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[invalid]

For you personally, how has your lineage been taught to you and what tools did you use to dig even further and find things out for yourself?

I grew up with many African customs in my home, and even just my name, Dometi, means the backbone of the family and Pongo, meaning workhorse. I had this sense of identity that really helped me get a sense of confidence and develop my personality very early on. But I also had this thing where I don’t speak my native tongue fluently, so I always felt that I’m not African enough at my core. Then I go to school, and I’m getting teased for my name or my complexion. So then you feel like you’re not black American enough. I had to have these conversations with my dad about that. Why does it seem like a disconnect between my culture and theirs, and how to unpack it? It was just a lot of reading and a lot of conversation with folks learning that people were stolen through the African slave trade, but identities and who we are stolen. And so that leads to colorism and the possible alienation caused by their names or accents. So that helped me to, you know, guide folks through different. Also, a lot of reading, I read The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams and Lies My Teacher Told Me. The first book at 19 years old that I read about black consciousness that really got me together was the Autobiography of Malcolm X., So those books and conversations really helped me when it comes to knowledge.

This whole interview was really good. I especially like this part, where he talks about, despite the the fact that he was ‘othered’ in is youth, he didn’t let that stop him from doing the work to fill in the cultural gaps missing between himself and black Americans, so that he could come to a point of understanding.

The same work needs to be done on this side as well.

I know you’re Haitian, but are you aware of any literature that could provide understanding and enlightenment on the position of our African brothers and sisters?

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Pretty cool.

I'm with whatever's trying to unify us. I'm really avoiding all of the infighting....

 

[invalid]

Pretty cool.

I'm with whatever's trying to unify us. I'm really avoiding all of the infighting....

Agreed. Being divisive is the easy route. People are not trying to do the had work of uniting us. That’s the real work.

 

[havoc]

Pretty cool.

I'm with whatever's trying to unify us. I'm really avoiding all of the infighting....

It's hard for myself to avoid the diaspora conflict when a group of people speak on black foreigners with malicious intention. There are times I avoid threads with divisive content. Other times I have to join in the fued to shoot back. I'm all for unity amongst variation of black ethnic group but it needs to be done with some understanding and respect not with anger and ignorance that have polluted the Coli.

 

[Buddy]

I wanna know Erica Dixon's results cause something about her phenotype is just

Her, D.Woods from Making The Band, Teyonah Parris... I love that 'look'

 

[get these nets]

This whole interview was really good. I especially like this part, where he talks about, despite the the fact that he was ‘othered’ in is youth, he didn’t let that stop him from doing the work to fill in the cultural gaps missing between himself and black Americans, so that he could come to a point of understanding.

The same work needs to be done on this side as well.

I know you’re Haitian, but are you aware of any literature that could provide understanding and enlightenment on the position of our African brothers and sisters?

Thanks, I enjoyed and could relate to parts of the interview.

The most informative series of books that I've ever seen about past and recent history of the continent and the people is The General History of Africa

Spoiler: Abridged versions

Regular versions of the books are so long and detailed, that they discourage people from reading them

Abridged versions of Vol 1-7, full version of 8


abridged – Google Drive

Compiled from the works of dozens of African historians. Covers every region, topic, and time period.

Two of the books he referenced in the article were written by AAs, Williams and Malcolm X.
It's important to try to get informed/educated by intelligent people writing about their own histories . Much of what we think we know about each other as groups has been propaganda filtered by the same people who enslaved and colonized us.(and their agents)

 

[Ahadi]

Pretty dope message.

Definitely gotta try African Ancestry.

 

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[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

beautiful