Are African Men Saddled With The Same Stereotypes As African American Men?

Question

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Answer 1

I can't say it any better than Da-Weba: but I have to add
that whites tend to compliment Africans just to give
themselves a false sense of peace in their own minds
that they are not prejudice against black people.
Those Africans that try to separate themselves from
the origins of their other black brothers and sisters are
basically living a fallacy. As for the demonizing of black
males, it is a long stance of racism that is needed to keep
the oppressed/oppressed. There are low class individuals
in all races, and countries. We see it here in the great
melting pot with everyone. Black Americans can be
assured that the very description of such separatist
attitudes only continues to perpetuate the house nggr from
the field nggr mentality. We need to define ourselves and
stop using racist agenda to describe or separate the
black people. If you remember that black females are
demonized in a different manner as being promiscuous
lazy and having multiple children out of wedlock and
misusing the welfare system. It seems that no one is
focusing on the positive black men and women of this
country. We have many self respecting, hard working
educated black males and females than we have
criminals and the sort. And I'm sure they find it insulting
to hear such remarks> It's interesting how damaging the
media has been toward minorities over the past century
yet rarely ever depicting the deficiencies in the white
culture in America whom we know has always had
their own sets of problems dealing with others races and
themselves exposed to crime and poverty. People often
believe what they keep hearing whether lies or truths. As
history describes with any group of people, the male
is usually the stronger dominating figure of the society.
Therefore it is essential to break the black male first to
destroy the people. Women are less feared as competition
physically or mentally. If you look at some of the hoards
of violence in the bible you would note that the men were
always killed and the women and very small children preserved for future progeny of their own gene pool.
Similar occurrences in slavery, the white slave owner
forbid the union of the black male slave with white female
but fathered numerous biracial children with the slave
women. This has occurred time and time again in other
countries, the phillipines, puerto rico, india, south africa
and of course the native americans to name a few.
Sadly this type of activity still persists today in the media
television and periodicals, as well as false science and
statistics. Yet people still would say why are we all still
complaining about slavery it was over 140+ years ago.
It is the bad fruits of racism that stems from the roots
of slavery and oppression that still lingers in our society
today.

Answer 2

It's mostly inaccurate. African men: polygamist cultures so they're more likely to cheat *My father has been monogamist for the entire 30 years they've been married. It's the same with my uncles, etc. I don't see how they're more likely to cheat than any other man. Many, many men in the West cheat, more than I see in my own African community. Place thier elders (parents) opinion over their wives *Not true. Chunk of your income will he sent to Africa helping HIS family *A chunk of both my parents' income goes to helping both of their families, they take turn helping each others' relatives. I don't see why that's wrong. It's better than selfishly living a comfortable lifestyle and forgetting about your starving relatives who might have ailments that could be easily cured with the most basic medicine. Not guilty about scamming a women (i.e. marrying for visas, etc.) *LOL I've never seen this happen. African-Americans Initially perceives most women as "gold diggers" *Don't many American men think of women as gold diggers? Not just African Americans. Education isnt taken as seriously *This depends on the individual. Intimidated by "strong" black women *In my opinion, many African American men think of that being a desirable trait in women.

Answer 3

They may not think so but I know so.

See a lot of the Africans I've met have said things like "I'm not Black, I'm African"

I get so upset when I hear that.... The Chinese, Indians, Japanese etc. don't deny where they come from or their belongings... So why do we do it?

I think its b/c here in Toronto most of the black community comes from the islands (Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, St. Vincent etc.) and our response when they (not me) say that we are African; They get upset and say "Im no African, im Trinidadian or Guyanese etc." (Usually not the Jamaicans though' The Rastafarian's praise emperor Haile sallasie (hail di emperah') An african

My whole look on this is when I hear one or the other denying their heritage/ culture wherever they're born is

"Do you think that would matter if they started lynching us again?"

Harsh???..... Its ment to be

Answer 4

well it's the same as if i would ask if Europeans are stereotypes as Euro Americans ..Europeans for the most part especially the French are decent humane human beings with no superiority complex.
where as most, but not all Euro Americans i come in contact with seem to be full of themselves and have very evil hearted tendencies and a very erie and deep seated hatred for African Americans especially the African American male..I just feel sorry for them that they're filled with so much hate. They must be miserable...

But to answer your question, Africans generally do differ from Africa Americans, reason being, Africans have not had the same experience in America as have African Americans, so they have no ideal what we've been through and whats going on in America. They don't realize that when they do something as simple as ride in the front of the bus or drink from any public drinking fountain or use any public wash room they have no ideal what we went through for them to have the right to do such simple acts. They don't have the stigma, they don't have that bad taste in their mouth for a society that we African American know all about and they do not.....But as for me, when i see a person i don't see color first, i see the good or evil in them first...

Answer 5

I've found the answer to be yes and no because at first glance, it seems that an african man IS an african american. But the moment that he is spoken to and someone notices his accent, all african american stereotypes disappear.

so- yes: if no one ever talks to them
no: if you are aware that they are african and not african american

Answer 6

It depends on the setting. African men in Africa or African men in America.

If its African men in America they would have all of our plus some additional ones. If its in Africa they'll be different ones based on nationality, region & class.

Basically same stuff different spot

Answer 7

yes and no no because of the popular tv show southpark african men have the stereotype of being ethopians on line they have the stereotype of being from nigeria

Answer 8

No - all of the Africans I have run into have been hard workers, polite and value education.

There are a lot of African-Americans that are lazy, rude to white people, and don't value education. Why do you think Barack Obama doesn't have a large African-American following? Because they don't see him as black.

Answer 9

Men who were born and raised in Africa are completely different from American born and raised men of African descent!!

Men from Africa are well spoken, polite, well groomed, intelligent, and smart business people. They also are respectful of women and our laws. YES, they do suffer from the stereotypes created by the "typical" American African male example - and they truly HATE it. I used to work with a African man - - he was proud to say he was NOT African American - he was AFRICAN living in America - and there IS a difference!!

Answer 10

Um, didn't you already ask this question, but just say women instead of men?