sorry, i'm a newb and I don't have if this has been posted yet. but...
Don't you think the African American brothers and sisters should introduce or contribute aspects of African culture into American society and make this country more multicutural? I love African arts and music, and I'd like to see people practicing it in the U.S.
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Cedric Denson, thank you for your welcoming. And I totally agree with you. I think the African bros and sis need to break in and bring the beautiful African cultures. :toast:

sorry, i'm a newb and I don't have if this has been posted yet. but...
Don't you think the African American brothers and sisters should introduce or contribute aspects of African culture into American society and make this country more multicutural? I love African arts and music, and I'd like to see people practicing it in the U.S.
-peace :kiss:

The last thing the United States needs is to be more "multicultural".

The last thing the United States needs is to be more "multicultural".
Explain that, please?

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The essence of American social life, at its intrinsic core, is stolen from African Americans and other diasporic Africans historically.

I’ll make this response short…American culture is riding on the back of African American culture. We have historically put the salt, the pepper, all the sugar and spices into the “white bread” of American culture. Most Americans are in denial and can’t deal with our long history of contributions to their “so-called” cultured reality. There are many African attributes practiced and cherished by whites that either came from or was stolen from African American culture.

And remember, African American culture is also celebrated and emulated all over the world.

There are several threads here at Destee.com that deal with the historical African cultural contributions that have made America culture what it is. And guess what, I haven’t even began to deal with the inventions of African Americans that have changed the world…from the traffic light to the gas mask and so forth.

Peace

Brother Sun

Yeah..explain that, please, because every culture is here BUT OURS?

GLAD TO BE ALIVE IN 2005!

Cedric Denson

Cedric, what do you mean that every culture is here but ours???????? Young brother, that is absurd... That is why I asked Destee to create THIS forum, my young brother... Please, sir, read the threads here-in, and understand that so-called American culture is OUR culture dressed up as theirs... Please, brother, read, read, read, and smell the coffee burnin' up in here...

Peace!
Isaiah

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I apologize if I did not make that post clear. Please keep in mind that just like every human being: I WILL MAKE MISTAKES.

By the way, when you said, "American culture is OUR culture dressed up as theirs...", that is what I mean when I say, "We started it, they just made it over and claim that it belongs to them."

We really need to change society, and what better time than NOW?!

You feel me?

GLAD TO BE ALIVE IN 2005!

Cedric Denson
CD

What exactly in this society has originated from African society.... we may not know the particulars but i must say we all know that there are things that were invented by the African.... but what of society as a whole... what examples can you present to satiate a brothers starving mind...?

CD

What exactly in this society has originated from African society.... we may not know the particulars but i must say we all know that there are things that were invented by the African.... but what of society as a whole... what examples can you present to satiate a brothers starving mind...?

Brother Biorhythm, this particular forum is chock full of examples of African cultural items which our ancestors brought here... Just as our "slang" and vernacular speech, and artforms become accepted and assimilated by the larger society, so has our culture... One has to search and ferret out that which is culturally African... For example, there are words in the language which many think - or perhaps, never think - are African in origin... Banana, Yam, tote, cooter, juke, funki, jam, jelli, and so on... As you can see, the spellings, and perhaps even, the meanings have changed, but the words are of African origin.

One of our problems as a people is that 50 years ago, we could not teach African history if we wanted to... It was completely out of our control... Now that we have the capacity, the scholarship and research to do so, we still are not in control of any school systems in the country... Much worse, Africna people appear not to be interested in things African... The internet, where lots of information can be found, is not even utilized as it should be... Perhaps, the internet actually makes us lazy, too lazy to do the hard work of making a trip to the library... In this forum, there is a lot of info, but folk are not reading the information... They're still asking us where can i find this information??? why, it is right here - if we bother to look...(smile!)

Peace!
Isaiah

Brother Biorhythm, this particular forum is chock full of examples of African cultural items which our ancestors brought here... One has to search and ferret out that which is culturally African...

In this forum, there is a lot of info, but folk are not reading the information... They're still asking us where can i find this information??? why, it is right here - if we bother to look...(smile!)

Peace!
Isaiah


I will take what you have said into consideration....