kai_valya wrote: »

i was kinda offended @ the african names she's throwing out there "mr ola from nigeria" like really? this is pretty divisive to me, and continues to perpetrate the idea that africans/west indians aren't "black" like african-americans in this country

so even if you're a 2nd generation african/west indian and grew up here all your life, you're still not one of the african-americas? goh. immigrants aren't coming here to study then going back home, i don't think i know one immigrant student who didn't get a job here and contribute to this country

and i am married to an african-american man, so there goes another one of her ill-thought out points. this is just more of that they are not like us bullshit i see on both sides. if only we could open our eyes and see that yeah, we are the same

i found this pretty offensive, what's dangerous miss is your divisiveness. she also said umm too much for my liking

Sorry, Kai but you're not *shrugs*

The same way how if I went over to Ethiopia or Nigeria, I wouldn't be one of yall & you'd be lying saying otherwise. I'd be another Akata from the states. Africans (not saying you exactly) like to straddle the fence. When it benefits yall, yall cool with being "Black" and when it doesn't, yall be quick to point fingers at "Blacks", saying we're all lazy, ignorant, ghetto, etc. So, I like putting yall.................> over there, that way its no misunderstanding between us. Being "Black in America" is more than having the right skin color. Its a shared experience. You take a black kid from LA, one from Detroit, one from Atlanta & one from Philly & put them in a room together, they all gonna have similar experiences & find common ground. Blacks from the Caribbean, South America & Africa living in the US. Not so much.

And I'm not just talking out of my ass here. My last two roommates from were Guyana & Jamaica. We liked different foods, different music, talked different, dressed different, completely different mentalities. No similarity whatsoever. Id stick out in Jamaica & them niggas would stick out in Philly.

Sorry for the rant. But yall cats aint "Black".

LMAO!!!!!

there's this film called "London".



the basic plot of the film is..................

that's the best way i can explain "the one that got away".

niggas got no hustle mentality. smh.