Ryan Coogler talks about how he felt guilty trying to connect to Africa instead of his FBA Ancestors - “I only saw my first Cotton Field in 2021”

[Ozymandeas]

Breh really had an awakening

I almost want to neg. We are African. They are our ancestors. We did not originate in the Americas. We are Africans stolen from Africa and overtime we built a culture here. It is perfectly fine to connect to that past. We would not exist without them. We do not need to tear down our African forefathers to connect with our more recent ancestors.

 

[the bossman]

That’s not the type of time he’s on. He was describing how he partially arrived at conceptualizing Sinners - and it involved a crazy 24 hours in which he witnessed a cotton field for the first time. Coogler is a proud black american man, but he has pan-african sensibilities. In this very same interview he lists pan-african authors as some of his research points for the movie. In the movie he makes a direct connection to Africa (this is without mentioning how affectionately he speaks of Africa often)

In this interview he - again - makes the direct connection from Africa to Blues in the deep American South:



People are using out of context excerpts and quotes to project onto him

Why you spoiling the agenda? They gon come at you now

 

[K.O.N.Y]

That’s not the type of time he’s on. He was describing how he partially arrived at conceptualizing Sinners - and it involved a crazy 24 hours in which he witnessed a cotton field for the first time. Coogler is a proud black american man, but he has pan-african sensibilities. In this very same interview he lists pan-african authors as some of his research points for the movie. In the movie he makes a direct connection to Africa (this is without mentioning how affectionately he speaks of Africa often)

In this interview he - again - makes the direct connection from Africa to Blues in the deep American South:



People are using out of context excerpts and quotes to project onto him

bro dude is now openly referring to himself as being foundational black american. Hes said that twice now on two separate interviews. lol

Hes detailed africa as distant ancestry and the importance of our more recent ancestry. The one that actually has a more dominant presence on shaping who we are today as well as the movie he made

 

[tuckgod]

 

[tuckgod]

bro dude is now openly referring to himself as being foundational black american. Hes said that twice now on two separate interviews. lol

Hes detailed africa as distant ancestry and the importance of our more recent ancestry. The one that actually has a more dominant presence on shaping who we are today as well as the movie he made

All black Americans are not Africans.

Not even distant ancestry.

 

[Uchiha God]

bro dude is now openly referring to himself as being foundational black american. Hes said that twice now on two separate interviews. lol

Hes detailed africa as distant ancestry and the importance of our more recent ancestry. The one that actually has a more dominant presence on shaping who we are today as well as the movie he made

None of that is in conflict with any of his stances - as I said - Coogler is a proud black american with pan-african sensibilities as evidenced by his filmography, including the most recent movie - and this very same interview being used as reference.

He's doing good work and employs and champions black folk - but i've already seen people on twitter mad at the Africa reference in Sinners. Last thing we need is people turning on him because he's not on the type of time people think he is

 

[HimmyHendrix]

He’s right on. You trade in we wuz kangs for we were Locksmiths, and Blacksmiths, chefs, fisherman, carpenters, authors, teamsters, stevedores, porters, and dockhands, masons and shoemakers

not to mention all the success in the arts, authors, musicians, poets, speech writers, politicians, playwrights, actors, directors.

it’s such a beautiful history and you skip over all that to try to connect yourself with countries that didn’t exist and people who sold you.

Black American Lineage will always be more important than our African ancestry. We have a such a long and beautiful history here and most of it has come while being victims of domestic terrorism. Truly goated ethnic group.

And I think a reminder of that instead of the distant african shyt will establish more ethnic pride and give us direction

that “we’re lost and don’t know where we’re from” narrative has allowed people to taken advantage of us if im being honest.

 

[Peter Popoff]

That's real shıt. I need to make that trip. I'm also fascinated in west Africa.

 

[HimmyHendrix]

None of that is in conflict with any of his stances - as I said - Coogler is a proud black american with pan-african sensibilities as evidenced by his filmography, including the most recent movie - and this very same interview being used as reference.

He's doing good work and employs and champions black folk - but i've already seen people on twitter mad at the Africa reference in Sinners. Last thing we need is people turning on him because he's not on the type of time people think he is

it’s barely an african reference when he mentioned asia and europe inside of the scene

 

[RaspberryFitted]

a better question is who told a subgroup of Black Americans to only focus on West African (Egypt too, for some odd reason) history rather than their own?

 

[Rekkapryde]

there's a plantation in the low country in south carolina where harriet tubman led union gunboats down the river and freed hundreds of slaves. all the places where Black troops fought, where nat turner led his raids, where denmark vescey planned his before he was sold out, all kinds of fba history to consume from the revolutionary era till now.

right around Edisto and St Helena. Yup. Got and know peoples from there.

 

[K.O.N.Y]

a better question is who told a subgroup of Black Americans to only focus on West African (Egypt too, for some odd reason) history rather than their own?

it started with white AMERICAN supremacy. In an attempt to divorce us from our stake in the creation of this country and subsequently the modern WEST. Then the pannies and mama africa-negros took that and ran with it

Dishing everything off to africa is not doing what these nikkas think its doing

 

[Lord-Yosh]

I almost want to neg. We are African. They are our ancestors. We did not originate in the Americas. We are Africans stolen from Africa and overtime we built a culture here. It is perfectly fine to connect to that past. We would not exist without them. We do not need to tear down our African forefathers to connect with our more recent ancestors.

Do you tell this to Jamaicans, Haitians, Brazilians etc etc







Of course you don't suck a dikk

 

[ViShawn]

Glad he's reconnecting. I travel a bit but I also laugh when people talk about "finding themselves" halfway across the world when they have never looked in the next town over. I also don't think this is something ADOS exclusively face (though it impacts us more) I've seen other Americans sorta dismiss their own culture

 

[Mystic]

Felt the same way first time I saw oak alley visiting my relatives hella years ago. Haven't stopped being angry since.

nikka how you angry at that?