you have no ieda how hard is to make peopel form Europe or US understand that yes I am Brazilian and still white as a paper sheet.
People want to come here to replace our identity
Are you native american?
NYCITY3 God no.Im African American 400 years history in North America
@@Kalagenesis ok 😊
They don't want to replace nobody. Because they are black in America they either with us or against us so they choose to be with black Americans. Look at new york almost everybody there are West Indian or African .Many are 1st generation 2 generation and are born in Bronx or Queens and that is all they know, some have never been in their parents home countries so they're all see them self as African Americans
Stfu
We have to stop this casual disrespect of African Americans, they define themselves of African American so that's what they are. No one group of black people owns the identity - if you're black you are African and can legitimately identify as such. You're standing on American soil benefitting from a struggle so many African Americans died for and you feel like it's ok to be this condescending?
Wow one of the few comments that makes any sense. You are completely correct.
I’m Nigerian and Bahamian but my African side somehow trumps my Bahamian side even though I was raised in a Caribbean household.
That’s dope full circle ⭕️
That's pretty cool! I'm Bahamian as well.
That's cool! You're African and African-Caribbean.
What a beautiful mix
You are peferct ❤
All of those people are people of African descent genetically. They are just different ethnically & nationality wise.
This is why I'm glad I'm from New York City. We understand Black, Caribbean, African and even Afro Latino. That doesn't mean we get along, but at least we know who each other is. My friend from grade school is Puerto Rican, he pledged Omega at a New York college. My roommates in D.C where Que's when they saw a picture of my friend, they wanted to know who the white boy was. I told then he was Puerto Rican they looked at me like I had three heads. I explained Puerto Rico is a island in the Caribbean. They yelled at me "he ain't Jamaican!!!" I said no he's Puerto Rican, long story short they had no idea what I was talking about because in Ohio and Kansas their where no Puerto Ricans. Sad we don't know basic geography.
Ik technically Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic could technically be considered Caribbean but what about Afro-latinos
Afro-Latinos are still routinely left out of the Diaspora conversation more often than not by folks from inside and outside of the Diaspora alike. I attribute that mostly to whoever colonized us. There unfortunately language and cultural barriers that separate that aren't even our fault. I think the gap will continue to close the more visible and vocal Afro-Latinos become.
There was a girl there that was Dominican and Haitian.
So Trinidadian isn't Caribbean?
@@banana8hannah650 I believe the poster was referring specifically to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands, since when people talk about the Caribbean, they rarely include them.
@@banana8hannah650 I wasn't saying that Trinidadians weren't Caribbeans I was mostly focusing on the Latin parts of the Caribbean
True black Americans ancestors were here before 1776.
I attend Spelman College, but this is making we want to attend Penn State 😂
Prove to yourselves who you are, stop letting stranger's tell you
People like to get on Black Americans for identifying as American or not “knowing where we are from” but so do White Americans. White Americans are all immigrants. They don’t go around saying I’m Irish or Italian when they have been removed for several generations too. Asking my white friends where are their ancestors from and they answer “idk” just like Black Americans so Black Americans don’t have to be pressed to get ancestry tests done. Nigerians need to identify as Nigerian American not African American because that term has been used already. No need to add more confusion to an already complex thing. If you have African Parents you had a totally different experience than my two very proud American parents.
Didn’t the moderator ask for six black people? How did the white South African girl qualify?
Plus most African Americans have that same Nigerian blood so how can you tell if the person doesn’t say anything?
Not most, but some, our ancestors are from all of Africa
@@alfonsom8286
Ancestors means plural. So No
It was three races of people. If your born and your family born here you don't have one race of ancestors
@@JM-vr6ii , first of all, stfu! Secondly, it's "you're", not your. Lastly, you are no one to talk to me about MY ancestors, you should focus on your own people, watch Sabido Gigante or something.
@@alfonsom8286 Actually most do. Over 80% of African Americans have Nigerian Igbo heritage.
@@emmanuelervin5035 we don’t
I just hate that word African American like half blacks are native and half are just from Africa
There aren't any native whites or africans from America
Why can’t the Americans not African say just American.........
Most "african Americans" are actually not african descendants....we have only been african American since 1988.....smh they paper genocided us...our racial status has been changed more times then any other race....covert oppression
Because America is a nationality. Although they don't know their ethnic group, it's a way to acknowledge their roots.
Exactly
@@fastbreakdummy3911 what was the correct terminology before 1988
@@DubG9 not true idk one black American who agrees with being called 2 continents
What does West Indian and black mean😂😂
I was confused too!?
They don't even know...
@ lauren hawkins :West Indian meaning those island in the Caribbean!
One thing that pisses me off is when people thinl Africans are dark. Im from Kenya and yes im dark skin. But im dark skin cause my family is dark skin. My childhood best friend is literally light skin. Like she looks mixed. This stereotype actually annoys me
I'm from Kenya as well, and I'm not that dark I'm kind of brown..
Because people from Africa are typically very dark in skin tone, that's common knowledge though it doesn't apply to everyone.
@@ivieta9634 Most people i know from Kenya are actually lighter than me. And it also depends which country someone is from. So dark skin in Africa is not common knowledge.
It is common knowledge. Just because you’re not educated about this doesn’t mean that it isn’t common knowledge. Also, most Kenyans are very dark in skin tone (regardless of the Kenyans you may know) it’s just a fact. Sorry to burst your bubble.
@@ivieta9634 Have you been to Kenya?
It does not matter if your Dominican, Trinidad, Nigerian, Ghanaian, etc.. Your black no matter where your from.
Black comes in many shapes,sizes,frequencies, and cultures….not all black is the same black and minimizing an entire group of people into one word like “black” is stupid and ignorant. Stop denying culture.
@@YoungEli9 Well said- how are you going to ignore someone's culture/ethnicity and tell them 'you're just Black'- it's like a humbling technique borne out of insecurity.
im tryna figure out tht professor's point but what i got from the video is the the african diaspora can not be defined. doesnt matter where you from or what you look like. so i would appreciate us coming together cause we got bigger issues to deal w.
Yes
No African has the power to tell An African American that they are not African. I will say it again I do not Care how long your family has been in Africa. Y'all don't have the power to literally change a people's race. Their African identity is written all on their skin and trapped in their hair. We truly are a unique group of people that are easily identifiable
Thank You!
I agree.. I have a right to claim Africa especially with DNA evidence.
All of them except the South African young lady are all Africans by heritage and Africa Americans by ethnicity within America. They are America by nationality. Being African American is ethnicity within the race groups in America,not nationalities. Every one except the Caucasian lady are Africans. While the South African is European, not African. South African by nationality, European by race. Ghanaian American or Nigerian America is reflection of dual nationalities,not ethnicities.
What are they teaching people these days - all my life black people whether dark or light skinned or albino were called Negroids.
White people whether American or European were Caucasians, then Asians - Mongoloids but can't remember the other one. Since then people just say whatever.
In Nigeria there are so many ethnic groups - my grandmum refused to identify as igbo because she spoke a completely different language from the delta waterside of Bayelsa but people constantly class her as Igbo. Some Igbo refused to be called Nigeriansand say they are from Biafra.
We humans constantly fight for things not important.
What is important is food, shelter and good health and peace of mind.
You get nowhere bickering about where you are from.
Before humans multiplied you just pitch a tent or sleep under the stars or cave.
Since borders have been drawn and passports issued we fight.
People trying to conquer each other and kill one another for things no one will ever carry to the grave.
When you die you become part of the earth and you are soon forgotten.
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This is how they confuse and pit us against each other... a lot of us are the same people. Especially those who are descendants of slaves. They scattered us everywhere they could literally be standing on the stage with their direct family... you don’t know!!!
So happy there was at least one Descendant of American Chattel Slavery in the class.
cas9 why?
That's why I dont say African American I say black there's no recent African connection
@Rico Unruly I'm pretty sure it's mostly Nigerian.....Nigerians ask me of I'm from there all the time I be like NO
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African American is a term ALREADY established for those who can't trace to a specific African country. Its not up first grabs. It can not be taken by Johnny come latelys...they can identify by the nation their parents are from. Glad people are questioning lineage now.
This professor is so cringy. How is he getting paid for this bull 😡? Race, nationality and ethnicity are really not that difficult to understand. Why do people make things more complicated than it needs to be?
African-American mean Africa-blood and American-born, or Africa-blood and American citizen.
beja warrior no
@@each6002 stay in Canada white boy.
Yup. It’s not rocket science
Black people born in the US should identify as Americans period. I don't see white people identify as euro americans. It's a mess
There people who called black people in Britain African-American. SMDH.
I don’t call black Americans African Americans unles they wanna be called that
Thank youu
I’m so disappointed in these black students.
Wtf was this? When I went to Nigeria the people assumed I was Nigerian.... I don’t get the point. It’s not about being “born” somewhere because the people from elsewhere can still add “American” at the end of what they are.... There’s no country of black.... So why just say “black American?” I’m African American period.
But i really commend this teacher for trying to get us to understand eachother
African American is old, we now go by FBA or ADOS.
African Americans or blacks that ancestors went through slavery in North America are Hebrews from the tribe of Judah. The other of the 12 tribes are distributed across the globe and are black. We are still related.
This is the secret they don't want us to know which is why we've been given different names to conceal our identity
These Tethers out here cosplaying Black Americans to reap the benefits we fought for in this country.
My dad is from Africa and my mom is African American, so I identify as both if someone says African, or African American I just say okay
Why do white people care so much about what Black people call themselves??? I don't care whether white people call themselves irish or french, or portuguese. it's all the same thing. It's white.
Black people are African no matter where they are. Race and nationality are not the same thing. As far as the white south african girl, I am African American. If i was born in China, would i be Chinese??? Nope.
Hispanic is not a race, it's a mother language and dominant culture. Just like in the Jewish law and tradition, if the mother is Jewish, no matter what the father is, the child is considered in their culture as Jewish.
Similarly in Black cultural law and tradition, if one biological parent is Black, the child is Black because Black genes are dominant. So even though Obama's mother was white, he is African American because his father was from Africa and his mother is American.
Black peoples views are not confusing and don't have to agree with how white people think. We can think how ever we want based on our own cultural tradition.
Interesting that he didn't seem to be interested in white people. Why was he so enthralled by Black people? And what exactly was he trying to get at??? What was his point??
the Nigerians looked nerves when he kept talking about slavery … maybe it could be that their families was in the flesh trade and they thought they were going to be exposed.
Dude you dummm. Slave trade happened centuries ago. All those who participated are long dead. Here in Nigeria it's not even talked about a lot like that.
So how do we know if our forefathers participated or not.
Gut leave that thing.
ikechukwu nwogo No I am not dumb. Stop acting like people that families were apart of the flesh trade didn't keep records of it. They know, it is just spoken quietly among themselves. And I am a descendant of those people who suffer from that institution so you dont get to tell me to be quiet about it. It's a KNOWN fact that Nigerians have delia group and OSU and ohu class. Nigerian keep slave for themselves and ship us away as well. I am very aware of History. So Are you calling her a liar?👇
www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/my-great-grandfather-the-nigerian-slave-trader/amp
ikechukwu nwogo also are you crazy? If a white person said this "that was a long time ago leave it there" most people would be calling them a racist I will not let you pass just because we MAY have the same skin tone. How DARE you.
Lol u are so lost
azitsallgood soo reading history books and taking history classes makes me lost?..ok 😁 and I guess 2 +2 isn't 4 huh?
People of African genetic ancestry are not monolithic in their ideology, culture, politics, and values. Despite what the popular media erroneously presents, the black diaspora is not defined by stereotypes or the African American experience. With all due respect to African Americans, they are not the ambassadors for all the world's black people.
Racism -- Fact, Race -- Fiction
Please join me in my struggle to dismantle the paradigm and remove the word “race” from our vernacular. In some European countries, “race” is a non-existent category, and even saying or using the word “race” or racial statistics is offensive and racist, due to the term’s association with Nazi Germany. Do you remember the Nuremberg Laws of 1935? These laws embodied many of the racial theories underpinning Nazi ideology.
If you must label or describe a person, use the word “phenotype”, not race. Phenotype refers to a person’s observable physical characteristics or appearance. Alternatively, using the phrase “genetic ancestry” acknowledges DNA or overwhelming scientific (anthropological, archaeological, genetic) evidence.
Phenotype: human variation, observable physical characteristics, truth, physical traits, outward appearance, genetic skin colour, hue, pigment, shape of nose, shape of lips, height, hair texture, facial details, shape of eyes
Race: scientific racism, fallacy, arbitrary, substitute for science, archaic mindset, harmful, surrogate for biology, lie, non-existent, fiction, illusion, erroneous, unscientific, social construct, political construct, oppressive, divisive, inaccurate, biased, justifies slavery, upholds discrimination, legitimizes segregation, validates supremacy, reinforces stereotypes, human invention, Hitler’s goal, eugenic fantasy, myth, false reality, arbitrary, upholds the bastion of privilege, cancer, mental illness, obsessive-compulsive disorder, harmful, denies and contradicts equality, science fiction, manmade, delusion, medieval, detriment, exclusivity, used as a proxy for inequality and oppression
In 1950, UNESCO issued a statement asserting that all humans belong to the same species and that "race" is not a biological reality but a myth. Substantial research from anthropologists, biologists, geneticists, and other scientists have proven over and over that there is no such thing as human biological races.
Some Resources in Support of
Race Being a Myth
Is Race Science Making a Comeback?
Superior: The Return of Race Science - by Angela Saini
Ms. Saini discusses a general, scientific analysis of historical racism. Alternatively, you might want to listen to an NPR podcast related to the same topic.
www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/07/10/416496218/is-race-science-making-a-comeback
Everyone is African -How Science Explodes the Myth of Race by Daniel Fairbanks
The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea by Robert W. Sussman (Harvard University Press)
Race - The Power of an Illusion at PBS.org
Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color, by Nina G. Jablonski (she also does a Ted Talk)
www.ted.com/talks/nina_jablonski_breaks_the_illusion_of_skin_color
Ted Talk by Dr. Dorothy Roberts: The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
www.ted.com/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine
Angélica Dass's photography challenges how we think about skin colour and ethnic identity. In this personal talk, hear about the inspiration behind her portrait project, Humanæ, and her pursuit to document humanity's true colours rather than the untrue white, red, black and yellow associated with race.
www.ted.com/talks/angelica_dass_the_beauty_of_human_skin_in_every_color
A study of diverse African groups by geneticists has identified new genetic variants associated with skin pigmentation. The findings help explain the vast range of skin colour on the African continent, shed light on human evolution and inform an understanding of the genetic risk factors for conditions such as skin cancer.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171012143324.htm
There is no such thing as the 'white race' - or any other race, says historian www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-september-17-2017-1.4291332/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the-white-race-or-any-other-race-says-historian-1.4291372
Race Is Real, but not in the way Many People Think
Busting the myth of biological race
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/busting-myths-about-human-nature/201204/race-is-real-not-in-the-way-many-people-think
Working Toward Whiteness - How America’s Immigrants became White - David R. Roediger
Working Toward Whiteness is about the Southern and Eastern European migration that brought 13 million people to the United States between 1886 and 1925 - and how this population, which definitely arrived as “non-White,” became White within the span of few decades.
I Am NOT Black, You Are Not White
ua-cam.com/video/q0qD2K2RWkc/v-deo.html
In this video, spoken word artist Prince Ea challenges us to ask ourselves the question, “Who would you be if the world never gave you a label?”
www.huffingtonpost.ca/amitha-kalaichandran/race-based-medicine_b_9219784.html
"Race medicine promotes the false belief not only that human beings are naturally divided into races but also that racial inequality is caused by innate racial differences we must accept rather than social inequities we must change. Race is not a biological category that produces health disparities because of genetic differences, but racism has negative biological effects on people's bodies."
www.ted.com/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine/discussion?sid=QtTD55
The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
soundcloud.com/royal-institution/what-science-tells-us-about-race-and-racism
An evidence-based discussion of the controversial topic of race, as science sees it.
"It would seem better to define everyone as simply human beings, not with non-scientific or socially-constructed labels of superiority and inferiority, and accord them rights, duties and freedoms based solely upon their existence, rather than upon their state of pigmentation, genetic makeup, or presumed continental origin of their ancestors." (Author Unknown)
This class is like an open air prison.
Loooooorlz Lmao the guy said people from Africa are darker than African Americans please come to SOUTH AFRICA
Coz South Africans are mixed with other race
When Africans identify as African-Americans it creates a problem (Africans want to replace us). if we don't identify as such, another problem (look Africans don't want to associate with us). Most people don't realize how difficult it is to be compelled to choose the only box i.e. ( African-American/Black) that is available to you on application forms. Most Africans don't choose African-American. Most Africans choose( Others) as option and write down( African) that is what I personally do because if you put in African-American, they will ask for you birth certificate. Africans who identify as African- Americans are probably those who were born here and have a birth certificate to support them.
But the guy with the dark skin is Afro-Caribbean. From the Islands he is made up from his ancestry is African decent. In the same way the white lady is European by way of South African which was colonized by the Dutch. The lady who claims African-American but has 2 Caribbean mixed parents; one Afro and White the other Indian and Afro would be considered mixed in the Caribbean but systemically black, therefore Afro-Caribbean.
Ultimately race is a social construct. The lecturer is merging his argument; either it is a conversation regarding your nationality, or ethnicity. Interesting topic, but poor execution resulting in mixed messaging.
Where’s my Nigerian gang 🙌🏾 salute from east Africa
I was born in America and I am a descendant of former slaves of THIS COUNTRY. (for clarification). But I am of African Descent in America. WE ALL ARE. And i dont need some weird professor to explain that shit to me. Period
Was there a lesson to be learned that I missed??
Most black people can tell different groups of black people apart, but in this case we can’t because everyone up there has West African roots(similar backgrounds) many slaves came from Nigeria and Ghana that was sent to the USA and the Caribbean.