What do you guys think of this Gullah-Geechee's take on ADOS?
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To be fair to him though, not everyone uses ADOS as a substitute for black Americans yet. Some still just see it as an online movement. So i don't think he is saying he isn't African american like some posters are interpreting it. He may just consider ADOS an online movement and not be down with it.
So you're saying there are not any differences between gullah's and other black americans (excluding regional differences between black americans) ? Like their dialect would be understood by non-gullah ADOS ?
No this is likely a troll account meant to spread seeds of dissension and in-fighting. They’re basically pulling a “we’re not like the rest of yall nikkas”...and that’s not a vibe I’ve ever picked up from Gullah/Geechie folks.
Online trolls often do this thing where they diss African Americans as not having a culture, or that we’re “lost” or whatever. All of it stems from myths about slavery in the US and it’s affects on African cultural retention.
Because many of us buy into this myth and publicly announce their sensitivity on the subject, trolls see this as a soft spot to poke at. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s best to ignore but there will always be people who fall for the bait.
If you grew up hearing older black people talk, you should understand some of it
I'm speaking as someone who had family in n.c. on the coastal area, so it wasnt out of the norm to hear that deep accent, and the little sayings, sometimes when I went to see family
Plus, geechies are all over the southeast, not just on the gullah islands. They needed jobs like other blacks, and wanted a good life, so they migrated. You wouldn't know they were geechie descendents until they told you, trick daddy is an example, like I mentioned earlier
So for a person that's not smart, are they somewhat related to the people from Gullah Gullah Island? I know that's childish but what country do they come from? How did they settle in that part of the country? Who are they? My dad lady from one of the islands. I forget because she sounds like Ms. Cleo so I always forget. Excuse my ignorance
JoogJoint
In my own league.
I live in SC and very familiar with the Gullahs (Geechee is what they call them in GA) and this is very ignorant of him. He doesn't even know his own heritage.
K.O.N.Y
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yes gullah gullah island was based on the culture
And they are ADOS. Just s specific subset of the culture based out of the low country, mainly coastal south carolina
ThatTruth777
Superstar
name calling infers an emotional stimulus
I really didn't mean it in a bogus way. Is it something they held since they got dropped here? I also thought it was some Caribbean shyt. Any books would be dope. I don't even have a grasp on the West Indies and most Caribbean spots. They don't teach that shyt
K.O.N.Y
Superstar
there are similarities due to the cultural conditions of living on islands on the sc coast
but these guys may be the most raw, ados culture group in the nation
skokiaan
African original
negged for being an idiot
he never denied geechie being African American just using the ADOS monicker for identity due to it's reference to slavery as a qualifier in identity...Both of my paternal lineages go back to Charleston SC. AKA Gulla geechie capitol
They are the most unapologetically Afram Ados group in the country
lol at them being regarded as something else. Basically just a distinct low-country carolina sub culture
that statement is basic as hell and everyone is in here spinning it for their own narrative and agenda.
he's not the first person to express the fact that he doesn't identify with the DOS. it's not a conversation about lineage but language and choice of words.
Timeline - first commenter doesn't identify with Africa, Second commenter is a Pan-Africanist, third commenter is Geechee. And they all Black American from my understanding. the issue was not identity
basically arguing semantics...
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