#AAGang how do you feel about African bed wenches eating off the feminist hustle?

[xoxodede]

You contradicted yourself because you said your family raised you as African American but then you went on to say you know your family is Jamaican you know the history and that your descendant of Maroons. Better yet your family contradicts themselves.
That’s NOT African American culture or history.
It’s odd that they’d say you’re an African American, not Jamaican. Calling you a yankee makes since especially if you’re from the North East but again that term doesn’t have anything to do with actual African American people.

Makes since why so many of you get confused.

It is confusing. Cause they are not Black American -- but because their families in their home countries make them feel different since they were born here -- is pretty weird. I always assumed that was the goal for many of them -- so why make them feel bad or make them feel different for something they wanted their families -- come and live in the states.

It's just here in the US - they place anyone who has African Ancestry and "looks" Black - as "African American."

Jesse Jackson caused this mess.

I think we should be called "Black Americans" (I call myself Black American) -- a different - separate classification for census and benefits. Where one must be from Descendant Of Slaves and/or ancestors were born free here during or before the emancipation + able to provide family tree and documentation.

 

[im_sleep]

African American simply applies to any type of black person born in America of African descent. Most people outside of America don't get that the term is also a specific ethnic group dating back hundreds of years.

The catch-allness of the term, combined with America’s race-first/ethnicity second policy does leaves a lot of confusion when it comes to this.

Now I assume how much they engage in their respective culture(language, customs, etc) play into their perception back home as well, no? Or is it simply, as long as you’re born in the states you’re an outsider no matter what?

 

[BigMan]

The catch-allness of the term, combined with America’s race-first/ethnicity second policy does leaves a lot of confusion when it comes to this.

Now I assume how much they engage in their respective culture(language, customs, etc) play into their perception back home as well, no? Or is it simply, as long as you’re born in the states you’re an outsider no matter what?

Depends on the country and family

 

[IllmaticDelta]

You contradicted yourself because you said your family raised you as African American but then you went on to say you know your family is Jamaican you know the history and that your descendant of Maroons. Better yet your family contradicts themselves.
That’s NOT African American culture or history.
It’s odd that they’d say you’re an African American, not Jamaican. Calling you a yankee makes since especially if you’re from the North East but again that term doesn’t have anything to do with actual African American people.

Makes since why so many of you get confused.

Im around tons of jamaicans and they do use yankee basically to mean american/americanized and they also do call american born jamaicans, yankees but they are NOT denying the Jamaicaness of the american born-rasied ones. The thing as I said before is alot of West Indians will have dual identities as their native homeland AND Afram.

 

[BigMan]

Im around tons of jamaicans and they do use yankee basically to mean american/americanized and they also do call american born jamaicans, yankees but they are NOT denying the Jamaicaness of the american born-rasied ones. The thing as I said before is alot of West Indians will have dual identities as their native homeland AND Afram.

Jamaicans deny the Jamaicaness of the diaspora all the time
Even if you are born in Jamaica they will question your Jamaicanness if you have any foreign accent or you’ve been gone for awhile

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Jamaicans deny the Jamaicaness of the diaspora all the time
Even if you are born in Jamaica they will question your Jamaicanness if you have any foreign accent or you’ve been gone for awhile

They question how stereotypically, jamaican one might be but not their national identity. They still know the difference between an ethnic jamerican and a ethnic afram, roots wise.

 

[BigMan]

They question how stereotypically, jamaican one might be but not their national identity. They still know the difference between an ethnic jamerican and a ethnic afram, roots wise.

Da fuq is that
And yes I’ve seen plenty of times Jamaicans questioning other jamaican’s nationalities

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Da fuq is that
And yes I’ve seen plenty of times Jamaicans questioning other jamaican’s nationalities

american born/raised people of jamaican descent

 

[AB Ziggy]

They question how stereotypically, jamaican one might be but not their national identity. They still know the difference between an ethnic jamerican and a ethnic afram, roots wise.

Jamaicans would still rather choose one of their own over an american-raised one. There are certain experiences that defines a Jamaican that can only be understood actually growing up on the island.

Roots can only mean so much if all you know about Jamaica are second-hand information from relatives/friends/media rather than your own experience.

 

[BigMan]

american born/raises people of jamaican descent

I’m kinda high rn

Yeah that word is used all that often really

Most of us just say “I’m from Brooklyn/Wherever and my family is from Jamaica/wherever”

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Jamaicans would still rather choose one of their own over an american-raised one. There are certain experiences that defines a Jamaican that can only be understood actually growing up on the island.

Roots can only mean so much if all you know about Jamaica are second-hand information from relatives/friends/media rather than your own knowledge.

it's pretty impossible to not know your own culture, especially if your fam LIVES it no matter where you live or were raised.

 

[315]

African American simply applies to any type of black person born in America of African descent

And Charlize Theron

 

[jackson35]

people need to address how one becomes a bedwench and how do we play a part in it

 

[IllmaticDelta]

people need to address how one becomes a bedwench and how do we play a part in it

 

[kayslay]

It is confusing. Cause they are not Black American -- but because their families in their home countries make them feel different since they were born here -- is pretty weird. I always assumed that was the goal for many of them -- so why make them feel bad or make them feel different for something they wanted their families -- come and live in the states.

It's just here in the US - they place anyone who has African Ancestry and "looks" Black - as "African American."

Jesse Jackson caused this mess.

I think we should be called "Black Americans" (I call myself Black American) -- a different - separate classification for census and benefits. Where one must be from Descendant Of Slaves and/or ancestors were born free here during or before the emancipation + able to provide family tree and documentation.

Nah that’s not on Jesse.
People that aren’t of African American heritage just need to stop falsely claiming OUR ethnicity!