Imari:

LOL   

I have to ask for an translation of that (ebonics) and I'm an American.

ogugua88:

I don modify am small lol.

Come to think of it, what about the Nigerians in Nigeria? My cousins type and speak in ebonics and they've never been abroad. I find myself asking for translations at times.

Something becomes "sumfyn". It's ok becomes "the ish iz aiit". You are aren't you becomes "u are aint'chyu".

I no fit shout again.

aminalib:

so tosin, u are REALITY101?

Imari:

THANKS 

The article and the video, I almost fell out the bed laughing.

EzeUche:

The "urban" culture not only impacts some Africans, it also impacts other groups such as Asians, Hispanics and people from Europe. This is the price you pay when you live in the United States. I have seen some very "urban" Hmong (Asian) and Philipinos, as well as some very "urban" Armenians in California. Africans are not immune, and if you go to Houston or the DC suburbs, you will find many Nigerians who have embraced this lifestyle. Remember that DC's #1 rapper is a Nigerian. Wale! The point I am trying to make, is that there is nothing wrong with the "urban" lifestyle as long as they remember their roots.

Thirst4Lif:

The woman you mention in this story made her OWN choices.

No one forced her! You mean she was so taken with the 'American lifestyle' it caused

her to have 4 children with 4 different men? What about the women

in America who have no children or who's children are only by their

husbands? There are such women, you know? Whey didn't she pattern

her life after them?! Africans scramble to get to America, but when their

lives go bad they want to blame everyone but themselves for their bad

decision making. This woman  would have been a w.hore regardless of where

she'd made her home! STOP BLAMING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU ARE FOOLISH

Ileke-IdI:

I doubt Nigerians are among those Africans. Nigerians in large detest anything ghetto.
Well maybe the Nigerians that have been living her since the 30s (as some claim on NL) might live the "urban" ghetto lifestyle. But I am 99% confident that 100% Yoruba people would (if they could) avoid living amongst the Akatas.

We thrive to survive, to bring our children up right. We strive to live the Nigerian lifestyle in a non-Nigerian region.

A.D.M.:

Well, well, well. I see somebody has created another anti-AA thread. You know, I find it funny that some say that absolutely hate group A, but they can't stop talking about group A. If you hate group A so much, why talk about them? Anyway, as some here said this "urban lifestyle" is specific to one group. I've seen black, white, Asian, and so-called "Latino" (they are not actual Latinos) youngsters with the "urban" behavior. Is it unfortunate? Yes. However, one person's actions do not determine the behavior of an entire group.

Ileke-IdI:

Paranoia.

Should I point out to you that no one has mentioned hating "group A" or could you be a little less lazy and read through the posts on this thread to find out for yourself?

Not living with "group A" does not mean one hates "group A", it could mean a number of things. Hate could be ONE of them, and not necessarily a strong dislike of the person, but their livelihood.

And if you understand a lil bit of statistics, you'd know that one can never determine any interval for a population (entire group). but there's a probability that  you could determine an interval for that population through the samples you've met and encountered. So yes, Nigerians might have this so so mentality for "group A" through samples of "group A" they've been fortunate or unfortunate to meet.

Imari:

Actually, the OP made the distinction that it was not typical of ALL AA but "some" as the word that was used and that it was a "stereotypical" way that many view African Americnas.

If not for that distinction I would have taken offense as I am a member of that group and it is offensive when ALL AA are singled out in the U.S by the white community, as being "ghetto, hoodrat, crackhead, drug dealers, welfare queens with multiple baby daddies or gang banging thugs" .

You are correct in saying that here in the U.S. every group has those elements but it is the black face that is painted in the picture that is disparaged all the time and is just a way not to look at what's wrong in your very own community.

Ileke-IdI:

Actual, it is very fair of me.
Based on the Nigerians I know and have encountered, it's not impossible to make an ASSUMPTION based on that experience. I guess it boils down to who we know and associate with.
But Nigerians in general, MO, would not willingly settle down in that kind of lifestyle. Even AA in their right sense of mind and financial situation would not agreeably live the ghetto lifestyle. That lifestyle, IMO, is a forced circumstance.