and I want to clear something up.  Black americans didn't absolve the Africans of their part in slavery, and in fact their is a huge hatred between Black Americans, and African blacks today.  However, this is not really expressed in front of whites often.  This is a sub-culture of blacks that whites probably never see.  African blacks use the term "nigger", much in the same manner as American whites.  It's like "ashanti" or something like that, but ignorant Black Americans think it's a term of endearment.  The black americans are like a lost people who don't know where they came from, so they have tried to establish their culture here.  I am just trying to clarify that Africans did not get off scott free in the eyes of black americans, as many people might think.  Just to be clear, I think Africa is a fucked up continent with fucked up people, but a lot of it has to do with imperialism ravaging an already warring territory.  It goes way deeper than any race.

Chris

by chrisandyasemin on 07/02/2009 07:41:50 PM EST

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