From The New Yorker: "My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader"

theworldismine13

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Yh I guys are of african descent but you're not igbo, you're your own people. I respect as a fellow African, the same way I respect a somalian, a Jamaican etc.

im just fuking with you but its noted

so basically nigerians even americanized nigerians refuse to explicitly denounce west african caste systems and slave systems........fascinating
 

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Ok...I never said we were telling you how to fix it. Let's be honest, Africans on here pop off on our AA issues and problems all the time and I don't object to the criticism as long as it is constructive and not demeaning and arrogant...I wasn't trying to be that way but really trying to argue Blacks globally need to fix our stuff, not rationalize it.

You have every right to tell me to butt out of a specific af-american because I'm not fully immersed in that culture. There are thing in general I can talk about to any african about. But specific ethnic I stay out of it.
 

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im just fuking with you but its noted

so basically nigerians even americanized nigerians refuse to explicitly denounce west african caste systems and slave systems........fascinating
Whatever ibos want to do its up to them, you have no right to dictate what we have to do.
 

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That's cool with me :smile: I don't respect "men" who call women bytches just cause they don't like their opinion anyway. So, we are all good.

But, I do recommend for you to get your vocabulary game up and work on your debating skills - so you can express yourself better. :smile:

Oh...Nollywood is trash. No thanks.

I didn't realise we were debating. I guess somebody is trying to get their point across.
 

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That's cool with me :smile: I don't respect "men" who call women bytches just cause they don't like their opinion anyway. So, we are all good.

But, I do recommend for you to get your vocabulary game up and work on your debating skills - so you can express yourself better. :smile:

Oh...Nollywood is trash. No thanks.

I was with you until the bolded. You been watching the wrong films. Nollywood will be big shyt in 25 years sis :smile:
 

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Whatever ibos want to do its up to them, you have no right to dictate what we have to do.
Bro its time we stop arguing with people not from the culture. nikka deadass just wants to argue

:manny: ka anyị asụ igbo
 
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Online - yeah!

Offline.....I don't know. Unless you are in a major city or an area where they immigrate too.

I am speaking from the certain parts of the South and the Midwest perspective.

I went to school with a few

When I lived in South Shore, there was a small enclave

I run into Continental Africans everyday

Aside from those living in the smaller areas, a lot of AAs live in Major Cities, so I don't see how not running into Africans would be possible

:patrice:
 

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First and foremost it's an igbo issue, which has been largely been dealt with by ibos. Its nothing that needs to be explained or rationalised if you're not apart of the culture you wouldn't understand, because ultimately it lacks context.

I think that this is the main reason why so many Igbos here aren't super angry about it. I might be wrong but it may appear as though we're downplaying it, which isn't true. It was a terrible phenomenon but so were many others in our culture, which we have managed to eradicate. I just feel like this is one of those things.
 

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I went to school with a few

When I lived in South Shore, there was a small enclave

I run into Continental Africans everyday

Aside from those living in the smaller areas, a lot of AAs live in Major Cities, so I don't see how not running into Africans would be possible

:patrice:

A lot more AA don't live in Major cities though... and running across doesn't mean "knowing" -- just saying....

List of U.S. states by African-American population - Wikipedia

Im Michigan - college towns only cause they are in school there or their parents are professors.

I was in Alabama for two weeks visiting my family. Nothing but Black (AADOS), whites and mexicans.
 

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the South and the Midwest perspective.
That's alone is your biggest problem. Northeast will have you speaking the same tune as us

I keep forgetting nyc, boston, and dc are literally more culturally diverse than the entire country put together.

I remembered i went to chicago and played some dancehall and nikkas gave me the CRAZIEST look
 
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