Akata?

Good Tee-chan,we may be able to teach you certain things your Nigerian boyfriend may not have time to teach UI've actually heard some of the stereotypes at work but we all know better,there are good and bad people of every race,color or creed.Personally I have some real awesome African American(and white) friends from church and I love them dearly.

Word of advice,you better hold tight onto that Naija boy  and treat him right(hopefully he's worth all that)
If he seems to always want to be in charge,that's how most of our men are,they mean no harm,they know how to treat a woman right.

And all the men say, Amen.

As we ve seen  on this thread, there is no unanimity of opinion on this issue, and one issue still stands, that  Akata  has a contextual meaning assigned to it by  a speaker.  How many times do  I get referred as an African  or Africans.  Do I have to always decipher it as being barbaric or backward. NO, In all fairness, its  always used in a derogatory way, but not everyone means to hurt my feelings

Akata is a demeaning word in ANY context. Do not be fooled. It's literal meaning is wild animal and it references AA in a deamening derogatory way. There is no positive way the word can be used in ANY context. Its always negative. Its like calling someone of African origin an Ape or a monkey. There is no way calling someone an Ape can ever be positive in any context.

And speak for yourself my brother, I do not prefer to be called Nigerian than African. Nigeria was coined by the British and has the word Niger in it. Its like saying Blackaria or Negroaria. But whatever floats your boat I guess.

And Drusilla is right, Nigga and Nigger are words that where flipped by AAs due to its long history in the States. Blacks calling other blacks nigga is not meant to be demeaning. Akata doesnt have the same contextual use and it has no such history behind the word.

How could you think N.i.g.g.a is a bad word and not Akata. 

T.o.H what is kokoye

hispanic. 

That's why the rest of the world hates Americans 

And here I am thinking probably one of my parents' friends' friend made up the word as one of their secret codes to refer to people (in this case, hispanic people). lol

Piff, that's retarded!! What's all the name calling for. Why can't you'all just refer to people by what they are? We aren't AKATAS and Hispanics aren't F-ing KOKOYES, you Oaf. Are you prejudice, or what? You want to call me an Akata, OK, but in return I'll delightfully refer to you as a Booty Scratchin Heathen.  Fair is fair, right? 

It's not "name calling", it's called language. Why should we use English words when speaking in our mother's tongue, you dimwitted tart
and I think it's hilarious that you actually think I give a shit on what you choose to call Africans. I wish I gave a damn but I truly don't. Sorry

Ode.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks Hero is a dumbass.  , What does Booty scratcher mean though?Couple of AAs have called me that, don't know what they mean by it. I first thought it meant that I'm good with handling ladies' ass but I realized that isn't case. 

How do you expect me to ask after I've knocked a couple of teeth out?, You can tell me though! , You probably don't know what it means, just come out and say it.

Isnt that funny? They call Africans monkey yet get mad when white people call them pretty much the same thing

Lol BAs are so pathetic. 

Yes, ignorance is ignorance. How is an AA calling an African a Monkey any different than an African calling an AA a wild beast, cat or whatever else animal it may refer to, ey? 

If that's what you think those words truly mean, the I see now that I'm wasting my time talking to you about this situation,  in that I know more about it than you do as an indulgent user of the degrading words, Busche.