Africans accuse African Americans of "appropriating" their culture (legitimate criticism?)

[Retired Account]

And Brits are mad Idris is "too street"

90% of movies have nonsensical accents

You act like nikkas in the seum weren't bytching about that accent too
I ain't got no problems with nikkas using other accents in movies but Will's shyt is so bad it's distracting.

 

[Premeditated]

i agree with yall, but to be fair, that accent is oh my days

it's like a Nollywood actor tryna sound like an AA rapper

i was smoking when when i watched the trailer and that shyt had me questioning my high

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Accuse people with the same genetic make up as you for stealing your culture but stay silent about cacs from different continents stealing resources from your land brehs

 

[IllmaticDelta]

@ Black bass players period.
Larry Graham
Bootsy Collins
James Jamerson

Rick James

...and before them

 

[Birnin Zana]

i agree with yall, but to be fair, that accent is oh my days

it's like a Nollywood actor tryna sound like an AA rapper

i was smoking when when i watched the trailer and that shyt had me questioning my high

Will's accent is wack, I tried ignoring it but couldn't.

However, I'm certain Denzel and other AA actors could've pulled the accent off well.

 

[Premeditated]

Will's accent is wack, I tried ignoring it but couldn't.

However, I'm certain Denzel and other AA actors could've pulled the accent off well.

Denzel, Kerry Wash, Forest and Anika Nani Rose have all pulled off believable african

even J Hudson had a more believable accent as Winnie Mandela than the horror i saw with Willy.

 

[Birnin Zana]

Denzel, Kerry Wash, Forest and Anika Nani Rose have all pulled off believable african

even J Hudson had a more believable accent as Winnie Mandela than the horror i saw with Willy.

It's as if will wasnt master Dr. Omalu's accent directly. The Dr. Is still alive and has footage online as well.

Honestly they should've just went with David oyelewo, he's african and actually looks like dr. Omalu.

 

[J-Nice]

This shyt is beyond stupid and all it does is foster division where there should be unity. I got nothing but love for African brothas and sistas on the continent and throughout the diaspora. But it's getting evident now that these fake ass twitter activists don't respect African American people, identity, or culture. Everywhere you turn there is always some divisive article targeting AA's, but never the same for the rest of the diaspora. That's why I don't take these dumb ass discussions seriously. They never foster honest and progressive dialogue. There nothing but finger wagging "AA's need to do better, were better than you" rhetoric and the shyt is played out at this point.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Man that was a wack ass article woooow. She never even been in the US.

These divisive people need to seriously stfu already

To their credit, I saw many Africans in the comment section disagreeing with that article and pointing out the hypocrisy in her stance considering the amount of things that gets appropriated from Aframs worldwide in the Afro diaspora.

 

[ridedolo]

this thread is pretty disheartening.

my friends husband is nigerian (from there and visits often) and i addressed this topic with him. He says that most people in Nigeria don't give a fukk about these idiotic cultural difference. In fact, he's interested in BUILDING with me and other AA's.

we all know the divide and conquer tactics the european has used since before slavery, why we still fall for it i don't know.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

@ Lost1, where ya at? I never got your response to this post

Check this vid out..it talks about Palmwine, Highlife and Jazz

 

[Axum Ezana]

so if i trace my genes back and find out about what tribe/country i come from i can't partake in the culture ?

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

@Stacker Pentecost

Lol that chick was a fukking bytch

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

To their credit, I saw many Africans in the comment section disagreeing with that article and pointing out the hypocrisy in her stance considering the amount of things that gets appropriated from Aframs worldwide in the Afro diaspora.

She was on Twitter using AAVE like 'fam' and 'finna' but want to lecture AAs about 'stealing' African culture. How sway

 

[Stacker Pentecost]

Horrible article....

And why the fukk is she speaking on AA's, went to her youtube and she seems to have a BRITISH accent. Also, went to her twitter (I see that our girl @Stacker Pentecost was goin IN....), and she's living in fukking THAILAND right now.



I try not to be divisible amongst other blacks, but consistency is a MUST.

Funny that Nigerians, of all the West Africans, would be bytching about Will. Anecdotally, from what I've seen online, they are the main Africans always talking about how diverse their looks are, and how Nigerians supposedly come in so many different shades....

BTW, I've been a major supporter of John Boyega (He's playing Finn, the black dude you might have seen in the new Star Wars). I thought that, as a stormtropper, he was going to have the British accent that most "Imperials" in Star Wars have had. But the toys that recently came out...have this dude doing an AMERICAN accent....

At least we got Black Panther....

Silly ass bytch got her ass handed to her on Twitter