That very much seems to be the case. Instead of being honest with us, they seem to be determined to bullshyt us on the issue thinking we are too stupid to look it up ourselves.
"The Reason Africans Cant See Black Ppl As Equals Or Good Ppl" (AKATA Vs AFRICANS)
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The word was originally used for Yorubas that lived in the UK and came back and were westernized is the equivalent of calling someone a yankee or oyingbo y’all stay mad
Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
Ok, and word usage can change. Do you not understand that concept?The word was originally used for Yorubas that lived in the UK and came back and were westernized is the equivalent of calling someone a yankee or oyingbo y’all stay mad
Example, there was a time when bad had solely a negative meaning. Then we Black Americans came along and turned it into something with a positive meaning. How about how Fat was changed from a negative to a positive by just replacing the F with a PH. Word usage changes all of the time, that is what it means when a word is a part of a living language. So just because a word was used one way in the past, does not mean is not used a different way in the present. So Akata in the present is used as a derogatory slur about Black Americans. I can go on the Nairaland Forum website and see that word used in a derisive manner to describe my people over and over again.
What is amazing is that you are here still attempting to pull this BS lie off. You know the truth, you even have exposed in some of your posts that you know the truth. You may not have noticed it, but we Black Americans can tell by tone and diction when someone's statement exposes the fact that they know what they are talking about actually happens. Example, you just a bit ago said Akata is not said to the face of Black Americans. Well what does that imply then? It implies that it is said out of the presence of Black Americans. We are discussing the word Akata in regards to how it is used to refer to Black Americans so your statement was a big tell. You could have gone with the statement, "Akata is not used to describe Black Americans at all". You would be lying, but at least you would not have directly given away the fact that you are lying to us.
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IVS
Superstar
Haters gonna hate. Lovers gonna love.....
I’ll be honest, I’ve had nothing but good relationship with Nigerians (or Africans from other countries). I never seen this type of clash in real life. I been to family functions, church, ate a family table. Have quite a few friends from different countries in Africa. I’ve been to a lot of their functions and never felt out of place or ostracized. I wouldn’t let this video create any division. We are culturally different but we all bring great things to the table.
Jean Jacket
NOPE
Wetin dey...
"No other African country uses the term Akata outside of Nigerians, and honestly they have that uppity attitude."
One part of this statement was maybe to educate. The other part was a throw under the bus. Not to mention its disingenous to pretend just because other countries dont have a word like "akata". That other africans dont have negative things to say about african americans. So to me,its purely a deflection. And an attempt to be slick and pretend negative views are non existent aside from "those uppity Nigerians". Im pretty sure Nigerians might object to that narrative being placed entirely in their lap. But overall I see the vision.
I was being sincere and giving a compliment which I now retract due to your disrespect. But despite what you think black americans can vary quite a bit culturally and morally. From city to city,and state to state. So i think there is a time and a place to hold specefic black people from specefic places accountable. And shame them for specefic behavior. Rather than having a narrative form about black people nationally. For example "Afro-Atlantian men really need to stop that downlow behavior". Or "Afro-Los Angelians need to address their bedbuck/bedwench problem. Not to mention the gangs
". This shame would cause these cities to look at themselves. Rather than think these issues are black issues nationally. And cant be fixed until black people collectively fix it. No,this isnt a us problem. This is a problem specefic to your city. Now either fix your culture or continue to be shamed. No offense to any cities mentioned.
HarlemHottie
Uptown Thoroughbred
It really depends on setting though, like with cacs. Like, your coworker might just keep it professional, so you never know how they really feel. Or one might be recognizably racist, but the others seem cool. And then yall start following each other on sm and they retweeting mad pepe memes. You like, "
Yoooo, I been to this nikka house and it was love! But he did say something slick during the whole George Floyd situation. Thats craaaazy."So, let me say this. Having grown up in nyc and gone to certain schools, i have clocked more unguarded moments with black immigrants than most ados. Theyre my family, former lovers, childhood friends, college friends, neighbors, service professionals, etc, etc.
From the super wide pool i was in, there were some who just didn't fukk with us whatsoever. They were so obvious, we had to start clowning them. Some kept it on the acquaintance level, hi and bye, but stuck to wp and other immigrants. Some actually reached out, organized actism together, kinda 'civic', general black shyt, could be cool, but maintained a slight barrier. Like, youd be friends, but never as close as others. This is the first level where they date us, but only for play, nothing serious.*
Then theres varying levels of cool ones. So, sometimes they marry us and go all in- the riders, the garveyites, the pan africanists.
to them, theyre why we expended the political capital to get them here. Family. Then theres a level of 'will marry us, but are lowkey funny acting.' So you might get a black immigrant woman from a very anti- ados family who just fukk with YOU for whatever reason, but its always tenuous bc her fam is always in her ear. The relationship lasts as long as her resistance, terrible odds.
* The guys i dealt with were mostly in this category, a few in the last category, but i wasnt trynna marry them no way.
I wanted somebody with SC roots like me. But, for what it was, they were great- no complaints, good times. 
That said, its always like dealing with wp. So, politically, professionally, as we all know, a wp can marry us and still be racist. And so, we must at least be on guard. Yeah, theyre 'black', but theyre anti reparations bc, while they may love YOU, your family- and by extension, the rest of us, minus the handful of exceptional negroes they know- is fukked up and dont deserve shyt. Or, they love YOU, but their professional network is completely foreign, exclusively so. Etc.
As the result of my extended exposure, not much i see on the internet surprises me. Im sometimes shocked at the vehemence from the first few categories, but now i understand why they stayed the fukk away from us. Girl in the op could have been one of my college acquaintances: big family in nigeria, armed guards, rented estates in the tri state area, etc. (But there were nominally cool ones, we chilled, i visited said estates.)
But i need for ados nationwide to know what i know. We're left flat footed, esp in situations where theyre imported in as medical professionals. Ive seen and heard of horrible situations as nurses, or for our elders in nursing homes, or as educators (got several stories myself). I fear that our pan africanism is being used against us in ways we cant fully discern and that, by the time we notice, it will be too late. Our best will have been absorbed by black foreigners and cacs. Kids will identify as anything other than ados because, America, and we're done.
From the super wide pool i was in, there were some who just didn't fukk with us whatsoever. They were so obvious, we had to start clowning them. Some kept it on the acquaintance level, hi and bye, but stuck to wp and other immigrants. Some actually reached out, organized actism together, kinda 'civic', general black shyt, could be cool, but maintained a slight barrier. Like, youd be friends, but never as close as others. This is the first level where they date us, but only for play, nothing serious.*
Then theres varying levels of cool ones. So, sometimes they marry us and go all in- the riders, the garveyites, the pan africanists.
to them, theyre why we expended the political capital to get them here. Family. Then theres a level of 'will marry us, but are lowkey funny acting.' So you might get a black immigrant woman from a very anti- ados family who just fukk with YOU for whatever reason, but its always tenuous bc her fam is always in her ear. The relationship lasts as long as her resistance, terrible odds. * The guys i dealt with were mostly in this category, a few in the last category, but i wasnt trynna marry them no way.
I wanted somebody with SC roots like me. But, for what it was, they were great- no complaints, good times. That said, its always like dealing with wp. So, politically, professionally, as we all know, a wp can marry us and still be racist. And so, we must at least be on guard. Yeah, theyre 'black', but theyre anti reparations bc, while they may love YOU, your family- and by extension, the rest of us, minus the handful of exceptional negroes they know- is fukked up and dont deserve shyt. Or, they love YOU, but their professional network is completely foreign, exclusively so. Etc.
As the result of my extended exposure, not much i see on the internet surprises me. Im sometimes shocked at the vehemence from the first few categories, but now i understand why they stayed the fukk away from us. Girl in the op could have been one of my college acquaintances: big family in nigeria, armed guards, rented estates in the tri state area, etc. (But there were nominally cool ones, we chilled, i visited said estates.)
But i need for ados nationwide to know what i know. We're left flat footed, esp in situations where theyre imported in as medical professionals. Ive seen and heard of horrible situations as nurses, or for our elders in nursing homes, or as educators (got several stories myself). I fear that our pan africanism is being used against us in ways we cant fully discern and that, by the time we notice, it will be too late. Our best will have been absorbed by black foreigners and cacs. Kids will identify as anything other than ados because, America, and we're done.
levitate
I love you, you know.
OP really half white?
Apprentice
RIP Doughboy Roc
So what’s the conclusion of this thread?
What’s the answer?
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What have y’all decided?
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What have y’all decided?
HarlemHottie
Uptown Thoroughbred
*checks notes* "fukk that bytch, lets find out where she work."
H/t @Peachstate for keeping us focused
Bunchy Carter
I'll Take The Money Over The Honey
How is it that when an anti-black c00n is posted, FBAs get together and start a roast session and denounce said person. But when an anti-FBA c00n is posted, the foreign flags come together and start deflecting, calling OP divisive, and proceed to gaslight FBAs like we can't see with our own eyes whats happening.We can talk shyt about black women or black men, black culture, how FBAs need to do better culturally and all this, but the moment you say anything about a non-FBA, its "diaspora wars."
It happens EVERY SINGLE TIME too. Without fail.
True....The foreign flags will defend their fellow foreign flag Anti-FBA brothers and sisters.
NoirDynosaur
Yurrrrrrrrrr
It's mostly Bana Poto Nigerians that use this term. It's funny because the country itself is referred from a British woman. Biafra/non-colonial Afrakan folks don't really associate with that.
At the end of the day, neurotic people are not to be taken seriously.
At the end of the day, neurotic people are not to be taken seriously.
