"Black means African" - Romany Malco

[JahFocus CS]

"Black" is a broader term than "African." Melanesians and Native Australians often consider themselves Black, but they are not Africans.

 

[Tupac in a Business Suit]

Wonder if they realized exactly what he was saying and were trying to play it off?

Of course they did. c00n Charlemagne always has to make light of the situation because they need that check... Its like whoa horsey hold on there now. Can't be opening a nikkas eyes too much. Probably why Charlemagne had his phone upside down. His superiors probably was texting with the twitter fingers like you better crack some jokes there boy!

 

[satireprod]

Of course they did. c00n Charlemagne always has to make light of the situation because they need that check... Its like whoa horsey hold on there now. Can't be opening a nikkas eyes too much. Probably why Charlemagne had his phone upside down. His superiors probably was texting with the twitter fingers like you better crack some jokes there boy!

Ok , so I'm not tripping. Lowkey, Yee be shutting down people too when they start speaking knowledge(normally by talking about rumors)

 

[Miles Davis]

Puerto Rico in touch with they African roots?

 

[newworldafro]

He spit some gems, definitely. But assumes Democrats are the saviors.......

 

[R-Typ3]

Still love the 2nd album too

 

[K.O.N.Y]

As someone of Jamaican and Nigerian descent born and raised in the UK, this isn't a new concept to me or anyone around me. Not to throw shade but the only time I've ever heard a distinction between being black and being African-American is when I visit my family and spend time in the States.

Go anywhere else in the world and they don't care where you were born or where your family did or didn't originate from, you're just a black person to them

this couldnt be more wrong

 

[Northern Son]

Haven't watched...but both "African" & "Black" are ethnic designations placed on "us" by outsiders..."Africa" is named after a Roman general...actual "Africans" in "Africa" don't give a fukk about being "African" but identify themselves based on tribal lineage...most don't even give a fukk about those arbitrary lines Europeans drew around their land... their tribal ancestry trumps all.

And "black" is an ethnic designation for people of "African" descent who were disconnected from their heritage via the trans-atlantic slave trade...AA's, Carribeans, Afro-Latinos...not Yoroba's, Ashanti, Wolof, Fon, Fulani, Luba etc. Folks who know their tribal history and ancestry.

This is not true at all.

 

[Northern Son]

It's really sad that these threads that are meant to be positive and show solidarity bring out the tribalistic/divisive side of black people (on all sides) . Why are so many of you salty about your fellow black man when it's obvious you don't even interact with the subjects of your scorn in any meaningful or significant way IRL ?

 

[Ness]

This the bullshyt jealous slick talk I'm talking about. So mad no one acknowledges their culture they attack the authenticity of AA culture all while mimicking it.

I didn't get him attackin AA culture as much as I got him attackin the packaged and contrived interpretation of AA or black culture that the corporate level of America pushes out there.

He doesn't feel that just because he's West Indian, there's a large number of black Americans who have felt or been told that they did not qualify as black because of some sterotypical and abitary criteria that doean't reflect the real essence of what it means to be black, in or out of America.

 

[Ness]

Also...black is synonymous with AA.


It does not mean African

And you decided that?

 

[Ness]

Thanks for sharing this interview! Also, threads like this are why I had to quit lurking (after 2 years) and join the Coli. Y'all play around a lot, but then there are gems like this. It's nice to see, in contrast with the negativity on the news and the many stereotypes and ignorant views I battle everyday as a black woman (in a majority white city), "in real life."

You're welcome sistagoddess!

Stay strong, as u already naturally are

 

[Poitier]

I didn't get him attackin AA culture as much as I got him attackin the packaged and contrived interpretation of AA or black culture that the corporate level of America pushes out there.

As opposed to old African traditions being a metric of Blackness? Puerto Ricans are way more admixed than AAs but Blacker?


Note, the "they didn't keep their African cultures" is a narrative lobbied ONLY against AAs. The same people who say AAs aren't " real Africans" because we don't throw masquerades or eat goat will turn on rap/rock/house/jazz/rnb and use AAVE without any awareness to cognitive dissonance.

 

[Birnin Zana]

This is not true at all.

Indeed, that was waaaaaaayyyyy off base.

 

[Ness]

"Black" is a broader term than "African." Melanesians and Native Australians often consider themselves Black, but they are not Africans.

Black and African(descended) to me are and should be synonimous.

Ive heard other ppl try to classify Australian Aborignals as black, but those were pretty much the over inclusive everyone is black type.

I every strongly doubt that Native Australians use black as an identifier to relate to you or me as much as it would be to differentiate themselves from the white folks that invaded their land, IF they even use it at all.