fine Dykes move to Bali, gets called a colonizer

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Originalman said:
Breh no lie. Real talk I was in india for work a couple years ago and met a african brotha about in his late 20s. His family moved to india from Nigeria back in the 1940s. In this part of india there is a small Nigerian community that had been there for like 80 years.
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Anyway I am shooting the bull with him and say hey man how is it living in india. Dude is like man it is the worst I want to leave but my family is here. They treat black people horrible and harrass us and lock us out of jobs. There are no civil rights for us so they treat us like dogs.

So this was my first time in india and I ask the brotha well you think the indians and cops here will fukk with me. Dude basically says to me naw they know that where you are staying if you are black then you are american. They know not to touch an american even if you are black because it will bring too much attention and media spotlight. If an american gets harmed even if they are black that shyt will make the news and be around the world in 24 hours. If an african from india gets harmed its lucky if it makes the local news.
Man, I wouldn't have believed it myself if an Ghanaian breh didn't put me on to game. Despite how AAs are perceived domestically, we stil benefit from being tenous citizens of the world's most powerful country (for now at least). Hell,a breh posted a video from that Sri Lankan breh that was breaking down how white supremacy abroad enforces what he called passport apartheid, in which Westerners can freely travel and exploit culture in other places, and third worlders have to endure the humiliation of the visa line, the security checks and inherent suspicion of non whites moving into white spaces. This passport apartheid is also exacerbated by Westerners, such as our queer couple, who use their western dollars to move in, live in the most desirable spaces and price out the locals. These guys also absorb some local flavor and then attempt to monetize it by releasing travel guides and cookbooks. The locals got old girl pegged. If she was white and from Manhattan moving into Harlem, brehs would get it. But we can act like them in some instances too, as much as we dislike the realization.
 
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[U]Originalman[/U] said:
I am am saying basically as a black american due to american colonialism and american white supremacy when traveling we are placed above other blacks. I have seen it with my own eyes.

So for example when I would travel to india there would be times kats may not want to serve me as fast or act flaky when it comes to taxi service or some shyt. Thinking I am african (by the way African brothas and sistas are treated like shyt in india). But once them kats hear that america accent they go to kissing my ass and waiting for me on hand and foot.

But I can see african brothas and sistas on the street that these same indians will ignore or harrass.

Same thing happens overseas with the cops or authorities. If you are american they wouldn't have harrassed or fukk with you...as much as if you are an african brotha or sistas. They know one you are american and if something goes down it can be a lot of heat or attention on their asses. So best leave the American alone unless he or she is up to some shyt.
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Bro, I get what you saying but that's not white supremacy. I've lived for a short spell in London and Hong Kong and have observed the same thing, yes, even in London surprisingly.

America did not colonize, with the exception of Hawaii, Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, which all became states, like other countries did. We don't have an extensive footprint on colonization. We do/did have foreign territories like Guam but those were acquired through either treaties or purchased outright.

America establishing itself as a global power was solidified through our participation and assistance in the World Wars. Not from colonizing other nation states. Additionally, Americans have not out migrated in large mass and settled other territories.

There is a difference in saying that we benefit from our American nationalism because of the fact that America is a global power which was establishes by in large by our participation in the World Wars. However, I'm not sure we can say that our status as a global power is because of white supremacy or American colonialism because we did not colonize in the way that western European countries did. There is a line there, and it may be thin, but the line is still there.
 
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