What is Black British culture?

[MikeyC]

why would we have an inferiority complex

in what fukking universe is y'all culture even comparable to ours


we have been influence the whole world and everybody been biting our shyt(including y'all) since forever



what is this ridiculousness you speak of about us being insecure and thinking the whole world revolves around us


do you know why breh thinks the world revolves around us


because in terms of other cultures around the world, NOBODY has had the impact we've had. NONE


don't nobody give a fukk about your culture except for Top Boy and Slick Rick, and he's pretty much from here





you and all the other brittish brehs dapping your posts on a website INTENDED FOR AAs can stay mad tho


that's why you're over here and we're not sticking our noses in y'all's corny lil shyt

Ya mans is outchea upset, bwoy.

To garner such a hormonal reaction must mean Black Brits truly are the GOAT black culture.

 

[Roland Coltrane]

Ya mans is outchea upset, bwoy.

To garner such a hormonal reaction must mean Black Brits truly are the GOAT black culture.

"I crush you motherfukking ants with a sledge hammer"

 

[kayslay]

I retired from this diaspora war BS as its pointless. But srsly what do these Black Brits want with us?? lol.

They want some Clout

 

[Anwulika]

So Africans have never fought for the right of other Africans, nikkas just gained Independence outta thin air and also you forgot to add Carribeans also used to joke at Africans as less because of the names, accents, dress, smelly food etc. But regardless ive no before with Carribeans so dont get too amped up.

Jamaicans, and I'm specifically referring to them, used to mock Africans a lot when they first came to the UK en masse. They just don't do it now as they're in the minority.

 

[Anwulika]

Black people were fighting the system.

Which brings me to why a lot of West Indians don’t like Africans.

Africans made a point of separating themselves back in the 60s from other black people out of superiority. Every other black group was perceived as a “lesser” to them and they had a tendency to shyt on black people in public in favour of whites.

African men still had the tribal scars on their face and were treated like shyt by whites because of it yet they would never retatliate when white people ridiculed them, so they made it harder for other Africans who were trying to make a life for themselves.

They didn’t build a reputation (as a collective) for being fighters so it was assumed they were food.

Ghanaians were ALWAYS preaching pan-Africanism (hence why most people like them now) & my family were cool with Nigerians. Naijas are one of the only groups of Africans I remember defending themselves. That, and they were quite attractive and dope dressers so other people liked them.

I’m speaking for the ones from Brixton.- can’t tell you about anyone else).

African elders didn’t fertilise the societal soil for their ilk, so the growing pains of trying to find their “spot” was left to the youngers coming up who naturally, held many, many slugs in the playground for being “different.”

They used to call us, “Jammo” & “slave baby” & we’d call them, “Bou bou” as in, bou bou clothing. We were terrible to each other smh.

There are Africans over here who believe we have “preferential treatment” here because we came first. Their elders never told them the truth because to do so, meant that they’d to tell them that those “dirty Jammos” were fighting racists whilst they were naming their kids Edward, Philip & Elizabeth.

As you can see, whether music or film, Nigerians & Ghanians are the only Africans making waves. In the West, black artists are either mimicking Afram or Jamaican music.

Why?

We’re the only two black groups that have consistently & generationally fought back against WS. There’s a ceiling for how many black tribes get through the door, and if you’re not from one of those, you’re probably gonna end up see-sawing between the ones who broke the door down.

The fact that you make an exception for Nigerians and Ghanaians, who make up the biggest population of Africans in the UK makes this whole post redundant.

Also, if I'm just going to immigrate to a country to make some money and then return home then I'm not going to be concerned with social issues too much. I'd just hustle, make my money, teach my kids to do the same and go back home. It seems harsh but this is what a lot of the Africans who you think 'kiss white people's arses' think.

 

[AB Ziggy]

African food is straight garbage excluding Ethio food

My first ever job was in an african restaurant. Place went out of business because nobody was fukking with ir
Our thrown together scraps with low quality meat beats anything out of Africa. Says more about you than us

Only Carribbean food is really fukking with soul food.

Hmm. Where was this restaurant located? What kind of african resturant was this? It's rare for places like this to close because the community ALWAYS help keep them open. I've only seen a few cases where the food was truly bad for them to close down.

Most african restaurants cater primarily to fellow african customers. They were never meant for foreigners to just walk inside expecting Western level service.

 

[AuntAnniesPretzels]

Hmm. Where was this restaurant located? What kind of african resturant was this?

Most african restaurants cater primarily to fellow african customers. They were never meant for foreigners to just walk inside expecting Western level service.

Philadelphia Area
Moroccan, owned by black Moroccans

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Hmm. Where was this restaurant located? What kind of african resturant was this? It's rare for places like this to close because the community ALWAYS help keep them open. I've only seen a few cases where the food was truly bad for them to close down.

Most african restaurants cater primarily to fellow african customers. They were never meant for foreigners to just walk inside expecting Western level service.

Yeah he's WILIN.
I love African food...
Them damn peppers tho...

Had me going into near convulsions, sweating and snotting



Nigerian, Senegalese, Ghanian, Somali, Ethiopian...I want all the food, nikka!

AA food every region...especially Louisiana creole..
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Jamaican, Trini


but them peppers tho.

 

[MischievousMonkey]

African food is straight garbage excluding Ethio food

you must have been born with the taste buds in your ass

I knew by the number of pages thread would be ridiculous

 

[ZoeGod]

Why do Black brits have inferior complex to African american culture when they copy our slang, style and want to get out on by AA singers or rappers? You nikkas have a nice thing in the UK but you guys try real hard to be down. It’s ridiculous. Stay in yo lane

 

[ZoeGod]

When black brits say “y’all” it’s the most ridiculous thing ever heard.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

Negropeans are rootless and have identity issues, there's not enough of them and they're recent arrivals. they live a duality where they're British/French/Italian in a sense of growing up in someone elses culture but never truly being apart of it, while at the same time being too disconnected from their own African/Carribean heritage by virtue of being 'European'. Thats why they look to African Americans so much, it's the only black culture formed inside a white country.

 

[AB Ziggy]

Negropeans are rootless and have identity issues, there's not enough of them and they're recent arrivals. they live a duality where they're British/French/Italian in a sense of growing up in someone elses culture but never truly being apart of it, while at the same time being too disconnected from their own African/Carribean heritage by virtue of being 'European'. Thats why they look to African Americans so much, it's the only black culture formed inside a white country.

This actually makes a lot of sense on why they attach themselves to AA culture so much. Good explanation

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

lol.... actually its Americans that have an inferiority complex and your post highlights it ..... lol

Americans seem to think that the world starts and ends with them and any indication it doesnt seems to make them furious ...

difference between Americans and British is simple... black british people embrace other cultures because they arent insecure about their own...

lots of black british slang originated in jamaica and a lot of it didnt .... difference is unlike you Yanks Black British people dont care, we arent on the divide nonsense that you guys are into ..... just as many Africans listen to dancehall as carribeans listen to Afrobeat

Thats why I always preferred the UK even though I was born stateside ..... Americans (of all colours) are generally too closed minded and insular for my liking .....

Nah I would argue Africans have us beat in regards to being close minded and insular

 

[AB Ziggy]

Nah I would argue Africans have us beat in regards to being close minded and insular

The elder generation yes. But then young generation under 35, quite the opposite.