The Grapevine: Africans, AA's and Caribbeans
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The point that she was trying to make was that immigrants don't have to deal with the legacy of slavery and systemic racism on the same level as AA's. She's basically saying that if it weren't for said legacy, AA's would be excelling on level with Nigerians or better. Do you disagree with this?
She's 100% right and this is why Africans are one of the highest earning groups in America and are successful academically when they come here. Africans aren't cursed with centuries of the mental burden of systematic racism and white supremacy like black Americans are. This is also one of the reasons why Africans stay out of Black American social issues.
Systematic white supremacy is literally the reason black people immigrate too America though lol.
Why do people not acknowledge it is a global system that utilizes different rules in every country?
You better be because its either "Murica RAH! RAH RAH!" or Caribbean. You been going hard on Mexican immigrants and you can't have it both ways since you too come from immigrants.
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Id love to see some straight ignorant hood nikkas on there
ILLEGALS, yes.
I wish they could also include the perspective of other African countries in the videos besides Nigerians and Ghanaians. Africa is one huge diverse continent and two countries don't represent 53.
The past two years i've noticed it's now becoming cool to be African much like how it was cool to be Jamaican in the 90s/early 00s. I think we are seeing some progress in connecting the diaspora with the continent compared to back in the day.
The past two years i've noticed it's now becoming cool to be African much like how it was cool to be Jamaican in the 90s/early 00s. I think we are seeing some progress in connecting the diaspora with the continent compared to back in the day.
The funny thing is most of the sterotypes AAs have to Africans are from Nigerians.
yeah these online debates ive learned are purposeless. i'll educate anyone interested in my culture or background but id rather do it IRL
ive said before most of these debates are between AAs and Nigerians, with the odd East African and Americanized West Indian
nah you not banging with usCarribbeans are fine
The show is about immigrants, not continental Africans. They should have had a few more Ethiopians/Somalis and a maybe some Francophone Africans but I don't see anything flagrant about having Nigerians/Ghanaians being the bulk of the panel when thats the reality in the States.
Carribbeans are fine
Jamaicans are quite possibly the most flagrant offenders along with Somalis and Nigerians.
