I never said it was a fairy tale I said I personally have never heard about the term or seen anyone use it. Why are you so hurt about what kids say in grade school? Do any adult AA's tell you that now, outside of public school?nobody said every single AA did it. the only thing every single AA has is a black parent.
but you emphatically tried to declare it as a fairy tale when you know nothing bout it
African Americans .why did y'all call us Africans "booty scratchers" when we came to this country
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look at your first post in this thread
i'm not that angry about it anymore. never really was. i'm one of the Africans who believes we can't hold shyt people said 10 years ago in their juvenile years against them
but at the same time if you wanna mend relations you have to acknowledge foul things were said. growing up as a shorty, I hated being African & dark skinned because of the things my peers said. it's ugly to have to hate a part of yourself because of how it affects your social status and self esteem. i turned out just fine, but that kind of emotional stress isn't easy to let go. not everybody has.
RatherUnique
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Same reason Africans still get called "Spear whatever," even though most Africans never held a "spear" in their life. IGNORANCE.
Sure OP is a troll, but don't pretend like no one used that word. I was called an African booty scratcher from 1st to 9th grade when I lived in Atlanta. When I moved to Cali it stopped. It was somewhat annoying but funny at the same time. I think it's from a scene from boys in the hood.
Change the age to 15. It usually stops once people reach high school.
DabbinSauce
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yall african nikkas need therapy
to keep it real, black kids in my area were guilty of this. i dont remember if i participated, but i'm probably guilty too. the subconscious self hate was real growing up. it wasn't just africans though, dark skinned AAs were being called african booty scratcher too.
but to say we saw them as less than human
nah. it had more to do with tribalism. first gen africans spoke differently, have stronger facial features, darker, and generally came from a different culture--so they were outcast because of it
i do feel bad about it though, even though a lot of the guilt is washed away from reading those tweets. i really didn't think about how first gens felt about the mistreatment many received from us growing up. it was still fukked up, and AAs were completely in the wrong on that one.
but to say we saw them as less than human
nah. it had more to do with tribalism. first gen africans spoke differently, have stronger facial features, darker, and generally came from a different culture--so they were outcast because of iti do feel bad about it though, even though a lot of the guilt is washed away from reading those tweets. i really didn't think about how first gens felt about the mistreatment many received from us growing up. it was still fukked up, and AAs were completely in the wrong on that one.
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yeah, i didn't even hear it @ that age. but i vividly remember africans being chastised for that shyt in like the 4-5th grade.
to the dude that said it was relegated to the north east, nah. it was pretty prominent on the westcoast too.
notPsychosiz
I started this gangsta sh-
I've heard the term used, like he said around the mid 90s.
I think it might be related to a song hoodrats would sing while jump roping about some chick with an 'african booty' or whatever. IDK
Probably can be traced to some filthy cac no doubt.
Apologies for the torment.
I think it might be related to a song hoodrats would sing while jump roping about some chick with an 'african booty' or whatever. IDK
Probably can be traced to some filthy cac no doubt.
Apologies for the torment.
How could I believe this is true when I never heard this term before or saw someone use it? So yall are hurt over when kids said to each other 8n grade school? This is all I ever read in here, is people saying they heard it in school. So why are you stuck on what idiot bullies told you in school. That isn't what all AA say not even most AA said this shyt. Has anyone called you this after grade school? Most likely not.
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Maybe because I never heard the term used in front of me ever and that I'm only learning about it right now? So your whole life shook cause a kid called you this? Ok then. I've been called worse in school by AA''s and immigrants but I don't assume all AA''s or all immigrants subscribe to called people the terms I was called in school because I'm smarter than that.look at your first post in this thread
i'm not that angry about it anymore. never really was. i'm one of the Africans who believes we can't hold shyt people said 10 years ago in their juvenile years against them
but at the same time if you wanna mend relations you have to acknowledge foul things were said. growing up as a shorty, I hated being African & dark skinned because of the things my peers said. it's ugly to have to hate a part of yourself because of how it affects your social status and self esteem. i turned out just fine, but that kind of emotional stress isn't easy to let go. not everybody has.