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First: I hope the ''italics'' were noticed.
Second: I don't like being refered to as ''Black''
just for the simple fact that I'm not black, I'm brown.
I don't wish I was any lighter or hate my skin,
I just feel that if I am to be refered to as a color,
it might as well be my actual color. Even the darkest
person I know, is not black. Now to my topic.

Has anyone noticed any major differences between people born,raised in Africa and people who were born and raised in America. Most folks I know call people from Africa, ''the Africans'' most of they're knowledge of Africans is they do braids, they're really dark, or they have aids.

My bf's mom is from my state and his dad is Nigerian.
When I told my family about him, they said all kinds of ignorant things
like, he wants five wives, he very dominant, or asked if he bathed.

But on the flip side, while not in person, I have read in many forums about how people from Africa feel, about Americans.
Like the women are lazy, golddiggers, can't keep a man. They're dumb, disrespectful, the list goes on in bothways.

Anyone else have thoughts/feelings on the matter?

AFRICAN americans in my community think horribly of mixed (white black) families. they would purposely say white jokes around them. (honsetly, i dont know if this has anything to do with ths post, so if it doesnt i'm just gonna say this: POSTING 4 GOLD)

I caught some of my family making ignorant comments about Africans and I'm quick to put an end to it. A lady at my church showed some pictures of her missionary trip to West Africa and when I reported back to my family, a family member asked "did they(the Africans) all have knotty heads." things like that is what is wrong with people of African descent on both sides of the ocean, making ignorant comments and perpetuating ignorance. It's sad because these same people who treat eachother like crap, you better not say anything bad about a white person because they'll be the first to tell you off.

Text book answer:

African Americans still suffer today from the effects of slavery. Therefore, such events as mis-education, which causes ignorance, which causes animosity occurs on a people that were scarred from birth because of the color of their skin.

Africans do not suffer from the same type of effects of African Americans.
They suffer from what African Americans have that Africans dont.

My Answer

Africans are some of the most beautiful people in the world.

AND CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, Africans don't have problems with African Americans. In fact, they are very open and very welcome towards African-Americans.

But a couple things im tired of:

The ignorance of my fellow African American brothers and even I at times is what Immigrant Africans see when they arrive. They think "Black" is what they see on ******** BET. No. No. NO.

I was asked recently by an African, "Are u a ******?". My first emotional response was shock. I said no. I am not. Then he asked, "Am i a ******?". I said HAIL!!! No. U see, Africans will take up to what they see as society sees African Americans. Africans will TAKE UP to what they see AS SOCIETY SEES African Americans.

No. No. No.
THats twisted and backwards.
WE us African Americans should be lookin up to them. Their work ethic. Their struggle for makin it by. We listen to our bullshit Role Models Like Ludacris and Plies talkin bout "I Grew UP a Screw Up bullshit" and how "I Hustle all day" and "Im In Love With Money" and all that bullshit.

Yea we went through s**t here. And yea racism and s**t still exists today. But thats A b***h Excuse. And WE ALL KNOW It.
Were on the verge of maybe gettin a Black President.
How the ******** u gon say, " WHite Man gots me down. I can't be nothing."
Im tired of hearing that from my lazy African Americna Brothers.
BULLSHIT.

Im tired of it. We can learn some things from Africans.

I went to Haiti last year. Quick History Lesson: Haiti was the sight of the only successful Slave Rebellion. With the help of Maroons. Maroons were rebel run away slaves that lived in the mountains and hills of the island of Haiti. I met Maroons. And I was enlightened by their work ethic, their mannerism, and their ability to never stay emotionally down.

If u were to take a 5 Maroons (who look just like normal African Americans by the way) dress them in baggy jeans and white tees and mix them with 5 African Americans dressed the same way, I could tell the maroons from the African Americans, JUST FROM THE WAY THE STAND AND THE WAY THEY WALK. Maroons walk with their chests out, chin up, head high. Always.

We should learn from them. Africans. The People of the Mother Land.
The Beautiful People.


Majic Has Spoken
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No, that really applies to Australia more.

Africa is a continent with many countries, each country having multiple cultures within, each culture having pride in itself. From what I understand (someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, as I've never been to Africa sweatdrop ), people living over in Africa don't really like when the different countries are lumped together like states are in the U.S. It's like saying Europe is a country of its own but with states.

I heart this post.

People of African descent all of the world have to get past European exploitation. It's a shame that alot of "us" don't realize that media stereotypes are lies and that goes both ways. Most Africans I've met have been pretty friendly. Things would be alot better if people wouldn't expect the worse from others.

I agree with you Majic, Africans are some pretty people...and that includes more than Eritrians and Somalians 3nodding

I have to say its not only the people from Africa or America doing that I've seen Islanders Who talk smack about other black races I'm Haitian and my mother always have something to say about African Americans, my friends ex father hated the fact thats he was Haitian and he was Jamaican with a white wife and i always thought it weird


I don't know why there so much of that within our cultures...........