Does the African American realise the differances between them and the native Africans?

Question

I am in Africa and I see the differances everyday but what i dont see is real involvement from the developed country so it must be true that the african Amarican has in fact become a culture of its own if not a totally differant culture that will not be able or whant to be part of its roots!

Answer 1

I had the very interesting experience of attending Langston University (a traditionally black university) on a minority scholarship (I'm not black). There were large numbers of African born students attending, as well as black Americans, and the social segregation was a real eye opener. The Africans were serious students with no animosity toward any ethnic group. They were decent, hardworking cultured individuals with no chip on their shoulder or axe to grind. I felt safe and fully accepted in their company. However, the American born blacks were quick to point out how lazy they were (incorrect), how bad they smelled(I never noticed it), and how they had everything handed to them on a silver platter (many had well to do parents and sponsors).The Americans seemed to shun their African colleagues, and a lot of the attitudes I observed seemed eerily similar to the Jim Crow attitudes of earlier generations.

Answer 2

What! We are all human beings, what would make them so different from the rest of the human race. Besides culture and language. just so you know there are white Africans and black Africans. Get yourself a book or go on the Internet and do some research. Have a wonderful day, God bless

Answer 3

For some of them...no, sometimes i think they use their heritage as their scapegoat for some things, and for others their spiritual motivation. UNFORTUNATELY a lot of them don't realize that because they HAVE native african heritage that they are somehow in tune WITH their native african cultures...and i can tell ya right now that CERTAINLY isn't the case...not to mention not all of them are the stereotyped "zulu' warriors that are half-naked and have spears....i mean damn there ARE cities and they DO have freakin major cities in africa, and not all people in africa are black, there's actually native africans that are white there too! I think i got off subject here....but yea i'm sure a lot of them do, and then there are the others that sadly didn't do their significant research.

Answer 4

I am a black woman who loves africa. I go to eat at african restaurants, shop at african stores, and go to african parties all in support of africans from africa. I wish I could trace my roots back to africa, but it is imposible for me, All of us blacks here where given the last names of the plantation we worked on or of the master who owned us. So I only can find out what plantation im from if that even. I have been told that I am from ethiopian heritage, and have embraced amaharic ethiopia and all the surrounding areas and have tried to focus my learning on that area. But, I study and would love to know more about other countries, but I admit I know more than most since I can speak a lil arabic and amaharic and somali whoooo, yea weird, but I usually only date african men too. just a preference I have

Answer 5

Of course. Different nationalities.

Answer 6

you do mean similarities offcourse!

Answer 7

i think we are all people