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babaibadan (m)
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@everybody I can see "sistas and brodas" hatin in each other already. If we don't love ourselves who will? 
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davidylan (m)
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This whole thing has gotten out of hand. Both of you should go back and reread the thread, you overlooked a lot or you didn't look at all and that is all I have to say, Daviddylan knows what he was doing and no one should fall for it.
If it looks that way to you its because everyone is not jumping on your bandwagon! What I meant by a Real African was Traditionally African man, black man takes care of the women and the children first. Whenever a black man diplays disrespect to woman and children he is not adhering to the ways of our ancestors, the traditions of our ancestors. I hope you don't misconstrued what I just said.
i wonder where all these stereotypes are coming from. What does "real african" mean? Is there a "real cat" or a "false cat"? Are there "false africans" too? Every man white, black, green or blue takes care of their women and children the same way even animals of lower intelligence do! Our ancestors married uncountable wives, treated their wives as lower than equals and would not hesitate to beat them when the need arose, would you prefer we went back to that kind of lifestyle to prove we are "real african men"?
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Sista (f)
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Daviddylan
That is the problem you have right there, you analyze to much. When ever someone says something you don't agree with you begin to analyze it doing your best to find fault.
In response to what you said about the white man, How would black people feel if he went around voicing how proud he is to be white? First of all I don't think the white man would do that because he has nothing to be proud about.
Secondly, this mess about a real cat and a fake cat. I am not going to go there with you because that is one of your tricks I am not going to fall into. I already explained to you what I feel a real African man is as far as respecting women and children. I know that you are going to try and dismantle all that I say so you have fun, I have no fear.
Why are you talking about Asian, Hispanics and all the other people? My subject matter was about black people loving each other. That is probably the problem you had. When you here black people saying they love each other, you see that as hating everyone else. You don't have to hate everyone else to love yourself but you do have to love yourself before you can love anyone else. You remind me of some kind of spy trying to prove some type of emotional point.
Do you have a wife or girlfriend who is not black? I am starting to wonder, I don't know what your situation is but whatever it is you should be proud of it. You should not be in a situation where you feel strongly about something you constantly look for an oppopportunity prove. If you are happy, you don't go looking for an popportunity prove that everyone is narrow minded. That is all I have to say. I will no longer keep going back and fourth with you.
PS
You have not gone back far enough in your history. Yes Africans did beat their wives and do all the things you said they did but that was after the imposed religious indoctrination by whites on blacks. It was the religious acceptance that made the woman lower than the man and that is why blacks all over the world are lost. We have lost everything including our spirituality. Only the real Africans the ones who have found their self or was never lost can contribute to helping the lost minds of black people.
You sound very Angry, you are an Angry black man who does not sound like he loves his people, black people.
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Bhola (f)
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Good points, Sista. Found your post interesting to read. David, aburo, let it go. Jo, please, biko and all the other Nigerian ways of saying please, just let it go. You don't have to agree on everything and not everytime, will people agree with you. This is a public forum and everyone is entitled to their opinion. Breaking posts down one by one and scrutiniziing them, will not solve anything. So jo, kindly let it go. You really can do that. I am sure you can do that sef. Thanks in advance. 
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davidylan (m)
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In response to what you said about the white man, How would black people feel if he went around voicing how proud he is to be white? First of all I don't think the white man would do that because he has nothing to be proud about.
and what would the black man have to be proud of that the white man does not have? Secondly, this mess about a real cat and a fake cat. I am not going to go there with you because that is one of your tricks I am not going to fall into. I already explained to you what I feel a real African man is as far as respecting women and children. I know that you are going to try and dismantle all that I say so you have fun, I have no fear.
IT IS NO TRICK! It's simply an analogy to prove how weak your "real african man" theory sounds! If you have a "real" then there must be a "false" else modern english has lost its meaning. You explained what you FEEL a real african man is as far as "respecting women and children", 1. it is simply your FEELING. it has not been proven yet. 2. Is the African man the only man capable of respecting women and children? Is the white, asian, mullato man not also equiped to respect his women and children? Are even animals not equiped with the same ability? Does that make them "real white men" or "real animals"? Our ancestors beat their wives, made them inferior to men in the home, do we go back to that to prove "our real african" nature? You have not gone back far enough in your history. Yes Africans did beat their wives and do all the things you said they did but that was after the religious indoctrination by whites on blacks. It was the relreligiousceptance that made the woman lower than the man and that is why blacks all over the world are lost. We have lost everything including our spirituality. Only the real Africans the ones who have found their self or was never lost can contribute to helping the lost minds of black people.
You sound very Angry, you are an Angry black man who does not sound like he loves his people, black people.
Nope. I am not angry neither do i dislike "my people"! I want to go home, i want to see my country again, see my friends and family one more time. I want to raise my kids in the african environment i was raised that keeps me from divorcing my wife after 3 minutes marriage, having my kid swear at me and all that nonsense that happens in the white world in the name of "freedom". But does that mean i have to carry the "my people, my race, my color" albatross around my neck? Must my race define every single step i take in society? It is only blacks who accuse their fellows of having lost their identity. how and why?
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davidylan (m)
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@ bhola,
i hear thee and i hearby comply but let us desist from making sweeping generalisations based on what we FEEL and not what is really true.
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NINETOFIVE (m)
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JUST MY OPPINION!
I find it annoying that many black people feel the need to always reiterate their "pride" in their race or colour. Everyone seems to be carrying the "i'm a strong black woman or man and proud of my colour" badge everywhere. I find it disturbing that we are echoing the very same things we accuse other races of, i wonder what our reactions would be if every white person we met made it a point of duty to remind us every minute they were white and proud of their colour.
I am proud of my race, i love our women and children as much as i have the ability to show it. I don't love them simply because they are black like me, i love them because of their souls just as well as i would show love to my asian, indian and american workmates. Some are quick to loosely use the "real african man/woman" gambit, that is as meaningless as saying a cat is behaving like a "Real siamese cat", no where do you here a white or asian telling you there are accepted behaviors that mark you out as behaving as a "real white man"! It is the same attitudes that has seen many refering to blacks who do well in school as "Acting white"!
all this your vociferous statements is sort of purblind, am sorry but I have to confess, you strike a picture of an inexperienced person. You 've been wasting a lot of your time with whites who pretends to be politically correct, you lack the power of cogitation, or how else can I explain your ignorance, do you surfer from not knowing, yeah few of our African brothers that comes from Africa to the west are easily deceived with the level of pretext in the west, how else can you say this; JUST MY OPPINION!
, no where do you here a white or asian telling you there are accepted behaviors that mark you out as behaving as a "real white man"
I will advice you to stroll to WHITE SUPREMACY FORUM, or rather travel to RUSSIA {as brother I will rather advice you not to}they would not only tell you that, but they would kill your ass, I tryed very hard to desuetude my self of further discursion with you but your level level of ignorance is cumbersome.
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Sista (f)
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ninetofive I love you, you are to much 
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Sista (f)
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Nintofive, Where do you live?
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NINETOFIVE (m)
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I live in the UK sister.
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Sista (f)
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For Nintofive:
Ahh, I wish you were not so far,
Even though you are far away, you will always be in my heart.
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NINETOFIVE (m)
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Ahh, I wish you were not so far,
Even though you are far away, you will always be in my heart.
Is so wonderful to hear that, thank you.
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Sista (f)
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nintofive:
Where at in the UK do you live and how old are you?
How old are you? You seem to be so mature but from what I can see a lot of the people in here are mostly young people.
Don't get me wrong though, I think it is wonderful that young people can express their self on any level.
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NINETOFIVE (m)
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I live in London, you mean so matured in what sense?, can you throw more light into this please if you can.
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Sista (f)
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Nintofive:
If I do that You would have to allow me to Email you. I don't want to be stroking your ego in this discussion area.
You can go to my profile and get my email address. You can email me first so I can get your email address becasue your email adress is blocked in your profile.
That is if you want to.
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Nia
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@ Sista
You seem to be missing some of the points davidylan is trying to point out. I don't always agree with his views, but on this, he is spot on. What you're talking about ( being a real "African man") is a romanticized version of what actually happens. And until you've lived in Africa and have experienced what Davidylan is talking about, I'm afraid your version of events leave much to be desired.
We are talking about a society that still heavily believes that the women are inferior to men and that is one of the major reasons that they protect them. I find it insulting and disturbing that this should be considered the "African way". Forcing women to stay in unhappy marriages, (which might sometimes include mental or physical abuse), telling them they should accept when their spouses cheat on them and never say anything about it etc, are not something we should consider "normal" or "African" in any respect. You're probably thinking "I didn't say this" but that's what you're advocating for indirectly. All these things go on in the guise and pretense that "At least the man is taking care of his family " a.k.a. doing things "the African way".
I will take any good man regardless of his color as long as he respects me and treats me as his equal and not as inferior, with the same amount of respect he will like to receive from me. If this means letting me handle criticisms over the internet by myself, so be it. If this means not jumping in to "defend me" when I'm insulted, I will gladly take it. Why? because I am an individual who is as mentally capable of defending myself over the internet as anyone else and my biological makeup has nothing to do with it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against chivalry and I don't necessarily think (African) chivalry should die, but chilvary done for the wrong reasons and chivalry that is rooted in accepted oppression of a group of people, or belief in the inferiority of that group of people, is not something I advocate. I'm sure you mean well with your post, but we shouldn't live in the illusion that our (African) culture is superior when experiences tell us that we have much room for improvement. (Sorry for the long post).
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mamaput (f)
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Well i was born and breed in Nigeria. The only people i ever heard calling themselves bros or sister were related to each other one way or the other mostly "Uneducated" people And Girls that deny they have a boyfriend and say its their brother. Its only in germany that Nigerians call me sister but that is more of identification
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Sista (f)
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To Nia: I am afraid you need to back up and read the entire thread.
I know that Africans, black people have issues. I also know that if we continue to worry about making peace with everyone else who is not black instead of making peace with each other, we will never be successful economically nor will we be successful black families.
I in no way advocated the mistreatment of black women. Now, I am not going to go into all that I said because if you really care to know you will spend your time going through the thread.
Daviddylan misconstrued what I said about real African people because he had an ulterior motive which was to ambush my opinion and tear down the people who want to be black and proud of being black. I don't know what his issues are but I can speculate that maybe he does not love who he is and that is all I am going to go into on that.
Also, I don't have to live in Africa to understand the mistreatment of woman. I as a Black woman has been through the same thing with black men here in America. A black man is a black man. A corrupt black man is a corrupt black man. A black man who cheats on his wife is a cheater. To me those attributes are not the ones of a Real African. The only proof we have left of what real Africans were is on the walls of "Egypt" Symbolizing that the man and the woman are equal.
This is a public forum where one can state his or her own opinion, I do not need proof as Davidylan implied.
Again, as I told Daviddylan, It was not until the white man entered Africa with his killings, rraping stealing and finally, imposed religion and indoctrination that black people began to take on his characteristics, the white mans characteristics. We have to get back to our roots (history, our history) to understand what happend to us instead of trying to ignore and hope that it will go away. We need to stop trying to protect the white man because we believe he is good. Yes there are some good white people but that does not mean that we should trade our people in for them.
We can not let the white man tell us what our history is.
What did you learn in school about history of black people?
Did you learn anything good?
You know what I learned? I learned that my people in Africa sold my ancestors into slavery. As I got older I began to question that because I just could not believe that my people could do that. I came to the conclusion that even if Africans did sell my ancestors into slavery, at sometime they must have seen it was wrong and attempted to stop.
Why do I think that with my own mind and not believe what white history has told me? I believe that because of this question: "Why would white people come with weapons of mass destruction if Africans were selling their people?" They came with weapons of mass destruction because weather the Africans gave up their own people or not, they (white people) were going to take what they came for, even if they had to kill in order to get it.
Africans could not win a war with the weapons they had in comaprison to the weapons the white man had. This question is what led me to see that white people were lying to me in school. They wanted me to believe that my own people did not love me, so that I would turn against my people but not! Reasearch yourself and you will find that the ways of the black man was not always his way.
It seems to me like you Nia and Daviddylan are trying to justify something and I am not sure what that is but it seems like you had nothing good at all to say about African people, black people.
I see neither of you saying anything good about black people. Something just doesn't seem right about that. I don't think either of you cared about the subject matter of this thread, you totally by passed the meaning which was that black people need each other.
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mamaput (f)
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@ Sista , I do not think that the blacks selling blacks knew what slavery in the USA was all about. They too had slaves but the slaves were not getting the same horrible treatment as they were in the USA. If they had, maybe less people would have traded in slaves. The idea in your post is a good idea but it cannot work out. my sister lives in the USA and he informed me that over there even the blacks discriminate among them selves, on the shed of black, from red to i have forgotten the teams she used. How black are mixed people by the way (For fellow blacks) At least for the white man all are black or not?  ?
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Nia
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@ Sista (you sound strangely like another forumer.) Anyways, If there's anything I've written that you specifically wish to address, feel free to do so. I rarely join a discussion without reading it from the beginning. To address your other points. To Nia: I know that Africans, black people have issues. I also know that if we continue to worry about making peace with everyone else who is not black instead of making peace with each other, we will never be successful economically nor will we be successful black families.
I'm not sure where you got this from, but this conclusion/leap has nothing to do with what I wrote. Unless you're suggesting that African women who are oppressed should continue to ignore it/endure all for the sake of uniting the black race, I don't see your point. Daviddylan misconstrued what I said about real African people because he had an ulterior motive which was to ambush my opinion and tear down the people who want to be black and proud of being black. I don't know what his issues are but I can speculate that maybe he does not love who he is and that is all I am going to go into on that. I don't know what his ulterior motives are, but I have addressed what I agree with about his point which is the issue of "acting like a Real African or the superiority in the belief of doing things the African way", a belief that, is IMO very flawed as it is rooted in injustice and unfair treatment if we look at our history. I should state that I see nothing wrong in calling people brothers and sisters (I do it and have done so in the past) and on that I believe you and I agree. Also, I don't have to live in Africa to understand the mistreatment of woman. I as a Black woman has been through the same thing with black men here in America. A black man is a black man. A corrupt black man is a corrupt black man. A black man who cheats on his wife is a cheater. To me those attributes are not the ones of a Real African. You don't have to live in Africa to understand the mistreatment of women, but it is not enough to read about something and assume you understand. The dynamics of the problems you endure in America are not the same as those African women LIVING IN AFRICA experience. You pointed out that "cheating, forcing your females to suffer and smile, etc, " is not an attribute you consider to be the "real African", I agree but this is not the reality on the ground and it is not all "rosy and well" with African traditions. I think this what Davidylan was trying to point out when you wrote: What I meant by a Real African was Traditionally African man, black man takes care of the women and the children first. Whenever a black man diplays disrespect to woman and children he is not adhering to the ways of our ancestors, the traditions of our ancestors. I hope you don't misconstrued what I just said. And he replied by stating: i wonder where all these stereotypes are coming from. What does "real african" mean? Is there a "real cat" or a "false cat"? Are there "false africans" too? Every man white, black, green or blue takes care of their women and children the same way even animals of lower intelligence do! Our ancestors married uncountable wives, treated their wives as lower than equals and would not hesitate to beat them when the need arose, would you prefer we went back to that kind of lifestyle to prove we are "real african men"? This is a public forum where one can state his or her own opinion, I do not need proof as Davidylan implied. you're right. Again, as I told Daviddylan, It was not until the white man entered Africa with his killings, rraping stealing and finally, imposed religion and indoctrination that black people began to take on his characteristics, the white mans characteristics. We have to get back to our roots (history, our history) to understand what happend to us instead of trying to ignore and hope that it will go away. We need to stop trying to protect the white man because we believe he is good. Yes there are some good white people but that does not mean that we should trade our people in for them. Sista, I know my history. I know that where I come from the hierarchy that places the woman below the man existed before the white man came, I know polygyny and suffering and smiling on the part of women was not a new phenomenon that the white man brought to my part of the continent. This existed even before the colonialist made their way to Africa. However, I will agree with you that colonialism made things much worse and made women even more inferior, but trying to claim that it was nonexistent before whitey came would be intellectual dishonesty on my part. We can not let the white man tell us what our history is. What did you learn in school about history of black people? Did you learn anything good?
You know what I learned? I learned that my people in Africa sold my ancestors into slavery. As I got older I began to question that because I just could not believe that my people could do that. I came to the conclusion that even if Africans did sell my ancestors into slavery, at sometime they must have seen it was wrong and attempted to stop.
Why do I think that with my own mind and not believe what white history has told me? I believe that because of this question: "Why would white people come with weapons of mass destruction if Africans were selling their people?" They came with weapons of mass destruction because weather the Africans gave up their own people or not, they (white people) were going to take what they came for, even if they had to kill in order to get it.
Africans could not win a war with the weapons they had in comaprison to the weapons the white man had. This question is what led me to see that white people were lying to me in school. They wanted me to believe that my own people did not love me, so that I would turn against my people but not! Reasearch yourself and you will find that the ways of the black man was not always his way. Yes, the prejudices of the world are a reality we should face and aim to address constructively. And I am glad for you that you've grown as an individual, and that part of that means separating generalization and stereotypes and embelishments from facts. However, I do not see what purpose it serves me to ignore problems that are keeping my people back all in the name of uniting to fight the white man. Africans aren't stupid. When we see something wrong, we should aim to address/fix it, not blame it on whitey. It doesn't take Einstein to figure out that oppressing a group of people is wrong and saying "Just blame whitey" is an insult to Africans cause it assumes that they don't know any better. How you got the following from what I wrote is baffling though: It seems to me like you Nia and Daviddylan are trying to justify something and I am not sure what that is but it seems like you had nothing good at all to say about African people, black people. I see neither of you saying anything good about black people. Something just doesn't seem right about that. I don't think either of you cared about the subject matter of this thread, you totally by passed the meaning which was that black people need each other. I don't see the correlation between what I wrote and this.
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dafman (m)
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Guys! Guys! Guys!, why not try to understand the point Sista is coming from. If you read the topic you will see clearly that she was trying to say blacks all over the world no matter were they are from should try and cooperate and be united and see themselves as one.
Instead of critiquing every word or statement she makes like you are some professor trying to grade her paper, you should contribute your own opinions as to how blacks can be more united. Do we always have to quarrel and bicker when constructive ideas would do more good.
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Bhola (f)
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Like Dafman said, alls Sista is saying is, be united, QED.
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davidylan (m)
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@ 9to5 You absolutely deserve what is reserved for fools, silence! @ sista, You are merely indulging yourself in romanticized fantasies (if i may borrow Nia's usage of that phrase). What do you really mean by my having ulterior motives? That i did not suddenly jump on the bandwagon and support your ill-constructed fantasies about "real african men"? I will digress a little to use certain examples that may not be directly related to this topic but which i think will shed more light as to my point of view. As mamaput rightly explained, in the Nigeria i lived in the only people who called themselves "brotha and sista" where either directly related or members of an extended family. I nor my myriad of friends ever refered to each other as brotha or sista! It was when i came to this country i began to notice the trend! This idea (i may be wrong) must have been the black man's idea of seeking solidarity amongs each other duriing the slave era, as the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friedn - brotha in this case! A few months ago, Stanley Tookie Williams was convicted of murder, i was shocked to see the number of black people who quickly rallied to free him! Why? Because he was innocent? Or because he was simply a "brotha"? What would have been our reaction if ALL whites rallied to free a member of the KKK accused of murdering a black individual? Since when did racial solidarity supercede the enforcement of justice? A few weeks ago, killings were so rampant in my town at least 5 deaths were recorded in the space of a few days. The killings have been largely black on black, however the police has been stymied in solviing this cases because residents of such black communities rather than cooperate with the police decided to start wearing "don't snitch" T-shirts! Why? Simply because the murderers were black? Does racial solidarity now take precedence as to allow murderers to walk our streets unchallenged? What if whites started wearing "don't snitch" T-shirts? I do not understand the "pressing need" for blacks wherever they are to immediately seek racial solidarity. This to me smacks of an inferiority complex and a great need to feel part of a community to feel accepted. I love my color and i love my race, but i do not feel a pressing need "prove" it! 9to5 claims i need to go to white supremacy sites to see whites who are fiercely proud of their color, unfortunately you are looking not at the mainstream but at the extreme end of the prism. You need to view the broader picture. It is only black people whine on about the paucity of "real black men" to marry "strong black women". what is a "real african man"? That is a question we are yet to find a cogent answer to. What is a "strong black woman"? Are there weak ones too? Most people who feel the pressing need to identify with their race every waking second of their lives would likely swap their "strong black" skin for a white one in a jiffy where it possible. How many africans do we see today attempting to ape the white man's way of speaking? Many of us do not want to be seen as speaking our mother tongues, we consider it vernacular?  I have never heard of chinese people telling their kids not to speak mandarin! Blacks speak "ebonics", we dress like gangsters, we have been swallowed by a rap culture that was never a part of the lives of our ancestors, our women would not want to braid their hair anymore, prefering to wear them with wigs and extensions just so it can look like that of a white womans and we claim to love our race. If there are "Real african men", then there must be "Real african women", our mothers never insulted their husbands, were submissive to them ( a thing that is an anathema to the modern day "real strong black woman"), took care of the home and generally knew their place as inferior to their husbands. Today it is easy to overlook that part and rather focus on the role of the "Real african man"!
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Idekeson (m)
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In Igboland, it's customary to use "Nwannem nwoke" (brother) and "Nwannem nwanyi" (sister), even when no blood relationship exists.
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davidylan (m)
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In Igboland, it's customary to use "Nwannem nwoke" (brother) and "Nwannem nwanyi" (sister), even when no blood relationship exists.
Very true Idek as my mom and uncles happen to be igbo and use the phrase to refer to their tribes people! However i am yet to see them extend the same phrase to a yoruba man or hausa! don't they have the same skin colour too? The igbo usage is not based on race but on tribal solidarity, most traditional igbos (of yesteryears) lived in a communal setting where most all their neighbors where members of a larger extended family. Would they call an Osu (caste system) brotha?
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Free (f)
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You can't truly love a man from another race if the only reason why you are with him or sought him out is because he is another race. All men are the same when it comes to sex, they are going to try and get sex from us women but it is up to us to stand our ground. We have to stop spoiling our men and we have to have patients, we also have to be accountable. yes ma sista i agree with ya on that, and all you have said , i know of the saying "there aint no more good black men left" says who there is still good black men around, sometimes you got to check yourself tooo, maybe your the problem as women our expectations in men are too high, if the guy don't meet all the quality we have listed we tend to let them pass by, but what are qualities just give a brother a chance so he can show he got some good in him, every race got their own issue.llike my sista said a men is still a men dispise his race , black women we got to loosen up a bit, thats why all our men are turning to other races, when they do we complain about how there aint no more good black men around,
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Sista (f)
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To All:
Someone said in this post in Igbo the usage of Brother or Sister is proper. Who knows, weather anyone believes this or not, many blacks in America have manage to hold on to some of the ways or our ancestors. It should be understandable why we make use of Brother and Sister.
However, the topic of this discussion has been interrupted. We have gotten way off of the topic and I wish to redirect back to the topic.
Please, the topic was not about the Usage of Brother and Sister. Daviddylan asked about the usage of brother and sister but he did not contribute or ask anything about the topic.
Please let's not turn this topic into the usage of words, that is so petty and I can't believe it went this far.
I still have not heard anything good about black people in this discussion. All I keep hearing is negativity and this is starting to make me wonder, are black people headed for extinction?
We don't seem to love our self and all we do is fight. A sister in here said that blacks in America are killing each other. Well, blacks all over the world are killing each other. The question is what are we going to do about it, are we going to turn our backs and walk away?
I have been reading the Nigerian news, a lot of black on black killings are taking place there as well. They may not be fighting for the reasons blacks fight and kill in America but the point is they are fighting and killing, please lets focus on that.
Before someone mentions it, I know that blacks killed blacks when they used to war against each other back in the old times, not saying that it was right then but what I am saying is we blacks now are killing over, we want the money or the fame or we want to be accepted. But, most of the killings are taking place because we have been horribly manipulated.
How can Africa be the richest continent and the people who live there are poor? Before someone mentions it, I know that not all Africans are poor but there are far more poor than there is rich. I am not just talking about one part of Africa I am talking about all over Africa.
I This is just my opinion and please correct me if I am wrong but it seems like we don't care about Africa anymore. We want to move to the UK and to America. We want to become more white.
I gave a Nigerian friend of mine a picture of Black Jesus and she was shocked to see one because all she knew was a white Jesus. She took her black Jesus home and hung it on the wall. Her friend from Ghana insulted the picture saying it was ugly and to take it down. This is what I mean by we want to become white we don't like black, Africa. Yeah sure we talk about back home, we talk about how we want to go back and see our family's but would we go back if our family's were not there?
I could see if when we moved we were taking the money we made in America or the UK and putting it back into Africa but that is not what we are doing. We leave Africa and don't come back unless we are visiting.
Has anyone thought about the AIDS conspiracy on blacks. AIDS was created in a lab to eliminate blacks. Why is it that where ever AIDS is in Africa, that is where most of the resources are? I am telling you, they want Africa and it's entirety. Are we going to let this happen? Are we going to trade Africa in for the ways of the white man?
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toshmann (m)
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there are millions of good black men around. but the attitude our sisters give us make us look the other way and unfortunately the bad ones end up hitting on the sisters-yet again.
western propaganda thrives on divide and rule. they divided the black race into africans, carribeans and african american etc, now they want to create a divide between the sisters and the brothers. the agenda now is that brothers are terrible, never do wells, prison experts. etc. so sisters now get scared of brothers, great sisters now remain unmarried(eg rice, oprah) good brothers are not advertised. bad guys are world news. effect, no good black marriages, -children from wrong unions get bad, the evil cycle continues.
but we must say no to that. we gat good people in our midst. doctors,lawyers etc.nobody talks about them.we got good brothers, we got sisters too. let appreciate each other.otherwise our race will be an unfortunate endangered race.
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davidylan (m)
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It will be difficult to find "good black brothas (that word again)" when the black male role models are confined to P Diddy, Usher, Tupac, G Unit, 50 cents and other drive by shooting gangsters!
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toshmann (m)
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david have u ever heard of dr ben carson? he was the 1st guy to separate siamese twins. i wont be surprised if u don't know him b/c nobody talks about him. if he were white even primary school children will know him. he is from detroit. have u heard of him?
propaganda. they wont advertise him. but they'll be quick to show us snoop et al
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Free (f)
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i know Benjamin Carson, i have meet him before, he was a speaker at my university its true people don't hear or know much about him he is a very inspiring person /good role model, we need more people like him
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davidylan (m)
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sure heard of him, i read his books too and it was a great motivation for me. he's my younger brother's motivation to be a neurosurgeon.
I quite agree with you but don't you think we should blow our own trumpet too? Do we really have to wait for the white man to celebrate us for who we are? Of course what do we expect them to do except to praise even their mediocres in order to prove their race is superior to others, it is we that have to celebrate those who deserve it. How many of oour parents are willing to teah our kids, rather parents are busy buying G unit T-shirts and games for their children! It is the duty of us blacks and not whites to educate our children otherwise.
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