You know something? My step-grandfather said something similar to the bolded part to me when we got into it about Pan-Africanism. I had to admit to him years later that he was right.
You said it best. Culture matters. Sometimes I think ados and especially those who claim fba think they are superior so their battle is not for what matters as a collective but what matters in terms of opportunities and competition. Similar to cacs and how they treat just about everyone else.The entire FBA/ADOS is an admission of being incorrect on racial politics when the rest of foreigners were identifying with their nationality.
We interpreted “Nigerian, Jamaican, etc” as a declaration of anti-blackness when they were telling us that “culture matters”. And that this distinction is important because that nationality comes with a racial history that is different than yours.
A policy of one boat different stops is anti-intellectual because it’s inaccurate to begin with but has proven to be a mindset that was only adopted by black Americans.
I agree. That was what my step-grandfather was essentially arguing when he told me different stories demonstrating that fact. During college I was all into the Pan-Africanism thing, and he was trying to open my eyes to the truth.The entire FBA/ADOS is an admission of being incorrect on racial politics when the rest of foreigners were identifying with their nationality.
We interpreted “Nigerian, Jamaican, etc” as a declaration of anti-blackness when they were telling us that “culture matters”. And that this distinction is important because that nationality comes with a racial history that is different than yours.
A policy of one boat different stops is anti-intellectual because it’s inaccurate to begin with but has proven to be a mindset that was only adopted by black Americans.
I agree. That was what my step-grandfather was essentially arguing when he told me different stories demonstrating that fact. During college I was all into the Pan-Africanism thing, and he was trying to open my eyes to the truth.
One thing about my step-grandfather was he was so light and had straight hair, that everyone who saw him thought he was Greek or something. So he was able to hear a lot of BS different groups said about us from immigrants, police, and of course White people; all because they thought he was a White man. Even one time he took me and my grandmother to a driving range, where a White man whom he use to work with at the Steel Mill saw us and was shocked he had a Black Wife. When the White man asked him about it, my step-grandfather told him he was Black too. That White man never talked to him again.