“I am A Foundational Black American” - Ryan Coogler

[blackestofpanthers]

then we none of those words should be banned then, you cant have it both ways.

I stand by what I say, no walking back on my end

I don’t care if any of them are banned you fakkit, point is you’re complaining about ethnic slurs(which have no historical context mind you), while using ethnic slurs towards African Americans. Eat a dikk fukk nikka

 

[Phitz]

Do those people who were never enslaved yet native to this land deserve reparations for people brought to this land and enslaved?

This question can apply to FBA descendents in Africa, Europe, and Latin America who still have the paperwork from America dating back to 1960s as far back as 1800s. I know a few.

 

[Phitz]

if, as so many of you claim, "akata" really means lost cat or the one who has left the litter, you couldn't call that man an akata without also speaking of yourself. you're in canada, not kenya.

you all need to DELINEATE(sp?) who you argue with. Akata is a Nigerian term. Most of the time it's Black Americans arguing with mostly Nigerians and Jamaicans(ALL 3 of you have the biggest egos lol) and you attack every black immigrant based on these arguements.

Most of the rest of us just watch but then in your ignorance and lack of delineation in the online fights you attack everybody. This is not the time to create internal enemies. I got no issue with delineation, I have issue with insults and disrespect, it's like alot of you get off on it with no TANGIBLE solutions to issues. You just want to argue for arguing sake.

 

[Phitz]

I don’t care if any of them are banned you fakkit, point is you’re complaining about ethnic slurs(which have no historical context mind you), while using ethnic slurs towards African Americans. Eat a dikk fukk nikka

so emotional, very unmanly of you

 

[HimmyHendrix]

What does lineage mean to you?

The real definition is more specific than how people here use it. "Lineages are formed through relationships traced either exclusively through the maternal line (matrilineage), paternal line (patrilineage), or some combination of both "
Lineage refers to your personal family tree not every black American.

All black people in America and the Caribbean came from Africa just 400 years ago(some less). Our differences are only from mixing culturally and racially depending on which plantation we were brought to

Lineage can often start with 1 or 2 people.

And our differences are differences. Meaning not the same. Whether you think it’s big or small, we’re not the same.

Furthermore, the fact that our african ancestry includes many tribes means there’s even more distance between us. We weren’t even “the same” before TAST.

We’re different and that’s okay.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Akata was a slur assigned to ALL black Americans. Tether is assigned to specific actions. It’s not a 1 to 1 comparison

Akata was a slur assigned to Back Africans abroad who then used it against Americans.

First be honest. Same people calling you akata were akata back home. Tether is a slur for non American brehs. Both are slurs. If one is ok the other is as well. Mutual respect or none.

 

[blackestofpanthers]

so emotional, very unmanly of you

Your time here will be short. Almost 4k in the red. You can also see about it any time you ready

 

[HimmyHendrix]

I wish people would just call it what it is. The reason yall do this to Black Americans and nobody else is because you see our impact and you want to feel a part of it, and gives you pride to be a part of it.

We have accomplishments in literature, athletics, politics, poetry, business, cuisine, education, arts, film, music and invention that rival European and Asian ethnic groups, and there’s not one other Black ethnic group that comes close. Not one. I checked.

Not jamaicans, haitians

9/10 if you’re talking about someone who is both black and successful, they’re Black American

And taking that away from some of you and making them ethnic accomplishments instead of racial accomplishments feels like a slap in a face

tough cookie, it’s our shyt.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Brother just worry about yourself and Canada/Kenya, alright? Trust me, you have enough to worry about at home, wherever that is today, to keep your plate full.

Nah

 

[Wiseborn]

I wish people would just call it what it is. The reason yall do this to Black Americans and nobody else is because you see our impact and you want to feel a part of it, and gives you pride to be a part of it.

We have accomplishments in literature, athletics, politics, poetry, business, cuisine, education, arts, film, music and invention that rival European and Asian ethnic groups, and there’s not one other Black ethnic group that comes close. Not one. I checked.

Not jamaicans, haitians

9/10 if you’re talking about someone who is both black and successful, they’re Black American

And taking that away from some of you and making them ethnic accomplishments instead of racial accomplishments feels like a slap in a face

tough cookie, it’s our shyt.

everyone makes way more money off our culture than we do.

The culture argument is not the flex that you think it is. Small hats control your culture far more than you do.

 

[Phitz]

Your time here will be short. Almost 4k in the red. You can also see about it any time you ready

yes of course, if only my self esteem leaned on internet points and how hard I can beat my chest online

 

[HimmyHendrix]

Akata was a slur assigned to Back Africans abroad who then used it against Americans.

First be honest. Same people calling you akata were akata back home. Tether is a slur for non American brehs. Both are slurs. If one is ok the other is as well. Mutual respect or none.

Disingenuous.

“tether” just like FBA/ADOS are reactive terms to xenophobia that was going on for Decades.

People always talk about “white passing” in the Jim Crow South but not African passingz

This is Kofi Annan delineating in the Jim Crow south decades ago

Perhaps the most famous example of “African passing” is the infamous anecdoteof former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. A student in 1960s U.S., Annan had traveled to the Jim Crow South. He needed a haircut, but was told by a racist white barber: “I do not cut ****** hair.” Annan, who is Ghanaian, responded: “I am not a ******, I am an African.” In doing this, Annan did not challenge the degradation pre-assigned to him by virtue of his skin color, and accepted the premise that there is something inherently pathological about American blackness to which black people from Africa are impervious.

He sat his ass down and still got his haircut btw.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Proud to be FBA and I honor my ancestors

Feels good having that blood flow through my veins and knowing we built this country. We set the trends worldwide and are the face of blackness.

Also funny seeing FBA having the diaspora in shambles

Who's in shambles?

 

[HimmyHendrix]

everyone makes way more money off our culture than we do.

The culture argument is not the flex that you think it is. Small hats control your culture far more than you do.

Everyone makes more money off every black persons culture/resources.

that’s just white supremacy.

Africa is the richest continent in the world as far as natural resources and Asians, Arabs, and Europeans make more off it than anyone on the continent. That’s not a gotcha.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

I think the Tariq association is mostly online, but FBA has the potential to be adopted in the wider society, especially if more widely known Black personalities like Ryan Coogler adopt the term.

A good idea can come from a "bad" person. FBA carries a sense of pride, heritage, and power that ADOS doesn't in my opinion.

If that sellout agent piece of shyt wasn't attached to it it would already be far more ahead. I don't know how y'all don't see this. If you want FBA to become entrenched and accepted it won't happen while that is the man that leads the charge. Won't happen so long as people are being pretend Indians. You will continue to be looked at like black Maga

Look at the FBA footprint on social media. It's all in xenophobic posts. Nothing is even said anymore bout a reparations movement. arguing