₦airaland Forum

@k.o.n.y

Bruv, African influence is ancient, we've been doing it. It might be new to YOU. See, unlike you i don't have to limit African history to a few hundred years, we talking thousands. I'll leave you with this, till this day various EUROPEAN coat of arms have African Royal Heads printed on them (really think about that), the whole foundation of American civilization comes from Europe which in turn comes from Africans who controlled that region. You Talking about Politicians, Governors, Lawyers etc we taught them that, so who's really influencing?.

Breda, it's nothing but i still recognize your greatness.

@ima1

Come on, I'm well aware of their significance to the Black community, so it'll be stupid to down them. But i rarely hear about the likes of Father Allah, Noble Drew Ali, Marcus Garvey, Khalid Muhammad in the mass media. We can go beyond the regular mentioned AA historical figures. That's just my opinion.

How can't an African look down on a black American?

Stop beggin it, Africans are not going to acknowledge you. Let's be real, Africans don't give a fuk about other Africans let alone you.

You managed to produce the cliche Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks etc and you want Africans to roll out the red carpet for you, naaaah. The "mud hut" living African don't care about you, don't respect you and aren't even impressed by you.

By the way, the average African don't see the "positive images" you speak of. They see a bunch of black folks living in utter poverty, on crack, gang bangin and just out of order in a so-called developed country that happens to be the world's superpower and naturally certain people can't fathom that.

I'm not even trying to be disrespectful but I clocked you, bruv.

What i stated above is how Africans (I dealt with) perceive you. They don't give a fuk about you, no one does and same with us. IT IS WHAT IT IS.

Get a slice of pie and enjoy life.

Why concern yourself with African opinions about Black Americans? It's a minor issue.

Apparently, the general view of Africans and Africa amongst non-Africans is Poverty, Aids, huts, huts and more huts. Do I get bent out of shape? no, because I don't give 2 fuks and a biscuit. It is what it is.

If everyone is so superior to Africans/Black people then why go out your way to talk down on them, sounds like insecurity to me.

@K.o.n.y

You sound hurt

I gotta entertain this. To prove your point that AA's are "holding it down" you brought up "mlk,michael jackson,michael jordan,oprah.tiger woods".

A Civil rights activist, a musician/entertainer, a TV host and Two professional athletes. If I was you I would mention:

1. Daniel Hale Williams, first person to perform open heart surgery
2. Madame C.j. Walker, "first woman to become a millionaire by her own achievements"
3. Philip Downing, Created the street mailbox so you didn't have to take your ass to the post office
4. George Crum, father of the ever loved potato chips
5. Benjamin Thornton, "created a device that could be attached to a telephone and could be set to record a voice message from a caller".

I can go on and on. The point is, you can do much better the some entertainers.  That being said, Africa and African people have thousands upon thousands of years of history (I'm not gonna get into that) so if you want to limit yourself to 400-500 years of history, then who am I to deny you that?.

[quote author=Inked_Nerd link=topic=645423.msg8239799#msg8239799 date=1304265396]
True, but I was just giving you an example. I wish I could say the whole high and mighty thing was new too me but its not. I know some Ethiopians and Somali's here in New York but none of them are like the people that were on the Somalilife thread [/quote]Cool cool, I can respect it.

[quote author=Inked_Nerd link=topic=645423.msg8237168#msg8237168 date=1304209067]
Well if you wanna see who some of these East Africans are then take a look at this thread >>> https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-638752.0.html . If you'd like another example, go on Somalilife.com and announce that you're a West African [if you are one]. The thread I posted, if you go through it, you will see a link to the Somalifife website were they talking about the same topic the Nairaland members were talking about and one of the members on Somali said that had a Nigerian come come onto their website, they'd get nothing but insults [/quote]To be objective, that was a very small sample of Somalis talking sh*t over the internet. For some reason people become overly boisterous on the net.

I've grown up with a lot of them and interacted with many and the sense of superiority is something I have yet to detect. Of course, everyone got their own individual experiences but this idea of high-and-mightiness is new to me.

Who are these East Africans everyone is talking about? they're cool people, funny as hell too.

If I can be honest, I've come across more Nigerians, Zimbabweans and other non East Africans that walk around like their first name is King or Queen. I mean ego just boosted to it's maximum but then again, that's not a representation of a whole entire population.