Recent immigrants to the U.S. are black Americans. African-Americans are black Americans whose ancestry goes back to American slavery.
CTJ:
All of our ancestors and we the descendants have roots etc. back to Mother Africa...
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Unlike recent immigrants who hail from distinct tribes and particular countries on the continent, tribe Africa-America was made one from many and forged in American slavery.... not Brazilian slavery, or Jamaican slavery, but U.S. slavery.
CTJ:
On point/on time...
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Recent immigrants are more properly called, for ex., Nigerian-Americans, Botswanan-Americans, Ghanian-Americans. They applied for, fulfilled the citizenship requirements of and swore allegiance to the country, the United States of America, not to the tribe, Africa-America. While black Americans, they are no more African-American than an African-American who takes out Nigerian citizenship is a Yoruba.
CTJ:
Time will tell...
You wrote:
Unlike recent immigrants who hail from distinct tribes and particular countries on the continent, tribe Africa-America was made
one from many and forged in American slavery.... not Brazilian slavery, or Jamaican slavery, but U.S. slavery.
CTJ:
Yes, also on point/on time, too, but I had and have contacts with others, all thruout the black disaspora, who see things as we do, as well as are striving for the same goal(s), i. e., a shared intent and purpose, unity etc., for all of our sakes...
You wrote:
Recent immigrants are more properly called, for ex., Nigerian-Americans, Botswanan-Americans, Ghanian-Americans. They applied for, fulfilled the citizenship requirements of and
swore allegiance to the country, the United States of America, not to the tribe, Africa-America. While black Americans, they are no more African-American than an African-American who takes out Nigerian citizenship is a Yoruba.[/QUOTE]
CTJ:
The jury's out...Everybody is presumed innocent until proven guilty, i. e., it isn't about the takes of individuals, it also is about the takes of whichever people choose or chose to immigrant here, etc.
Do reread brother Malcolm's' call to our people, both here and around the globe, i. e., his 'Message to the Grassroots', etc.
We need not begin again, just start fresh!
(Smile)