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I'm black, I'm African.
http://newsone.com/2768891/orville-lloyd-douglas-self-hatred/
A few things to note about this brutha:
1. His reasons are baseless. Music doesn't define your race, many black (and I'm one of them ) listens to rock, and pop music.
2. He condemns one archetype, just to embrace one that looks nothing like him.
3. His lack of self knowledge. We are the originals, we are the archetype.
While I and many others love themselves, we have to remember everybody is not in the same place mental wise....
(Sista Destee taught me that)
Peace!
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Nice post
I believe "Black" is just a race. "African-American" is our attempt to establish a nationality. I prefer it because it links me to Africa. Nationalities are important. Having a land base to anchor to, is what gives a people power. If you are Chinese-American, something goes down, China has your back. We don't know exactly what country we originate from, so we identify with the whole continent. And, we are trying to build a connection with the continent.
I identify myself as an African-American. But, internally, I am STILL African. But, it confuses people when I say I am African. African is the dominant gene, and the gene that I relate to. I also relate to what Kwame Nkrumah said:
I believe "Black" is just a race. "African-American" is our attempt to establish a nationality. I prefer it because it links me to Africa. Nationalities are important. Having a land base to anchor to, is what gives a people power. If you are Chinese-American, something goes down, China has your back. We don't know exactly what country we originate from, so we identify with the whole continent. And, we are trying to build a connection with the continent.
I identify myself as an African-American. But, internally, I am STILL African. But, it confuses people when I say I am African. African is the dominant gene, and the gene that I relate to. I also relate to what Kwame Nkrumah said:
"I am not African because I was born in Africa, but because Africa was born in me."
At the time, when Jesse first popularized the term African-American, there weren't many Africans from the continent here. Now, we have many Africans from the continent. So, it may be considered complicated, if you want to go there. But I don't think it should. I think I should establish unity between us. What does it matter if you left African yesterday or 400 years ago? Are we not still brothers and sisters? Are we falling for the ole divide and conquer?