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Tralanda Pleasant :
we gotta separate ourselves to protect our culture
2025-06-13 15:23:47
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Sweetthangpeaches :
The problem is the other diasporas are afraid they won't reap the benefits of freedoms of Black American/FBA in America. FBA have made other diasporas live easier by benefits off our ancestors and continues works in America.
2025-06-13 18:09:07
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scott :
a large part of American history African Americans have decided themselves on their on identity labels. i don't understand why you need a label today.
2025-07-11 20:33:01
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dionysusCymbee46 :
It’s ironic because BAs/AAs were constantly mocked for not having a language for ethnic identity and being race first. Now that BAs are learning to function like other ethnic groups with a lineage central focus people have issues with it
2025-06-13 15:39:49
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Znada77 :
It’s a problem because other people in the diaspora want to be able to attach themselves to our culture and if we have our own ethnic identity that excludes them.
2025-06-13 21:23:10
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Ebby Baby, Please :
They want the broader term so they can include or exclude themselves when it suits & benefits them. A similar discussion/issue is happening with biracials and also in a way trans women who are only beefing with Black women.
2025-06-14 01:07:35
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Relly Love :
The want us to stay asleep so they can try and take our place
2025-06-17 13:00:02
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TeeTee :
Exactly, what is the problem. They’re calling it xenophobia. Jamaicans, Haitians, Nigerians etc. can distinguish themselves, like they always do, but when we do it’s a problem.
2025-06-13 23:57:33
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Ms Noni :
Yes yes and yes!!!!! What you said!!!!
2025-07-23 03:13:43
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purestorm84 :
its because they don't want to solidify in their eyes that foundational black Americans have our own distinct culture, and history. it will undoubtedly the narrative that foundational black American don't have a culture.
2025-07-07 21:36:10
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Forest Eugene :
What you’re describing is a hallmark of the Black American experience. It’s seizing the scripts put upon us to rewrite and define them for ourselves. There’s resistance to it bc in the colonial, doing so disrupts the entire hierarchy and folks don’t wanna accept how beholden they are to that hierarchy.
2025-06-13 16:19:47
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alwayshungrypizaz :
Literally. Every country in the American hemisphere has its own black ppl that are African descent. But for some reason the ones from the U.S. are getting bullied for their ethnicity 😭
2025-06-14 08:21:41
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Bridgette :
To claim ethnic identity, culture and language means we are full humans deserving of dignity and respect. Nobody wants to allow that
2025-06-13 18:08:42
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hannah :
this is why it’s important for us to invest in our modern cultural development. using the term soulaani and reviving tutnese are good starts in helping others and ourselves understand our unique cultural identity.
2025-06-13 16:36:48
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MIMI :
dilineation makes it harder for ppl to profit from Black Americans while lowkey looking down on us - it ruins the grift 🤷🏾♀️
2025-06-14 04:39:45
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Ash :
They’re calling us xenophobic for celebrating our ethnicity and it’s very odd.
2025-06-14 15:12:13
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MernieAnne🇵🇸 :
That’s why I like to see folks using Soulaani
2025-06-13 15:46:09
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brussel🌱#free🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩🇭🇹 :
I think keeping African-Americans linguistically stateless keeps them in a state of limbo which justifies the mistreatment of them. E.g., “They’re not really from here or anywhere, so I can treat them as outsiders.” I wonder if it can be compared to how Romani people, nomadic people or functionally stateless people are treated. Also I’m Haitian and I’m sorry that us and other Black immigrants keep treating the African-American community like this.
2025-06-13 20:13:14
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b :
I don’t even think the language is THAT confusing tbh. I think many people are being disingenuous concerning how they identify in order to co-opt and invalidate our ethnic identity. Honestly it’s to further their “ yall don’t have any culture claims”. For instance how can you have a culture if you don’t even have a name to call yourself/ ethnic identity. They validate these crazy claims but now saying I’m technically AA bc I’m African and now an American citizen or something along those lines. Same thing for the term BA. When before they would identify as “country of origin - American” so Nigerian American, Kenyan American etc. It’s frustrating bc we been fighting tooth and nail for our identity and culture.
2025-06-14 08:31:20
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Msjo1968 :
When Africans come to this continent and demand and repeatedly say they are not blk Americans and BA’s don’t have culture they don’t want to be seen as BA’s. Now that they are being targeted for deportation now they want to be associated with BA’s. FBA’s are a unique group of people that no one should be able to cosplay
2025-06-18 07:45:34
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Princess Weekes :
I think this is a really interesting topic. I think a lot of it gets complicated by online spaces and a lot of people who think they are informed on the topic speaking on stuff but really just repeating information from bad actors. I have been thinking about why I have felt this inclination to point out when there are mixed black heritage people in American history and I think the reason is not because I think that we all need to “share” something but I think what I have from myself pushing back against this idea that like specifically black Afro Caribbean people just got here and have never been concerned with black solidarity ever. I’m not saying that there is an anti-black American sentiment in those communities, but I think there is a flattening of the fact that we have been interlinked due to slavery. And that is a complicated coexistence. It doesn’t mean we don’t have our own individual things, but the unique situation of how we were brought here is why these things are more complicated than say Chinese versus Japanese versus Korean in my opinion. none of us who are descended from the transatlantic slave trade are in places we chose to be. And all of us have had to make migrational choices based on opportunities because the land that we were on was hostile to us. but anyway, I think these are good conversations to have and that we should try and do it more in actual spaces where we can talk to each other and not just like yell because we have a lot to learn. Xx
2025-06-19 20:20:16
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𝔅 𝔩 𝔞 𝔠 𝔨. 𝔅 𝔞 𝔯 𝔳 :
It's like even if you feel uncomfortable with us repping america, we still doing it in the blackest way possible. Like beyonces performance that started this whole conversation, forget them waving the American flag, they was all black. And I think part of the disconnect is people being unaware of how much more American we are then the oppressive white America everyone knows. The most American things we all know were made by us, heck we've even been here longer than most white Americans, as only a few Europeans nations were settled here at the time. I thought we made red white and blue look non threatening but hey i guess not but at the end of the day it's what we got
2025-06-14 02:01:08
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LoveSoulLegacy :
What they are losing is access to be able to attach to our culture when it benefits them. Sadly our culture has been for the consumption of others including others in the diaspora. And this is why unfortunately some feel comfortable reducing our culture and saying we have no flag, no culture, no language……even though many of them speak a creolized version that f the colonizers language 🤷🏾♀️. And the thing is we DO have a flag the Black American Heritage flag ❤️🔱🖤 which is just as old if not older than some national flags in Africa, we also have regional dialects and languages. And the bottom line people feel uncomfortable when people start setting boundaries. We still have a lot to unpack in the diaspora. Thanks for this intelligent conversation. This is one reason why we created a cultural heritage fabric and clothing line for Black Americans (Soulaan) ❤️🔱🖤 inspired by the Underground Railroad quilt codes and our unique history and ethnic experience 💯🥰
2025-06-18 20:42:13
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kye samara :
The assumption that we’ve detached from our African roots is a persistent issue within diasporic discourse. It reminds me of the conversations between the broader Black diaspora and some Afro-Dominicans who reject Blackness, asserting their identity solely through nationality or ethnicity. This selective identification can sometimes be seen as a denial of African heritage, even if unintentionally. As one of the primary groups that has pioneered diasporic culture, we carry a deep historical and cultural connection to Africa. But I think there’s a legitimate fear that, over time, these ties may weaken, especially as identity becomes more fluid and shaped by localized histories.
2025-06-13 16:07:26
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ubedriver8 :
Blk Americans do have our own flag and anthem. AA was started when other group would reference the country of origin but where does colored or blk originated thus AA started we couldn't pinpoint the exact country in Africa but we more than enslaved ppl.
2025-06-14 17:13:12
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