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

[Karb]

I been thinking about this more lately but I think we are more and more approaching a sort of globalized “Black” culture that blends elements that run across the diaspora, but not necessarily replacing everyone’s respective root cultures. Social media contributes greatly to this.

I think from an AA perspective it can seem frustrating because our culture seems to be the baseline for this, so it kinda gives the impression that our shyt is up for everybody to claim, which opens a huge can of worms. And BTW, I don’t think this is an AA exclusive issue as I’d imagine some Caribbean folks may feel the same from their perspective. But these kind of things are expected in the early stages of anything like this. All of it is interesting and exciting, but I still haven’t quite formulated a full opinion on it all yet. Still observing.

In Canada and the UK it's Caribbean culture with some influences from AA culture that seems to be the baseline for "black culture".

 

[get these nets]

I been thinking about this more lately but I think we are more and more approaching a sort of globalized “Black” culture that blends elements that run across the diaspora, but not necessarily replacing everyone’s respective root cultures. Social media contributes greatly to this.

I think from an AA perspective it can seem frustrating because our culture seems to be the baseline for this, so it kinda gives the impression that our shyt is up for everybody to claim, which opens a huge can of worms. And BTW, I don’t think this is an AA exclusive issue as I’d imagine some Caribbean folks may feel the same from their perspective. But these kind of things are expected in the early stages of anything like this. All of it is interesting and exciting, but I still haven’t quite formulated a full opinion on it all yet. Still observing.

Interestin take.

AA culture has been the engine for global culture in general and Black global culture specifically since the Fisk Jubilee Singers toured outside the country in the 1870s.
They say the number one thing America exports is culture, and gospel,blues,jazz,rock,soul,funk,hiphop among other things....all comes from AA culture. Definitely the baseline for global Black culture

 

[Black Haven]

Interestin take.

AA culture has been the engine for global culture in general and Black global culture specifically since the Fisk Jubilee Singers toured outside the country in the 1870s.
They say the number one thing America exports is culture, and gospel,blues,jazz,rock,soul,funk,hiphop among other things....all comes from AA culture. Definitely the baseline for global Black culture

And I hate it with a burning passion...

 

[get these nets]

And I hate it with a burning passion...

If you're thinking what I think you're thinking.here's a story.

I saw the late dikk Gregory being interviewed once....discussing Richard Pryor and his influence. He said that Pryor was a genius and his humor touched on a lot of important subjects. He said that adults F'ed up by playing his comedy records around ,or letting their kids hear Pryor, because their minds missed the comedic genius and just heard and remembered the curse words.

Unless I guessed wrong, you were lamenting how the world is following the negative aspects and missing the artistic genius. Just hearing the "curse words"

 

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I think from an AA perspective it can seem frustrating because our culture seems to be the baseline for this, so it kinda gives the impression that our shyt is up for everybody to claim

While simultaneously being told we don't have one

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

@chkmeout is mad because I exposed burying people alive y’all

 

[chkmeout]

@chkmeout is mad because I exposed burying people alive y’all

fake ass african you need to do like michelle williams and chekin

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

fake ass african you need to do like michelle williams and chekin

 

[Black Haven]

If you're thinking what I think you're thinking.here's a story.

I saw the late dikk Gregory being interviewed once....discussing Richard Pryor and his influence. He said that Pryor was a genius and his humor touched on a lot of important subjects. He said that adults F'ed up by playing his comedy records around ,or letting their kids hear Pryor, because their minds missed the comedic genius and just heard and remembered the curse words.

Unless I guessed wrong, you were lamenting how the world is following the negative aspects and missing the artistic genius. Just hearing the "curse words"

Well I was really alluding to the fact that our culture is generalized as the one be it all culture for blacks globally which isn't true because other black groups have their own respective culture and to the fact that every aspect of AA culture is so used and pimped by Jews that everyone and they mama think its cool to use. I can't stand it.

 

[theworldismine13]

I join with you in denouncing child servitude/peonage anywhere and everywhere.

But if you read this thread again, dudes are in here airing out all types of fukked up shyt that exists or existed as elements of their culture. Without being asked to. Unprompted.
Human sacrifices, servants being buried alive with deceased rich men.. These clearly aren't posters who are fronting for anybody because they didn't have to bring any of these things up.

I think they are being equally honest/candid about how they see that child servant system in their parents' homeland.

Stop caping for them, they explicitly said they will not denounce it

They came in here to attack the author over some technicalities, the author was the one that mentioned the human sacrifices and burying slaves

Here is what really happened breh

in order to defend Africans they wanted to attack the author over some technicalities, in order to attack the author they had go into details about the Igbo caste system, they thought that by detailing the existence of a caste system they were going to expose the ignorance of the author which was silly

They were so culturally tone def, they didn’t realize that AA would be on some at the widespread existence of a caste system, slave system and child servitude in africa, and that they have names for these systems

There is some cultural mind block or just plain arrogance that is stopping them from denouncing these systems, you don’t have to defend them, they will come around eventually...maybe

 

[chkmeout]

Stop caping for them, they explicitly said they will not denounce it

They came in here to attack the author over some technicalities, the author was the one that mentioned the human sacrifices and burying slaves

Here is what really happened breh

in order to defend Africans they wanted to attack the author over some technicalities, in order to attack the author they had go into details about the Igbo caste system, they thought that by detailing the existence of a caste system they were going to expose the ignorance of the author which was silly

They were so culturally tone def, they didn’t realize that AA would be on some at the widespread existence of a caste system, slave system and child servitude in africa

There is some cultural mind block or just plain arrogance that is stopping them from denouncing these systems, you don’t have to defend them, they will come around eventually...maybe

back to HL you go bum ass demon

 

[theworldismine13]

back to HL you go bum ass demon

I can’t, I’m not a member of the Democratic National Committee

 

[badtguy]

Naija nikkas dancing around the topic at hand

 

[#1 pick]

Niaraland like LSA. Its st0rmfr0nt in blackface

 

[xoxodede]

Niaraland like LSA. Its st0rmfr0nt in blackface

The hell it's not....