Cacs are big mad in the comment section of this new pro-black movie

[Ozymandeas]

My breh @Nkrumah Was Right really thinks the Dahomey were thinking let’s fund the growth of America and Western Europe let’s cause massive destruction to our homeland let’s destabilize all the lands of Africa as far as the eyes can see let’s have white people colonize us Yea, we’ll all die and become oppressed too but, we’re agents of white supremacy so it’s all good That’s why your dumb ass views proliferate on the Coli, and not in the academic world. Even HBCU professors (like mines) would tell you to be more objective and clear minded. Common sense should tell you that Africa was fragmented back then, maybe everyone was out for self, and that the concept of black unity/Pan Africanism or white supremacy (as we understand it now) didn’t fully exist then but you’re dumb so you can’t understand that. And the fact you keep ignoring that the Aztecs were betrayed by other Native tribes in the region shows the c00n logic argument you keep trying to make sounds silly and infantile when applied to other groups.

 

[King]

Dahomey pro-black?

You have something against West Africans?

 

[MischievousMonkey]

You have something against West Africans?

Aren't you @KingZimbabwe in disguise? They let you out?

Acknowledging the well-documented participation by African agents in the slave trade is necessary and welcomed, and few will ever have a problem with that. Painting anachronistic tales about "Africans selling their own" and conveniently forgetting the victims of the slave trade that stayed on the continent and fought against it to sell these narratives is another one. So save me the strawman.

 

[GreenGhxst]

Dahomey

really feels like da homey- the homey - the homie

and I feel a way, on some back to the future c00ning shyt

somebody time jumped for some butter biscuits, the audacity

 

[King]

Aren't you @KingZimbabwe in disguise? They let you out?

Acknowledging the well-documented participation by African agents in the slave trade is necessary and welcomed, and few will ever have a problem with that. Painting anachronistic tales about "Africans selling their own" and conveniently forgetting the victims of the slave trade that stayed on the continent and fought against it to sell these narratives is another one. So save me the strawman.

Not on this website. Why do you think I was forced in to begin with?

 

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[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Let's be real these folks get mad when...

- Our sex game is A1
- Most black men have big things (pause)
- We're waaaaaaay more athletic than they are
- Can sing and create music
- Still can make an uneasy situation into a good one

Put it this way, we're that perfect boyfriend while the ex is a piece of shyt who has little to no ceiling

All those things are cool but we lag behind in technology education and overall sophistication. I'd rather see Black people bridge those gaps than keep talking about our physical prowess. In the grand scheme of things we just dapping each other up to feel good while we are dependent on the things they make. The harsh reality is we are long overdue to step up in those areas. We were caught lacking and have been dominated because of failng behind on tech. Our physical dominance is not enough to bridge that gap.

 

[Lost1]

@UpAndComing almost all of Dahomey's wealth was due to warring on the people near them and then capturing survivors and selling captives to Europeans as slaves. They were a former vassal State of Oyo, but don't be fooled Dahomey, the Aro Confederacy and Oyo were trade partners of the Europeans and people were the trade.

@BlackJesus there was nothing pro black about Dahomey unless you think destroying Black civilization and communities is pro black. If that is the case then you could also make the argument that drug dealers and gang members are pro black. Read the book "Barrac00n" to see what Dahomey was about.

The movie is clearly propaganda which will likely work on people that don't know the history of savage ass Dahomey. The truth about Dahomey is that they were sellout nikkas that weren't shyt and responsible for the murder and enslavement of hundreds of thousands if not millions of people including some of your own relatives if you are of African heritage. I guess next they will make a romantic comedy about slave life on plantations. It will no doubt be fantastic from an artistic standpoint.

I don’t think Pro-Black and Dahomey is right to use in the same sentence…….

I understand where you’re coming from OP, but the horrifying history behind this group is too much to ignore.

fukk THE DAHOMEY AND ANYONE WHO LOVE EM

No Black American should be supporting this it’s like Jews supporting a nazi movie

Yep fukk Dahomey


Atlantic slave trade - Wikipedia

Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing the reactions of Yoruba to this movie. Dahomey really sought to sell the Yoruba nation into slavery.

Yoruba language and religion is prominent still in the Americas in large part due to timing.

Afonja betrayed Ilorin and doomed the Oyo Empire in the early 19th century. A huge flood of Yoruba people hit slave markets across the Americas late.

In contrast, the nadir of Africans sent from Senegal, Angola/Congo, the Lower Niger etc. happened in the 18th century.

Thanks

I’m going to definitely watch it now.

I really start to start reading threads before responding. I didn’t know the awful history.

First of all Dahomey was not some independent badasses killing Europeans. They were literally the trade partners of those Europeans. The Europeans literally made Dahomey rich by buying the people that Dahomey kidnapped and sold into slavery. See you bought into the propaganda of that bullshyt movie because the only wars that Dahomey had were against other Black people before colonialism.

Second of all I don't even listen to modern rap. That shyt is ignorant and self hating. I only listen to old school R&B, Blues, Jazz and Kora music.

They're mad because they don't know about Dahomey

White people were mad about Finn until they saw The Force Awakens and saw a useless nikka bucking his eyes and screaming over a white bytch

They'll be fine once they find out what Dahomey were. Hell they'll have another talking point

You are literally pushing the concept in this thread that a society that is only known in history as being slave traders could positively be depicted as being pro black, because it was done that way in a movie writtenby a white woman.

What is next? We should no longer call slavery the word slavery, but instead should call it involuntary migration because we don't want to show White people negatively in history.

It’s poor taste to lionize people who probably sold 1 million+ Africans to cacs.

Do you think it’s impossible to make a historical fiction film set in Africa that doesn’t place Trans-Atlantic Slave traders as heroes?

We need more Dahomey female soldiers capturing/killing Yoruba!

“If you don’t like this movie, you hate black women.”

i get what y'all are saying but you guys should also read this article:

The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy

On the mythical "Black Sparta" of Africa.

isaacsamuel.substack.com

dahomey didn't start the slave trade in that region and they weren't actually the biggest slave traders in that area of west africa

there's a bunch of myths about dahomey online or in some inaccurate books but that article breaks it down and explains that their economy and their wars weren't really centered around the slave trade like the myths and oversimplifications online claim

 

[Gunz&Butta]

If u ADOS u shouldnt f with this movie, these mfs literally sold our people to the white man

Why? Who are your people? If the Dahomey actually sold your people like you claim, that means you were their neighbor and most likely sold them too during wars and raids.

If anybody should be mad at Dahomey, it should be the black Cubans and Brazilians. But the Yoruba were also selling the Dahomey. The Dahomey returned the favor and sold the Yoruba who ended up in Brazil and Cuba

 

[Gunz&Butta]

Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing the reactions of Yoruba to this movie. Dahomey really sought to sell the Yoruba nation into slavery.

Yoruba language and religion is prominent still in the Americas in large part due to timing.

Afonja betrayed Ilorin and doomed the Oyo Empire in the early 19th century. A huge flood of Yoruba people hit slave markets across the Americas late.

In contrast, the nadir of Africans sent from Senegal, Angola/Congo, the Lower Niger etc. happened in the 18th century.

I'm Yoruba and I'm not mad at Dahomey. I can't be, especially knowing what Yoruba also did to them. We were warring neighbors for goodness sake.

Pro black wasn't a thing back then. It's unfair to expect Dahomey to be pro black, they had to be pro Dahomey.

Imagine getting mad at Mongolians for giving China nightmares. Talking about they were not pro Asian

 

[Gunz&Butta]

You wrote all of that but didn't point out that the Chinese constantly point out the racist actions of Imperial Japan.

And the Uighurs will, in the future, point out racist actions of the Chinese if they are lucky to survive their current holocaust. China would have done the same to the Japanese if they could

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Not on this website. Why do you think I was forced in to begin with?

I mean I just did that and nothing happened to me so you tell me

 

[King]

I mean I just did that and nothing happened to me so you tell me

You people get certain privileges

 

[MischievousMonkey]

i get what y'all are saying but you guys should also read this article:

The kingdom of Dahomey and the Atlantic world: a misunderstood legacy

On the mythical "Black Sparta" of Africa.

isaacsamuel.substack.com

dahomey didn't start the slave trade in that region and they weren't actually the biggest slave traders in that area of west africa

there's a bunch of myths about dahomey online or in some inaccurate books but that article breaks it down and explains that their economy and their wars weren't really centered around the slave trade like the myths and oversimplifications online claim

Very interesting article. It's unfortunately not peer-reviewed and I can't find anything on its author (he's been shared in the root recently by @Skooby ), so I take it with an even bigger grain of salt, but it seems well-referenced with names that have good reputation.

The part on the reframing of human sacrifice is notably interesting.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

You people get certain privileges

"You people"... Snakes can't help themselves from hissing I see

I see other ADOS talking about the African slave trade with no issue, so maybe you're no King at all