CAMNEWTON4PRES:


Which begs the question, what are black officials doing ? Mayors ,senators, congressmen & president ? Or they are like the typical coons, who forget easily and think they are better niggers ? I mean storming Trump rallies, looting, screaming on top of your lung won't do much when the same day you are patronizing the same Racist white America products and corporate. How do we explain the disenfranchisement of black in cities like Ferguson, Baltimore who when they are not black dominated are black managed with black mayors etc , why are they not fighting the Racist motivated zoning all over America ? Again do you think so the protests have made any progress? We did not see any Latino lives matters or stop insulting/stereotyping Latino, that's because they know where to hit, their officials have their issues at heart .
Now yes we will have Africans victims that's true as far I'm concerned the solution to it is for Africans to embrace fully America and to start building ethnic enclaves of increasing their population in some districts ,then elect their own people, like I said we have bigger issues which se em not to interest black or white American. It will take time but our voice must b heard in this country . we cannot focus our time ,money and voice on things we have no clues of, slavery did happen true, but we are so far from it, the relationship between White & BA does not interest us , the same way Latino or Asians are not interested. That doesn't mean they love Asians or Asians love them .
The problems facing black America are not ours , dysfunctional family structure

The thing is most africans won't fully embrace being American even if they are American citizens, at least socially because America is not their birth home. Even asians and latinos don't but they still managed to build a network for themselves, especially asians; Why do you think their are China towns all over America in almost every single state. Most asians have their own laundry mats/dry cleaners, banks, super markets, restaurants, nail shops, supply stores, transportation business, hair salons, pharmacies and etc

CAMNEWTON4PRES:
Muafrika , are the sons & daughters of slaves helping us ? Have they made easy for Africans to settle ,progress and prosper here ? We have bigger issues or most important issues particular to us that no one wants to hear . the issue of international fees(college) skyrocketing without explanation, the rate at which we receive visas even when we already have family here , you know Africans are the most likely to have their visas denied right ? , work permits , etc . furthermore unlike black American Africans don't have representatives and senators, I'm not the walking in the streets kind of guys, and I'm actually wondering what are black Americans senators and congressmen saying and doing about this ? Obama has done more for gays and hispano than for his people , so how can Africans help ? We are so disenfranchised in this country despite our contributions and this by both white & black , therefore I believe in fighting for our own Africans problems starting with being recognized as a different entities in any census . we are Africans and should b recognized as such ..if they want the can add sub Saharan Africans

I do agree with that when it comes to being recognized in the census, caribbean have also complained about this issue as well and I suspect in the future Blacks of foreign decent will demand to be recognized like that but it won't be easy.

panafrican:
To Anonymous6
This is not about nails or Beauty Supplies Store issues. It is not about cooking either.Women should stay out of those debates they cannot comprehend. Got it ?
Like writing English, go write pages about something else but stay out of social engineering.

you must be out of your mind, women can debate whatever issues they want and as a Nigerian American I have the right. I posted the article cause I have the right to and I did cause the topic was interesting me. This is not the stone age, got it? GTFOH

Muafrika2:
My country man was just another black teen shot (Happened in Salt City the other day) four times in the street for holding a broom stick. That got me angry.

Africans get mistreated all the time in the US. They just let it be coz as you said, they consider it a temporary place. But they should help their brothers voices be heard instead of acting like they are unaffected.

Yea I understand, to me the black lives matter movement will become another movement pushed into the sidelines cause of their message has holes in it and their behavior at times is just disruptive and rude.

Well like you said Africans act unaffected cause many of them are unaffected by it. To them America is a land of opportunity and stability to be successful compared to some of the african countries their from. So when they see racism, as long as they can make their money, get their house, send money to their countries, and etc racism just something they see as a flaw in society that will take time to go and not a fight they care much about, especially when many are not socializing with others but their own

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLlO5Sqp-_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYSuMjh874c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQF0zTnHfVQ

Spike Lee Calls Out Black Lives Matter: ‘You Can’t Ignore That We Are Killing Ourselves, Too’

[size=15pt]While promoting his new film Chi-Raq, a satirical take on the gang violence in Chicago, Spike Lee told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that he’s “all for Black Lives Matter,” but “we as a people can’t be blind to” black-on-black crime.[/size]

[b]“We cannot be out there” protesting purported police violence “and then when it comes to young brothers killing themselves, then mums the word. No one’s saying nothing? It’s got to be both ends,” Lee said.

Indeed, the drug-fueled turf wars between rival gangs is crippling Chicago. There have been more than 2,558 people shot so far this year with 378 of them killed by gunfire. The total homicide count, so far, is more than 428.

Among the slain was nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee who was allegedly lured into an alley and executed. His murder was allegedly perpetrated to send a message aimed at his gang-banging father.

“New York City has three times the population of Chicago, but Chicago has more homicides. This is the spot, Ground Zero,” Lee said.

The violence is so bad that Comcast is now canceling appointments in some areas of Chicago because the risk is to high.

Spike Lee said Black Lives Matter should focus on police brutality, “but you can’t ignore that we are killing ourselves, too. We can’t ignore that.”[/b]
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/11/13/spike-lee-calls-black-lives-matter-cant-ignore-killing/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5yk7Vngi_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8KZzM8qTLk

A Rasmussen poll finds that just 31% of African-Americans identify with the term “black lives matter,” suggesting that support for the controversial movement is much weaker than has been suggested.

[b]Asked, “Which statement is closest to your own—black lives matter or all lives matter?”, 31% of likely black voters said they embraced “black lives matter,” while almost two thirds (64%) said the phrase “all lives matter” more closely resembled their views.

Amongst all Americans, only 11% identify more closely with “black lives matter,” with 78% of likely voters embracing “all lives matter”.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that a vast majority of Americans think black lives don’t matter, but it clearly indicates that a huge majority of Americans, including black people, do not resonate with BLM despite it receiving lavish and almost universally positive mainstream media coverage.

Support for “all lives matter” amongst black Americans is strong despite numerous claims by Black Lives Matter activists that even using the term is racist.

After Hillary Clinton used the term during a speech, Black Lives Matter supporters were enraged, with one responding, “She just locked down the racist white people who think they aren’t racist vote.”

Piers Morgan was also taken to task by ‘Black Twitter’ for daring to tweet “all lives matter”.

One BLM supporter even wrote that “all lives matter” was “an inappropriate, racist response to Black Lives Matter.” If this is the case, then 64% of African-Americans are racist.

Even after nearly a year of #BlackLivesMatter activism since the Michael Brown shooting, “Most Americans have an even more positive view of their local police and don’t consider their tactics out of line,” a separate poll found, again indicating that Black Lives Matter has actually discredited opposition to the genuine problem of police brutality.[/b]
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2015/08/21/poll-only-31-of-african-americans-identify-with-black-lives-matter/

Muafrika2:
I know some African immigrants who are into the movement.

Some Africans in the US go through the same things, searches, being pulled aside when driving, etc.

You have got to be a stupid African to believe you are better or smarter than African Americans.

AAs need to be open indeed too. Especially some of their leaders who shameless segregate Africans in the US by their utterances. I heard someone saying that African immigrants are something they had to fight against. Apparently they are taking their opportunities. People like bill Cosby are known for making foolish comments about Africans working there. What that does is make the Africans who thought AAs were their brothers rethink about where they will be safe.

Africans are tribal in nature, and if they are somewhere where one tribe is showing animosity, they will retreat into their more secure tribal cocoon. In this instant, with their fellow Africans.

Another thing is that African Immigrants live mostly in places with their fellow tribes men. I would understand how an AA finding themselves in the same neighbourhood would feel excluded especially if the immigrants decided to communicate in their mother tongue in their presence. Some of the issues can be solved by taking initiative. Find out more about your African Immigrants neighbours and vice versa.

Well to be honest I don't know any Africans close to me part of the movement, I'm Not part of it and I think there is nothing wrong with it either.

There is no mistaken that some black Africans experience racism like african Americans but I feel the way each group responds to it is different. Majority of african Americans see it as a primary problem while Africans see it as a problem but they don't see it as a primary problem(some don't even know about the black lives movement is about or if they know find it as another group being disorderly). To Africans Primary problems to them is not going through poverty & becoming unsuccessful professionally. Plus they care more about the social issues of their african countries then what's going on in America. America is not their homeland and many don't plan to die there when they are old. There is nothing wrong with that but it brings in a discussion about race itself that just because your black doesnt mean you automatically agree in everything with each other, plus many african Americans don't agree with the black lives matter movement either: http://www.infowars.com/poll-only-31-of-african-americans-identify-with-blacklivesmatter/. http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2015/08/23/barely-news-two-thirds-blacks-prefer-all-lives-matter-over-black


Lastly as you said many Africans affiliate and go to functions with their tribe and in simple words are more comfortable with their own, it's like that with every group, race and etc out there. I don't think africans think their better then african americans or vice versa. I just feel most communities have issues that hit close to home then others and the ones that affect them is what they will concentrate on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmq1tTSOncU

[b]African-Americans have been on the pulse of injustice and discrimination for decades, and this generation is no different. We chant “Black lives matter” because it seems as though they often don’t. “Black lives matter” is a rallying cry, for every Black person to wake up and come together. A cry for everyone to persist for justice. But is every Black person heeding the call? Have Africans in America fallen for the storyline that we are different from Blacks in America because we have a homeland and we view America as our adopted home? Or do we see the struggle of African-Americans as our struggle too?
For Africans, life back home is pretty homogenous. Everyone looks like you, talks like you, and there is little concept of race. Race, and racial discrimination is learned in America. By being Black first, we experience the same subtle biases darker-skinned people are subjected to around the world. However American society treats African immigrants differently and we feed into it. By stressing that we, or our parents, emigrated to America from Africa, people perceive us as different, and are willing to give us that job, that benefit of the doubt, or that chance at friendship. Americans become disarmed and are more open to learning about who we are, without extending that same curiosity for that southern-born African-American, wise-crackin’ sista. Our smartness, intelligence, industriousness, are often attributed to our Africaness. This trivial favor gives us a false sense of superiority—and security.
Our transient, hard-working, immigrant parents convince themselves they are only here to work, make money, take advantage of economic opportunities and return home. Our immigrant parents default to a “sit and watch” approach because they don’t understand the great, far-reaching history of the struggle. But we, the younger generation of African immigrants, understand the stakes. Not only do we Black people share the repercussions of breathing while Black, we also share a collective history. There are parallels in our stories that our forbearers tend to forget. Our parents are quick to wax nostalgic about Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and his accomplishments in liberating Ghana. They forget that Kwame Nkrumah also had sights on our cousins in America. In his book, The Struggle Continues, Kwame Nkrumah’s words written over 50 years ago still speaks to the struggle we are having in 2015.
“In spite of the long and untiring work in education and organization of the pioneers of ‘Civil Rights’; in spite of the painstaking efforts made by African-American citizens of the United States to educate their children, and by hard work to achieve ‘acceptance’ in American society, African-Americans have remained only barely tolerated aliens in the land of their birth, the vast mass of them outside consideration of basic human justice.”
The Black Power movement in the 1960s paralleled the struggle for African independence, but how many African parents educated us of our connection to Marcus Garvey, through preceding revolutionaries who stood for freedom and independence for Black people everywhere? In fact, many civil rights heroes like Malcolm X, Kwame Toure (Stokley Carmichael), Nina Simone, Richard Wright, Muhammad Ali, all went to the African continent in support of the struggle for African independence from colonial powers.
Angela Davis, Mariam Makeba, Huey P. Newton, Kwame Nkrumah, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela were essentially fighting the same fight. The fight for physical and mental emancipation, decolonization, independence and liberty are ties that bind us together. From “we shall overcome” to “Amandla! Awethu!” Black people on the continent, and in the west, have been in this thing together. Our generation of Africans do well to draw these parallels from the past, and understand that “Black Lives Matter” is no different.
At this very time our voices should be strong and unified in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement that Opal Tometi, a Nigerian-American, and her African-American partners, Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors founded. The Black Lives Matter campaign gives me hope that we are heeding the lessons learned from past Pan-African leaders and civil rights leaders alike.
If there’s anything the #GrowingUpBlack hashtag taught us, it is that we are the same people—whether we eat fufu and soup, or not. We have a moral and self-preserving responsibility to fight injustice from inside the belly of the beast alongside our home-grown cousins. Africans in the middle should understand this and should not draw the line because we are children of immigrants. We should understand our cousins just arrived 200 years before us—but we are cut from the same cloth—and in a dark alley somewhere, the cops would know no difference.[/b]
http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/11/16/should-black-lives-matter-to-africans/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRWiz_4bKUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3lUFQ_rXIo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54aVaQGCMI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhg5jWrp9DY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-cOchYDQok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-8OYz26Rws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2FCo3WEfGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L9VWeAKbuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjKEag3aSQk

mikolo80:
OK then it's the Queens English from here on in ,in that case.

That's fine with me, but I'm leaving towards American English though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QPxiMR8Tc4

mikolo80:
Ooo bummer

lol

mikolo80:
See me wey de talk.I am the master of the dreaming phase and not much else. Why am broke. But concerning naija mataa (I really hope you can understand pidgin ) I have attended meetings and like to believe my partner in crime managed to get an Assemblyman elected. Unfortunately I am now 5000miles away and Damned green card restrictions won't let me back easily to continue the fight for a better country. So yeah. Dream plan implement

Yea I don't understand pigeon at all lol but I see to extent where you are coming from

mikolo80:
Dream
plan
implement
that's how the cookie crumbles o.

yea I get the drift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRWiz_4bKUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoYjXycmjTc

mikolo80:
So....whats your plan of action?

its a process but I don't have any specific plans

mikolo80:
No be by amen o.but by action

True lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0rwlDslwJI