I'm a Ghanaian but sometimes we Africans in America don't understand what African Americans have been through in terms of slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, etc. We have to read their history on our own to appreciate their struggles because the USA school systems don't teach you indepth history of African Americans. Their struggles are the reason why we are enjoying our success in America as Africans.
@WODEMAYA
4 жыл бұрын
This is Deep!
@solentricxinc.9944
4 жыл бұрын
Finally, someone says it! They paved the way for all other immigrants of color. I say they because I'm a black immigrant from the dominican republic, they paved the way for me.
@frankbekoe3109
4 жыл бұрын
I have said these exact words to my African friends and family in the States. The same words. Wow!
@blessedhf
4 жыл бұрын
And this is why God is going to allow them to thrive and be so successful on the continent of Africa because the lost and stolen have returned home. They will thrive even the more of those who are “native” born. It will come so easy and with favor.
@Tate.TopG.
4 жыл бұрын
They dont know accountability, it was long time ago Even the people who went through it (50 and over) dont complain that much and most of them dont use it everyday to justify their situation in life. Also most of them are not hateful like the young generation.
@nasibongpinky5380
4 жыл бұрын
Africa is the last place for mix people to be discriminated. They are treated wayy better than pure black
@veronicajohn2522
4 жыл бұрын
Albinos are saught for bad reasons in Africa. Africa is a melting pot of tribes why are we hurting our own I love dark skin I'm medium Brown but color depends on the level of melanin in our bodies we live in a world that glorifies lack of melanin .Melanin give us protection from the sun .people need to get educated.
@notestingme
4 жыл бұрын
@@veronicajohn2522 medium brown you are dark skin be proud
@abixo2256
4 жыл бұрын
Nasibong Pinky this is not true from what I’ve experienced especially as a child 😭😂
@kingoscar5884
4 жыл бұрын
I think that sort of thing happens in almost all black nations for some odd reason, It also happens in the Caribbean.
@AprilN
4 жыл бұрын
Lol thats not true though...
@Jayarrin1
4 жыл бұрын
I am a black man born and raised in America, and I love my African brothers and sisters with all my heart. I love my people wherever you are on the planet with all my heart!
@cheikhdiaw8846
4 жыл бұрын
We love you more and appreciate you
@jeswazwadi7049
4 жыл бұрын
we love you too
@fifimpia7372
4 жыл бұрын
God bless you my brother, we love you too! 🙏🏾❤️
@Jayarrin1
4 жыл бұрын
@@fifimpia7372 And may God bless you as well tenfold! ❤️❤️
@Jayarrin1
4 жыл бұрын
@Malcom X Jajah One love my brother!
@kwade9298
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Wode Maya, I love this interview so much. It's great to hear about the experiences these women are having being "mixed race" in Ghana. I am from California, USA, and recently started identifying as an African born in the diaspora. African Americans have never been shown anything good about Africa. Growing up, it was imbedded into our psyche that Africa was a poor dusty place where people are starving. Black people are not treated well here in the states, and somehow we've made to feel that being African is even "worse". America is a racist country. Divide and conquer has been it's main method of oppression and control since our ancestors were first brought here as slaves.
@toggledhat864
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, Zakari from Ghana Do you have WhatsApp?
@brendaandrade6753
3 жыл бұрын
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@toggledhat864
3 жыл бұрын
@@brendaandrade6753 hi
@ebentee
3 жыл бұрын
@@toggledhat864 eeii
@jzk2020
3 жыл бұрын
At least some people are starting to get WOKE.
@MarintiaEiko
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for having me!🤎🤎 you have such a positive energy I had so much fun🥳
@abby-a
4 жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@swanzyyard
4 жыл бұрын
We love your positive energy too @Marintia Goto-Williams This conversation just touched on a the funny tension between Africans and African Americans, Thanks to you. A conversation that will trend on here for quite some time. I just think every race struggling with Identity should just associate as Ghanaian because Ghanaians are very accepting. 😊😊 We had this Afro Asian girl in our government High school, this girl knew how to tease. So whenever we had the upper hand, we will give her the popular Small eyes joke 😂😂 Hope you never had such in school.... Thanks for reading
@spinkoyakinde4460
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@mikea.6911
4 жыл бұрын
You did great Marintia
@daphnee646
5 ай бұрын
Mari Tia I would for you to show me Ghana. I would like to visit one day.
@sherrifaowusu6743
4 жыл бұрын
The mind set that bringing a white person or a non black person home is a blessing is a big sign of our low self value. The mind set that “light, bright and white is right” is Insidious and sadly slows Africans down, it also encourages beautiful women to bleach their skin in order to achieve a higher value in the African society which needs to be addressed. The long and short of it is that you will be favoured for being mixed race - the down side is the fetishisation... you will be instantly loved for being exotic but you’ll have to be mindful of whether they love who you are or just the brightness of your skin. This goes for friendship and especially dating. ❤️
@sleekchic1111
4 жыл бұрын
Well put
@emmabarnes9835
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely sis!
@Kassiusday
4 жыл бұрын
Njumanvùi Mùnmom ....” has the most arable land “ as you say : is hugely relevant ,, how deep white supremacist brainwash propaganda has impacted our brains !!!!!
@thiossaneafrika
4 жыл бұрын
Sherrifa Owusu yeah, is SO freaking ridiculous! Like Malcolm X said hating the oppressed and loving the opressor.... not only lack of value just being nuts really!!!
@vereisaac4558
4 жыл бұрын
true
@PRINCESSGEMINI1987
4 жыл бұрын
Mixed race people born and raised in Africa have a different experience to mixed race people born and raised aboard when they are in Africa.
@zoem9686
4 жыл бұрын
Yep
@LB_die_Kaapie
4 жыл бұрын
@Jay Blood It's a different experience here in Africa for us mixed race people.
@carolbazunu2274
4 жыл бұрын
Very truevl
@carolbazunu2274
4 жыл бұрын
Very true
@muhammadyazeed6411
4 жыл бұрын
Very true! A childhood friend of mine gets all the fine girls when we were growing up. He gets special treatment from people and mostly think his dad must be rich enough to marry and bring a white woman to Africa.
@salome6230
3 жыл бұрын
Just because someone doesn’t have the same problems as you, doesn’t mean they don’t have any problems. It is important to have empathy and compassion for others 🤗
@amiwho3464
3 жыл бұрын
Couldn´t have said better myself!
@farceadentus
3 жыл бұрын
Amen
@alexjc5362
2 жыл бұрын
Just be honest and say : i don't give a *uck for those " white people" or somethink i don't care i know you treated us like a " white" anyway who thinking for other people they don't have a problems????? WTF? This video is for that the *ucking specific things in the mix race lifes. Thats all.
@pureone8350
Жыл бұрын
This message needs to get through the heads of people
@bertaseyeview9422
4 жыл бұрын
For real as Ghanaians we must stop calling Asian people or people with a monolid Chinese.
@kkv6124
4 жыл бұрын
And they must stop disrespecting you in your own house. They are guest on the land they eat.
@bertaseyeview9422
4 жыл бұрын
@@kkv6124I agree with that.
@anndeecosita3586
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of people in the US and Latin America do the same.
@saeon4427
4 жыл бұрын
Who cares tell them.to stop being racist
@bertaseyeview9422
4 жыл бұрын
@@saeon4427 A lot of Asians are racist, yes, but that's not what I was talking about.
@royaldiadem8660
4 жыл бұрын
Guys let's be honest though,mixed people don't have real problems in Africa,walk into an interview with the same credentials as a mixed race person and be sure to not get the position,they are always favoured which is sad cos it's a subtle sign of how inferior we see ourselves
@D13vest
4 жыл бұрын
They never talk about this but instead they want to make it seem like black people are just as racist as the white people they came from because they dont want to tell the truth about their racist parent
@gigibigh5057
4 жыл бұрын
True at the mixed priviledge they do enjoy in Africa. Growing up the only times that I have observed mixed kids having a hard time are : 1. If they have a black mum and there is no white father in the picture..they are called bastards quite often. 2. If their parents are poor and lower income earners and they live in the " hood"- the kids are given a real hard time becos unfortunately Africans used to think all whites were rich.
@TheOptimalWay
4 жыл бұрын
That's just as stupid as me saying non "mixed" people in Africa don't have real problems.
@watchingthehawks355
4 жыл бұрын
Yes indoctrination and colonisation did a bad job on our people many still thinks White is a savior because of what churches had preached and indoctrinate our people with.
@miahl4814
4 жыл бұрын
Facts. Their proximity to whiteness mixed with our anti-Black mentality is fatal. We are suicidal when we uplift the products of interracial unions rather than put our own on a pedestal. Our competitors have done an amazing job at twisting our psychology to their benefit and to our detriment. Certainly the mixed race/biracial offspring will be and is used as a buffer class.
@kwakuasap102
4 жыл бұрын
The title should be “struggle as a mixed race in the western world” bcuz in Africa, being mixed gets you some extra special treatment. I think it depends on where they are at a time. In Ghana they will feel more home than the west
@adrianojoaquimnovelanovela7615
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you.
@Ada-zg2qb
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@peachbutler9566
4 жыл бұрын
"Extra special treatments"???? Wow!
@kwakuasap102
4 жыл бұрын
Peach Butler yup. This isn’t different from all those light skin dark skin jokes that used to be so popular amongst our people before social media (Instagram to be exact) Remember this conversation had always existed and I believe its root sterns from Slavery. Remember the masters will rape the women and their offsprings will he kept in the house mostly than the field. It trickles town till today. If a light skin and darker skin walks into a space of men, they will give more attention to the lighter one. Have you forgotten how America hip hop videos used to be? Same thing
@hourexodus5204
4 жыл бұрын
@Diane M. not true in America. Mixed (light skinned) people are elevated over fully black people in the US.
@bobbyejohnson3408
3 жыл бұрын
I’m an African American who is learning about Africa and African people. We in America do not know Africans. Thank you for opening our eyes to Africa. We are only taught negative things about Africa. My bucket list is to visit Africa since I’ve been watching you. They show us only the worst of Africa. But thank God for media
@l.e.c9620
3 жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself. I know Many Africans!
@bobbyejohnson3408
3 жыл бұрын
I’m learning more and more about the motherland. It is hard for me to think about how much I did not know until Wode Maya on KZitem
@hammykadala9511
3 жыл бұрын
@@l.e.c9620 hahahaahahahha hello
@andrewsiyomunji8260
3 жыл бұрын
@@l.e.c9620 One thing you have to know is that Africans are not monolithic
@millybilly8210
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Mama Africa......❤️ They'll never show the positive about Africa they only show the worst
@DumiGaule
4 жыл бұрын
The fact that some of us still view marrying white as an achievement says a lot about how effective neocolonialism is.
@DumiGaule
4 жыл бұрын
@Hungarian Cuman I'm not worried😁
@gnsoh
3 жыл бұрын
@Hungarian Cuman The fact that you are under this video even taking time to comment says it all😅😅😅😅. Keep throwing shades 😅😅😅🤣🤣
@melri4392
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for saying that could not have said it better
@ritaafricanchillmusiclarbi989
3 жыл бұрын
You have done well. Brother achiwadi four and people think they are important. All who slept with them will loose their souls in reincarnation.
@ExistNNature
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@evemason3456
4 жыл бұрын
I think mixed race people should be free to claim both heritages. They shouldn't have to choose one because they are a mixture!
@jondoe6976
4 жыл бұрын
and those of the heritage they claim should be free to reject them
@ladyg163
4 жыл бұрын
If you mix white paint with blk , it’s not white no more
@JF-jh9nj
4 жыл бұрын
Lady G it doesn't make black either
@JF-jh9nj
4 жыл бұрын
Jacqueline Grant no, that just means white people make the choice ”one drop rule” and black people accept it. Black people need to think for themselves. Mixed people are black and white (Other) not one or the other. They are usually proud of both their mother and fathers lineage. The confusion comes when they deny one side in favor of the other. If you let other people's labels determine your identity you will have a lot of internal conflict. Personally why I will only marry black and keep it simple. Plus I love being black-black.
@MedusasSnakePit
4 жыл бұрын
Jacqueline Grant it’s the same in Australia too
@ahakwahbot
4 жыл бұрын
Can we stop making blanket disparaging comments. Instead of: ‘AAs, this and that. Or Africans, this and that’. Let’s instead say: ‘In my experience, SOME AAs...or SOME Africans...’ This is how intelligent, rational adults speak. We don’t make blanket generalizations when speaking about important topics. We ALL need to do better!
@sumeya1923
4 жыл бұрын
I agree but of course we don’t need to say SOME all the time ...as I’m pretty sure that we know they mean but some ppl don’t take it that way
@smileyaz385
4 жыл бұрын
@@sumeya1923 Butb the thing is not all of us know what they mean. Or at least it shouldn't be up to us to try and figure out exactly what they mean. When someone in the USA says "black people do.....", we can all reasonably assume that they are talking about black people in their own country. The problem however rises when a video like this says "Africans believe/think/say/do.....". In this video alone there are only 4 people who are supposed to represent a continent of over 50 countries. I don't think I have to point out that people living in Egypt, Mali and Botswana will have vastly different experiences for example. And of course this isn't the only video to do this but like the original commenter said, we must be careful in just labeling a big group of people under one giant umbrella.
@ahakwahbot
4 жыл бұрын
@@sumeya1923 We use words to communicate thoughts/ideas. The more accurate the word choice, the more accurate the communication. A lot of the comments on this thread would be moot points if the subjects in this video hadn't spoken disparagingly about other peoples of African descent, while promoting negative generalizations. We must speak more highly about each other, and at the very least, be specific when addressing a negative situation/experience.
@makizee6.023
4 жыл бұрын
Wode Maya really needs to really learn that.
@Bayo106
4 жыл бұрын
@@sumeya1923 nah it has to be said. Not saying it is what creates more ignorant people that just believe this kind of thing when they hear it
@Robertkingz
3 жыл бұрын
Mixed people struggle in Africa? You're joking, right? They're almost like royalties in Angola 🤣
@lancemt5074
3 жыл бұрын
@ShutterDe DON definitely not in South Africa. We don’t reject them but we don’t treat them like royals either. We just treat them as one of us.
@lancemt5074
3 жыл бұрын
@ShutterDe DON No haha. About 5 million South Africans consider themselves as mixed race or “colored” people. They are common place here. So they are treated like everyone else.
@henriqueduda6636
3 жыл бұрын
Light skinned people in Angola way back in the days they use to be our royals untouchable riches owners of all the banks, but now something is changing.
@lancemt5074
3 жыл бұрын
@ShutterDe DON I’ve lived in other African countries. You’ve never lived in SA. I know what I’m talking about when I say SA is far more diverse than other African countries. And that doesn’t make us any better or lesser than any African countries. It’s just the way it is. Go argue with your mixed-race-worshiping county men 😂
@fouadibrahim9508
3 жыл бұрын
@@lancemt5074 you're right. Got that from reading Trevor Noah's born a crime
@bvdo386
4 жыл бұрын
Be careful of using 1 or two isolated cases and generalize about a whole group of people.
@CharleneWithrow
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so over it
@adventpotatoes1118
3 жыл бұрын
*THANK YOU!*
@imani3975
3 жыл бұрын
it happens a lot it’s not one or two
@whysoserious918
4 жыл бұрын
The thing is that Africa is so diverse it has countries with mixed looking people, the first girl from the left could blend in Ethiopia, the blasian girl could blend in Madagascar and Vanessa would easily blend in Cape Verde. If people want to blend in, there are various places.
@sammyr6911
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they look Polynesian
@arkmanevr2073
4 жыл бұрын
@Adrian Bradey no they can t pass in north africa at all ;maybe south of mauritania ;
@ilovelife3328
4 жыл бұрын
In America, no one would bat an eye at any of them. They wouldn't feel out of place at all because America is so mixed up as is. Vanessa looks like some of my family members.
@arkmanevr2073
4 жыл бұрын
@Adrian Bradey even north africans morrocans who are mixed with westafricans(harratins) don t look like that mixed race girls ;focus on the features not the skin color ; they can t pass as north africans ; maybe west africans inmigrants living there or mixed race morrocans plus west africans(harratins)
@arkmanevr2073
4 жыл бұрын
@Adrian Bradey are you american right ?you guys focus a lot on skin color not features ;race is not about skin color;
@anthonyburton7941
3 жыл бұрын
I’m African American in the United States. There’s a couple reasons why some black people have an issue with African identity. Our Euro-centric (white) school systems don’t allow us to connect with the motherland as much as we wish we could. Also, being Black has been the source of so much pain that many people try to run from it. It’s an identity complex that some of us are trying to cope with. I will be visiting Ghana soon 💪🏾 🇬🇭
@DJcyberslash
3 жыл бұрын
So well said thanks for saying this, I am African American and agree 10 fold.
@frankie7529
3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your visit to Ghana. And remember, you're not African and you're not Ghanaian. You're American. Remember that and you will have a great time.
@HobbsBhipp
3 жыл бұрын
Africans sold us away, many can never be Africans again.
@jessicamarie6448
3 жыл бұрын
@@HobbsBhipp Africans were tricked thinking they were taking Africans to do paid work, and then america came back and stole more Africans from their villages
@HobbsBhipp
3 жыл бұрын
@Andrew Trought That was not my intention.
@humeeayisha3199
4 жыл бұрын
Who else commented before watching the video Wode Maya is. Getting me addicted to this channel ❤️
@AnnaLynn994
4 жыл бұрын
As a black American who went to a predominantly black school in the U.S., including a few African students, black Americans and Africans did not separate themselves. We got along just fine.
@nateShabazz
4 жыл бұрын
We all do get along more than any other group, that's a fact but in depth when it's just us, alotta times differences are pointed out coz some of our family from the diaspora don't rock with the term "African American" they preffer black and a topic like that will open up more about how we create alot of separation amongst ourselves at the end of the day in times we shouldn't coz the system don't care if u was born in America with your family generations being American too, they gon' see u and I as the same person and we all gon' "fit eachother's description" to them!
@nateShabazz
4 жыл бұрын
@Afro arkhitekton I feel u, fam. But just one thing I wanted to add is that, I been in Africa too and people out there love y'all so much. I'm only saying this coz alot of brothaz and sistaz think otherwise so they'll emphasize the "not African" part big time. But at the end of the day, u right u ain't African no more, but it don't hurt for all of us to kind of connect all the dots and re-build a bigger and better Family. As Black people from any part of the world, and this is best done by loving,learning and preserving an African culture in whatever way hence embracing our kind instead of any other ways that we adopt "with/without a choice". And I ain't even talkin bout u coz I know what u about by just reading your name, this message for all of us, African or not! We still got African in our blood💯.. Respeck🙏🏾
@nateShabazz
4 жыл бұрын
@Afro arkhitekton Respect that,💯
@sumimaind
4 жыл бұрын
One thing I really don't like about Americans is the one drop rule thing. That's so racist! A mixed race person is obliged to identify as black because if they say they are mixed race people will say it's racist. It doesn't make any sense...
@AnnaLynn994
4 жыл бұрын
@@sumimaind That's not really a thing anymore as it was in the past to the extent you're thinking. Someone who's half black half white can put both white and black on some, if not most now, legal documents.
@AnnaAcheampong
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for having me 🥰
@PHlophe
4 жыл бұрын
Hey love x
@biologic9081
4 жыл бұрын
Great interview u made and being proud of ur black identity. Holland isn't any different from Germany, as you'll always be reminded about where u're from and never accept 100% in the society. Vanessa from Scotland isn't being honest to accept/embrace her black identity. Maybe Scotland is heaven for blacks or mixed race. She should come live in Germany or elsewhere in Europe and she'll be place in the right box, which will humble her to stand 100% of her blackness.
@spinkoyakinde4460
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for keeping it real
@mikea.6911
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome contributions Anna
@maryamkim1281
3 жыл бұрын
@@biologic9081 you know all about her and so you feel entitled to lecture her about the quality of her blackness. She isn't black enough (you're the expert on that), so she needs to be put in her "realistic" black box, right? She also needs to get bashed in by blacks who look down on her for having a white mother and having the nerve to call herself black when she wakes up.
@aromaofzanzibar
3 жыл бұрын
Am an African married to African American, my children always had issues in School coz their mother is an immigrant . Personally I have never had issue with other African Americans when I tell them am African, they find it weird coz am more light skinned than other Africans, I usually have to explain that I come from the Island ( Zanzibar ) and we have all sorts of skin tones.
@WODEMAYA
3 жыл бұрын
I love your Channel!
@aromaofzanzibar
3 жыл бұрын
@@WODEMAYA Thank you!
@sibonisovilakazi3413
3 жыл бұрын
Don’t Afrikans in general have all sorts of skin tones? Here in South Afrika and in fact anywhere in Afrika, there are all kinds of skin tones because the black mother is God and can give birth to all colours.
@mgasathedon1579
3 жыл бұрын
@@aromaofzanzibar dada mambo vp nijibu kama wew ni mzanzibar
@aromaofzanzibar
3 жыл бұрын
@@mgasathedon1579 sawa
@tifai3093
4 жыл бұрын
Not all African Americans are like that. For all my 18 years in the US I have only experienced it once. I feel comfortable more around African Americans. They are strong, motivated, and they endure alot.
@newsnowpan-afrika2875
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think any of them have lived in America for an extended period of time. My take kzitem.info/news/bejne/s6CHv6yFn2egdKQ
@lammuri
4 жыл бұрын
True. Obviously with 40 million population over different generations not all will have the same view. Similarly out the 1.3 billion Africans a million of who are in America not all think the same way. Here is very positive article on AAs by a Ghanaian lady in America: www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/The-blindspot-Owning-my-African-privilege-in-a-racialized-America-1055512
@Life_Simplified11
4 жыл бұрын
Wode Maya you need to do a video and ask the people of mixed race if they are enjoying Ghana because of the priviledges they get due to them being light skin
@veinsofafricanblood7519
4 жыл бұрын
I second that👍🏾👍🏾
@MissFlorenceBeauty
4 жыл бұрын
Cyril Simpson OMG how ignorant this comment is... so light skinned people supposedly having privileges (can’t speak on that, never been there) is a reason to be upset at the mixed people or the people who create those privileges for them??? So I am suppose to forever live in a racist white person society, so you don’t feel like other people are giving me privileges based upon my skin tone?! Makes absolutely no sense my friend
@cmben
4 жыл бұрын
@@MissFlorenceBeauty just because you cant speak on it doesn't mean it don't happen.
@MissFlorenceBeauty
4 жыл бұрын
cmben I know it’s a thing... but it’s a thing WORLDWIDE!! In South America for example people with my skin tone, especially women, are being looked down on, white women are the goddesses. I was a young girl, ashamed of me skin tone, hair texture, wishing I was white, blond with straight hair because I grew up in Europe and that’s what I saw growing up. So don’t @me for privilege. I am well aware it happens. What I’m saying is, me wanting to connect with my roots has absolutely nothing to do with me thinking: yeah let’s move to Africa so I can take advantage of my privileges there. Stop making it seem like everyone cares about that. I literally couldn’t care less. I want to connect to my Ghanaian side and that shouldn’t be a problem just because I am not 100% Ghanaian...
@boxgaming281
4 жыл бұрын
SOME BIRACIALS MAKE IT HARD FOR THE AUTHENTIC ONES! IN AMERICA MOST OF THEM CRINGE @ BEING CALLED BLACK!! THEY RIDE TGE FENCE OF BOTH RACES
@kelvinquartey8887
4 жыл бұрын
what the Japanese Ghanaian lady said about Africans and African Americans not liking each other in the USA is very true! It's so wierd like we're all black🤷🏽♂️
@pinkglow15
4 жыл бұрын
not true
@discerninggroup6181
4 жыл бұрын
Yes it's due to the aggressive brainwashing policy maintained by the oppressor to forever keep the two branches of west Africans apart so they'll never communicate with each other
@discerninggroup6181
4 жыл бұрын
@Afro arkhitekton Not so. Other than in the event of war
@ndwigaroothaert7345
3 жыл бұрын
As a mixed race person living in Africa (Kenya) I really appreciate this video. I also like that you chose some people who grew up in Europe and one that grew up in Africa. Being mixed race is complicated and I’m glad this video shed some light on it.
@burundishallsmile1day109
4 жыл бұрын
African peaple are naturally humen, warm and hospitable;we don't just hate unless there is a reason!
@kumi-nessatu7278
4 жыл бұрын
yea right
@georgebaah-adjei1839
4 жыл бұрын
You right Bro 👍
@Kingajetun
4 жыл бұрын
But we hate each other but nice to outsiders
@burundishallsmile1day109
4 жыл бұрын
@@Kingajetun said:"we don't just hate unless der s à reason" .
@johip8955
4 жыл бұрын
There’s been quite a few civil wars and genocides in the African continent
@leticiaperry8510
4 жыл бұрын
Actually people think being African you got to be very dark skinned....and people ask me r u really African...I say 💯 proud too..... dear world Africa is mixed with so many complexions....dark, chocolate, light, and white....no one race is better than the other... it's the character that really matters. Now if u haven't left the African continent ( not SA and Egypt), u might not know that racism actually exists in the world...not until I traveled to the USA that now I know that racism is real.
@chukwumaolisehemekaouwarre3236
3 жыл бұрын
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@KNG-fm1kj
3 жыл бұрын
I am North African and my skin is fair. I feel bad for the immigrants and the people that were always there because some of my people are racist towards them even though we share the same haplogroup that comes from east africa
@theblackgods4699
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mesfin887 tell her they are delusional those notherners enemies of Africa
@joe_lubinda
3 жыл бұрын
I get called wannabe white mostly by nigerians because I'm light a light skinned Southern African 😂😂😂😂 I once dyed my hair blonde and some filters make me look "mixed" so every time I commented on a page on fb Nigerians would be on my neck saying "you mixed people don't belong to Africa" and when they realized I'm African they'd say I bleach my skin when the only thing I bleach from time to time is my hair 😂😂😂😂
@joe_lubinda
3 жыл бұрын
@THE LORD OF POETRY that's very dumb. Everyone who was born and raised here is from here and there's nothing you can do about it.
@saidysmith8496
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for having this discussion you guys! It’s so needed. I identify with both my cultures Liberian 🇱🇷 & Swedish 🇸🇪 but I grew up in Liberia, that’s where I’m rooted, so I’m Liberian but I am also very Swedish too and I’ve lived in Sweden the longest. I’m just 100% ME 🤎
@PositiveContinentNews
4 жыл бұрын
Half Liberian here, myself. Except, I'm Gambian on my other side.
@MrFasho123
2 жыл бұрын
Roligt att man ser en annan svensk kommentera här. :P
@jerryfay5746
3 жыл бұрын
I as a black American have nothing against Africans , what my experiences have been is that we are culturally different so we do not connect without making an purposed effort , I also find this true with blacks from other countries like south America and the Caribbean ,as American blacks we don't always connect easily but it's not because we don't want to it's the culture difference. This has been my personal experience.
@ncheedxx0109
3 жыл бұрын
Well said. I agree. Black Africans & African Americans are just culturally different from each other. We should accept that & move on. Skinfolk ain't kinfolk.
@Alexsh2010
4 жыл бұрын
I love the girl who unapologetically mixed race. Vanessa I believe her name is. She seems very self aware and mature when it comes to this topic. I personally feel one should never make a person feel bad for loving BOTH sides of your culture! Despite some of the ignorance you may experience on each side.
@riverwilhelm-robertson2108
4 жыл бұрын
Sean Tottenham Black Americans are a hybrid people. We are forced to accept mixed people, we simply make up a people group called African American. I don’t judge how other mixed people identify in other countries, so why does it matter how we mixed people identify in the U.S?
@blessednowandforever2300
4 жыл бұрын
I really like your videos! Florida born and raised. I’m seeing Africa in a whole new light! Great job you are doing.
@frankbekoe3109
4 жыл бұрын
You have space to yourself in Africa to breath in
@tazawarahyashyasharahla6748
4 жыл бұрын
Remember tho African Americans and Africans are different the bible calls african Americans, hebrew Israelites from the tribe of judah and Africans hamites we all dont identify ourselves with what God calls us that's the root of confusion. You are who your father is at the end of the day.
@justiceerimjunior3949
4 жыл бұрын
To be honest this wasn't about African Americans the discussion was about mixed race, I don't get the comments am seeing everyone talking about African Americans
@yutheflerlim5224
4 жыл бұрын
Bc the person in the video said, "write in the comments below if you think African Americans treat Africans differently"
@abixo2256
4 жыл бұрын
@Fay Con you cannot look "african american", they look mixed race... we have mixed race people here in Africa too
@abixo2256
4 жыл бұрын
Fay Con not mostly , only some there are a lot of black Americans . Some are mixed with white because maybe an ancestor was raped but that doesn’t mean they are mixed race if they have a small percentage of white
@abixo2256
4 жыл бұрын
@Fay Con Mixed kids dont look mexican they look mixed. Some mixed people look more black whereas some are white passing. Some have freckles some dont. Stop generalizing a group of people . There are "darker" ones, all over the US and Africa too
@ronaldomazzatini3129
4 жыл бұрын
African Americans think they have the monopoly on being black. They seem to think that everything is based off of their history.
@paige2166
4 жыл бұрын
an observation i made with *some* mixed race ppl is that: People mixed with black and asian or any two minorities, most likely say their mixed with those two races. Whereas some mixed with black and white or any minority and white, most likely will say their the minority and not that their mixed. Yet again something *I* noticed, not saying its a fact.
@paige2166
4 жыл бұрын
@@henrydo8377 ur correct, and i was using them as an example when it comes to places like america
@itzmichahere4904
4 жыл бұрын
As if there's something wrong about being part/fully white...
@paige2166
4 жыл бұрын
@@itzmichahere4904 now did i say that? No so whats ur point of commenting this hmm???
@3otterlover
3 жыл бұрын
I think this is because they are identifying with their experience, people with one asian parent and one white parent usually look full asian and will identify and experience race as an asian person, also many black n white mixed ppls, lets say obama is experiencing the world as a black man and being treated as such, usually when people are mixed with white they don't look white but the other race, which is why i think they don't say their mixed the conversation is really interesting and makes me wonder if racially ambiguous ppl, ppl who experience their life as biracial and get treated as such should identify as biracial not black, iranian etc.. such as mariah carey, rashida jones etc
@paige2166
3 жыл бұрын
@@3otterlover U made a lot of sense here. Before I always thought if ur mixed with white and black just say ur mixed, however there are mixed ppl who don't look "mixed" but just white or black. Hence they say I'm black or white, cause they look that way. And I agree with the experience thing as well, great point.
@debbysimelane6453
4 жыл бұрын
These people are light as me. I am 100% African Bantu/Zulu in South Africa & Our mixed race are way lighter, I'd think them just black
@SD_M9
4 жыл бұрын
What's a bantu?
@Kanesha
4 жыл бұрын
Black comes in all shades!
@entertainmentfolloworgomis3169
4 жыл бұрын
@@SD_M9 they must come to South Africa they will see that they are black
@bertaseyeview9422
4 жыл бұрын
@@cosmo_mosy There's a small percentage of Khoisan ancestry found in some West African individuals. Including myself it's not a significant amount just 2.5%.
@bertaseyeview9422
4 жыл бұрын
@@cosmo_mosy No I don't think so it said 2.5% Khoisan and 1.4% Pygmy. Now I know a lot my relatives are lightskinned and have epicanthal folds. BTW I'm a proud West-African and proud of my predominantly Bantu heritage. There are also traces of Nilotic in ancestry there. But I claim my predominate acenstry.
@jey524
4 жыл бұрын
There’s no struggle for mixed race girls in Africa stopppp this
@illrizzocgg1009
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@colouredgal
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t agree I got hated on in South Africa for being Coloured/mixed.
@gangsniper8555
4 жыл бұрын
Stop lying we do
@asanteakan70
4 жыл бұрын
Historically the privileged class in Africa especially Ghana. The children of colonist were given higher status over the blacks. In Ghana they are also over represented in media.
@estherx5859
4 жыл бұрын
Shut up you can’t speak on things that you haven’t experienced
@blususpect
3 жыл бұрын
As a light skin Somali whos been to Somalia 🇸🇴 and Kenya 🇰🇪 all I half to say is the African continent has some of the kindest people in the world! And they don’t care what your skin color is! 🙌🏽
@marquisejackson5697
4 жыл бұрын
Us African-Americans(not me) but us as a whole were conditioned to get away from anything dealing with Africa & we were stripped from our African identity.We want to be everything else except African.
@jojofresh1019
4 жыл бұрын
True that’s why they treat other races better than Africans
@MissFlorenceBeauty
4 жыл бұрын
I am married to an African-American and he says exactly the same. They have brainwashed them so much that they can’t embrace anything related to Africa. Everything they are being thaught, if anything, is nothing they would be proud of. He now can embrace it, because he is married to me (half Ghanaian) and because he learned about the „real“ Africa. But to be fair, he has been not living in the US for almost 30 years, so he doesn’t really have their mindset anymore... it truly is sad
@reezak78
4 жыл бұрын
You right. as an African I can tell you it goes both ways though. Some Africans are really clueless about African-Americans history so that’s why there’s so much tensions between us. It is nothing but a results of Slavery and Colonization.
@maxk5831
4 жыл бұрын
really?
@reezak78
4 жыл бұрын
Deshone Robinson here we go again we that indigenous American. So question, where did you think your so called black indigenous Americans came from?
@libbyrosewellnesschannel3398
4 жыл бұрын
The world is so much more than black & white, Wode Maya I'm so glad you made this video ❤️
@MG-mj6zi
4 жыл бұрын
Wada Maya is all love. That is why I subscribed to him!
@JerryC423
4 жыл бұрын
@Zion Roots yep, thats how the enemy sees it.
@arushanioshaka5600
4 жыл бұрын
@Kuro Zee fact brother
@GCarnell
4 жыл бұрын
Wode, thank you for this episode. It’s so very unfortunate that each of them have received the backlash and poor treatment that they’ve gotten. Growing up (in the U.S.), my family had someone of nearly every hue. As an example, my sister and Vanessa are the same color, while I am a couple of shades darker than she is... As far as African Americans not getting along with Africans in the U.S., that has NOT been my experience. America is a very large place. It would be very unfair to paint such a broad brush on limited experiences.
@beaujac311
4 жыл бұрын
G. Carnell:. This is the best comment yet.
@jaeesmichelle
4 жыл бұрын
i agree! growing up in the SOUTH as a black person is a completely different experience than growing up in the Northern states. both will experience racism, but it's not the same type. i would assume this person was raised up North from this comment, where are you from?
@bibiayisi4191
4 жыл бұрын
It's my prayer that every African-American would get the chance to visit Africa, I mean not to stay if they don't want to, in order to familiarise themselves with the culture on the continent and tell their own stories about Africa instead of what the media in America has given them. In so doing they would get to that there are people who are living good in Africa and are more comfortable there than they would have been in America. This will help them in appreciating their roots better than they 'some' of them do now.
@GCarnell
4 жыл бұрын
@jaees michelle-Yes, that’s correct, I was born and raised in NYC; however, I also have deep roots in NC. Those experiences have given me a much broader perspective than those who’ve limited their time to the N.E.
@frimpsoa9429
3 жыл бұрын
I am Ghanaian but immigrated to the US around 10 years old. I remember 3 African Americans in my class. Of which only one would always make fun of me and ask me ignorant questions about if we walked around naked or lived in huts. I was ALWAYS mad. My dad would always tell me not to get mad and mention that they were ignorant and all we need to do was educate them-which I did. Again and again. After a few years from elementary into high school, I got along with him and a lot of the other African Americans. Media plays a huge role in what we perceive. I also believe that education is needed on both sides and obviously compassion for one another.
@bishoptatum8737
4 жыл бұрын
As an African “American” (Americanized African) Man, I can tell you it’s some truth to what the Half Japanese/Half African sista was saying about AA’s and African relationships. But I feel like the topic is much more complex and complicated than that. Even when they spoke on interracial relationships and how African Americans only want to date Black ppl deserves a lot more context and detail. Race in America is a lot more hostile than the Netherlands, Japan or the UK. And interracial relationships in this country generally isn’t the most genuine of relationships in this country. Racism is deeply embedded in American culture. A white person can get in a relationship with a Black lesson and still have a disdain for Black people. So I think you really need some African Americans to fully speak on that topic brotha Wode Maya. But I respect they perspective and like always I appreciate you Wode. Btw I grew up in a Pan African household so I’ve always identify as an African. There are a significant amount of us that embrace our African identity and interact with Continental African Brothas and sistas. I have Nigerian/ Kenyan/ Ghanaian and Ugandan friends. But I understand the majority of my AA ppl do have anti- African feelings or just ignorance towards Africans. It’s complicated.
@africanglobalnomad
4 жыл бұрын
True!
@123terricam
4 жыл бұрын
barely in the uk . the uk is racist just beneath the usa. usa is ten uk is 9 on the list of most racist countries austrailia is 8. so i can't say there is much a difference just the usa has guns. japan is 5 on most racist list so i'd think twice before assuming any of them aren't racist.
@jariusisaac8616
4 жыл бұрын
terrica m the USA is currently promoting racism right now to try to became re-elected
@markrichardson1657
4 жыл бұрын
you're right as well, but i feel people are overlooking the cultural differences between the two groups. meaning, though their all black people, peoples of africa have a different culture than those from the us, and ignorance on both sides contributes as well, but once the language barrier is hurdled, we find we have more in common than previously thought.
@burundishallsmile1day109
4 жыл бұрын
@Jade Star ✊🏾🇧🇮
@mssalahuddin7
4 жыл бұрын
Systematic-Institutionalized racism, colourism, and colonized mindsets are alive and well and impact Black people “everywhere” everyday in some way shape or form.
@bw4348
4 жыл бұрын
And that's across the globe, whether it's the idea that women of other races are a prize, to the alienation of your relatives, distant and near, due to their complexion or culture.
@mssalahuddin7
4 жыл бұрын
B W Exactly.
@giftofgodstarnorth6363
4 жыл бұрын
Very true sister it's very well alive.
@claudshairandfood
4 жыл бұрын
Do you mean the Jim Crow law is back and has been supported? Please explain.
@blackblaze5271
4 жыл бұрын
@@claudshairandfood No they mean the ideas of racism continue and continue to be practiced through individuals. Why are all these mixed people in this video wanting to be called 'black' and don't want to identify with the other side of their race?
@kambamazig02024
3 жыл бұрын
Wode Maya, I watch your show, as a Tanzanian in the diaspora and married to a white woman with two beautiful kids, I can tell you that there is a problem with humans, especially when we do not know the others. I think what you four are doing here is great! Thanks a lot.
@Ada-zg2qb
4 жыл бұрын
Anna Acheampong's experience was really bad. I like how she's real about it.
@blackblaze5271
4 жыл бұрын
butterfly dragon She seems entitled to black identity even though she's far from black. We don't want that
@TUNTALKS
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackblaze5271 who's "we"? Speak for yourself. There's no such thing as "Black identity" you sound like an American.
@emelitaeast6400
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a typical scandinavian country Anna lived in. If your ancestors were not vikings you are not one of them
@blackblaze5271
4 жыл бұрын
@@TUNTALKS Oh so you don't consider them as black then? And I'm only referring back to the video. All they talked about was being black or mixed or white.
@newthought5807
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackblaze5271 she is black all of them are black.
@electricbutterfly65
3 жыл бұрын
She is right! We as African Americans have been brainwashed about other Africans and I personally remember growing up with negative impressions of Africans. It's sad, and some African Americans WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING AFRICAN! It's horrible. It wasn't until I joined the Black Student Union and really learned about the unity of black people around the world and an appreciation for being African.
@alexrooney957
4 жыл бұрын
Half Accra half takoradi🤣🤣🤣
@WODEMAYA
4 жыл бұрын
lol
@rahavasolutions
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahah. Half Kwesimintim,Half Kwabenya
@africasfinest52
3 жыл бұрын
I love Vanessa’s explanation of being mixed race. Call a spade a spade, they are mixed race!!!
@deedeelaveen6872
3 жыл бұрын
African Americans are mixed race.
@raphrobe-9896
3 жыл бұрын
@@deedeelaveen6872 Not all of them.
@raphrobe-9896
3 жыл бұрын
@@villageboydee For you to say African Americans are mixed race, and amongst 46 million people, NOT EVEN one is 100% African is completely innacurate😅 there're some if not many who are 100% African, Lmao not even most Africans are 100% African💀(WELP!!) but yeah, you right, the reason African Americans blend in with Africa and Africans is because it was meant to be so, it's their land too!
@villageboydee
3 жыл бұрын
If you do your research you’ll see that the average AA is 65-75% African. Louis Gates from Harvard completed a study on it. Are there some of us who have more? Sure. But that’s not the case most of the time.
@sharoncox4288
3 жыл бұрын
@@villageboydee not true , according to scriptures Romans 11: 1-7 TMH YAH preserved his seed 1st TMH YAH PRESERVED 7000 MEN who have never mixed and there is also an remnant according to the election of grace . We must know who we are and speak facts other wise we are like a tree that has no roots.. it was and still is sin for the chosen to.mix their seed with other nations. Tobit 4: 12-13 mixing is sin , numbers 36: 6-9 we all are from nations and tribes of people and our nation are blessed for marrying within their own tribes . Joshua 23: 12-13 If you marry these strange people TMH YAH will destroy you. Israel the chosen !
@SherifaNakalema
4 жыл бұрын
It's an interesting topic. We have many mixed people here in USA and it's common to just call them black not mixed.
@aidafaustina9275
4 жыл бұрын
They’re mixed race not black and that’s ok. Why black people insist in calling them black? White people will never call them white because their not. Is simple.
@kreativeforce532
4 жыл бұрын
@@aidafaustina9275 because there was a time not but one generation ago when they insisted that we call them Black & treat them as fully Black. See the wife's workplace monolouge in the Jungle Fever film for an example. Now that its seen as trendy to play the fence they wan go in the other direction 🙄. Either you are in the Afrikan family house or you are outside. running in and out with family business is not allowable. we all know this.
@redtaylor4936
4 жыл бұрын
People always tell me I'm black.They try to make me check one box too.I'm biracial
@AkosuaFire
4 жыл бұрын
Nearly ALL Blacks in the u.s. are mixed with SOMETHING. There’s very few PURE Black people here. If we tried to change up and call everyone thats not pure Black “mixed”, theres gonna be a lotta push back. I, for one would be PISSED if someone called referred to me as “mixed”.
@aidafaustina9275
4 жыл бұрын
Madie GG Hospitality Not true, biracial people have a certain advantage worldwide compared to black people, proximity to whiteness makes them socially more palatable. Barack Obama, became the president of America because he wasn’t black but biracial a real black person would never be accepted as the president of America.
@mogedmedia6700
4 жыл бұрын
Ethiopians are diverse: all range of shades. There are people lighter than the mixed girls. There are also people darker than Wode Maye. After all, we should be defined by our character not by the colour of our skin. Our diversity is our beauty and strength. Africa Unite.
@mogedmedia6700
4 жыл бұрын
@nita bineta True.
@binib1741
4 жыл бұрын
Facts. Both my parents are Ethiopians and my skin color is the same as the girl’s and my sister skin color is lighter than those girls. I was surprised that they do call themselves black. And ya africa is very diverse 🤙🏽
@MzMahoganyHoneyBrown
4 жыл бұрын
Indigenous Ethiopians are dark skin, only the people with mixed ancestry are light.
@mogedmedia6700
4 жыл бұрын
@G. Beauty Who said only Ethiopians are light skinned?
@MzMahoganyHoneyBrown
4 жыл бұрын
@@elhammohammedyasin6239 They may all be native but they definitely are not all 100% indigenous (although all/ the majority will have indigenous ancestry). If you are Ethiopian then you should know about the Arab invasion. Do a DNA test and you will probably discover that you have mixed ancestry.
@Odiee99
4 жыл бұрын
When I lived in Atlanta I worked with a lot of Africans and there was never and issue. We all got along.
@eugeneoseitutu4601
4 жыл бұрын
hi
@Odiee99
4 жыл бұрын
@@eugeneoseitutu4601 Hello
@punisher9169
4 жыл бұрын
Are there many Africans and Caribbeans in Atlanta?
@Odiee99
4 жыл бұрын
@@punisher9169 Yes, Atlanta has a huge West African and Caribbean Community. My roomate was from the Virgin Islands. I had a few friends from Trinidad. Some from Jamaica. There is a sizable amount of Senegalese, Gambians, Nigerians, and some Ghanaians.
@punisher9169
4 жыл бұрын
@@Odiee99 Are Black Americans and White Americans majority in Atlanta?
@allenlloyd5875
3 жыл бұрын
I’m a light skin African-American and I like to be called an African. When I went to Kenya in 1997 it was no problems like there is now with Africans concerning race. Things change.
@AlphaOmega888
3 жыл бұрын
tha'ts because yall hatred spread over to them
@nairobinyeusi5811
3 жыл бұрын
Once you decide to be an enemy of the Black Race then Africans will surely make you know you aren't wanted in their land. The light skinned people/mixed have had a reputation of degrading darker blacks that's why In South Africa thry are completely cut off the African family tree, they are a completely different race altogether. Same is slowly applying to the rest of Africa.
@lily.9802
3 жыл бұрын
The “degree of blackness” really doesn’t matter that much in west Africa.. I think it’s a Southern Africa thing because of the whole “colored” race they have in SA. In Ghana, being called “Obroni” is not derogatory. It’s just a description of your light skin. Even full Ghanaians who are light skinned may be called Obroni.
@MsSianGentle
4 жыл бұрын
What Marintia said about African Americans not mixing with Africans makes a lot of sense to me! I’m from the UK but growing up with my dad being Nigerian and mum Caribbean it was literally like having 2 completely different race parents because Africans and Caribbeans don’t mix🤦🏽♀️
@everaldopereira49
3 жыл бұрын
No, your mum is black
@MsSianGentle
3 жыл бұрын
@@everaldopereira49 oh hello I didn’t know you knew my mother 🧐 well she’s actually mixed heritage but majority Caribbean 52% black if we want to get precise since she did a dna heritage test but ok you jump to conclusions with no facts 😆
@samiatris6237
3 жыл бұрын
I am half lebanese half german and i can totaly relate to these women experiences. Being "mixed" has its own challenges and its unique priveleges :)
@stacieellis
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of people say African Americans and Africans don’t get along but that has never been my experience. I live in Texas where there are quite a few Africans and I never witnessed that hate. Sometimes we don’t even know they are African until they tell us.
@nappykite7132
3 жыл бұрын
Mixed girl she turn black with that white where are y'all they on us over and out, We don't have sex is such minimum so many girls don't know that, I have green eyes, does that mean we can turn black ? If you are american or western bred, we want to leave you with a great impression, Shalum, no sex?
@lorialabriel6165
3 жыл бұрын
Nappy Kiate the fuck you talking about are you high
@nappykite7132
3 жыл бұрын
The mixed one, the young one
@chooseempathy108
3 жыл бұрын
I'm actually an African from South Sudan born and raised in Canada. My parents were born in South Sudan and spent much of their early adult years there but were forced to leave South Sudan and relocate to Canada due to the Civil War. With that being said, my parents made sure my siblings and I never lost our culture, our language, our identity. Yes, I am a Canadian citizen but I consider myself African. I fluently speak my mother tongue along with English, I still keep my South Sudanese culture (i.e. I prepare cultural dishes, I own cultural clothing and understand the signifance behind specific pieces, I know my cultural dances, and I respect the obligations that I have to my family back in South Sudan -- sending them money, checking in, etc). So, although it saddens me to hear and see that many Africans who were born outside of Africa are "lost" and don't keep up with their culture, it's important to consider and note the various factors (systemic racism, segregation, the Atlantic slave trade, etc) that cause some African Americans to react a certain way. We're all African at the end of the day and it's okay to be with any race, just make sure to keep your culture and teach your children your culture as well because it is their culture too :). The whole "race" notion is a social construct anyway, we're all human at the end of the day.
@trooper190
4 жыл бұрын
As a 58 year old African American, I am and have been aware of the "tension" between African and African Americans since I was in college. There are prejudices sometimes it seems. I hosted a Nigerian student in my home for 3 summers several years ago. She has become a daughter to me. We had cultural differences but learned how to work things out. I was told for years that Africans felt superior to African Americans. I suppose that can go both ways. But we all should really band together and support each other as brother and sister. Also, MrGhana, you should get your connections together to have travel packages for those of the African diaspora 50 and older. I'd like to visit Ghana before I leave this earth.
@beaujac311
4 жыл бұрын
trooper:. I'm a 58 year old African-American too and I totally agree with all you said. I also think that Wode Maya should visit the United States and see for himself how AA thing. He would be greeted warmly here.
@sirc625
4 жыл бұрын
Hey! I'm 49. Don't leave me out! 😂
@Slaveship-zh8vx
4 жыл бұрын
I am 62, and my inner self has been pulling me to visit the continent for the past several years. I would like to visit Ghana to put my feet on the same earth that my enslaved ancestors placed, go back to the door of no return, go out to the beach, look back and see what for all of them was the last thing they witnessed of the mother land. Many of your feel it. It is a calling and we are now in the awakening. The problem for many of us is funding. I want to come but will not come without my wife and kids. They should see for themselves WHO we came from and WHO we are truly connected to. Even though centuries have passed. I am confident, without a doubt that the Great One will make it possible. Remember, they do not want us together. Our togetherness is the missing glue for the world.
@sirc625
4 жыл бұрын
@@Slaveship-zh8vx OK. Can we agree that Ghana is missing a big opportunity to promote more tourism to African Americans? I should be seeing some commercials or something 💯
@azizganame7449
4 жыл бұрын
Wahoo
@MichelynBoateng
4 жыл бұрын
I actually just shared my experience with AFRICAN-Americans on my channel. We are culturally not the same, and must learn about their history. When I came to America, I was not Ghanaian anymore, had to carry the whole continent of Africa on my back, had to hear the stereotypes m, wasn’t cool to be African 7 years ago when I came, but now everyone is loving the continent. One love ❤️
@TheSteadyGrounds
4 жыл бұрын
All Africans who are born and raised in the diaspora with the Blacks are closer to Africa than the AA's. I met few AA's when I studied in the US that are into the mother continent especially the high academically educated. My AA colleagues called me Konta Kante if I pointed out something that is not right, although my father is from Sudan and my mother is a Black Bahraini LoL x-D
@beezo6465
4 жыл бұрын
People are waking up here now..things are getting better
@thelucien3351
3 жыл бұрын
Marintia was mostly right when she talked about the relationship between Africans and African-Americans. Being Liberian-American my experience was very unique because my parents were very accepting of African-Americans and never spoke negatively about them. In Liberia we have a close relationship with them and even celebrate MLK Day! It was when I got to school I realized they didn’t accept Africans as their own. This angered me for a long time. When I got older my Nigerian and Congolese friends told me how they were pretty much raised to look down on African-Americans and I started to see the true miscommunication between our communities. Propaganda has done a number on us from both sides. All that said it’s amazing content creators like you that have started to change the narrative and here in the states it’s becoming very apparent that both sides are realizing the beauty of the other. Keep up the fantastic work Wode Maya!!!
@jasonMB999
2 жыл бұрын
I would actually rather be African than African american. I feel that there's too much negatives associated with African americans. First of all i don't think im a ganster from the hood, second, I am not impressed by how white people speak and don't think they speak more "proper". Thirdly, I think jewelry should be left to women. 4th, i don't gind it cool to show off how much money you csn spend, flaunting is not only an African american thing but fir them it is a priority. I mean... I'd rather just be African.
@thelucien3351
2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonMB999 🤔 I understand your preferences but I wouldn’t say all those things are exclusive to African-Americans. Plenty of African men (and men from many other cultures) wear jewelry for instance…
@zirpa1
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video! I dont really agree of what that girl was saying that the african diaspora are lost. Even in the very next sentence Wode Maya him himself was saying that coming home with a white lady means that one has made it in life. That is the mindset that gets to some of us. I find it very sad. African men dating white women for the wrong reasons or sometimes because of self hate 🤷🏾♀️
@thebridge5483
4 жыл бұрын
That’s part of the problem right I think but also in the diaspora it’s the same way if you marry white you made as well trophy type things. Black people suffer from low racial self esteem due to slavery and colonialism
@LandYoruba
4 жыл бұрын
Useless and senseless statements..am disappointed but WODE need to be #educate more on African history
@bibiayisi4191
4 жыл бұрын
@@LandYoruba unfortunately some families in Africa have this kind of mentality that when you marry a white person you are going to make it in life, some see them as cash cows, and that is why they accept them and nothing else. However, there are some royal lineages in Africa who will never approve of such mixed marriages because of their tradition and beliefs. I know why you didn't like what wode Maya said.
@sweetspice9120
4 жыл бұрын
That is for those in d village. In Accra I do not think coming home with a white woman is a good thing at all
@SuperBabiiT
4 жыл бұрын
KAVUS trape wode maya is starting facts though. In African most mixed people are on tv such as acting even if they are terrible at it, just because they mixed they are automatically praised for doing the most basic things. Let’s be honest now.
@riojanneh598
4 жыл бұрын
I am an African and I see no color all I see is human beings one ☝🏾 people . Anyone who discriminated you in one way or the other he or she doesn’t represent me or the humble people of Africa. Love you all stay bless ✌🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@netteundgut
3 жыл бұрын
Please big man, educate yourself, people who say they don't see colour are the problem of all this discrimination. Please everyone can see colour, except if you are colour blind.
@ifehansson2254
3 жыл бұрын
I like how most of the mixed people in this interview rightly identify as mixed race and not black.
@pj5295
3 жыл бұрын
That's because they are in Africa. If they were in the US, UK or something then they'd probably identify as black due to the one drop rule.
@missNCW
3 жыл бұрын
Mixed race people have no problem with calling themselves mixed race. The problem is fully black people assuming that when they acknowledge that they are part black, that they are identifying as fully black. And the double standards of accepting some mixed people but not others as fully black. The rejection of a group that's already rejected, not necessarily in Africa, but certainly in other parts of the world
@otsam1050
3 жыл бұрын
💯 agree. Here in north America it's like black people are the only ones who don't know what biracial means 🙄 (hence why mixed people represent us everywhere)
@otsam1050
3 жыл бұрын
@Kei Adams that's true it's just an American thing, for some reason it also spills over to Canada
@lydiaedwards8100
3 жыл бұрын
@@missNCW African Americans accept other Black people as Black people when that is what they want. When they prefer to think of themselves as something else, that's ok too. In this country, historically, some people chose to leave their parents and extended families and be white. It was called "passing". Black people understood and let them be.
@BLISB
4 жыл бұрын
Before diving into a discussion about African Americans it would have been a great idea to include a couple African Americans. Especially since there are plenty of African Americans who have moved to Ghana. Not one person in this video can speak accurately to the African American mindset.
@marshapple
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@TripsCloudsPureBliss
4 жыл бұрын
Just here to say Africa is a continent not a country which makes these generalizations even more ridiculous. Thanks!
@chevyDboyMike
4 жыл бұрын
Europe is a continent as well. I'd call a person from U.K. european.
@TripsCloudsPureBliss
4 жыл бұрын
@@chevyDboyMike would you also make blanket statements about all of them having never been to most of it? Because that is my point.
@chevyDboyMike
4 жыл бұрын
@@TripsCloudsPureBliss how is it a blanket statement that someone from a continent can be referred to as the indigenous person of that area even if they haven't been to every part of it?
@TripsCloudsPureBliss
4 жыл бұрын
@@chevyDboyMike one only has to look at the title of the video to see what kinds of generalizations I'm referring to. The experience of a mixed race person (or any other race) in South Africa vs. Angola vs Nigeria vs. Egypt are drastically different. Take it from someone who has spent multiple years in multiple African countries. In Africa, there can be stark societal, political and economic differences between neighboring countries (more so than in Europe). We are tired of the generalizations.
@chevyDboyMike
4 жыл бұрын
@@TripsCloudsPureBliss I'm referring to your comment. You're taking what I said way outta context.
@crystalyana9533
2 жыл бұрын
My father was black and my mother was from Albania and my brothers are lighter then me I’m darker and my own family doesn’t like me because I’m darker…I’m not allowed to family functions on my mother side I’m definitely not excepted….my father’s side of the family I am excepted.. and it doesn’t bother me anymore….so I just stick with my black side of my family….I love who I am and how I look
@alexiscastro4132
4 жыл бұрын
I think to say that AAs don't interact with As in America is too much of an absolute statement. America is a huge place and there is no monolithic AA experience in the US. Being black in the south, north, east, midwest, and west parts of the US carries different meanings. So depending on where you are in the US, that is more of a reflection of that region that of the entirety of America. I think that's the same for every nation. on the other hand, being called an African for African America is a bewildering and confusing statement. Firstly, our connection to Africa has been severed completely. The only connecting factors is the color of our skin and other physical traits. Our culture is more American than African at this juncture in time. What this means is for us, as black Americans to decide because those options were taken away a long time ago. This isn't to debase or somehow make the AA person feel superior, but to simply acknowledge that our realities are different from that of our brothers and sisters coming from Africa or having a parent(s) from the continent. I think a common misconception of AAs saying they are not African is that there is no love for their blackness and heritage, which is NOT the case. They want to be acknowledge for who they are, which is a black American and everything that means, including being the ancestors of slaves, pride in the struggles to fight for our rights and what is due to us in the US. The systemic oppression of black Americans is a reality that one can only experience to understand completely. People who are of African ancestry coming to the US have those experiences but the mere fact that they not a black American allows them to move in and out of the experience, which is something an AA does not have the privilege of doing. Great video!
@wanjikunjoroge5647
3 жыл бұрын
Its not a must BAs keep shouting. We don't lie. We don't accuse falsely in such matters. Let me ask when I go to america who will I most likely approach a black person or white. And if you are unapproachable and a couple more are, I will take the news home so that those going to the US can depend on fellow A and not BAs. Truth be told most BAs see themselves superior to As. Which is sad considering the ones who need a place of refuge more. Not trying to be hurtful or anything. But if As say some of you have a problem some of you really have it. Don't need aggression or a whose conversation to prove it
@fidelcastro236
3 жыл бұрын
@@wanjikunjoroge5647 most African women who move to the United States 🇺🇸 go out their way to avoid contact and interactions with African Americans especially on college campuses, most African women on college campuses only try to hang out with the whites and Asians
@ifehansson2254
3 жыл бұрын
Black Americans have more in common culturally with their white counterparts than they would Africans. It is to be expected as they have lived side by side with them for centuries
@TheLeftRbabieskillers
3 жыл бұрын
I like the way you clearly point out some of the misconceptions I had and some that still lingering around somewhere in my psychic.
@RaiRaiBrown
3 жыл бұрын
I met older Africans that were very kind to me, the men were always very friendly, I met some younger people who were very arrogant and blatently rude not sure why or what that was about.
@diskitube
4 жыл бұрын
In SA, it's very confusing to tell by looking at someone's skin colour. With a population of 10 million mixed race people. An accent is what i believe we use to distinguish a mixed race person in SA because there's too many pure black people with light skins.
@subscribeforsomeafricanvil7105
4 жыл бұрын
I agree. I am mixed race from Namibia studying in S.A. most of the time they assume I speak Afrikaans or that I am coloured. They only get to understand when they hear me speak.
@diskitube
4 жыл бұрын
@@subscribeforsomeafricanvil7105 What's your combination?
@caramelqueen0518
4 жыл бұрын
Keep it simple cause system wants to create confusion amongst non whites. Three categories white, non white and white supremacist people. All this I'm mix is causing confusion and weakening our unity. There is no " half" white person. Find that person and call me ok. Its white, non white and white supremacist and anyone can under that category if you believe in system of white supremacy/racism.
@subscribeforsomeafricanvil7105
4 жыл бұрын
@@caramelqueen0518 I get your point.
@subscribeforsomeafricanvil7105
4 жыл бұрын
@qwecy I think that is what the first comment stipulates as well..without going into detail.
@eyezbaby1
4 жыл бұрын
In Ghana ., Mixed Race People are chilling and cherished even above the normal black person !!!
@123anythin
4 жыл бұрын
You say that like it’s a good thing smh
@djholidaytv414
4 жыл бұрын
That's really sad
@sargewilliepete2174
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and that's the problem and why certain black people want mixed people to have their own category rather than using their white and light skin privilege to be black royalty among a self hating, colorist people, with a profound inferiority complex.
@sargewilliepete2174
4 жыл бұрын
@Jusu Jaka duly noted.
@kclark91197
3 жыл бұрын
Brothers and sisters around the globe, I don’t care if you are mixed with Scottish, french, Swedish or Russian you are “African” first and there is power in that. I love you all 💪🏾
@wgam717
4 жыл бұрын
She’s right, there is huge cultural difference between Africans born vs African Americans born here.
@lgnawa
4 жыл бұрын
Not really. The real difference is that AA's are more westernized are really black versions of their white countrymen. But AA's still have some African cultural retention that makes them unique within that western cultural and also make them easily able to reconnect with their Africaness.
@brandonjeter2386
4 жыл бұрын
@@lgnawa we are not versions of countrymen we are us
@tinaa3459
4 жыл бұрын
COLOURISM culture stinks in Ghana. I've lived in the west for two thirds of my life- never really encountered it here since I was brought up in a white majority environment. I love going back to my motherland but being reminded and slapped in the face with colourism when I visit is distasteful. No one should ever care about the colour of one's skin. Colonialism has done more than enough damage. It's time we stop embracing their ideologies too among us blacks. I love my country Ghana but I'm always triggered about this area to the point that I may feel a sense bitterness bringing over my friends to visit my country. Dear motherland please get over it. People with lighter skin tone are just as good as you. We were all made by one God and we'll all be called by the same God oneday
@lifeonthefly8684
4 жыл бұрын
That is true but the colonialism infection, you could say, is so rooted in all of the cultures, in every country, even amongst countrymates. It is something that we teach each other. I believe one of the ways to improve this is to constantly talk about it, acknowledge it, and realize why separating others because of the color/shade of their skin is of no value. We have to start with ourselves though, its hard but we can do it.
@cinderea
4 жыл бұрын
It’s the reverse. Everyone is black in Cameroon so there is absolutely no skin discrimination. I knew I was black after coming to America and it being reinforced as an identity.
@fidelcastro236
3 жыл бұрын
Mainly the African women look 👀 at lighter skinned and white is better most of the men aren’t colorist like the women are
@kwesikwaa
3 жыл бұрын
are you discriminated against ?
@adama4213
3 жыл бұрын
@@fidelcastro236 I'm Ghanaian and I can tell you that the main perpetuates are the men, I really messed with my mental health growing up.
@saundraking7168
4 жыл бұрын
Personally, I have interacted with one family from Somali and one from Nigeria, and we became very good friends! I even stood up for the Nigerian wife who was being abused by her husband! Scary! Now, my love is Ghanaian in Ghana! I have friends who are White, Hispanic, Korean, Black. I treat and respect people as people( not drumpf!) who are not racist!
@saakiyaroble9991
4 жыл бұрын
how about somali family
@tvs9978
4 жыл бұрын
Go Saundra!😊 We all need to treat each other as indivduals
@saundraking7168
4 жыл бұрын
@Diane M. thats why the "racist" caveat is there. They are not capable of treating me with respect.
@saundraking7168
4 жыл бұрын
@@saakiyaroble9991 loved them! They introduced me to the communal style of eating and using fingers to do so.
@saundraking7168
4 жыл бұрын
@Esti Avisti it is sad how indigenous people are being changed. The same is true for the Indigenous Australian
@lcousart2
3 жыл бұрын
Wondering maya I'm a African American in America and I'm really a man living in America. Brother I swear you have opened my eyes on Africa so much in America they only put out bad things about the motherland I mean its bad places everywhere in any country but brother you making a difference I started watching your videos one day ago and I can't stop I took off work today just to get more enlighten on the motherland you breaking barriers my neighbor is from Ghana and I went to him today and I had questions for him and when I showed him your channel he hugged me and said your great man he watches you too and we never really talked because he always work and we just say hey and bye but he just left my home today and we talked for 3 hours man I'm coming home to Africa I got to go before I leave this earth your pure inspiration and keep doing what you do now let me get back to your videos my wife jealous but your amazing love you brother
@kingvi66
4 жыл бұрын
Everything is based on the school system and what is taught, in the United states and Caribbean ,it is meant to keep us separated
@NewsFortheLocals
4 жыл бұрын
I'm at least 6 generations deep in America as a black man and I think it's just resentment that an African can come to America and become very successful yet someone whose family has been here almost 10 generations and still hasn't made a fortune.
@HobbsBhipp
3 жыл бұрын
When Africans come from the continent to America, they come with an intact culture and strong family ties. As a black American, you have to navigate the tragic obstacles that conditions you to hate and distrust others that look like you, a greedy industrial prison and criminal system that target black males, an immoral media that leads many to become trapped in the child court system, destroy the fabric of family, out of control youth with guns aplenty, racists policemen who want use you for target practice, etc.
@deedeelaveen6872
3 жыл бұрын
I'M African American I've never seen or heard AA being jealous of African success.
@HobbsBhipp
3 жыл бұрын
@@deedeelaveen6872 Same here but I'm experienced enough to know that in this wide world there are always exceptions.
@jamesweaver1635
3 жыл бұрын
You have very poor insight, if you believe this to be factual!!!
@meishameisha3455
3 жыл бұрын
The mindset dear, change the mindset of Americans
@geraldinechurchwell269
4 жыл бұрын
Peace Wode Maya. I'm a 72 year old African American Christian woman. I live in Phila PA USA. I think you're so cute. I think the ladies are beautiful. I thank all of you for being the awesome melinated people God made you to be. I want to come to Ghana to visit for sure. As a woman of God I always talk about everyone loving everyone. Melinated people should always love each other first and foremost. I have heard that white people tell African people bad things about African American people when they come to the USA, but I have never met an African person that told me that. I love all people with the love of the Lord. But I know that systemic racism exists and there are white people who hate me only because I was born black. And we see it all the time. The slavery and killing of black people. I pray that my businesses will make me enough money so I can come to Africa. I watch a lot of shows, you, Artcathy, the BAG family and others to learn about what the real Africa is like. All I see is beautiful places and beautiful people. Many people believe the lies told about Africa. The elite do an excellent marketing job. And mixed race people are beautiful. People need to take the hate blinders off and just love. I pray everyday that all the hate will leave this world and there will only be love. The Love Lady
@annitawillis1176
3 жыл бұрын
TRUE, from the young lady in the middle. I'm a Jamaican living in the states. African American and African really don't associate like that. Unless its work, school or church related.
@annitawillis1176
3 жыл бұрын
@Freedom Quest From where? How you became friends?
@WanderlustAweSyndrome
4 жыл бұрын
I tried to get out Africa this year, but the pandemic happened! I planned on visiting Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana! I'm going to these places next year for my first visit to Africa! I can't wait (hope none of the craziness from 2020 carries over to 2021).
@Muanekosse
4 жыл бұрын
Brother, please do not fail. It is absolutely important to see the rapid transformation of Africa. Very soon, there will be no reason to live out here
@WanderlustAweSyndrome
4 жыл бұрын
@@Muanekosse Oh, I plan on visiting Africa NEXT YEAR!
@cyantess8423
4 жыл бұрын
i once made a comment to a black workmate from aruba that " you know we africans etc" he immediatly shut me down by saying i´m not an african i´m dutch as a kenyan i learned never to refer to all blacks as african khaa! i will never forget
@tiwalolaajiboye5789
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thats sad
@Agnitlafr
3 жыл бұрын
Of course... Would you say someone from New Caledonia or Samoa or Fidji he's African ??
@elviracaprino436
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dying here because im Caribbean too and get it but don't worry, slowly they will learn
@gloriaklein4706
3 жыл бұрын
Ghaii poleee jamani
@ifehansson2254
3 жыл бұрын
Many diasporean blacks don't like to be associated with Africa. As kids on UK I was bullied by Caribbean blacks for being African as was every African I knew then. Things have changed a bit but there are and always will be blacks who dislike Africans. It doesn't bother me at all.
@coachcones24
3 жыл бұрын
What she said is very true. growing up many African Americans made fun of me for being african and often gave me ignorant comments. I think things are improving though
@secretlifeofrobbie
2 жыл бұрын
And as an AA I just want to say that is the ignorance within our own community I’m a lighter skinned AA and my sister is a darker skinned AA and the jokes and dark comments and black comments I’ve heard people say to her are sickening and those comments came from other AA’s in our community AA’s will knock down their own people so I’m so sorry u had to experience that I hope one day my community will open their eyes and realize we’re all 1 and stop letting the colonizers divide us
@coachcones24
Жыл бұрын
@@secretlifeofrobbie the AA community is improving.. plus sometimes the roasting would be out of love and teasing and other times it would be hateful.. definitely taught me some good lessons
@carllane6521
4 жыл бұрын
As an African American man, my experience has been that black people who are immigrants tend to avoid interaction with African Americans, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. The men often think of getting an African American woman as a status symbol, but African born women very rarely will consider an African American man.
@jeromewilliams5101
4 жыл бұрын
That's sad bro and I'm African I even wish that we black people should even mix more with other black people from all over the world
@elianas5374
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating quite informative videos and not just random stuff. I've noticed too many youtubers make pointless videos nowadays just for the sake of becoming famous and making money .. but you keep it more interesting.
@evelynnewburger3593
3 жыл бұрын
To understand a “mix” race is to be one or a parent to one is definitely not as easy as we think. Very informative thx
@PRINCESSGEMINI1987
4 жыл бұрын
A mixed race person born and raised in Ghana is seen as more Ghanaian than me a black person born to Ghanaians abroad.
@Akinolashes
4 жыл бұрын
Talking nonsense
@hosealong3930
4 жыл бұрын
It's hard to make definitive comments about how African Americans get along with Africans from the continent. I'm and African American and I have friends from Ghana, who have moved to the states. I think conflicts happen when people alow ignorance to rule how they interact with others.
@nairobinyeusi5811
3 жыл бұрын
AAs trying to create a beef with Africans is just absurd. Africa has like over 1 Billion black folks. AAs are less that 45 million. America has less than 0.5% of African migrants. If 1% of Africans migrated to the US they'd triple the black population instantly so mutual respect is important. Africans are the only reason Blacks aren't a minority in this planet. The Africans give the black race an actual identity & culture.
@nubiandiary-ubele2015
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You Wode Maya for this particular video. The interview with the 3 beautiful Ladies. Vanessa was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to travel every 2 years to Ghana as a child. Marinta is the most Blessed because she had the opportunity to grow up in Ghana. Anna has had the most racial experience and it is exactly the same for a Black people living in Europe where it is severe as she explained by the Christmas season - Santa Clas in the Netherlands. Wode there is also a struggle with being mixed black where one of you parents is from the following:- Caribbean/America/Canada/Britain/ the rest of Europe and the other parent is from Africa. It would be good to interview them too. In England there are a lot of Ghanaians who have married Caribbean's which is beautiful too. Your channel is inspirational and continue with Your Great Works - Ghana Baby!!!
@destinyschild.9103
4 жыл бұрын
"I was raised in the Netherlands and they will always make me know that I am not White."
@ju.an.i6545
4 жыл бұрын
This was very insightful. I feel like African Americans have been conditioned to view Africans as poor and uneducated, and the older African generation view African Americans as Ghetto (I guess through movies). I would also like to point out that african americans fail to realise that Africans also didnt fully have access to their culture due to colonization (most african countries became independent from the 50s, 60s, 70, even 80s) that's why they are so possessive of their culture. But at the same time, African Americans have been through so much racism, even till this day. I personally feel like both sides should forget the stereotypes and just vibe, because we are better together than separate. Imagine, Caribbeans + Africans + African Americans...unstoppable
@thebridge5483
4 жыл бұрын
Fanta Graham yep 👍🏿
@stephenholmes2281
4 жыл бұрын
So true. I appreciate your comment very much. It speaks and expresses a high volume.
@ju.an.i6545
4 жыл бұрын
@Fanta Graham huh?!?!! Your comment is fully ignorant. You are making it seem like colonization was something that was easy to overcome. No it wasnt, and till this day it still affect not only Africa but the rest of the world. For example look at how it has negatively affected Native Americans. You also have to realise that a good chunk of AA culture is influenced by African culture. Also you are the cause to the problem. Instead of you admitting that both sides play a negative role in the whole situation, you are solely blaming the Africans, which makes you biased
@ju.an.i6545
4 жыл бұрын
@Fanta Graham and what do you mean black Americans made the race hold its head up?!?!! You really think that's how white people saw AA. No, once you are black you were met with racism. So stop trying to make one part superior than another, because you failed.
@ju.an.i6545
4 жыл бұрын
@amy benje what?!?! How is this related to my comment talking about black unity
@esternwairimu4959
4 жыл бұрын
They are all beautiful ❤️😍 Also their are Africans who have that brown color and they are not mixed race ,we are all Africans
@Muanekosse
4 жыл бұрын
There is hardly a country in Africa where every body is dark. Even in tribes, you will find light and dark hue. My cousin is like the lightest of the three girls. We all grew up deep in the village, the mother never had anything to do with white. There is a tribe in Cameroon, the bororo tribe, there is nobody with dark hue
@markascales877
4 жыл бұрын
True.
@elvishhudson2402
4 жыл бұрын
They are certainly mixed. A black person mixed with white is called mixed race.
@esternwairimu4959
4 жыл бұрын
@@Muanekosse that true and we are all Africans
@leticiaperry8510
4 жыл бұрын
I don't like it when people compare skin complexions.....look closely you will realise that SouthSudans dark girls have taken over hollywood cause I think they have a strong bone structure....they are very beautiful.... that shows that someones color is less of a factor when talking about beauty. All colors are beautiful.
@topboxing4764
3 жыл бұрын
Issue solved: Where do you feel at home? "100%, I feel at home here in Ghana, Africa".
@mrahim826
4 жыл бұрын
She couldn't have said anything more true. They will always remind you that you are not like them!!!
@idontknowname-rl8yb
4 жыл бұрын
I have never ever ever ever ever seen a black person being offended when a mixed person said they are black
@D13vest
4 жыл бұрын
They like to make up stuff to make it seem like black people are as equally racist as white people which goes to show you they still harbor anti black sentiments towards their black side
@VanessaKanbi
4 жыл бұрын
I’m not making it up.
@XXXBiTcHpLeAsEXXX
4 жыл бұрын
go to Paris Milan channel on YT and there is your proof of what she saying
@jones21215
4 жыл бұрын
@@VanessaKanbi I am sure you are not, but I am just curious why do you care what people think of you . I am sure there are more people who are accepting of your biracial status than are not.
@beaujac311
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know name:. I have to disagree. Here in the US we had the one drop rule, which meant that you were black if you had one drop of black blood. You had people here who looked white but were black. They got treated the same as any black person, because many white people wanted their blood to stay "pure", so they didn't even want those white looking black people to mix with them. So even to this day, you still have black people with two black parents who can pass for white. Also, now in the US you have the younger set of blacks under 40 who act as if black people were the ones who instituted the one drop rule. White people instituted the rule which actually worked in black peoples favor, because all black people knew where they stood. It put us all in one box If they knew you were black when you were white as them, they hated you for it. So now you have some younger AA saying that you are not black if you have a white or other parent. So yes there are some AA who are offended when a mix person say that they are black.
@cspel002
3 жыл бұрын
What Anna said about the diaspora is true. There is so much that goes into this. I think it has to do with so much pain, bullying, abuse that we have as a people. I am full African American but have lighter skin. A girl in Kindergarden told me she couldn't play with me because i was black and bullied in 3rd grade because my hair was kinky. Some people may see interracial couples as a hurtful thing depending on their mindset. I hear most rejections of white women with black men because black women are seen as not being worthy in our society. We are often seen in a "less than" in many situations. So, some people think they are not worthy to be loved by our own. As far as blacks being angry about being called African, I believe one reason is because in America, Africa is mostly shown in a negative way. Many of us are also dealing with identity crisis. Not understanding who we are and where we come from. This is why after meeting people in University from Ghana and various different African nations, I was able to understand where i came from and developed great strong friendships with African people. Knowing Ghanians connected me to my ancestors and i was also able to visit Ghana. Knowing African people and visiting Ghana was a healing process for me. Now i am more confident in who i am and am no longer ignorant. I encourage other African Americans to see Africa and its people as a good positive thing to embrace. I see it as a person who has gone through trauma and abuse and you now see the affects of that coming from the African diaspora. I think we are evolving and developing as a people more and more these past few years. I think it's excellent to have these conversations and understanding of one another so that we can better develop as a people.
@Jaywaxx
4 жыл бұрын
Black is beauty... Africa to the world 🇳🇬🌍👍
@papakwawduker4828
4 жыл бұрын
Woda Woda Woda....if your brain or Ghana culture taught you that every other women on Earth is better then a black african women then you sir need too re think what Ghana culture has taught you.
@TheLifeJOGJourneyofGrowth
4 жыл бұрын
@amy benje I swear. He doesn't even see that. They are privileged in our lands and this dynamics is not good for our sisters and daughters. When will we learn from our downfall as a people. WHEN?
@meekaghogho9921
4 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if we saw the same video. Wode has invited these ladies for a specific topic which concerns interracial struggle and that's exactly what was addressed. And it's not the first time Wode is complimenting a lady in his video. I wouldn't be surprised to know you're ladies. Pls be secure. African ladies, from what I've seen in Nigeria my country and on African media, are very beautiful. For the record, did Wode say or suggest that every other woman on Earth is better than the African woman. That's too much to utter.
@isaacasamoah6746
4 жыл бұрын
I think what he said is true sir. When I was a kid one old man brought a white lady to our community and I tell u. He was a "hero"
@pamshalomn.7545
4 жыл бұрын
What did he say that made you think that? It's a sad truth that you and some Africans are in denial about. Why do light-skinned foreigners get better service/treatment in Africa than Africans in their own countries? Some Africans think it's an achievement to marry a white woman and a lot of Africans have that mentality. Inferiority complex at its best!! The struggles these women face are real and it's a great initiative on Wode Maya's part!
@jamessitati7396
4 жыл бұрын
@Qosmoz Domno you just dont get it, this children have black parents, wode maya is just asking about their experience, he has not promoted anything, stop this inferiority complex that is affecting your judgement.
@WEBVDO
3 жыл бұрын
On a personal level, there were times that I felt fake, tainted, ruined because it's obvious that there is white blood in me that could have only come from the slave trade. I felt unauthentic/less than when I traveled to Africa. I felt like I stood out as a "foreigner" because of the colour of my skin. I felt a little bit better when a Ghanaian friend, who lived in the U.S. for 15 years said that when he went back home, his mother said: "Ehhh! My white son has returned." The difference between him and me is that in every way he looks and sounds African, i.e. Ghanaian. He is given the benefit of doubt until it's discovered that he has lived outside of Ghana.
@ncheedxx0109
3 жыл бұрын
Africa is a Continent. Very diverse.54 countries & 1000 ethnic groups & cultures. Reactions to Mixed race peoples would depend on the country. Tho you may have African descent you are still a foreigner. An American. You don't speak the language & AA culture is a version of American culture. You can't undo the past. It happened. All you can do is learn as much abt it as best you can. Perhaps even a basic knowledge of an African language. Germans still see Trump as American. Despite that he has Bavarian descent. Same here. BTW in many African languages white means a person with light skin, whatever his race. Also some African cultures are matrilineal, esp in Ghana, meaning a child takes the identity of the mother. Finally the 1 drop rule is generally rejected in Africa. Black. White. Mixed.
@trooper190
4 жыл бұрын
There is only ONE RACE: human! There are ethnic differences. Dropping the mic. 🎤
@nanakwame6532
4 жыл бұрын
trooper I would be happier if white people or non-blacks think the same way. In reality they don’t.
@JF-jh9nj
4 жыл бұрын
White people have a high percentage of Neanderthal DNA so, naturally as cute as that sounds, that isn’t true... That would suggest that black people are brown coloured white people and vice versa....again, cute but hugely incorrect.
@karimswainson157
4 жыл бұрын
@@JF-jh9nj Also Africans don't have fur as hair.
@zman9315
4 жыл бұрын
We need to seperate ourselves
@karimswainson157
4 жыл бұрын
Africans have selenium based melanin while non Africans have sulphur based melanin.
@mssalahuddin7
4 жыл бұрын
Just a thought. Have actual African Americans on a panel discussing African Americans and not just 1 person (Ghanaian/Japanese) with limited knowledge/exposure via a University experience who I think is still in University. We come up a lot in discussions but are not apart of the actual “narrative” being projected. I don’t get how we continue to become apart of every discussion? 🧐 We can not and will not be summarized by someones 2 or 3 year experience Or others who have no real frame of reference. I mean really! Do better.
@FlowerTower
4 жыл бұрын
G Martinez we are the center of any discussion concerning us. Tf
@FlowerTower
4 жыл бұрын
G Martinez so we are the center of the discussion concerning Americans. Why tf are you confused?
@FlowerTower
4 жыл бұрын
G Martinez the part where Americans were brought up indeed is a conversation about America. I’m not sure why this is so hard for you to understand.
@FlowerTower
4 жыл бұрын
G Martinez sigh, these Africans...
@nmt6076
4 жыл бұрын
FlowerTower ??
@fredobiosa
3 жыл бұрын
We all bleed the same! Love the message of unity that these ladies expressed. Black people encouraging any kind of division along racial lines just propagates the very thing we hated about our colonizers
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