British Women Asked If It's Weird That Black Americans Don't Know Where We're From

Demetra Kaye reports on British women being asked if it's weird that Black Americans do not now where we're from.
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[anonnnymousthegreat]

It’s weird everyone and their cousin are worried about our identity. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[Bigbaggzceo]

Why don’t people understand that we’re not immigrants we been in America before the 1600’s we are a mixture of Africans and Indigenous Americans….

[MrOu]

If Mac & Cheese is not culture, then neither is Jollof Rice.

[IsraelEmmanuel]

A classic example of what happens when people talk on issues and subjects they know nothing about!!!😡

[j.w.]

Ridiculous line of questioning. Most Black Britons are full o' ish...The Majority of them are really just 2 or 3rd Generation Post - Colonial Continental and Afro-Caribbean Immigrant stock. However, Anglo British folk Never consider British - born Blacks "English" and always make that hardline Distinction. When the Boris Johnson Govt was deporting many Black Britons a few years back, many found their Citizenship status thrown into question, even if their Parents were British born. The were considered British "Subjects" but Not "Citizens". Go figure the Laws that keep moving the goal posts.

[amehka]

Why are other groups always in Black Americans business...are we all up in y'all space asking about your lives or cultures?

[kecia]

I am black Americans. Our music, sports, lingo, talking with your eyes/body, dancing, cooking, and family/ community time together, commerce within the black community locally and abroad. That should answer the question. 😊

[hdlc]

Africans dropped their culture and adopted British language, religions, legal system, etc. while in Africa. That's weird.

[bobbyschannel]

The reason why a lot of Africans say that black Americans don't have culture is because... they think we're africans. We are not Africans we're americans. Our culture extends to the American strata. A lot of the music that you hear comes from black americans, a lot of the food comes from black americans, and most of everything with inside American pop culture is black american. Innovations, inventions, musical heritage, American linguistic lexicon. All of those things are part of america. It absorbed in. Black Americans are Americans that is our culture.. now, what they're thinking is, since we're not authentically africans. We don't have culture. Well.. we're not africans. We are of African lineage but we are not of African culture.. our culture is American culture.

[zeezee]

As Black Americans.. we definitely have “culture” what we do every day represents are “culture” the same “culture” that people all around the World try to imitate ✊🏾

[rbgalldayeveryday]

Black Americans do have some cultures. We built this country from ground up, we invented a lot of stuff, we used to have some black towns in America, we created jazz, blues, gospel, rock and roll and hip-hop. We came in a lot of religious backgrounds.

[DeeFromNYC]

I'm FBA and proud of it, Fucc whoever don't like it ✊🏿🇺🇸💪🏿

[bavery]

I know where I'm from and where my ancestors came from. I am from the United States of America, and my ancestors were brought from somewhere in Africa. It's not that difficult to figure out. And...?

[Poshkin]

Whats funny is that if you go to Africa or wherever your ancestors come from, some of them will quickly tell you that you're an American

[nicoles]

Black Americans do know where we are from. I’m from the USA. My ancestors came in the 1600’s from Africa, mixed with Native American and European . Not that hard

[jervishorton]

I am a NYC BLACK BROOKLYN AMERICAN. WHOSE ELDERS ARE FROM MISSISSIPPI. SO IAM BLACKER THEN BLACK IN AMERICA OR AFRICA I HAVE ROOTS.

[tcmyric]

I’m Black American 🇺🇸 . That is a ethnicity

[sdowdy]

LOL! They LOVE the British culture. Sell outs.

[atlboy]

Black American culture sets the trend for the entire world 🌎 PERIOD.

[southsideschooloffinancial]

Southside of Chicago and damn proud of it! 68th Emerald