Black People : AS AN AFRICAN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AMERICAN?

[KWABENA]

Hello Family:

I just wanted to get this from my Destee Family:

As black folks, What does it mean to be an American? And how much pride do you take in being an American?

CD

 

[info-moetry]

peace,

It means absolutly nothing...................No I'm wrong, let me try this again it means to be owned by the Italian cracker Amerigo Vespuci, whom this name is derived from. I could never disrespect my ancestors by calling myself an "AFRO-AMERICAN"..

If my christian brothas and sistas are correct when they say u can't walk with God & Satan at the same time, by using this term to describe ourselves that is exactly what we would be trying to do!

peace

 

[KWABENA]

peace,

It means absolutly nothing...................No I'm wrong, let me try this again it means to be owned by the Italian cracker Amerigo Vespuci, whom this name is derived from. I could never disrespect my ancestors by calling myself an "AFRO-AMERICAN"..

If my christian brothas and sistas are correct when they say u can't walk with God & Satan at the same time, by using this term to describe ourselves that is exactly what we would be trying to do!

peace

That post made me laugh! It actually had me thinking that Radical Faith wrote it, because he speaks his mind in the same way you do, moetry. Also, anAfrican, don't you feel that we have no rights to exercise here in Amerikkka?

CD

 

[pdiane]

My God, I don't even see myself as an amerikkkan. I see myself as a descendent of kidnapped, brutalized Afrikans. I see amerikkka a place of decay and insanity. God help my people!

 

[Orisons]

Too True.

My God, I don't even see myself as an amerikkkan. I see myself as a descendent of kidnapped, brutalized Afrikans. I see amerikkka a place of decay and insanity. God help my people!

Orisons: I share your perception of the catastrophic shambles all around us, however the Creator helps those who help themselves, thus we owe it to the ancestors [and their tortured, mutilated and murdered siblings] to adequately secure ourselves and our communities in the USA, the rest of the Diaspora, and most importantly for our long term redevelopment Africa.