With the recent pilgrimage to Ghana, I shared with friends a new title given to me by the King of Akwamu, there have been some interesting negative responses from the black community.
Though the positives far outweigh the negatives, I choose today to focus on those negative ones because I believe there is great power in studying this mindset to provide teachable moments.
We American born blacks were bred to hate our own people and ourselves. Self-deprivation is buried deep within our subconscious. We’ve found comfort in calling ourselves derogatory names and sabotage our own progress because we’ve been convinced we are unworthy of the same things whites or other nations enjoy.
When Jews visit the Holocaust Museum or Israel, or Irish and Italian Americans travel to their homelands, there’s ZERO backlash from their communities and communities outside. Ask yourselves:
WHY IS THERE ALWAYS BACKLASH FROM OUR OWN BLACK COMMUNITY WHENEVER WE HAVE PILGRIMAGES OUR HOMELAND?
This is not only from other blacks; it brings commentary from other communities who mysteriously seem entitled to chime in as well!
“Negative comments like; “Who do these Ni**ers think they are? They’re celebrating slavery! Africans were complicit in slavery as well! This is just a publicity stunt! They just want attention! etc.” Why all the hate? Why do folks care so much? It’s like we threatened them…AND WE HAVE! We have threatened them and other black folks to think better of us, therefore- better of themselves!
We American blacks are SUPPOSED to think negatively about being connected to our homeland because that's how we were conditioned to think! We’re SUPPOSED to think; all Africa was, was slavery when only an extremely small portion of the continent was even involved in the slave trade. We’re SUPPOSED to see Africa as mainly "starving people and jungles."
We may call ourselves African Americans but we are truly disconnected from Africa. I say WE because I’m not excluded! I thought “my people” came from South Carolina which I now see, is as stupid as a Chinese man saying his people came from Ohio! I tracked my heritage South Carolina was only a small part of my people's journey that began in Ghana, a place that had kings well before Europe had theirs. For me to be enstooled by the King Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III of Akwamu is far more relevant than if I were knighted by Queen Elizabeth who’s royal bloodline doesn’t go back as far. Ghana has been the 8th African country I’ve visited. They’ve all been astoundingly beautiful, with classy and very educated people who speak more languages than we do.
Those of us that felt “some kind of way” maybe you can begin to direct that anger toward those orchestrators that made you hate who you are- those who’d find comfort in you hating your own people, and those who’d find it threatening for you to unite with your people in solidarity. I believe the original culprits are long dead but their policies are alive and well. Please ask yourself; if Mark Wahlberg or Ben Affleck went back to their place of heritage would you care? They have a country that loves and embraces them. WE HAVE A WHOLE CONTINENT THAT LOVES AND EMBRACES US!
In Africa, a voice commands him to look around. The Voice: "Do you see any niggers?" He answers meekly “No.” The voice: "Do you know why? Because there aren't any." - Richard Pryor.
Source: Michael Jai White
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I don't blame today's African. It is all part of the symptoms of neocolonism. First, do everything possible to make them believe that everything black is not good. Second, take away their culture and force another's culture on them. Once these are done, the black race is finished.
He has earned my respect. You are truly a wise man
That is how slavery succeeded and that is why slavery has not been fully abolished in its entirety. It has just morphed into a different form. Once you are a people's culture you conquer the people themselves and that is the whole point. Do we love our culture to start with? Do we even know our culture to love it?
This guy ( Michael Jai) is more of a poet than an actor, Hold your breath Micheal, this negative attitude runs through our gens, we are the only continent that hates our, bitter to see our own proper, but i have always had this impression that is different out there ,not knowing is the same everywhere, Eii in the state too,Are we a curs3d race?
That's great
beautiful piece. Let love each other and fight for each other
blacks are their own enemies they say. hmmmmmmmmmm
AFRICAN AMERICANS AS THEY LOVE TO BE CALLED HATE AFRICANS IN WAY THAT TRUMP HAS NOT EVEN CONSIDERED.
Beautiful piece
Am in tears whilst reading this peace. I currently resides in the USA. I was very happy and proud to see Michael Jai being enstooled as a king in my Homeland. Am proud of my birth country. God bless Ghana my motherland.