Oceanicpuppy
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Lol no shade hereBut I want to make sure this isn't shading our people from going back, by saying they don't look like.
I can see how it can come off as such though.
African Americans who can pass as West Africans.
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I can see how it can come off as such though.
AA's are usually lighter but thats it.
but this question is kinda off b/c there's diversity even among West Africans.
B/c Senegalese and Gambians look different from even Ghanaians and Nigerians
but this question is kinda off b/c there's diversity even among West Africans.
B/c Senegalese and Gambians look different from even Ghanaians and Nigerians
Oceanicpuppy
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Oceanicpuppy
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I know, which makes aframs different. ask yourself this, If West Africans are different looking and Aframs are mix of those Africans, why would aframs look like a straight up distinctive looking West Africans if they are mixes?
You can't say Aframs look like West Africans then in the same breath go on to say West Africans look different from each other.
Aframs have a New World Look, which is the result of different west african mixes and for many a european element and for some a native element.
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Oceanicpuppy
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Many Aframs look like Igbos.
Igbos
From my understanding many aframs come from the igbos stock but if many aframs are mixed why do they do still come out looking like igbos? That igbo blood must be strong.
Igbos
From my understanding many aframs come from the igbos stock but if many aframs are mixed why do they do still come out looking like igbos? That igbo blood must be strong.
The term "West African" is too general. West Africans are a diverse and large group themselves. AA's also are large and diverse in looks. So you have to be specific.
Lets play a little game.
Which one is a African American and not a West African?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Choose carefully.
Lets play a little game.
Which one is a African American and not a West African?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Choose carefully.
@KidStranglehold none of those look AA
There is no such thing as an AA look.
AA's are a LARGE and diverse group. Now answer the question because ONE of them IS an AA.
Oceanicpuppy
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I choose West African because i didn't feel like typing all those ethnic/tribes groups... too damn manyThe term "West African" is too general. West Africans are a diverse and large group themselves. AA's also are large and diverse in looks. So you have to be specific.
Lets play a little game.
Which one is a African American and not a West African?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Choose carefully.
Uhh lets see...
C??? She looks very American to me.
in B the girl with dreads looks American as well.
There is no such thing as an AA look.
I disagree
And you can keep trying but at every school I've been, all the AAs could tell who came from Africa.
I choose West African because i didn't feel like typing all those ethnic/tribes groups... too damn many
Uhh lets see...
C??? She looks very American to me.
in B the girl with dreads looks American as well.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
B is of the African American Gullah group who live in SC and GA but more importantly held onto their African traditions. They have what we call an stereotypical "West African" look. The rest are West African. Note how the look different. Which is why I noted that WA is a diverse region.
This is not what I am arguing against. I am saying that there is no true "AA look" because AA's as a whole vary in phenotypes. From very light skinned creole to pitch dark Gullahs.
And also those African kids could have just come from a specific region. From my personal experience in school me and others didn't know certain people were African until they told us. Like this Namibian kid easily blended in. Again just my personal experience and not what I am arguing against.
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oh, now I got it.Always though Lebron looked papuan but if so.. What about Pharrell,Snoop lol Young thug?
I hear from many Africans say that D. wade looks like he's from Ghana.
I don't know maybe it's me but to me many Aframs just don't have an that organic look about them. It's always little traits that set them apart.
Africans kids
Americans kids
I agree, I can definitely tell the difference between most AAs and West African. But you can also put most AA in certain West African countries and they wouldn't get a second look because they would fit into certain tribes. Only ones that wouldn't fit in any part of West Africa are the real light skin bi racial ones that sometimes look Habesha, like the Mowry twins.
Oceanicpuppy
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Idk girl in B I can't pin point what WA group she can fit into but she's jumping so i can't her whole face.
She doesn't look "organic" to me.