Do Americans of African Decent have idenity issues?

Question

Its a fact that the native black americans are of primarily west african ancestry; since then the africans were no longer considered africans. SInce the beginning the names changes from ****a, *****, colored, afro-american, black and african american.
Not all black people in america are descendants from the african and north american slave trade. A black american is any black person who is an american citizen wheter they are african, jamaican, cuban, belizean, panamanian, or any other person with the physical characteristics of african people other than north african.

Answer 1

Ok...so...

Answer 2

I understand that some Black people have ancestors that they know came from some island, but where do you think those people came from? Some (slaves) got away on the way to America. That's how you get the Jamaican, Brazilian, etc. Black people. The root land of Black people is Africa, however. Besides, you know people in general have idenity issues, not just Black people...

Answer 3

its a proven fact we all have some type of african ancestry, i think every race has a lil bit of identity problems, white people tanning blacks people straitening their hair etc, the list goes on, i dont wanna be white but i admit that straighter hair looks better and is easier to do escept for when u wanna get braids, and i just wish some racist white people would stop being stuck up their as.s and admit there are somethings they like about other races. i have no problem sayiny what admire about other races

there are good and bad things about all races!!!!!

Answer 4

NATIVE black Americans.....ROTF/LMAO!!!!!

Yes, we do have identity issues. Not just because we do not know our countries or tribes BUT we do not know accurate African history and mistake our ancestors for East and North Africans which they aren't. We are descended from West Africans (Nigeria, the Congo, etc.).

We have no positive images of Africans (monkey, jungle bunnies, gorillas) and we seem to not be able to learn it either!

Answer 5

haha. Everytime I talk to a white American, they insist on telling me that their ancestry is Irish or German or English or whatever...Everybody has an issue- not just Blacks. Asian Americans will also tell you clearly that they are Chinese American, Japanese etc. It's all interesting...to some degree anyway.

Answer 6

There was someone on radio just now who personifies this. He claims he is hurt and injured by the slavery that was done generations ago to his ancestors. And he is right--black people's lives have been and made harder because of reactions to what was done to his ancestors.Just about all history is in Oahspe.Let me give you another source

Answer 7

In this day and age everyone has identity issues. Black people don't know what they want to be, whites are confused on whose style the want emulate (i.e. Native Americans, Blacks, any race), Asians want to be white and so on. We need to identify with who we are as individuals first. I want to be realized as a human being first. I'll worry about that other crap later.

Answer 8

First, I didn't see a query in this paragraph. Second, did you put up this post so the racist can all unleash their ignorant comments. Third, everyone has an identity issue.

Answer 9

Of course they do, by disinformation, blaming all of their shortcoming's on whites, by their radicals.
They forget the majority of black slaves sold to the America's were captured by other Black tribes and sold instead of being massacred or possibly eaten

Answer 10

No one should have an identity issue.
Be proud of who you are and of your ancestry

Answer 11

No. It's just what you grow up around. You just emulate because that's your surrounding .