Spinoff: Non-AA posters, get in here and school us...

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

We dont fight each other. We share clothes. We eat on the same bowl. We sleep in the same room.

Envy is highly forbidden

Sharing is championned

Everybody is an uncle , a grand brother , a mum or a dad in the streets, in the mall , in the bus.

ya'll really eat out the same bowl tho?

Hell yeah . One Tv. One table no personal desks. Those things make yoy learn how to communicate, negociate, listen, share.

This called being poor.

You see @thotpilgrim that are those mindset our parents where fighting relentlessly.

I aint mad at you though @raven.

 

[kzzl]

I had a Nigerian Co-worker that put me up on some serious game when I was younger. Shit helped make me the man I am today.

Shout out to Ogwang and his 7 wives. Where ever the fuck they at.

 

[jono]

We dont fight each other. We share clothes. We eat on the same bowl. We sleep in the same room.

Envy is highly forbidden

Sharing is championned

Everybody is an uncle , a grand brother , a mum or a dad in the streets, in the mall , in the bus.

Most of this is stuff I heard from my swahili professor, he was from Kenya.

 

[Meta_Conscious]

what we have like 2 or three openly non-AA posters who aint bums from broken homes/communities?

 

[VulcanRaven]

This thread I insinuates that all non AAs are successful and AAs are not

i don't think so, but it's really not hard to succeed with a lot of support. unfortunately, many african americans don't have the level of familial and community support like africans do.

for example, i am from a particular tribe in my country, and i swear i can go to any city, without a place to stay, and if one person from my tribe is there, i will have a place to stay. oh and the tribes have groups and sub groups. so your community is easily thousands of people deep

this is why i've really made an effort to reach out to a lot of my step-sons friends that don't perhaps have both parents present and involved. all his friends know our house is always somewhere they can come for help, whether it's because they just want some dinner or cuz they need help in school. my husband is like a surrogate father to all his sons friends that don't have a father around, he'll take them all to the Y and stuff, just teach them about manhood

ya know it's easy to say oh the black community is lost as an african, but you can easily make a positive change if you wanted. i think the first step is that we need to realize that we are all black, and we can succeed together. i think having more families like mine who are combinations of african and african american will do a lot to help. and i see way more africans get out of the only dating other africans shtick, so there's hope

What happens when shit come up missing or they got bad habits?

well, i think they are good kids who just need a little guidance. i doubt they would do that to me and their friend, especially when we've been nothing but kind to them.

they have enough of the world looking at them like they're thieves and criminals, i'm not gonna treat them like that too

Shit my own cousin stole from us.Moms used to tell him not to go upstairs.Help is ok, but dont be too trusting Kai.

 

[VulcanRaven]

We dont fight each other. We share clothes. We eat on the same bowl. We sleep in the same room.

Envy is highly forbidden

Sharing is championned

Everybody is an uncle , a grand brother , a mum or a dad in the streets, in the mall , in the bus.

ya'll really eat out the same bowl tho?

Hell yeah . One Tv. One table no personal desks. Those things make yoy learn how to communicate, negociate, listen, share.

This called being poor.

You see @thotpilgrim that are those mindset our parents where fighting relentlessly.

I aint mad at you though @raven.

Thats being poor or cheap b.Everyone needs their own things and personal space.

 

[VulcanRaven]

We dont fight each other. We share clothes. We eat on the same bowl. We sleep in the same room.

Envy is highly forbidden

Sharing is championned

Everybody is an uncle , a grand brother , a mum or a dad in the streets, in the mall , in the bus.

this is very true, just look at african restaurants, sitting down together and everyone eating from the same plate is common place. nothing to make you feel closer to a person than sharing food

and i have never in my life called an older person by their first name, it's always Edo (auntie) and Athair (uncle).

I dont want to be that close to anyone.

 

[32DaysOfInfiniti]

My parents some immigrants but im straight AA, they didnt instill any kind of distinct values in me and actually encouraged my westernization but perhaps my intelligence level is a testament to the lack of culture and having to find my own answers

I know my mom would help out her family and friends all the time letting them stay in our crib and when my dad was around he was always playing old records and talking about interesting shit...

No real community or friendship/neighborly type deals tho, I wish I had more of that

 

[zombie]

In my household one ideal was instilled above everything else. Discipline followed by pride in the family

 

[VulcanRaven]

We dont fight each other. We share clothes. We eat on the same bowl. We sleep in the same room.

Envy is highly forbidden

Sharing is championned

Everybody is an uncle , a grand brother , a mum or a dad in the streets, in the mall , in the bus.

this is very true, just look at african restaurants, sitting down together and everyone eating from the same plate is common place. nothing to make you feel closer to a person than sharing food

and i have never in my life called an older person by their first name, it's always Edo (auntie) and Athair (uncle).

I dont want to be that close to anyone.

have you ever been to an ethiopian restaurant? the plate is huge, relax

like this

Looks good but only sharing with those I know wash their hands.

 

[Ajackson17]

'Daddy im done learning!'

Slap

'YOU LL NEVER DONE LEARNING UNTIL YOUR LAST BREATH. Gtfoh and go opening some other book.'

Learned that when I was a child. That very thought thrilled me. I'm so excited to continue learning. Its beautiful!

 

[Arya Tsaddiq]

Damn @thot_pilgrim I thought are were better than that....straight bit my thread for real

 

[rip.dilla]

This is a spinoff of the Nigerian success thread

I saw a lot of people commenting on how Nigerians have a strong sense of community ..

I wish this post were factual ..

 

[JonnyRoccIT]

The Civil Rights Movement era was GOAT .

IDK what happened to us as a People the Years following that . . . Unity within the AA community is Low .

 

[C.Melendez]

why the non aa more successful in the states? id say it bc most come to united states with that whole purpose of getting money....the aa's thats in the states are complacent for the most part