Madows are actually masaakiin

[XaawoLuul]

Imagine one day you find yourself in a white man’s land and thou art black.
You go to school, your Nigerian friend shows off his cultural attire on world book day, brings boxes of jollof rice for everyone and shows of a few of his azonto moves.
You go home, you say ‘daddy mommy where are we from?'. She goes 'Jevonte yo stupid ass always asking questions we from Louisiana now go to bed'.
As you grow up, you see your teachers have no hope for you, the institutions are racist and generally everyone has problem with your people.
You get on the world wide web and see the constant jokes on your people, where its their lack of social/economical/political success or their God-given looks someone always has something to say.
You don't really belong here, yet you do not where you originate from.

Some years later, a wave of immigrants start to come from the continent your forefathers probably came from.
Whilst Civil rights movement, John Crow laws, Rosa Parks, Martin L King are things you've experienced first hand, these are things they just briefly learnt in school.
They have places they call home, rich languages, traditions and religions.

But they happen to share one of 3-4 skin colours on the planet. And as ethnic minorities, they also face some difficulties.
Mind you, these people still do better in education and socio-economically than your people.
So they jump your movement, they decide to share your identity and struggle, and some of the loudest voices start to come from these people.


Jevonte, you are much nicer than I am.
Lord knows I would burn these people at the stake.

The End.

 

[Marshall D Abdi]

Xaarlimos: abo tryone now i showed the whole world im loyal to ur ppl can u give me spank *6 Months later*
: Hello guys welcome to my Youtube Channel abo tryone divorced, Well we spit cuz his long black stick magic didnt work anymore, he cheated on me with new baby mama called shanequia, *cries* guess whos fault it is? Somali men if yall gave me attention and our dad gave us attention this wouldnt never happend #Somalimenaintshit
#Abdiexit

 

[celidheere]

lmao nacas

 

[Genesis]

Everything African American's have, Somali-Americans have too, but unlike them, we know where our homeland is and preserve our language and culture.

I would be mad too, we get to have our cake and eat theirs

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

Everything African American's have, Somali-Americans have too, but unlike them, we know where our homeland is and preserve our language and culture.

I would be mad too, we get to have our cake and eat theirs

sxb AA's can do 23andme and reconnect with their west african roots

 

[Genesis]

sxb AA's can do 23andme and reconnect with their west african roots

Haye, and when that DNA comes up as 15-25% European due to 400 years of slavery and intermixing, try to get a AA whose known America for centuries to swap Atlanta or Houston for Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone. They've lost their culture/language a long long time ago.

These guys are never going back to Africa, don't be silly

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

Haye, and when that DNA comes up as 15-25% European due to 400 years of slavery and intermixing, try to get a AA whose known America for centuries to swap Atlanta or Houston for Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone. They've lost their culture/language a long long time ago.

These guys are never going back to Africa, don't be silly

nah ofc i dont mean moving to those countries i mean taking a vacation to those places and learning the culture

 

[Destiny]

I don’t like your tone but I agree with your final point. AAs have their own distinct culture and achievements so they should be proud and not let culture vultures from Africa and the Carribean try to steal it.

 

[Al Muslim]

Haye, and when that DNA comes up as 15-25% European due to 400 years of slavery and intermixing, try to get a AA whose known America for centuries to swap Atlanta or Houston for Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone. They've lost their culture/language a long long time ago.

These guys are never going back to Africa, don't be silly

I actually saw a video which was about many black americans going back to Ghana, it was very interesting. Though the people going back seemed to be already well off and are probably living it up in Ghana with the cheap prices and such.

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

I don’t like your tone but I agree with your final point. AAs have their own distinct culture and achievements so they should be proud and not let culture vultures from Africa and the Carribean try to steal it.

What was wrong with her tone? It's true.

 

[Destiny]

What was wrong with her tone? It's true.

It is very insulting and it reeks of some stupid sense of superiority. There are lots of good African Americans out there and many are Muslim. The OP is being very condescending when she should look at her own people’s dysfunction first.

 

[Caaro]

sxb AA's can do 23andme and reconnect with their west african roots

that's so superficial though

You're so hungry for a heritage that you check your dna for some trace. Even then it's not the same, you can't claim a culture you've never even heard of all of a sudden because you found out your ancestors are from there when you're in your mid 30s.

 

[Caaro]

I don’t like your tone but I agree with your final point. AAs have their own distinct culture and achievements so they should be proud and not let culture vultures from Africa and the Carribean try to steal it.

What's their distinct culture? Food, clothing, language, history etc... The only AA culture I can think of off the top of my head is music.