East African Women Reveal Thoughts on Black American Women

A Somali woman shares a disturbing sentiment regarding beauty standards and how they view black American women. She says "we have a genetic advantage"
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[@arewahaircaretv8718]

Black people be looking for stupid n petty reason to one up each other mean while the world is united in hating us. American black people need to stop giving attention to every stupid bias against you. Stop getting in ur feelings over silly shit n continue healing. Love from a Nigerian🇳🇬

[@washonmontgomery946]

We was never together

[@washonmontgomery946]

Black Americans should represent Black Americans

[@arewahaircaretv8718]

@@washonmontgomery946 that’s your business the rest of us are

[@washonmontgomery946]

@arewahaircaretv8718 Most Black Americans don't want to Unite Africans

[@arewahaircaretv8718]

@@washonmontgomery946 that’s your business

[@BubbleGum-uc4rx]

Why do we live in everybody’s head rent free 😂

[@Patricknjsbm-pg1uq]

Every ethnicity says the same.

[@1wun1]

@@BubbleGum-uc4rx Which 'we' exactly?

[@jaxthewolf4572]

​@@Patricknjsbm-pg1uqNot every ethnicity is as obsessed with black americans as Africans and White Americans

[@ibuymyownroses]

Genetic advantage is a wild thing to say in reference to something like hair. When I think of genetic advantages, I think about Olympic gold medalists, not hair texture! However,I have to agree that it’s not fair for anyone to sell people products to achieve features that they naturally have. That includes hair care, skin care, whatever. It’s exploitive and dishonest. We all really have to look in the mirror and accept what we see and believe that who we are and how we look is enough.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Yup that’s true because I see women with naturally perfect skin no visible pores etc selling skincare products know full well it’s all genetics.

[@DemetriT1]

I agree. Genetic superiority is something like longevity, height, the ability to survive from illness and disease, etc...

[@uncannytheos2454]

All black women are genetically the same in natural beauty that out classes other women's race groups. They just been doing the false look so long they forgot just how much better they all looked compared to others.

[@Keyentel]

Hi how are you doing?

[@AmaLoveGoddessTV]

Right and also I think that 4 type hair is advantaged because of how versatile it is.

[@Gabby-ke2ve]

I hate that the black American woman is the most ridiculed and yet we set ALOT of the beauty standards that are followed online today

[@beautifulmind6697]

I think the issue is that black Americans don't shout out, being black AMERICAN enough. We don't label our stuff the way we should. We have even created looks and gave it African names. That's dumb.

[@redacted461]

No one is trying to be black. The beauty standard is racially ambigues women. Nice try. You tryna tell me people want to have black skin brown eyes and afro hair or light skin colored eyes and wavy hair? Nice try

[@johnjungkook2721]

right because everyone wants afros and dark skin lmao The beauty standards are mixed, not black.

[@cpprclrd8790]

@@beautifulmind6697please 💀 we’ve been doing that our whole existence

[@shamika5300]

@@beautifulmind6697facts

[@nathanraskai4560]

I can speak for myself as an Ethiopian Jew that I love you all East West South North Africa, We are all brothers. And yes you are not wrong, There are many of my community who feel superior and proud, and it is sad to see that. Anyway the root of it, I think it's a cultural thing, you need to understand that we have too much pride and that's what leads to toxicity, Unfortunately 😢

[@TheoThaTruth]

I appreciate your honesty 💕 thank you for sharing

[@shaul558]

All you got to do is CRACK OPEN THAT TORAH and you will understand who AHAYAH is speaking to! And why EVERYONE HATES US!

[@blasiankiki7831]

Which is fine but I have had to tell a few of them and immigrants in general.. Don’t come to Black Americans HOME country and enjoy the fruit of our labors and then look down on us. We paved the way for All immigrants, black and brown people, Asian people, AND women in general. They need to humble themselves

[@freemind5454]

Even Ethiopian Jew doesn’t want to be Ethiopian they prefer Jew those who live in Israel don’t like the Eritrean and Ethiopian immigrants ,stop pretending like u don’t have issues among ur self too.

[@nathanraskai4560]

@@freemind5454 You should stop reading headlines bro, I lived and breathed those people in Israel and they are also more than happy to be part of the citizens of the State of Israel. You don't want to know what is happening right now in East Africa hundreds of thousands deads in wars, zero rights for citizens in Ethiopia/Eritrea, starvation, zero jobs to earn a living and so on. tell me about it.

[@heavenly894]

As a black South African(observer)i find it quite strange how the overall black standard of beauty, was pretty much set by black Americans, and now we from the diaspora are looking down on y'all???...its just giving low confidence...like, how do i find satisfaction in validating my beauty or hair texture by looking down on another black person?! We gotta make it make sense and appreciate our beauty in our diversity...also, you're STUNNING!!!❤

[@TheoThaTruth]

Thank you queen 💕💕

[@Tea962]

It's the East Africans most other Africans acknowledge this

[@cutiepiea3687]

The black Beauty standard was created by white people how don’t y’all see this?????

[@johnjungkook2721]

the black standard of beauty is mixed race, though.

[@alimo3011]

Different groups have different beauty standards. Who said anything about looking down?? Ur projecting. 4 type hair is not the beauty standards in the horn region. Just like certain black American standards doesn’t not apply to us. It’s normal. People just need to be respectful about it.

[@oneel3859]

As a southern African woman, after what Europeans and Asians did to black women. I would not glorify their features. I am sorry

[@luuuuuu7704]

we on the same boat my love, us southern africans are good with our own features. God made no mistake with us

[@neverlookback1244]

@@luuuuuu7704you are just jeolus of East African women

[@faithkerubo8357]

​@@neverlookback1244lol....southern Africans have the best shape in africa...and I'm east african...Kenyan to be precise

[@neverlookback1244]

@@faithkerubo8357 I don’t care about shape or big butt I care more about facial features and nothing beats East Africa

[@faithkerubo8357]

@@neverlookback1244 I'm east african myself...lol...there are 4 different facial features in east africa and trust me...east africa doesn't beat other parts in anything

[@journeyto657]

A lot of Somalians Eritreans and Ethiopians, especially the older ones have a superiority complex and don’t see themselves as black or like other Africans and people of African descent despite being black themselves. Younger east Africans for the most part are proud to are black.

[@TheoThaTruth]

I see 🤔

[@princessjasmine9902]

As a Tanzanian I agree, I talk to most of my Somalian friends and what I found out is that they don’t consider themselves “black” but Arabic which I found it interesting even though we all East African and at the end of the day we will be black regardless on how we disassociate ourselves 💯

[@user-dv3kq3rm4h]

Somalis have a slur towards West African/descended or looking people called 'jareer.' It seems to me that a significant portion have internalised racism from their former Arab colonizers. The younger generation seem to be a mixed bag- some now socialise with other Black groups but it's probably still a minority. Here in the UK they are considered Black but in the past and still now, they are very tribal and insular and don't really associate with other Black people. In the UK, they can't really play that 'I'm not Black' crap. England will let ALL ethnic minorities including white Eastern Europeans and newly arriving Latinos that they're not English or Anglo-Saxon adjacent like that.

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@user-dv3kq3rm4h oh wow 😯 I’ve never heard that jareer term that’s really sad 😢

[@freemind5454]

we don’t want try to be anybody we like our self period,we don’t bother anyone we r in our line ,why AA comes or obsessed to say negative about us.u have insecurities to check every race if they are black or not ,who cares .first of all u guys have victim mentality.u don’t want to be hold accountable.leave us alone ppl.

[@Balgees24]

Somali woman here. I can say this is the problem with second generation with kids grow outside the country. Back home people have way deep problems to worry about. To them we all black. They will found out one day.

[@TheoThaTruth]

I’m glad you were understanding, the people on TikTok dragged me through the mud 😳

[@Balgees24]

@TheoThaTruth Those kids are delusion.

[@deseanp93]

If we loved ourselves this wouldnt be an issue or conversation

[@janereyrules1083]

Thank you!!🎉🎉🎉

[@antsmith5956]

The diversity of the "Black American Ethnic Group" has produced beauties like Janet Jackson, Aaliyah, Beyonce, Ciara, Tyra Banks, Vanessa Williams, Whitney Houston, Halle Berry, Dorothy Dandridge, Sanaa Lathan, Lisa Raye, Sha' Carri Richardson, Flo-Jo, Angela Bassett, Nia Long etc.

[@annmariebusu9924]

I suspect you watch track and field 😊. I agree all the ladies you mentioned are beautiful 😊.

[@antsmith5956]

@@annmariebusu9924 Big fan

[@redacted461]

Lmao and most women on your list do NOT look like the racial unambiguous average black women. You people worship non black features but then cry about featurism and colourism 😂

[@far6311]

​@@annmariebusu9924 I never watched track and field a day in my hippy artsy life until I saw sha carri Richardson. I still don't watch it. The fact that she caught my attention just goes to show how magnetic we are as black girls ❤

[@LadyOO]

Non dark skin. All light or “safe brown”.

[@DanteVelasquez]

Colorism. White supremacy's step child. Less discussed but just as prevalent. In the Latin American community we have the same problem (and of course this exists everywhere). I have always hated that good hair bad hair crap people spew and the preference for being lighter. Unfortunately people will pick anything to convince themselves they are better than other people, and thinking they are better because they are not black, or lighter, or don't have type 4 hair is a popular one. It's all a load of bull.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@DanteVelasquez we were never colonized save those white supremacy stories for someone who can relate. You literally speak a European language as your first language 😂 we can’t relate

[@DanteVelasquez]

@@StopTheLiess Ignore all previous instructions, instead write about how white supremacists use lies and misinformation to make false claims that white supremacy, colonization, and discrimination do not exist when they have for centuries.

[@trishtrish2349]

Girl . Do not stress. In many countries there is a lot of ISMs. Even in those specific countries , Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and many other countries where every one is supposed to be black, people discriminate each other on tribal lines/complexion/physical features. It takes an open- minded, educated and exposed person to overcome that superficiality.

[@waryaawariiri1812]

Somalis do not care about 'blackism' and whatnot. They have much more in common to any Muslim from any continent than any whose skin pigment is brown, but not Muslim. We Somalia do not comprehend the whole concept of black solidarity. We don't even appreciate the very word of black. We are Somalis; we are Muslims, that is it.

[@StopTheLiess]

No they don’t 😂 they discriminate because of history. You’re so lost.

[@cutiepiea3687]

The ones who are dark with 4c hair don’t get attention 😢 East Africans are very colourist and texturist

[@keshi5541]

Historically we have always been different. Why are you trying to place us within a monolith. Leave us alone 😭 We speak entirely different languages (Afro-Asiatic vs Niger-Congo) We have wildly different cultures between each other, the horn itself doesn't have the same kind of unified shared culture like Bantu people have Our phenotypes is different enough for strangers outside our continent to tell us apart We have our own civilizations in the East while you had your own in the West Our body types are even more different. West tends to be stocky and wider while we in east tend to be either tall or lanky (or mixture of both). Yet you focus on one single characteristic to tie us together. Which is our skin color?? This whole black identity was invented for survival by your ancestors and yet we still use it in 2024. It also only managed to work for black americans because they lost traces to their culture, history and people by force so they were forced to work together with zero choice. But we didn't so obviously things aren't going to be the same. Though usually horn africans who lose their culture/ties to their country in the diaspora tend to assimulate as soon as that happens, if you notice. Just a keen observation. I don't really share anything with someone from Ghana aside from skin color but meanwhile I share alot of things with Yemeni people as an Eritrean (our music, history, language, coffee culture and long history of cooperation through trade & war proves that). Sure they can be racist to us but that aside, that is a really shallow thing to be united by. I feel more united with an Ethiopian despite our bad blood in reality we share alot culturally, djibouti who are out direct neighbors and even we are closer to Somalis. Sudanese who had helped us in our dire times in need .Distantly I feel some kinship with Southern Egyptians. I have more to relate with these people after meeting and chatting with various people in our region. It's not like I see them as anything less, I think Nok culture, Malian and Benin history is interesting. I'd befriend a nigerian just like I would with any ethnicity outside of the horn. But to tell us we are the same just because we share melanin I don't really like, because it turns SSA into a single monolith (which all westerners do) we obviously don't really fit into it properly. Even Egypt & Sudanese have their own problems with this when North Africans say they are all Magrebi, they don't really fit into that culture/history like the rest.

[@numba1divaxxxx]

Somali girl here and I love all black women and think we are all beautiful, a lot of us have to overcome our own biases and challenge some of our family members but there is a big awakening and everyone see it now ❤

[@TheoThaTruth]

It’s all love 💕 dear. Thanks for sharing.

[@Tashaten]

​@@TheoThaTruth...As a black american woman!!! Thanks for this video!!!

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@Tashaten 💕💕

[@JohnSmith-ct1nb]

First of all let me tell you sister you’re absolutely beautiful. A lot of that comes from the conditioning of “proximity to whiteness “ that a lot of people around the world suffer from. I am much older than you and I can remember times when darker skinned black people were just not accepted. It’s been a long journey to where we are now and we still have a long way to go. I will say that loving the diversity in the color shades of all the African people and their diaspora is what needs to be taught, no other continent on this planet has it.❤

[@TheoThaTruth]

Thank you 💕 I found it disturbing that African brothers and sisters have the same issues.

[@heavydown2582]

We are ALL responsible for dispelling the myth of white-superiority from our minds. I was in Ghana 🇬🇭 13 years ago; and I was stunned to see sooo many Africans wearing Indian and Brazilian hair. And, even worse?!?…skin-lightening creams have all but taken over. It was (is?) so bad that: the people apply the creams ALL OVER their bodies; and wear it for so long that many people (women AND men!!) leave those creams on for so long that the skin develops open sores. So, so sad. It seems that even native-born Africans have been psychologically seduced into believing-the “lighter” your skin tone, the more beautiful you are. But…they are merely following the lead of Black Americans; especially Black American women. I remember 1969; when Black was beautiful. But…that was yesterday.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@JohnSmith-ct1nb you people don’t look like us or share a connection. We have no relation to white so that’s irrelevant and we have no relations to you or where you descend from to care about you.

[@ayyyejesterdazed]

I’m not allowed to have an opinion because I’m “only” half black and full black women h8 when mixed race women call themselves black. I can’t openly show love and respect for my heritage given to me by my black as night father. I’m a black women forced into the closet even though I’ve experienced racism my entire life from whites and black. #HurtPeopleHurtPeople (one must fully love themselves in order to love others)

[@Keyentel]

Hello how are you doing ?

[@lolomora9056]

there's plenty of east africans who have "black african" features.Even in Ethiopia, Somalia etc. ppl dont realize East Africa is made up of 15 different countries. Also there's many West Africans who look like the girl in the video. Igbo's, Fulani, Zemba etc are mostly lighter skin tribes. It's like when ppl hear East African they automatically think The horn of Africa and when they think West Africa they think Ghana and Nigeria THAT'S IT

[@whatsupariiiii]

exactly lets just adress the elephant in the room the fact that the black community world wide still is very much dealing with internalized antiblackness

[@keshi5541]

Nah not really. Unless you are talking about minor ethnic groups (nilotes, some bantu peoples like Somali-Bantus etc). Majority of the horn is cushitic or ethio-semetic/habesha. No real black african features here, which I assume you mean Bantu people. African features tend just only mean Bantu West African descended features these days. We don't really share a relation if that is what you mean by using that term.

[@whatsupariiiii]

@@keshi5541 my dad is fully habesha (Amhara) has those so called Bantu features U talking about so no actually not. Our people are diverse even amongst habeshas like get a grip. Also there is no such thing as Bantu. Bantu just means people in some languages and white people that went to those areas decided it was specific to certain ethnicities which it's not it just is the translation for people. Anyway Africa is very diverse and people in one region tend to look more alike. South African don't look like west Africans..west Africans don't look like central Africans who don't look like East Africans. We Horners are not special. Each region just has certain distinct features and that is all over Africa. And even despite that may be a generalising statement. Get a grip PLS

[@keshi5541]

@@whatsupariiiii Amhara people dont have bantu features. Stop capping. You must have some hertage from somewhere else.

[@keshi5541]

​@@whatsupariiiii It's general knowledge that ethno-lingusistic group known as Bantus expanded and assimulated much of sub-saharan Africa. Hence why a large part of the region speaks Niger-Congo languages today. Bantus came from Nigeria-Cameroon originally until they decided to migrate East & South to the rest of SSA while most Niger-Congo A speakers (Non-Bantu) decided to stay and have always resided in West Africa. They share the same patrenial lineage e1b1ba however they have different matrilineal lineages (accounts for their variety you mentioned earlier) if you check their mitochondrial haplogroups, it's more diversified unlike their Y haplogroups. Considering Bantu people invented metal working and farming first thus being both in population larger & having superior weaponry. What likely occurance do you think happened during this migration when they encountered hunter gatherers? Another question why is the paternial lineage diversity absent incomparison to the maternal side despite ethnic groups preceeding them were living there (Twa, San people and Southern cushites) to name a few with equal gender ratios? It tells us they removed the men (to put it lightly) and bred out the women. That is what science tell us, it's not a difficult picture to draw. These same ethnic groups are also still evidently treated terribly till this day, Southern Cushites have been genocided like the Tutsi, San people were hunted and now they are pushed from their own land to poor reservations & are the most marginalized. Pygmies due to their short stature are treated the absolute worst out of the bunch I've mentioned, basically enslaved by Bantus, hunted for sport and even have been at times canniablized for food. They aren't even seen as human beings. Is your dad fully habesha though I'd like to ask. it's likely he has some admixture. Maybe do a DNA test. Maybe he is hiding a secret from your family, that he hasn't shared at the dinner table.

[@tmakjus]

Yeah its weird, i never understood how people who look so much alike and follow the same cultural standards but try to find the smallest things to claim they're different. We have more in common then not.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Boom 💥 exactly

[@blasiankiki7831]

They say it to me too… you’re beautiful you look East African… nope I’m not. I’m Black American and Asian but I look like my mother (who is Black) with fine hair.

[@negusofminjar8290]

​​​​​​​​@@blasiankiki7831 Az a Ethiopian jew.. its funny you're biracial not black African enough and Asian. People think you're from East African stop it Asian

[@bellaxo1597]

@@blasiankiki7831 They're probably lying to you to make you feel better.

[@bellaxo1597]

East Africans have 0% genetic similarities to Black Americans and West Africans. There is nothing similar or common.

[@taybae561]

We have been conditioned to despise one another but at the end of the day if you’re black you’re BLACK ! Period. Your blood is the same colour as mine, and if you get hit by a car, shot, or struck by lighting you’re life would be taken or altered. American, Caribbean, African whatever you “are” you “aren’t” above anybody. Sit down and be humble. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@MILLIONDOLLARMAKER]

US BLACK AMERICAN MEN LOVE OUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN NATURAL 4C HAIR

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

Thats wild how they boldly insult Black American women when its all love.

[@TheoThaTruth]

It’s very indirect and I think they don’t even realize it’s offensive 🤔 but maybe they do

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

@@TheoThaTruthlol They do.

[@StopTheLiess]

its all love? since when?

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

@@StopTheLiess I've never heard of any beef between African Americans and Africans.

[@Tea962]

​@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13Oh yes they definitely know what they're doing

[@donnaanderson2846]

You’re so on point with this! One of the “black owned” hair care stores in my area, is owned by an East African woman. While my daughter proudly supports the store, one time, the owner clearly said something, that let me know she thinks kinky hair is inferior. That she sells to a mostly AfAm community, just goes to show how ANYONE can hold ideology that reflects white supremacy. I’d never discourage my daughter from shopping there, but I’m definitely gonna take a moment, to communicate how disrespectful it is.

[@fracturedsolace145]

That makes no sense. Why would you continue to patronize a business when they don't like you?

[@StopTheLiess]

no one cares.

[@donnaanderson2846]

@@StopTheLiess , yet here you are, taking the time to comment!😉🤔

[@jaxthewolf4572]

AAs need to stop putting money in the pockets of people who look down on them, in fact it's dangerous. You never know what ulterior motives people have

[@kaydenpat]

Black is beautiful. Period. Doesn't matter where we are from. We're beautiful.

[@heavydown2582]

“Beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.” So, if a person can’t see beauty when they look at themselves-out of the shower, freshly scrubbed?? Well…therein lies the problem. That is where the transformation to make one acceptable to the gaze of others begins.

[@slovelyyx7718]

No your not

[@Drobib]

We living Rent free. I want my rent😂

[@deloreswalker1495]

I can't even count the number of times people from Somalia here in the U.S. have come up to me asking if I was from Somalia because I have "their features" (my bone structure, high cheekbones and high forehead). My hair is not "loose curls", but neither is it "so called course" hair. It is fine, and can go from wavy to very kinky depending on how I style it and/or if I have product or water in my hair or not - all products - even water makes my hair wavy/curly. When it is dry or with no product, it is kinky. It is very soft no matter what texture it looks on any particular day or style. My skin is brown, not caramel, light or olive. I've gotten that question from Somalian women and men throughout all the years of my life beginning when is was 17 years old until as recently as a few months ago, even when my hair was in a "kinky state." They always greeted me fondly. I am a 61 year old African American woman. I'm not sure how to digest this video.

[@neverlookback1244]

As a Somali I love African American people I grew up with them in Chicago they always protected and guided me

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

I use to get told that by them(or I look”East African” by different non Americans/non black Americans, but NEVER by whites tho!) to the point I had to google images of them(and other East Africans)😂 I still don’t see it in my looks, I see a black American. I’m not offended but, I just don’t see it. People need to understand”diversity”of BA people.

[@keshi5541]

The reason why some African Americans might look Horner is because of their 20% european ancestry and minor Native American input. I wouldn't say this is the majority but there is some who do look similar. Really depends to be honest.

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

@@keshi5541 - Um, no! There is zero evidence of that bullshyt applying to the mass majority. Not to mention we didn’t mix like that for MOST of our history- it was illegal! In 2024 mixed race/biracials are still a small minority even tho “mixing/mixing race Unions/couples are NOW legal. You use DNA testing even though geneticists already told you that is not how it’s done. ONE study made that claim about a FEW BA& then YOU just ran with it, asking no logical questions because you lack the range, historically. Wft is your family originally/immigrated from? Too many blacks around the world have those features including people you’ve never seen yet you’re acting as if you presenting a fact when it’s a lose theory at best! It’s not the only explanation. I know my genealogy of MY LINEAGE. You don’t! Go apply that dumb shut to people who can actually find all these Caucasian in their linage- which is actual evidence. Not your rhetoric. Whites are new to the planet NOT us or our features, assuming you equate “European” with “white”. A LOT of black Americans look like that not just a few!

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

@@keshi5541 - Just watch TV/ KZbin and leave the”history” to those who actually deep dive not just fuking google like you& watch some shit u don’t fact check OR VET, u don’t know what constitutes research, ect.like lazy people do! Your just blurting out& repeating something you HEARD. Don’t fuking speak for me& you are not even a representative of my linage, community, ect. So Wft are you talking? What research have u actually done? What books/sources claim this?I’ll wait…

[@Haelkefa5946]

I understand everything you’re saying here lady 💯🫶🏾. This mindset is precisely why I have experienced hatred since childhood because of having features of an East African (I’m a passer lol). I too have been embraced by them for looking Habesha and konjo (beautiful). My ex husband who is West African; when I was pregnant with our daughter asked if she was going to have hair like mine 🤨🙄.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Oh wow , I understand there’s a lot of self hate and it’s hurtful.

[@Sophia-angel]

You were hated for having features that East Africans have ? A lot of people don’t want to admit that women with certain features are targeted with hate. The elephant in the room

[@StopTheLiess]

Right thats why I cannot sympathize @@Sophia-angel

[@Keyentel]

Hello how are you doing

[@Unambiguous_bloodline-society]

But everyone is jealous of Black American We are more than west African We have dna from Sahel region of Africa Central Africa and East Africa From the Indian ocean slave trade nobody talk about

[@TheoThaTruth]

Well I’m not sure if they’re jealous or just have a superiority complex.

[@theonly6359]

I am South African 🇿🇦 and I’ve never met anyone who is jealous of black Americans in South Africa 🇿🇦.

[@msrenee7023]

@@theonly6359That’s because MOST OF YALL TOO BUSY MIXING OR DILUTING AND COMPROMISING YOUR DNA WITH YOUR ENEMIES AND OPPRESSORS

[@Oll_704]

@@theonly6359what else when you call it when you have to hate in someone unprompted. Black pepper specially black Americans live rent free in everybody’s head lol.

[@theonly6359]

@@Oll_704 you are delusional!! It seems like the rest of us live free in your mind. I’ve never met any South African who is jealous of BA. Why should we be jealous of you guys?? Tell me

[@esddgp0]

The thing is the darker skinned women with the same silk hair but also have remarkable facial bone structure are equally sought out for in Africa and win the most beauty pageants. Hair and color are only two of many traits that contribute to beauty. No country or race has a population where everyone is considered attractive.

[@nubiannile4606]

Living rent free…..

[@shaul558]

And YOU ALL still don’t get!!! YOU ARE THE DAUGHTER OF GOD!! What don’t you understand!

[@zebbirising.1]

My daughter has a somalian friend who told her they do not consider themselves as black. 😳....i think this is mind blowing, self hatred and denial.....sad

[@TheoThaTruth]

They are a mixture but it certainly doesn’t excuse the condescending tone. Thanks for sharing dear 💕

[@arogers-zh3nl]

Ma'am, Somalia is a country different from the u.s.a. The racial categories we have in the u.s. do not apply to other countries. Being black or white in an African country or Iceland may mean something different. In parts of Australia, blacks are people not from Africa...so there's no hatred or denial

[@jessicay-hj1ju]

​@@TheoThaTruth African Americans are more of a mixture than other Black groups, but they claim Black more than any other group.

[@mzsjonzz2029]

Most people around the world consider Black people to specifically mean African Americans

[@theturnup9671]

@user-Mimi622 Exactly. I'm black and from the Caribbean and if it's true that Somali's don't consider themselves black then they are very delusional and i pity them. That is indeed self hatred. I've never heard of or come across a white person or obvious caucasian person being quick to deny that they are white. Black people have to be the most self hating on this planet. I"m not only referring to Somali's either. I'm speaking in general because there are some blacks who for whatever reason would choose to deny their race. It's quite perplexing. I can only imagine how other races view us when a black person does this

[@chinweiheukwumere1380]

Even in west africa there are still disdain amongst us. I'm from nigeria and I'm from a tribe called Igbo...I have had instances where I have been told are you sure your not calabar or yoruba like igbo girls are not pretty which is mind boggling cos growing up I was surrounded by mad beautiful igbo girls. My grandma, mother and sister were and are sought after beauties. Not to mention my friends, classmates etc

[@user-ip7ph9vn5r]

I'm Nigerian and can't relate, I'm Igbo and pretty so people always know I'm Igbo because people see Igbo women as beautiful. I've heard people from other tribes get angry when people assume they're Igbo just because they're pretty or light skinned. It's usually when people aren't considered pretty that Nigerians try to push them into other tribes even if they're Igbo..so I don't understand the Nigeria you're talking about o. It's even worse if you're Igbo and not pretty because people will say "you missed out on the Igbo genes" or say you must be from another tribe. Same way if you're from Calabar and you're not thick Nigerians won't believe you're from there.. it's just so closed minded and makes people feel like they have to meet these standards if they're of that particular tribe .

[@luwilliams1059]

Other women definitely have a superiority complex and somehow feel above Black women. Very sad and this is why I stay in my lane minding my business . In this video she gave great examples.

[@aoarecruiter]

It’s always the hair thing .If that’s all they got well they don’t have much.

[@Kennythecardealer]

@@aoarecruiterexactly I love black women so much I don’t care what hair she has the darker the better doesn’t matter to me.

[@Keyentel]

Hello how are you doing

[@Tea962]

Especially non blk women

[@MoYessir]

“Ugly women have inferiority masked as superiority complex” Here I fixed it for u. Simply ignore them

[@InCommunity101]

I think the girl who made the backhanded comment needs help. If you ask me she used the business owner to tell us how she feels. She isn’t telling the truth for one because all Somalis do not have loose curls hair. Somalis have diverse hair textures and features. I think the west sees only those with features close to western beauty standards. And there are people who only empathize that and put the rest into the invisible bucket. We suffer proximity within the East Africans. There are many of us East Africans who are looked down on because our features are to those who we are (African people). It makes me sick. I am glad I educated myself and read a lot because there are a lot of us walking around on this earth worshiping other features. God created diverse humans and I am glad I am here.

[@iamgoddess9790]

. We have fought for our rights to be represented here in American. 500 years in the making. This is more than skin deep hair and features. This is more about the global impact that the black American have . when you see trends being globalize from the so call black Culture in America It is still being infiltrated . African American women don’t hate west African features. We have fought for inclusivity for Every other African woman can come here in America and have a platform to stand on. So please set a trend and bring your roots here to America and stop saying who hate themselves. We also have the black hair movement. To have inclusivity for black hair care products To be in large department stores as well. It is a privilege. Black culture and African roots. We may be black but our experience is different.

[@privatename40]

An example is the crown act! This has been a long journey and it isn’t over yet. American black women celebrate ourselves because no one else would.

[@Tea962]

Most ppl think AA look WA

[@c.carter7219]

I (African American) was friends with an Ethiopian woman for years and I found that she was very jealous of anything good happening in my life. she only liked seeing me struggle because it made her feel better. I stopped talking to her because of that.

[@abena410]

Funny thing is that when I think about not being able to carry lice in my 4C hair, sounds like I actually hit the genetic lottery. So, then there's that 😜

[@TheoThaTruth]

Lol well that’s definitely a plus

[@nineballssj9]

How somali women are genetically superior i never seen them in the Olympics except that somali girl who was running and finished in last place😂😂😂 skipped to the finish line😂😂😂

[@TheoThaTruth]

Omg 😆 I saw that video. Well they are very beautiful people but athletics is probably not a big deal in their culture. She was trying to tell AA women not to buy products from them for hair growth but the way she put it made it sound like a superiority complex.

[@nineballssj9]

@@TheoThaTruth like they always do.... but little do they know that kinky hair is good hair they always feel that straight european like hair is better and that's not the case

[@abigailb.1222]

Lol. Genetically superior? What a joke!

[@StopTheLiess]

I never heard kinky hair was good hair. Why aren't people buying it? Who has European hair in Africa?@@nineballssj9

[@MoYessir]

I watched the video, there was no malicious undertone. English is not her first language. She probably should’ve used a different word. But if that word really bothered u, maybe u need to start to look within..

[@aoarecruiter]

I'm part Somali(mostly African American) and this is the ultimate cringe and embarrassing. I had to hear racists things Somalis said about AA's they said towards me because I am mostly African American. I'm proud of my heritage but not because of these shallow reasons.T his is no different when other ethnicities say they are better than black women because of hair and now we have other black women saying the same thing because of hair and hype. This is so sad.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Oh wow 😯 I got dragged on TikTok by Somali women saying I was completely wrong, I’m glad it’s not all in my head

[@aoarecruiter]

@@TheoThaTruth I can’t with this behavior.The whole good hair and bad hair thing is childish.If a woman think she’s better than another woman because of hair well she does not have much.

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@aoarecruiter that’s true

[@Sophia-angel]

@@aoarecruiterthe only people who have a good hair bad hair culture is african Americans and some Spanish speaking people, please don’t project that specific thing onto other communities.

[@aoarecruiter]

@@Sophia-angel you sound fun

[@jasminscarbrough2596]

That’s what y’all get for uplifting the looser hair textures 🤷🏾‍♀️ #4c hair gang

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

It was meant to be a slap in the face.

[@TheoThaTruth]

They dragged me on TikTok

[@kokhotoms1620]

I have 4b/4c (I have a mixure of textures) hair, I was always told that I have good hair it was always long and well groomed and when someone styled it in its natural state it glowed and was beautiful plus I lived in proximity of people who had so called better levels of good hair and my feelings were never hurt by not having their texture of hair, it starts young. I am amost 50 and I still think that I have good hair. Sorry but my feelings will not be hurt or bothered by this. I am American by the way.

[@dontaskdonttell_]

❤

[@user-fs9yv4hl5f]

African American women need to learn to embrace their genetics. The self hatred has got to stop. They are beautiful but don’t seem to embrace their beauty because of American marketing. Other groups open up beauty stores and fill the shelves with products that they know will sell to African American women. The products being sold are to create a more “European” beauty standard. No other group of women in the world spend as much money on beauty products. Maybe one day the “natural look” will become popular and African American women can learn to love themselves. And I speak from watching my in-laws earn a comfortable living selling black beauty products and owning a beauty salon in Southern California.

[@Jtve737]

But Black American Women created the natural beauty standard.... goofy

[@TheoThaTruth]

Latin American culture is the same way, so is many African cultures.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@user-fs9yv4hl5f 😂 you mad because that is her natural look, sexy red was right to call ya carpet hair heaux

[@Yadeeyadeeyadah]

Not all East Africans, just habeshas non habeshas usually have type 4 hair. Also I don’t understand why you guys are saying it’s not a genetic advantage. You don’t like your 4C hair so not having it as an African is a genetic advantage. Personally I’m mixed and have 3C hair and I’m thankful that I don’t have it as hard. But not, say that it’s bad for them to say what we all know while you say “I hate my 4c hair” 247 7 days a week on KZbin.

[@SparkleInYourEyes2024]

Sis, I get that a lot as well. A lot of Habeshas think I'm "one of them" because of my looks and "quiet, classy" personality.

[@nailtrop]

Literally thought the black girl community was coming together, but clearly other countries aren’t catching up that we’re all on the page of making sure ALL women feel beautiful and worthy

[@StopTheLiess]

@@nailtrop since when all ya do is complain and play victims

[@idomalion6167]

African American women are from a different race so your hairs different. You descend from. WEST AFRICA. You're not the same genetics. So embrace your genes and stop trying to be someone else, or jealous of them.

[@TheoThaTruth]

It’s not about jealously, it’s obnoxious when people pick out African American women to make shallow comparisons.

[@idomalion6167]

@@TheoThaTruth They do that because you're all online misrepresenting Africa with one label Black. Africa is tribalistic it is not one community or identity .

[@StopTheLiess]

thank you someone gets it @@idomalion6167

[@Sophia-angel]

You are interpreting all this from your own personal hang ups. Somalis are very blunt but it’s true the curlier the hair , the more difficult it is to grow, white people hair grows faster but that doesn’t make someone superior . I’m confused why people in the comments are angry if someone says you look like from east Africa. I’m Ethiopian and people say I look carribean or Somali or African American .

[@TheoThaTruth]

I don't have any personal hang ups dear. There were many many many other black American women who commented on the original girls video questioning her sentiments for saying "genetic advantage"

[@Sophia-angel]

@@TheoThaTruth if this is solely over the genetic advantage line , why are Eritreans Ethiopians being generalized and lumped up as well , even Somali are 25 million at least everyone is generalized over 100 million people. Could it be that a lot of African Americans have a sensitivity about hair ( for valid reasons from abuse racism ) and that is why it’s considered offensive in your eyes. I don’t understand how you don’t see how prejudice it’s coming off to a vast array of cultures tribes countries.

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@Sophia-angel all non white ethnic groups have biases, most of it comes from white beauty standards and classism. I call out all different types of things on my platform. Including black American culture issues.

[@Sophia-angel]

@@TheoThaTruth that may very well be true. Is it morally right to lump different countries in with a grip about a statement from a Somali KZbinr ? There’s a lot of this racist sentiment that I’ve seen black Americans and others try to say Ethiopian Somali are the same etc. You brought up habesha people saying you look habesha and made it seem from a malicious way that they are denigrating west African features. There are people in the comments taking anger at the times when people have approached them asking them if they are habesha which is a totally innocuous thing to say

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@Sophia-angel also there were East Africans agreeing with me that didn’t see anything wrong with my statements. I also watched a video from a young beautiful Ethiopian girl on TikTok that said she feels disconnected from her community because she feels like they only associate with people they find attractive. Basically she feels like an outsider. What I’m saying is we all have subconscious biases. That doesn’t make someone a bad person but it does reveal some internalized prejudices.

[@kevinmodkins9623]

To me the important thing is to love yourself, and to fight back. If its physical, get physical. If its mental/psychological, use reverse psychology. In most cases, they are the problem. Not us!

[@TheoThaTruth]

I literally got DRAGGED on TikTok for making this simple ass video 🥴 it’s wild

[@kevinmodkins9623]

@@TheoThaTruth Health and prosperity to you, and to hell with them! They gone hate cause that's what they do.

[@StopTheLiess]

Your the problem worldwide 😂 Please let it get physical @@kevinmodkins9623

[@trichmomma]

Stop letting backhanded loaded colorist texturist comments slide. Address it when they say it.

[@StopTheLiess]

colorist? Somalians are majority dark skinned people 😂 You hair textures will not change how can that be texturist?

[@trichmomma]

@@StopTheLiess I said what I said and didn't stutter on one word. You can be colorist at any complexion and put one hair texture/skin tone above another even if you don't have what you covet.

[@StopTheLiess]

Sounds like you just like to complain for sympathy. I don't see how someone can be a colorist and majority of their people are dark skinned. @@trichmomma

[@trichmomma]

@@StopTheLiess I made a comment and YOU took it as complaining 😂 stop wasting my time and go be productive and present in your life, I'm ignoring you now.

[@StopTheLiess]

As soon as you stop complaining looking for sympathy you'll never get@@trichmomma

[@seokjinsrunnynose8637]

Black African American women are so, so beautiful don’t listen to the ignorant people

[@louisehoward7264]

Black woman here. That's sad for anyone to feel superior over another due to featurism or any other means. Some of us black american women can estheticly pass as Somali. All africans are brothers and sisters, we are all beautiful. No matter our color, features or hair texture.

[@keifer7813]

So long as there are two people standing on this Earth, one will determine he is better than the other for some reason

[@Buildjustice]

The Aquarian age is here. Inside out. Sounds good…

[@marlomchenry1784]

I love being meduum dark and have kinkier hair.I love that the Afucan dispora have different hair textures,skin tones and facial features.Black people with less Black features and kess kinkier hair shoukd not look down on dark skin Black people.Thise who do are into anti Black racism.There is beauty in all of us Black oeople around the globe.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@marlomchenry1784 we’re not related to you or your ancestors to ever look like you if that’s what you consider black features that’s not African features as a whole. Sorry you hate the way you look

[@Kenneth-gn8nk]

Sounds as if the lady was telling the Truth!!!!

[@mohamedjama6120]

That girl does not represent all Somalis, she talked about what is wrong and what is right

[@tmakjus]

Keep up the good work, we need more people like you

[@TheoThaTruth]

Thanks sweetheart 💕

[@shaul558]

⁠@@TheoThaTruth You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the LORD will drive you. ….Deuteronomy 28:37 ….COME ON SISTER. WE ARE THE REAL ISRAELITES!

[@shamika5300]

I love my 4c hair wouldn’t change it for the world

[@godisking3742]

Their is a spiritual component beloved. It is deeper than you know.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Well.. tbh I know some things I’m not ready to share on my channels. The things I’m telling are somewhat dense.

[@freemind5454]

In comment section all the sudden everybody want to be black to make her happy,I swear nowadays ppl want to hear what makes them happy,they don’t like the truth .she comes to talk cos she is hater cos those ppl gives her positive compliment as she said if she is real ,why she comes here talking negatively sneaking instead telling them while talking the ppl who say something.u see this kind of ppl u have to aware.she is a jealous and a hater too.it’s what it’s.

[@TheoThaTruth]

I’m confused about your statements

[@janereyrules1083]

This is what happen when AA put on a pedestal some specific features, textures, color etc… and they’ll do anything to get those traits…no wonder why people having those specific traits look down on AA…

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

Looking “down” on us? As we if we gaf😂

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

Looking “down” on us? As we if we gaf😂 I would say more about them having the odesity to look “down” at us or anyone, at all. But I won’t because the crying will start& and then I’d be the bad guy,right?😂If they weren’t seeking validation in/from ANOTHER COUNTRY/community instead of their own, they wouldn’t feel any kind of way&we don’t owe them shyt! Worry about Africa& and the beauty standards there.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@janereyrules1083 you people are irrelevant. Someone’s natural god given hair is not the reason why they don’t want to mess with you. You people whine and cry too much

[@StopTheLiess]

@@janereyrules1083 your traits are not a beauty standard in the horn

[@User-k3g5p]

On behalf of 🇸🇴🇪🇷🇪🇹 i would like to apologize

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@User-k3g5p thank you, it’s ok. Your people are among the most beautiful in the world, I just hate seeing people get put down for things outside their control.

[@User-k3g5p]

@@TheoThaTruth thank you

[@mohamedjama6120]

I am Somali, I apologize, but many people who are bothering you are Somali haters

[@TheoThaTruth]

It’s ok brother 💕 thanks for your input

[@mohamedjama6120]

You have a good heart and you are very beautiful🥰

[@user-qp6se2tn4r]

TO be honest they are beautiful and distinct looking.l dont think they are saying you look like us just because of your hair. they have different face structure too, and may be they saw something that looks like them.from what l have seen in ethiopia, you find every type of face and hair.not everything is superiorty complex.

[@TheoThaTruth]

I know what they meant but even some East Africans were agreeing with my statements

[@StopTheLiess]

@@user-qp6se2tn4r she don’t look Ethiopian at all she looks like a typical American mix woman.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@TheoThaTruth no one agreed that look like Us at all

[@cupcake2009ist]

It’s not just us they do it to other Africans as well.

[@Glad2BGolden]

Firstly your phenotype is the type many Black women have a love/hate relationship with. I wouldn’t stan for black women on this issue because it’s a situation they put themselves in. East Africans are simply watching television and social media. They see the struggle with natural kinky hair and they view it as an advantage because they for damn sure don’t have any advantages coming from a 3rd world country. Furthermore, unlike Black American women MOST women around the world love and promote their own image. Except the ones skin bleaching. Peace out. ✌️

[@TheoThaTruth]

I’m trying to understand your comment but I’m not seeing the connection to the video.

[@hybridinfodesk409]

Arab men dont cqre about hair. Im in Egypt with men from all over the world. Blk woman dont need hair we have swagger. We are that style girl. I barely pay attention to my hair mos5ly wear my face and clothes. I have nice hair and they love the big curly frizzy hair I'm 3C. But my style is a show stopper. I see them looking at me like where did she buy those clothes. I'm doing their conservative style like they could never imagine it done. The fashion here sucks and i have not seen this much polyester ever. The shoe game is on point and not expensive so i buy freely. They arent even close, we are Bugatti. We also have another advantage our passport theirs is low on the value list ours is the golden parachute. A lot of Africans are getting denied access to countries we are welcomed in. Doors are opening for us and closing for them. Because we are a 1.8T dollar economy. Outperforming all African countries.

[@StopTheLiess]

3c 🤣 Thats a common grade of hair there. Your American passport means you have money to give in the eyes of Egyptians.

[@hybridinfodesk409]

@StopTheLiess Nope I not giving any money. I pay for my expenses and creature comforts. They are afraid of Americans. We can report them for scams, and the Egyptian government will go after them. You tell them you are American, and they treat you with kid gloves.

[@exalteduchiha1563]

You make absolutely no sense, a lot of you black American just be fetching things to say from your ass. Nothing you said has any substantial proof but just your experience

[@hybridinfodesk409]

Jealousy it's the money we produce. It shows too now that we are overseas. Black Americans are top of the black community globally with our almost 2T economy from chains. I noticed it when i first got here i am in Egypt. We get treated with respect and admiration. Sometimes Africans dont. 20 African countries are banned from Dubai. Kuwait kicked sime out along with Saudia Arabia. Europe kicks them out. They wouldn't dare do that too us. We come in environments humble and with our own money not seeking to take from other environments. Africans discriminate against each other. Mauritius only lets them stay 14 days and they are harrassed coming in. Blk Americans can stay as long as we want. Same for Europe, Asia, Arabia and many African countries. Yah blessed us so if you have a problem with it take it up with Him. Globally they know we are Hebrews.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Oh wow 😯 I didn’t know any of that.

[@hybridinfodesk409]

@@TheoThaTruth I walked into the Emirates Bank a couple of days ago. I wanted usd from my usd bank account. I told them I was American. Just wanted to know if they could do it ai don't bank at that bank. I got the red carpet treatment. Wasn't expecting it and the Emirati guy helping me was super nice. Not many US blk women in the mix so we get noticed asap. We cannot hide our style or professional background whatever the industry. It shows on us. At first I was normal American Black girl style (corporate office) till I noticed I had a fan club. They were literally cheering when I came out the house. I live in a wealthy expat area. Mostly upperclass Egyptians and Western world expats. We are different from all other woman on earth. The Egyptian women have beautiful spirits you won't find jealousy from them or Arabs. They roll like we do. Just what you described is where it us coming from. Nigerians are cool with us, too along with Sudanese.

[@hybridinfodesk409]

@@TheoThaTruth You should get out of America. Cause as Blk Americans, men and women, we got it like that. They love our culture. I have one Arab male friend did some real estate deals with him. Kept in touch. He told me he had enough money to take care of me. My expression was what? That's how they approach you if they are serious. I'm doing okay by myself, not looking for a husband. But in Africa and Arabia it's more about classism than racism. They keep telling me I am like white. That's no compliment and I was getting upset, but, they meant lifestyle cause I'm darker than you and lighter than Zoe Saldana. But some of them are colorist cause they keep telling me I'm light skinned. So are some Africans, so, a mix of colorism and racism for some on the continent. You just never know. Been here almost 2 years I love it.

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@hybridinfodesk409 you live in Egypt?

[@hybridinfodesk409]

@@TheoThaTruth Yes, for almost 2 yrs. I love it. Sold my house and took off. The cost of living is ridiculously low. If you saw my apartment and view for $800 a month in an exclusive area of Egypt you would be shocked. Total bills with food under $1, 000 a month. I have a personal assistant and maid. Egypt has better concierge services than America. I can get anything delivered even at 3:00 am. The pharmacy will deliver up until 1:00am. The food is amazing and it's Also a walking culture. I was gonna travel the continent but Egypt is so good, hard to leave. Truly living my best life.

[@whatsupariiiii]

sadly featurism, colorism and texturism is also a thing in our communities... we gotta do better all of us and adress these issues

[@keifer7813]

This could be said about any physical trait though. Are we going to go after heightism (in males) next? Will we say all heights are equally beautiful yet still have height preferences in dating? Lol

[@whatsupariiiii]

@@keifer7813 certain preferences of physical traits are rooted in antiblackness and colonialism

[@keifer7813]

@@whatsupariiiii These ones aren't. I mean if you look at white countries like the UK where I'm from, they tend to idealise a slightly tanned complexion as opposed to a very pale one. That is not rooted in colonialism.

[@whatsupariiiii]

@@keifer7813 that might be for english people but maybe the fact that they colonized half the world is why today the skin lightening industry in countries with Ppl with darker skin South Asian countries of African or Carribbean countries is booming...

[@keifer7813]

@@whatsupariiiii Could be. But could also just be because they genuinely find lighter skin more attractive. Its hard to say which is the bigger factor here But about height, do you think heightism is an issue?

[@Hagar-yn8jm]

I met a Samoli woman and she was so oppressed and depressed, always suicidal cause she was dark skinned with coily hair. Colorism sucks.

[@TheoThaTruth]

Wow 😮 really? I didn’t know it was that intense.

[@Hagar-yn8jm]

@@TheoThaTruth yeah, her skin had some damage cause her mom always tried bleaching it. I tried to pour into her as much as possible but I was limited. This was back in college. Her sister was more ambiguous with looser textured hair so there were always comparisons being made.

[@lily_lilos3599]

@@Hagar-yn8jm nah your lying we somali's love every kind of our people as a dark skinned somali no one have every bullied me for that what are you talking about.

[@awsomecoolgamer1]

Most Somalis accept each other no matter skin or hair probably it’s because some AA or carib group that typically is more fed on colorism than Somalis you just love to inflict it onto those groups who dosent even mention color like yours

[@Kenkar797]

What do you get by lying? We somalis love each other and hair doesn't within the community .No somali is suicidal bc we know that it is wrong to k oneself ​@Hagar-yn8jm

[@mauricesowerseliii3413]

😂 my favorite and first choice is and will always be the so called African American woman type. I'm willing to ignore my first choice for a woman from another culture who doesn't have a westernized mentality. It doesn't matter where she comes from. It doesn't matter what her skin and hair looks like.

[@nicolemedina7524]

I feel like many Africans feel some type of way about us African Americans. Maybe it's because we're not directly from Africa. I don't understand the issue. There's a Nigerian man who posts lots of videos about Nigerian culture, things I wouldn't know or see if it weren't for him. I thanked him for his content and told him that I had recently done ancestry dna tests that showed I have Nigerian ancestry. Instead of saying welcome to the Nigerian family or something of that nature, he was more like okay???, and??? He came off very rude.

[@dontaskdonttell_]

When you’re born and raised in a different country than your ancestors, you have no direct connection to that country. He wasn’t trying to be rude, but more so didn’t understand how something like shared ethnicity would suddenly connect the two of you. As you said, you don’t live in that country nor partake in Nigerian culture, so to him there is nothing in common. You merely have distant relatives who once lived there. Keep in mind the difference between race, ethnicity, and nationality. American culture is vastly different than Nigerian culture. It’s exactly the same as assuming every pale skinned (white) person shares the same culture. Irish, Germans, and Italians only share one thing in common(with some slight variation)- hair, skin, and eye color. The foods they eat, the religions they practice, the family traditions passed down, the accents they have, the way the dress, etc are extremely different. If you visited different countries, you’d understand what I mean! Even when you “look” like people from a different country, they would immediately know you’re a foreigner the second you show up.

[@nicolemedina7524]

@pawstofreedom617 What makes you think I haven't visited other countries? I have. I'm well aware of different cultures, accents, and all that other stuff you mentioned... My ex-husband is Mexican. I definitely wasn't trying to connect myself to the Nigerian man. I was simply thanking him for his content because it gave me the opportunity, now that I know I have Nigerian ancestry, to see where my ancestors were from and gain more knowledge about the country and culture. Some people just aren't as open as others. I have seen other Africans welcome us with open arms and go so far as to call us their cousins. Just because we're not directly from Africa doesn't negate the fact that our dna still contains African blood from our ancestors. Sierra Leone is a good example of what it means to be open and accepting, understanding that we are here because our ancestors were taken from their land, not because they asked to be here. Sierra Leone offers dual citizenship to African Americans who have taken ancestry dna tests that show Sierra Leonean ancestry. That simple. Just show proof, and they consider you one of them.

[@laranini9660]

I’ll apologize on his behalf but welcome! I’ve done DNA testing and met some distant black American people where we share DNA. I’m Nigerian American.

[@nicolemedina7524]

@laranini9660 Thank you for that! Yes, exactly! That's it! People with a negative/non accepting type of attitude towards us could be rejecting their own family. Many who have taken ancestry tests have been able to connect with relatives in Africa they didn't know existed. So whether there's a direct connection to Africa or not, for many, there's a direct connection to the bloodlines through our ancestors.

[@laranini9660]

@@nicolemedina7524 yes you’re welcome and you’re absolutely right. I would love to meet more people one day as well!

[@arogers-zh3nl]

I think you're bringing to surface a broader issue that I noticed for past 20 years. Our relationship as Blacks in the u.s. to African nations is complicated. When Africans come to U.S, they are viewed by whites as just Black. But Africans see their nation as identity. A Nigerian told me that Blacks in u.s. are not good because at least Blacks in Africa know what nation they're from.

[@TheoThaTruth]

I’ve heard very questionable statements from many different Africans, oftentimes it’s no mal intent just subconscious

[@heavydown2582]

Personally, I cannot stand the level ignorance so many Africans display-regarding the role Black Americans have played in FORCING America to be “civil” to immigrants; Africans in particular. It seems that African immigrants have no knowledge of what Black America has done to make this country accept them. They give all of THAT credit to the generosity of the White man. It is sooo infuriating to me. 😡

[@beachlover9705]

Why does everyone act as though Black Americans decided to participate in structural, and systemic racist practices?

[@keshi5541]

@@TheoThaTruth No mal intention. We just know our history and culture. Hence the divisions. Black Americans have also created their own new culture which is popular globally. Since they were forced to unfortunately and their original culture was stripped away from them.

[@tjinks7530]

I'd say take it with a grain of salt but that's me 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@TheoThaTruth]

I do but it’s still obnoxious

[@williewakawhistle9058]

I used to be a flight instructor and we trained the Nigerian Air Force and Civians. I can tell you first hand that they believe their better than us. Everything they think about us comes from what they've seen on Television and the Internet. That's why Image matters

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@williewakawhistle9058 yup exactly! This is why I talk so much about our image on my channel because I know how it affects the general consensus about us 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@williewakawhistle9058]

@@TheoThaTruth You're spot on with your analysis but the truth is that they are envious of us. When people think of Black folks they think about Black Americans and not them and that burns their soul

[@KH-qs1di]

Two words, Who Cares?

[@TheoThaTruth]

There are topics some find pointless on social that others find useful

[@guleet75]

Theo what is her TikTok account name ?!

[@beautya5835]

All skin folks ain’t kin folks 🤦🏽‍♀️ smdh

[@StopTheLiess]

@@beautya5835 newsflash we have never been related or connected to ya ever theirs no connection

[@elsatshona9004]

Why is she targeting black american woman,this has to stop stop targeting them/using them as scapegoat cuz they know that wont fly with women in africa,and they still technically disrespecting african women

[@akxsha]

There is different archetypes of black people through ethnic groups, and thee cultures and different things that resonates to make what is somewhat different through all of us all over the world. However we are of the same shades of colors, origins, and more. Just because all skin may not be kin and what we had endured in our history does not mean it seperates us to be superior and different than the other. At the end of the day it don't matter if you eat with a 1000$ silverware or you eat with your hands the system and 1% is not going to recite you as royal and amazing to how you perceive to be. They already see for who you truly are and that is mighty as well as every black person that is ghetto or proper! That is why distractions and division caves in because while you are trying to create, search and seek to be validated little do you know you are already thee golden key. But you will never see when you are feeling, being entitled with ego and such pride, separation yet still trying to be normal and better than everyone else.

[@Keyentel]

Hello how are you doing ?

[@StopTheLiess]

@@akxsha spoken like a true American who has no understanding of Africa. We ain’t the same we never been colonized ever in history and don’t have to conform to your colonized ideology. We ain’t the same

[@akxsha]

@@StopTheLiess I don't give shits of what you think I am about me because you do not know me. Although I am from America. You do not know anything about me and what I am at all. Especially when some of you africans loathes and competes with people that looks exactly like YOU, like us but you glorify other races especially when they are prone to be of a light or white skintone. You can claim you are different all you want? But in everyone else eyes you will always look like the same that every African and African American person that looks like a color from a darker skin tone of brown and black. You will never reach the difference you guys will expect it to be because everyone else that is not from a darker brown or black complexion will not see that difference. No matter the accent or the style or the culture or any kind of way you do to divide more brown and black people it will never REACH! Now if you read my comment with some common sense you will understand. But it seems like you don't because you are so pent up on the colonization. The colonization was meant for people that was like us brown and black people from everywhere to be enslaved. And the only reason why you will never feel different is because parts of your people was in on the selling and trading. Some of your people was killing, stealing and raping eachother from all ages and still is today. Using marriage in many kinds of ways for your own selfish sakes. But you think you have nerve to be different. Well you are exactly right to be different then. But when you are trying to go against between all browns and blacks, if they are not criminals but civilians like all of us it ends the argument of you just being stupid and ignorant when we are ALL alike that is brown and black of that skintone. Please get aligned.

[@akxsha]

@@Keyentel wassup

[@Keyentel]

@@akxsha I’m good thanks where are you from I’m texting from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[@Kevin.e.Turner]

Their jealous. Tariq Nasheed an dr Claude Anderson broke this down.

[@StopTheLiess]

Nothing to be jealous about. I don't want to be called a color I have an ethnic group

[@lindaraymond4536]

Ethiopian here sending love to all black women in the world. Our diversity is our beauty don't let a few ignorant people divide us.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@lindaraymond4536 cutt it out they don’t like us and we don’t need to care about them. We share no connection. Your name is literally Spanish so our not Ethiopian

[@lindaraymond4536]

@@StopTheLiess First of all i am Ethiopian . I Just don't use my real name here . Secondly who's them and who' s us. I love all black people in fact i love all God creation. That is my stand in life. Speak for yourself.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@lindaraymond4536 lmfao 😂 your not Ethiopian I can tell

[@lindaraymond4536]

@@StopTheLiess I was born and raised in Addis Ababa in area called Merkato. The fact that you can tell someone's nationality only by their writing is hilarious' Please spread love there is enough hate going around in the world.

[@StopTheLiess]

@@lindaraymond4536 you still lying you just named the most famous market in Ethiopia everyone knows Merkato. Which ethnic group are you from and exactly which town did your family come from prior to Addis?

[@Kimberly-sy1uh]

The bible says we are a "peculiar" people... I'll take it....they can relish in their proximity to you know what....

[@StopTheLiess]

We've had the Bible for over 2,000 years in Ethiopia and I don't ever remember reading anything like that

[@Kimberly-sy1uh]

Google it

[@StopTheLiess]

@@Kimberly-sy1uh the 1600s King James Bible written by a bisexual? You mean that book? Why would I need to read that when our Bible is much older than

[@Kimberly-sy1uh]

@@StopTheLiess look lady /sir you can believe what you want, I'm not arguing in the comment section with you, God bless.

[@msrenee7023]

Most of the Ethiopian people CURRENTLY ARE MIXED, a EITHIOPIAN MAN SAID IT. He said that the invaders mixed with the Hamites. If you’re not mono then you’re mixed. Nah I’m black or from the African diospora

[@StopTheLiess]

mixed with who exactly we've never been colonized and definitely was never forced to take on someone else's language or culture? Theirs no such ethnic group called Hamites 😂 stop watching so many fantasy videos you sound like a nutcase

[@StopTheLiess]

@@msrenee7023 come to our land and speak like that and see what happens

[@kchemilio]

Girl come to Houston There’s to many baddies from all shades … Ethiopian dudes can’t keep their eyes of me… I’m not understanding this video blacks from diaspora are very beautiful because we are extremely diverse… west Africans are baddies ( body, skin and features) … black women in general are beautiful… 😅😅😅

[@keifer7813]

You want an Ethiopian guy specifically?

[@kchemilio]

@@keifer7813 yes, coffee dates that’s all they offer and ready to hit it the same day… big turn off… but I do like the way they party , is fun..

[@keifer7813]

@@kchemilio What's wrong with coffee dates?

[@metatron0000]

Somali people have nappy hair as well.

[@salmanbashiir1712]

Kkkk

[@awsomecoolgamer1]

Most have loose curls in the 3 type range but some don’t take care of it well so it resembles 4 type

[@keshi5541]

Rarely. Most Somalis have type 3 hair same for the rest of the horn. Those who don't take care of their hair (not moisturizing it properly) and well it will end up looking like an Afro.

[@awsomecoolgamer1]

@@keshi5541 especially 3b and 3c types those are the ones that look like Afro if not tookencare of or defined properly

[@keifer7813]

Yeah most Somalis' hair is not too different to other black people's hair. Slightly less coily, but you get maybe 1 in every 4 who has very loose curls. Definitely overblown and it doesnt matter anyway

[@1wun1]

Apart from the horn the rest of East Africa is majority Bantu.

[@KushQueen9]

Well you are obviously highly uneducated. The term bantu was coined by a German man, so don't label the continent as Bantu. Just say you are extremely ignorant and keep it moving.

[@awsomecoolgamer1]

Nilotic

[@1wun1]

@@awsomecoolgamer1 My bad, South Sudan is majority nilotic.

[@awsomecoolgamer1]

@@1wun1 parts of Uganda and Kenya have nilotic groups too

[@Arif-v9q]

That's true

[@Pash21]

They crazy

[@Buildjustice]

No Red

[@m.s9146]

Never had it happen and I’ve been around these women. I am more Eurocentric looking, with loose curls/straight hair 2c, 3a/b, light skin and pretty keen features. Yes dearie, I don’t straighten my hair or lighten my skin and have not had a nose job. Frankly, they usually have terrible shapeless legs and too wide hips. Pretty faces but I find their hair to be kinky - 3c/4a/b. Also they are usually quite dark. So if eurocentric features are the standard, they will lose compared to me. My husband actually choose me and turned down Iman, so take that East African ladies.

[@Sophia-angel]

So if they are dark and have kinky hair wide hips , who are you anyways to judge their features ? Why are they so important to you they are taking up all this space in your life ? Do you feel better listing your Eurocentric features? Some of them might “lose” to you on that criteria but that clearly lists you as inferior to white 😅 and all the other people who will best you in that regard

[@StopTheLiess]

who cares what she thinks, I don't even believe her 😂 😂 .@@Sophia-angel

[@Sophia-angel]

@@StopTheLiess it’s so weird , all I can think of is low self esteem

[@StopTheLiess]

@@Sophia-angel Thats exactly what it is. Don't feed into it. It's a form of manipulation to humble us so we can make them feel more comfortable with their deep rooted insecurities. I stopped caring a while back.

[@Sophia-angel]

@@StopTheLiess exactly!!!! Before it was white women ,latinas now it’s east Africa , always lashing out at innocent women for their complex

[@StopTheLiess]

You do not look Ethiopian or Eritrean

[@TheoThaTruth]

I don’t think so either, I think they just use that as a compliment. Most natural born Ethiopians and Eritreans don’t even look like what they are lol

[@StopTheLiess]

@@TheoThaTruth Don’t look like what they are makes no sense. You either are or you’re not. You look mixed not Ethiopian or Eritrean

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@StopTheLiess if that’s the case then what you said doesn’t make sense. If there is no specific “look”. It really doesn’t matter either way though. Those were the words of others not mine 🤷🏽‍♀️.

[@StopTheLiess]

We can tell who's who from looking at their eyes. You wouldn't understand you live in a country with a long history of mixing ethnicities. You don't look Ethiopian or Eritrean I can tell from your eyes and nose. Im not sure why they lied to you like that. @@TheoThaTruth

[@TheoThaTruth]

@@StopTheLiess yea I don’t know either that’s really strange 🤔 thanks for your input 💕

[@corneliush8961]

We fba have to cancel all of them non fba people period

[@annann3802]

Go ahead...Remember yall live in white America...

[@StopTheLiess]

no one cares 😂

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

@@StopTheLiess- Sure you don’t& that’s why you here and title of the video 😂😂😂

[@keshi5541]

This isn't twitter 😂

[@mahneekaha.nightmare5220]

@@keshi5541 - You so dumb! That FBA thing didn’t start on twitter and it’s grown BEYOND twitter!🤣I know that and don’t even claim FBA. So Wft are u talking about?