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Drusilla (f)
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Thank you.  |
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Sista (f)
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@Babiosisisista,you call white people whitey as slang,we call you akata as slang,same thing.
If you can't take it don't dish it At least when I refer to white people as whitey, I am not lying about who they are because they are in fact white all I did was add the letter y at the end of who they are. Y are they white, LOL Nigerians can't even began their self to explain what the hell Akata means. Some Nigerians say it is a positive name for African Americans, most say it is a negative name calling for African Americans. To me Akata is much more harsh than white people calling black people nigger. I am black, black American. Nigerians are black, black Africans. We are both black, how the hell is another group of black people going to come up with a derogatory name to call another group of black people who more than likely share a blood line with them? it's stupid, plain stupid and a waste of time. Neither one of the groups is doing better than the other yet one group is acting as if the other group is less than the other. This is No different from what white people do when they seperate black people as if they are different species of primates. You will not understand me Babiosis, we both know how you feel about White people in comparison to how I feel about them. Whitey is not derogatory but Akata is. I would rather be called blacky or browny any day before I am called an Akata. At least Blacky or Browny has something to do with who I am and where I come from. I know you are going to have something to say about that particular part. Akata sounds stupid coming from the mouths of Nigerians. Nigerian accent can be beautiful but Nigerians saying something like Akata makes the Nigerian accent sound dumb, evil, and lacking any kind of sense.
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Drusilla (f)
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Sista,
Here is what is missing from the idea that "Akata" is the same as "whitey".
Whitey's have spent 600 to 400 years oppressing Blacks. It would be understandable if we called them a name or two.
What however have African Americans ever done to some Nigerians? To justify name calling us?
Their not the same thing.
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Drusilla (f)
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Sista,
Think about what whites did to Nigeria and continue doing to Nigerians.
Yet some Nigerians go ballistic if you try to call their 'white gods' a name!
Some how it is the Blackman they meet in the west who deserve to be put down?
It only makes sense, if you think in terms of Blacks being taught self-hatred. Mentacide.
We call names about Blacks who have done nothing to us, but we defend and protect the whites who have treated us like a N2 Naija whore?
It is surely mentacide. There is no other reason for it.
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typical
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I am older than a few people here and grew up in Nigeria. I never realised that the word AKATA could be construed to be derogatory. I have always known it as a term of endearment and I remember when I was growing up, my friends and I used to tell ourselves that we would marry Akata.
This derogatory meaning is kind of new to me.
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delf747 (m)
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Whitey's have spent 600 to 400 years oppressing Blacks.
This is a lie. The West has only provided a software and hardware update to all human civilizations which has given us science and technology, modern medicine, modern education, democracy, human rights, the internet, women's rights, freedom of religion, large-scale production methods to sustain more humans, realisation of individual aspirations and space travel.  |
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Stilettos (f)
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which one is all this Nigerians this Nigerians that? what is happening? is this a Black American forum or a Naija forum? please u guys ease up with the way you talk about us, i don't understand just yesterday i came across another one here , non Nigerian talking bad about us, do u people not have your own forums haba! be a lover of naija or clear out  @Topic the diff between Black Americans and africans ( i delibrately call them black americans) is that Black americans are like the cubs taken from a Lioness and do nothing but roam around in a state of paranoia and madness, where as the African is the cub that remained with the Lioness, learnt to be bold, strong and proud, grew to be stout at heart, hungry for victory and stable in mind. Another difference is Black Americans have not learnt FORGIVENESS and carry around bags of self doubt and insecurity. And they point their fingers alot |
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Drusilla (f)
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The West has only provided a software and hardware update to all human civilizations which has given us science and technology, modern medicine, modern education, democracy, human rights, the internet, women's rights, freedom of religion, large-scale production methods to sustain more humans, realisation of individual aspirations and space travel. Delf747, Do not try to distort the issue by changing white people have oppressed blacks for 400 to 600 years to just the west. The groups are not historically interchangeable. |
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Drusilla (f)
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Typical,
A lot of people say the same thing. They did not realize that Akata was supposed to be negative.
I believe them. The name does not bother me as much as it bothers others.
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Drusilla (f)
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Stiletto,
Yeah, we can see from America, how well the stout Lions of Africa are doing.
The continent and the condition it is in, is proof of that.
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Donzman (m)
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This is a lie.
The West has only provided a software and hardware update to all human civilizations which has given us science and technology, modern medicine, modern education, democracy, human rights, the internet, women's rights, freedom of religion, large-scale production methods to sustain more humans, realisation of individual aspirations and space travel. Stop living in self-deceit. The west do not own the monopoly to democracy, human rights, freedom of religion, individuality nor women's rights. People from my village have been practicing democracy for a while, they recognize human rights and do not deride people based on skin colour. Women are glorified, people practice whatever religion they wish where I come from (unlike the West and their religious imperialism). . .Need I continue? |
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Drusilla (f)
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Stop living in self-deceit. The west do not own the monopoly to democracy, human rights, freedom of religion, individuality nor women's rights.
People from my village have been practicing democracy for a while, they recognize human rights and do not deride people based on skin colour. Women are glorified, people practice whatever religion they wish where I come from (unlike the West and their religious imperialism). . .Need I continue? Donzman, I agree with you. (Yes, hell has frozen over. Smile) |
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delf747 (m)
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Stop living in self-deceit. The west do not own the monopoly to democracy, human rights, freedom of religion, individuality nor women's rights.
People from my village have been practicing democracy for a while, they recognize human rights and do not deride people based on skin colour. Women are glorified, people practice whatever religion they wish where I come from (unlike the West and their religious imperialism). . .Need I continue?
Donzman, You are right. African people rejected the Western practices that were uneccessary or harmful to their way of life and incorporated those which improved it. African people are positive and progressive. |
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babyosisi (f)
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I am older than a few people here and grew up in Nigeria. I never realised that the word AKATA could be construed to be derogatory. I have always known it as a term of endearment and I remember when I was growing up, my friends and I used to tell ourselves that we would marry Akata.
This derogatory meaning is kind of new to me.
The word is not derogative ,I agree with you. sista,my sister,akata just describes an African American and we call white people oyibo or bekee in Igboland. Akata is sometimes used as name for imported things. I've even heard expressions like "I dey go akata" meaning,I'm going abroad. It is nowhere as malignant as you make it out to be. |
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babyosisi (f)
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Anyone who claims to know the exact meaning of akata is lying,to us it just describes,foreign or African American.
I personally had tried to stop using it for description but African American is just too long.
And black would include every black person.
You see my dilemma.
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Drusilla (f)
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Donzman,
You are right.
African people rejected the Western practices that were uneccessary or harmful to their way of life and incorporated those which improved it.
African people are positive and progressive. Delf747, Don't you think it is unfair for you to keep the good drugs that you use to yourself? I need some of your happy pills, they must be damn good. |
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delf747 (m)
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Do not try to distort the issue by changing white people have oppressed blacks for 400 to 600 years to just the west.
The groups are not historically interchangeable.
Drusilla, Generally, we can state that both terms (West - white) historically coincide to such an extent they are the same thing but of course you are reluctant to admit this since you are obsessed with polarizing white and black people but love the West so much you'll never leave it and hence this is the source of your schizo relationship with whites. White people are brown and they're just going to have to get used to that whether they like it or not. So are you! |
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Drusilla (f)
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Delf747, Drusilla,
Generally, we can state that both terms (West - white) historically coincide to such an extent they are the same thing but of course you are reluctant to admit this since you are obsessed with polarizing white and black people but love the West so much you'll never leave it and hence this is the source of your schizo relationship with life. Delf747, Helloooooo. 200 million Black people live in the West. In fact, I am related to those people. We have lived in the West for 600 to 400 years. You call me the phucking racist? When you have just wiped out 600 years of Blacks in the "West", when you claim "the West" means "White"? Not only that but for anybody to call the West solely - White. You have wiped Africa's interaction with the West off the MAP! At one time, Britains had more "African Money" in their banks, then they had their own money in the British Treasury. When the War with Germany came, this "African Money" is what the British used to try to save themselves. No Africa? No West, my man. White people are brown and they're just going to have to get used to that whether they like it or not.
So are you! This is why the professor called "Colorblindness", Racism in drag queen clothes. Those who want to not see white or black, do just what you just did. They say the West = White. They stop seeing us Black folks. Apparently they only want to be really blind to one color. Blacks. That is why I like to be in their face about my being BLACK. |
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Drusilla (f)
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Africans are not a "footnote" in the books of "The West's" history.
Kapeesh?
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delf747 (m)
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200 million Black people live in the West. Drusilla, I am glad you agree with me. More than 1 billion brown people live in the West. And more than 6.5 billion brown people live on Earth! |
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Drusilla (f)
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Delf747,
No you can't play that racist, horribly insulting shyte you just said off.
I been meaning to get back to you.
Trust me. Your little remark that "the worst thing Blacks could do is unite" doesn't go unremembered by me.
You been sneaking around here pretending to be an enlightened whiteman for far too long with out being called on the carpet for all your hateful and destructive remarks about Black Folks.
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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Drusilla? He actually said that?  Na wa oh |
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Drusilla (f)
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Jos,
Yeah, he said it a while back. I don't remember where he said it. I ignored it at the time or was on sabbatical and so had no time to reply.
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Omo Eko (f)
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Africans very hard working takes education serious Family value smart when it come to making money we plan our future ahead Africans America Lazy people No future no education/degree criminal drug users No respect to their adults No cultures or morals and y the hell are your comparing Africans to AA? Y DO You THINK THEY CALL THIS AA AKATA? |
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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Thats crazy, I want him to explain the context to why he said that, but to me its pretty much inqexcusable to say that.
Unity has been our problem and someone is now saying that we should remain in this deplorable way?
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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Africans very hard working takes education serious Family value smart when it come to making money we plan our future ahead Africans America Lazy people No future no education/degree criminal drug users No respect to their adults No cultures or morals and y the hell are your comparing Africans to AA? Y DO You THINK THEY CALL THIS AA AKATA? Stereotypes are the work of the devil OMO EKo. Its like saying that all Africans are corrupt and all Jamaican people do is smoke weed, ! Work of the devil for real! |
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delf747 (m)
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Trust me. Your little remark that "the worst thing Blacks could do is unite" doesn't go unremembered by me.
You been sneaking around here pretending to be an enlightened whiteman.
You are a filthy two-faced liar. Bring foward the post where I ever said such a thing. |
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Omo Eko (f)
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Stereotypes are the work of the devil OMO EKo.
Its like saying that all Africans are corrupt and all Jamaican people do is smoke weed, !
Work of the devil for real!
WHAT I SAID WAS THE TRUTH MY BROTHER |
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delf747 (m)
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Drusilla? He actually said that? Na wa oh JosBoy, Don't believe that lying American. She's a hardcore racist just like her American brethren and will never change. |
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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You two are being very contradictory, I need evidence now drusilla
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JosBoy4Lif (m)
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What you said was not true. If only they told you about the many Good hardworking AFrican Americans your perception might change!  And you know there are people in every race who fall in both your categories. Perceptions are not REAL! |
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Drusilla (f)
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JOS,
Wasn't it convenient that after I said that I could not remember, Delf747 asks for the post?
But I like it.
We finally getting some where with seeing the real Delf747.
His real hateful and angry nature is coming out.
None of this lovey-dovey the whitey-blackey shyte, he been handing me.
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