What's the Difference Between Black and African Americans? Genealogy and History of Black Americans

[@watchmanonthewall2816]

Black Americans, even though they make just about 12.5% of the U.S. population has a disproportionate amount of influence in the culture at large especially in music, sports, and entertainment. Just about every popular American music genre (Blues, Rock, Jazz, Disco, Funk, Techno, R&B, Hip Hop, etc.) was created by black Americans, .

[@lolo-hp3bt]

@Luka how?

[@PFNewsScienceResearch]

@Luka Culture is Moorish and Latin South American not European. I'm from Chicago and I can attest Europeans have no influence on our culture because we are prejudice towards Europeans.

[@lolo-hp3bt]

@Luka I don't know if you've been living under a rock, but most popular celebs are black. The music thats popular in the US is hiphop/rap so basically black people music lol. Same as fashion sense, which is widely influenced by black people. Black culture is very popular and you can't deny it

[@lolo-hp3bt]

@@PFNewsScienceResearch Most americans are white so it is mostly european. white people in america came from europe

[@officialarchiemo]

@@PFNewsScienceResearch yooo wild shit I just got done watching one of your videos like an hour ago. I seen your name and thought I recognized it. Crazy ahit

[@bruhexe-py5bc]

Dude you upload so frequently and some very difficult topics. You're great at this and you're one of my favourite youtubers

[@bruhexe-py5bc]

I agree

[@selendriamuganogo7077]

choro'schoro can't lie I like his channel too... I actually can't wait to click on his videos... The comment sections gets crazy some times especially when you are taking about north Africa and east Africa... But as long as you have thick skin and you can hold your own, you'll be good lol...

[@giovanni-cx5fb]

I swear every single time he uploads a new vid I'm like "I bet he just made a bunch of them beforehand and this one is the last of the batch." Then next day I go to my feed aaaaand...nope. It's mind-boggling how he can research, write, record and edit one of these in a single fucking day and do an impeccable job every time.

[@comicmcfly]

choroschro i can never keep up

[@shar7469]

he upload frequently because it's his job. the more he upload, the more money he makes.

[@edk487]

Masaman is a perfect example of content not matching comment section.

[@armymobilityofficer9099]

Amen

[@treymanewilliams7757]

WE WUZ BLACK AMERICAN N SHIIIEETTT

[@TheTablePaper]

It's actually a bit hilarious when you think about it. I suppose the topics themselves are enough to bring in hostile folks just surfing youtube videos.

[@RealHistory09]

What's fact and what's fantasy? Because a lot of people believe the out-of-africa theory is pure fantasy but according to genetic scientists, who have study DNA of the many different ethnicities of the world. Africa is the birthplace of modern humans and everybody has a ancient African ancestor. The facts are the facts. There's no getting around it.

[@bignadier]

Misfit Pain another stupid white troll

[@ddotcarter06]

In all honesty, in regards to the deep south, I would safely assume a good chunk of southern whites have at least 10 to 15% African ancestry - especially in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina

[@maninedoow5895]

ddotcarter06 they do. #Mississippian

[@ShezGorgeous]

Lmao smh

[@kewan2045]

I see photos of my ancestors and many looked white, not until you see the census can you see the truth .

[@gregorywynn9504]

Yes facts

[@Moon11067]

Yes, but many won't acknowledge it. Many of them are descended from a white man having had relationships with a slave woman.

[@TheKeksadler]

This video brought me to a very interesting thought. Black American has become its own ethnicity in its own right and is very much separated from African cultures and is a genetic blend of several peoples from not only Africa, but also Europe. I think in the same way, White Americans are moving towards this same "conclusion" (if you can call it that.) The intermingling of different European ethnicities is creating a uniquely "American" look. Given a couple hundred to a thousand more years and, without any major intervention, I could imagine Europeans and White Americans would become more distinctively different.

[@palermotrapani9067]

Hmmm, I think your theory is accurate.

[@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica]

Nigga you African born in America just because they died and wasn’t able to teach you doesn’t mean your blood change ... if ya daddy died before you was born, is he not still your daddy this is same thing stop disrespecting your grandmother because this is exactly what you doing when you disrespect your great grandmothers and great grandfathers ...I’m African American it’s people like him that trying to white wash the African American here to think of themselves not African or have any blood it’s people like him that made our forefathers and mothers banish there language and culture because they wanted to credit themselves for our forefathers and mothers work that basically they stole

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

White Americans are already different, they have larger eyes than Europeans which is interesting.

[@sanantorriohollmon2032]

From Ghana to Nigeria Cameroon Angola the Congo the people of West Africa are all the same people and what I mean by all the same people they all share the same for father they are descended from the same n that's just how big that family is you cannot say that we are on here in America when we are descendants are the same people that are over there in West Africa and all of sub-sahara Africa

[@faithwalkerscharities7242]

I've thought about this and kinda agree but then agree what if West Africa was related, so it works at the end.

[@rafiqjennings5262]

I prefer to be called Black American. Although my ancestery is majority African, I was not born in Africa, nor can I identify a country or tribal group in Africa that I'm from. Thus, I'm not an African-American.

[@NgataNare]

I wish they would just drop the colour label and call you American.

[@kingofhornafrican.1415]

Rafiq Jennings well said.

[@timmysanders3627]

Rafiq Jennings rahsaan hill Swarthy Daisy you are not african or black or American . ..you are a ISRAELITE that is in a state of confusion . .. a HOLY SPECIAL PEOPLE ABOVE ALL PEOPLE and I can prove it with the bible showing you that God has a specific gene trait that can ONLY be linked to "black people" and a map of America and a map of egypt if you are interested in FACTS

[@timmysanders3627]

Charlene Maitha rahsaan hill Swarthy Daisy you are not african or black or American . ..you are a ISRAELITE that is in a state of confusion . .. a HOLY SPECIAL PEOPLE ABOVE ALL PEOPLE and I can prove it with the bible showing you that God has a specific gene trait that can ONLY be linked to "black people" and a map of America and a map of egypt if you are interested in FACTS

[@c.morganfree1970]

timmy sanders Nobody is above anyone you dipshit. Israelis love to call themselves special people but everyone is just human at the end of the day. Gtfo.

[@darius5396]

90% African(Nigerian, Beninese, Congolese, and Malian), 8% European, 1% west Asian, and 1% Native American for me. Mason on point #AFROAMERICAN

[@treymanewilliams7757]

Dope 5 WE WUZ AFRICAN OR BLACK AMERICAN N SHIIIEETTT

[@xhibit.6986]

Dope 5 Woop! Woop! Congrats!

[@gullahhebrew930]

I'm a descendant of the Gullah and Yamassee tribe and Cusaboan tribes of Southeastern South Carolina Sea Islands my DNA results were 90% African 2% Native (Indigenous) American and the other 8% were trace regions 5% European 3% West Asia

[@GuardianoftheGoldenStool]

+DUGGA 666 I bet you’re an Afro-American lying about being 100 percent African & most likely you probably didn’t do any dna testing like the initial commenter. Even if you were to happen to do genetic dna testing, and your results came back 100 percent African it doesn’t mean all your ancestors were African seeing that dna is dispersed in a random toss toss 50/50, that is being upon conception each one of your parents disperse unto you a random 50 percent of their genetic make ups, causing your genetic profile to be unique among all of your siblings. Therefore your ethnicity estimates in your autosomal dna test results is never representative of all your ancestors who were responsible for ultimately bringing you into existence.

[@DONNYPESO]

@@gullahhebrew930 we are not Africans maybe you but I'm not

[@sglant]

As ALWAYS, I really appreciate your unbiased and intelligent historical commentary. Always a delight in seeing your vids.

[@chosenpeople5881]

making money online yew already. 100%

[@comforttarlue8748]

@@makingmoneyonline4633 Some of us left behind and I am one of them.

[@tyshiddejuremanbey1313]

We are Moors, NOT BLACK!!!

[@aborigineone2377]

Black Americans are not AFRICANS, watch the video (THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN - WE WERE ALREADY HERE!) watch the video (How The American Indian became African American). watch this video ( Moses in America- The Whole Land Of Judah in Utah / Deuteronomy 34)

[@aborigineone2377]

@Airplay NEXT COMMENT!!!

[@mauriceroberson6797]

Black American fought in every US war

[@hethweek2116]

Yes they did.... A lot of black people fought in the american revolution Especially in the northern colonies to get their freedom.

[@blacklyfe6881]

Not me

[@halohair1118]

i like how you went into the ethnic groups instead of just using countries in africa which mostly have colonial borders which mean nothing in regards to ethnicity. great video man please do more on africans and people of african descent

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

I am over 90% African! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@eoganomurrigan3377]

Poor thing

[@operez6519]

+Dimitri the Drunk Russian Imagine being butt hurt over a KZbin comment.

[@MichaelFay63]

There are no Black Humans only depths of Brown!

[@SamHoodie3k]

Swarthy Daisy You're lucky, I only got 79% African.

[@SamHoodie3k]

mariam akinbayo you mean albinos?

[@polokocollen7072]

I am African guy and I like learning about people of African race.It was nice and refreshing to learn about the Afro-Americans.Good luck to them and cheers to a great bright future.

[@kimberlymarai3497]

African is not a race.

[@unfazedjae2645]

Where in Africa? Don’t be ashamed to say where

[@polokocollen7072]

@@unfazedjae2645 Thanks, I am not ashamed to mention my country but I do not like publicising such sensitive information online.

[@YungSeti]

I feel much the same about my cousins on the continent. Much love to you.

[@seanmikaeel90s50]

💪🏾🌳

[@405boy4]

I'm a black American who loves and embraces my African heritage. In fact I went to the Ancestry website and got my DNA tested 33% Benin/Togo 20% Nigeria 16% Southeastern Bantu Tribes 9% Mali 5% Senegal 5% Ivory Coast/ Ghana 4% Cameroon/ Congo 3% Europe West 2% Great Britain 1% Scandinavian 1% Iberian Peninsula 1% North African

[@Tttggggggg]

Let’s go to Lomé,Togo

[@merrideththomas6279]

a blood test cannot tell that information, but they don't want to tell you what your blood type is,

[@JcLazy1]

Merrideth Thomas so now you don’t believe in DNA. Ok sis.

[@amanuelseyoum7851]

@Desirea Winton Not really

[@BanCommies_Fascists]

That's kinda misleading considering that doesn't show the ethnicity rather it shows the modern border. Nigerian isn't a ethnic group.

[@rubinortiz2311]

I’m a Native American and I’m 20 percent black but my second cousin is around 80 percent black and he and his family have a lot of Native America blood

[@rubinortiz2311]

J L where can u find it

[@laustin2832]

@@rubinortiz2311 library, Amazon, Barnes and nobles...

[@rubinortiz2311]

L Austin thanks hopefully it’s not sold out

[@Back4WhatsMines]

Because they ARE THE ABORIGINAL AMERICANS

[@rubinortiz2311]

Back4WhatsMines wait are they about black Americans claiming they where the first natives of America

[@et3747]

Whew this vid isn't going to have a volatile comment section whatsoever

[@selendriamuganogo7077]

shareena clarke lol

[@IntelligentHorseworldofrandom]

Wrong.

[@genghiskhan6809]

We Wuz Kangs n Shieeeet

[@geebee6010]

He cuold be white from Spain

[@geebee6010]

no they're not on average.

[@stephenford8139]

I am a Gullah-Geechee descendent and we are not Bahamian we are African- Americans also we have been in America for longer than two centuries.

[@jazzlopez5301]

Stephen Ford sorry but gheechee language is a crossover of Bahamian English

[@elevatedgoddess3917]

@@jazzlopez5301 they're blk Americans

[@gyptianskin]

Jazz Lopez, stfu no it’s not and we’re not Bahamians

[@seanfrederick7438]

@@gyptianskin im afraid he's right you guys just assimilated into the general population of southern blacks history says so checking from DC most of my folks from NC just like alot of ppl from DC lol

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

How are y’all gonna tell someone what their ethnicity is and what group they belong to. Even if they were originally from the Bahamian islands they have been in the US longer than they were in the Bahamas. Their culture is part of the black American culture not Bahamian.

[@dyanasbdoriginalchannel1492]

I am culturally Black American. I tested to be 65% African (Benin/Togo and Cameroon and traces of Africa Southeastern Bantu with extremely small traces of Nigeria and Mali), 35% European (Great Britian, Scandavilan, Irish and traces of France, Spain, and Albania which was listed as Italian, Greek and Russia) and 2% West Asia which list 1% Caucasus. DNA land said I am 58% African, 41% European and 2% Other (1% Native American and 1.66% Ambiguous). They breakdown is Yoruba and Mandinka for my African heritage. My European heritage is British, Finnish, Irish, French, Spanish and Albanian.

[@dyanasbdoriginalchannel1492]

+diaouldu29 Thank you

[@obadiahbenyahuwah1365]

Diana Jackson That means you're a Hebrew Israelite. The so-called Yoruba were one of the first modern humans to inhabit and bring religion to the Middle East during early human(out of Africa) migration. Only the descendants of the Yoruba and related tribes accurately fit the cursed Israelite prophecies. Genesis 15: 13-14, Deuteronomy 28: 15-68, and Jeremiah 30. Shalom

[@harlemboy413]

Diana Jackson I'm African American too family from south Carolina

[@yudahel8521]

Genealogy has nothing to do with geography

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

I’m Black American from Texas and Maryland and my DNA was about 80% African 17% European and 3% other (native, Melanesian)

[@RoniForeva]

You did great Masman as always! You are brave for tackling all these extremely sensitive topics but they need to be addressed. I'm scared to read the comments coz I am sure there isn't going to be a shortage of trolls

[@bigaboriginalamerican7600]

Roni fake history..most African Americans ain't African you fukin dummies

[@RoniForeva]

Loooooool I think you are full of shit but okay if you aren't African Americans then please stop including Africa in your name, and tell your fellow black americans appropriating African culture by wearing dashikis and stuff.

[@bigaboriginalamerican7600]

Roni we never wanted that term African American term..it was CREATED in the RECENT 1980s by Jesse Jackson..black history in America started long before the white man came ..no disrespect to Africa.i love all my melanated family everywhere but the truth is the truth..We ain't african.

[@RoniForeva]

LOL I don't give a shit what you are, if you aren't claiming Africa we aren't claiming you.

[@bigaboriginalamerican7600]

Roni so called African Americans ain't Africans..quit claiming us.thers no relation man.

[@emilydooley6342]

Love this guy he's not afraid to go into the topics others are afraid to touch. His videos are always well researched and interesting. He never makes any claim that any one ethnic group is better than others. That's why his videos are so informative. One of the best channels on KZbin. I always feel good after watching his videos even though history is often very sad. I can just relax and learn. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MASON.

[@michellehubbard8865]

He did a good job with this one. I did one of those DNA tests & 25% of my genome came back as Mali & 3% Senegal. I didn't think Black Americans could have that high DNA markers from the Upper Guinea regions. I traced my great great grandparents history & 2 sets of them were freed from Louisiana. I read that this area had the largest amount of Mandinka & Wolof slaves so my ancestry could possibly have ties to those ethnic groups or other related peoples. I just found it interesting. I also thought whatever percentage European that was in my DNA would be English or Irish..which is typical..but my genetic markers pointed towards Germany & France with traces of Eastern European (21% European). I found that strange.

[@DominoEffect572]

I prefer to be called black. People don't say "hey you know that iltalian-american guy?"

[@neo_9568]

No but sometimes people do say "hey do you know that irish or italian or polish or white trash guy" There is no one who has the skin color of Black or white those are just colors not ethnicities.

[@desireeneville7901]

Exactly!

[@deedee7846]

U are not black u are aboriginal native meaning indigenous people of the lands of America u have native in u we where here before Christopher Columbus came too America what they don't teach u in school Africans don't consider black Americans too be African because we are mixed with other races African American is some one like Obama look up the olmac people we been in this country a1000 years before Columbus we mixed with every native on this contanant till we settled in north America California is named after are ancestors who was a aboriginal black native named califa

[@desireeneville7901]

Dee Dee you’re right

[@deedee7846]

Olmac people look it up in high school I put my history teacher on blast in front of everybody in the history book was a pic of three native Americans a red native, a yellow native, and a black native and I question him about it if black where brought here why this pic showed three different natives he said they just came out with colors and was just trying new color schemes so I said so u really don't fucn know he started giving me Ad's too shut me up

[@tianna654]

This is a very insightful and well-researched video. Its rare that you see an unbiased and accurate discussion of black culture/history. Great job.

[@nextup8598]

I'm from Louisiana and DNA tests showed me I'm 95 % African

[@RedPanda076]

I’m from Louisiana also my dna test said I was 68% African 30% Europe and 2% Native American.

[@RedPanda076]

😂

[@DeyCallmeBadnuzBytch]

So you know the name Africa comes from Scipio Africanus so you Italian???

[@DeyCallmeBadnuzBytch]

@tom young Asia is Greek word from Aaia, Aegean Sea which was Hittites... Study more on your own

[@guleiro]

@tom young An Asian with Angolan DNA? How's that possible?...

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

Black American and proud of it!!

[@ghostferatu6241]

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[@glynmwiya6175]

No body cares

[@regganay]

Fabulous Farrah wow this is very incorrect and rude.

[@BBPKID]

@@glynmwiya6175 you must do since you went out of the way to comment.

[@glynmwiya6175]

@@BBPKIDI'm a proud African not a hybrid

[@Afrocentric85]

I'm Black and proud.

[@yudahel8521]

Anthony Reed Black not African

[@Afrocentric85]

Yudah El you're absolutely right.

[@osazuwaogbeide1540]

I am proud black african

[@davidjohnson3514]

Africans are blacks too so wat ur saying is irrelevant is shameful to reject ur culture even some irish American call themselves irish I bet the reason why u hate call urself African is cuz whites told us bad things b Africa I been to Africa for vacation and there is some beautiful place there i'm black descents of African descents so i'm African American .America is for native America we r just here cuz of slavery u bum

[@Afrocentric85]

marwanmohd1 What's an African American ?

[@horton188]

Dang! I really appreciate how willing you are to conver these sort of topics. So few people give light to history of minority groups or things like that. And in such rich detail too! Keep on making the awesome videos

[@khamp96]

There were a lot of black people here before the European.

[@merrideththomas6279]

there were no black people here before the European, our ancestors never called themselves black, or black people, remember our ancestors are the ones who created the arts, science, math, geometry , medicine, etc before the so called European came into existence,

[@khamp96]

Merrideth Thomas you are correct!

[@petermorton301]

Your better go look at the Nile Valley Civilzation then the two you come back and talk to me

[@Jgil6]

So called black Americans if you've heard that you have "Indian" in your family you more than likely are one (ask your grandmother). Do your genealogy and you may find that you are American Indian and not "African American" which is a misnomer anyway (black also is a color/status not ethnicity). We were here before Columbus. You can also find informational videos on KZbin pertaining to these "DNA tests" which are for "entertainment purposes", stated by the dna companies themselves (read the fine print).

[@leftlaneslim2515]

@@Jgil6 Everything you said is exactly correct!!!

[@michellesmith9256]

African Americans are a distinct ethnic group in the United States, and deserve to be treated as such by tge United States Government. (As are the Lousianna Creoles -- who speak their own language and predate the modern U.S. -- but thats another story) There is overlap with other groups due to the Pre-Civil Rights Era and Cross Cultural marriages and unions. But this is a fact. Thank you for having common sense. But this common sense probably comes from you growing up around Black people who werent AA (you said Ethiopians) and also you being 1/4 AA yourself. Its racist and ignotant to lump all Black people together. Not to mention culturally Afrodescent people are very different. That cant be stressed enough. There are (NonXenophobic) AAs who use to take it as an insult, but it was always just peope adknowledging who they are and their parents/grandparents/ancestors. As far as the DNA thing goes, many AfroCaribbeans say things like "How am I going to be AA with a South Asian or East Asian parent/grandparent/ancestry?" As this is something common to AfroCaribbeans and the AfroCaribbean Diaspora, to varying degrees and admixtures. Aside the cultural factors so yes I agree. Like I feel Black around AfroCaribbeans, but lesser so around African Americans, so yeah. -- B.

[@thekingmaker9670]

Come on guys Please respect each other We are all humans and equal !!!!

[@calska140]

That would be ideal. But you can't count on that. Nor can you control those who dont. The only control we have is our reaction to it. And i refuse to allow people armed with mean words and ignorance to control my life and make me angry or ruin my day. I'll just ignore them and focus on what's important. Don't allow hateful people to pull any of your strings, you know they're wrong, we all do. They probably do too. Don't give them another second of your concern.

[@Seb6169]

I am tri racial, my grandmother comes from an Indian temple built by a Shiva avatar in Thailand, originally known as Vimana Pura(Sanskrit), modern day Phi Mai, Thailand. Also I'm Irish, black Irish and Sicilian.

[@junglemayne4057]

True AAs are not involved in these types of chats.

[@ivyd5485]

Thank you. I’m glad you did a vid specifically on black Americans. We are very diverse and special. What surprised me from your video is that slaves were taken to the West from Southeast Africa. There’s still so much to learn.

[@rahsaanhill5781]

Ima black American. and I gota say I love your videos bro. keep up the good work too.

[@bigaboriginalamerican7600]

ricado tremblay exactly..this dude outta line

[@timmysanders3627]

rahsaan hill Swarthy Daisy you are not african or black or American . ..you are a ISRAELITE that is in a state of confusion . .. a HOLY SPECIAL PEOPLE ABOVE ALL PEOPLE and I can prove it with the bible showing you that God has a specific gene trait that can ONLY be linked to "black people" and a map of America and a map of egypt if you are interested in FACTS

[@bigaboriginalamerican7600]

rahsaan hill nigga you look like a timid BITCH

[@Afrocentric85]

Do you consider yourself AFRICAN American or Black American?

[@osazuwaogbeide1540]

I am a black african and proud

[@theone1535]

I'm African but black Americans are mixed with a lot of things even with a little off white people they have their own culture

[@jacoblay96]

Dylan Mckay but we are still AFRICANS..dont forget that

[@BigBawstv]

@@jacoblay96 African decent but we are black American culturally before anything else

[@williamkhumalo5325]

u are not a African lol

[@ahmadmuhammad6200]

@@williamkhumalo5325 we are African

[@williamkhumalo5325]

Khmun B u are not lol

[@germanthon9761]

black spends 1.3 trillion a year and yet we don't own anything substantial we just a consumer group SMFH

[@NgataNare]

you mean to tell me that there are no black/African-american who own houses, who own stocks, who are business owners?

[@germanthon9761]

i think we are miss educated Marcus Garvey, Amos Wilson blue print of black wealth and Claud Anderson have a lot of info on how to empower ourself Economically

[@sparkman1314able]

Charlene Maitha but what do we own own. Dont be blint

[@TheRazorTongue]

Rome wasn't built in a day. 1. We're not all equally educated. If you know better you do better. 2. As a group for a large portion of our historical presence we've attempted to homogenize. If you spend all your time thinking being someone else you will seek accoutrements to satisfy that feeling for better or worse. You spend your life being anything but yourself, literally. 3. All the negative acts to hamstring cannot be ignored. (Black Codes, redlining, Jim Crow, etc.) 4. We don't see ourselves as one group the way some first generation immigrants see themselves. (do you want to stand out or blend in? You can't do both.) 5. Desegregation drained the talent pool (for better or worse) 6. Drug Era (lot's of negative consequences) 7. We need to reinvest in the areas we actually occupy (monetarily and socially)

[@topcatseriosblack8396]

Our riches should be stored in heaven everyone's how you want to live is up to you God provides what does everyone want to conquer being good people should be our first priority not the that things had us enslaved in the first place think of Oklahoma

[@TheApaura]

You could see the tension when MLK was shaking Nixon's hand. 10:32

[@deeLX11]

*All the prominent ppl U mentioned & showed aren't even Blk or AA. They R mixed multiracial. This why we shouldn't allow non Blk, non AA address, define or give their analysis on Blk, AA ppl*

[@laustin2832]

@AhnicB exactly

[@RaMahUganda]

Exactly!!!

[@RaMahUganda]

And the mockery..... Has anybody notified the artists of these paintings and told them what their work is being used for?

[@raphmalone2501]

They forget Seminole means black skin. But the college has a _ never mind

[@RaMahUganda]

@@raphmalone2501 i am a Geechee... i tell students yearly about Gullah Jack and the Seminole Wars

[@indiomoustafa2047]

Not all black folks have recent ancestors in Africa. I dated a Haitian girl in highschool and she mentioned that her dad hates being called African American because he had never set foot in Africa

[@pira707]

doesn't matter he's still ethnically african.. I wouldn't be pissed if I went to africa and people called me european although I'm american.

[@blacktortoise6029]

Heritage shouldn't be a bad thing

[@karabo933]

@@pira707 the reason why "blacks" in America are offended by being called African is due to the picture painted about Africa. They dont want to be associated with the negative picture they have of Africa. Self-hate to say the least

[@scoobywhatitdoo4960]

@@karabo933 whites do call themselves European americans lol. That must be self hatred as well

[@pira707]

@@BBPKID I meant racially but congrats on commenting on a year old post.

[@taotaostrong]

Good job at tackling a complex and sensitive topic. I wish you prosperity. Please keep posting! 💃🏿

[@reneewansley7129]

Not great at this. There's so many holes for listeners to fall in. I'm so called Black but I'm an Indian who's ancestors were here before immigrants for Europe came to our land

[@KDH-br6hy]

Yeah they mix us together back then sometime

[@KDH-br6hy]

@Justin Durham🤔 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Damn and wow

[@KDH-br6hy]

@Justin Durham that video has so much miss information its crazy black Israelites it was middle eastern

[@laustin2832]

Bingo! This video was textbook, not truth. Yours is the first comment to say anything about being Indian. Most "black" Americans are American Indian. Most of the dark "slaves" were Indian POWs or imprisoned for crimes. They don't speak of the caucazoid debt slaves or that were sent here from Europe and Africa to work off their debts/sentences. Those were the slaves coming off of those ships.

[@rexpvp7601]

Just because your darker doesn’t mean your black . If u have a significant amount of African ancestry your black

[@electricbutterfly65]

Good Job Mason! Great video presentation! Can I use this, with your permission, in my culture club in Ukraine? As a black American, (I would like your help and input on a new term for us) I find this very useful for educating Ukrainians about our heritage. Many are so confused: case in point; I had to gently correct a young lady, about all black people diaspora, when she referred every black person as African American. Again, great job!

[@tonia2574]

I learned so much from everyone of your videos and really appreciate the time, energy and effort you put into to educate the masses Mason.

[@jquasar01]

I'm a yoruba guy from Nigeria, by the way it's pronounced "Yo- row-ba "

[@unfazedjae2645]

Omo Yoruba

[@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica]

4 percent is correct because Nigeria sold slaves and America was rigging test to get out of paying reparations It was only 300,000 slaves that left 🇳🇬 so its impossible for 40 million black Americans to have large percentage of 🇳🇬

[@blubastud]

I'm from SC and lived in Charleston for a while, I love the Gullah people, such a fascinating culture and the way they were able to preserve their heritage is admirable given their history.

[@arthurralstonwakeupblackpe5940]

Afro Americans were here before whites African Americans is a new label ...

[@daddygravely4673]

So you’re the saying the Trans Atlantic slave trade didn’t happen and every single black American was already there yeah aight we came from west Africa my nigga

[@arthurralstonwakeupblackpe5940]

@@daddygravely4673 I'm saying we are a tripard people there wre some Africans that came from europe with Caucasians on the Mayflower if you want to call them Africans dark skin people come from all over the world not just Africa because the ancestors moved to these places and there was some that were brought in the 19th century and there it there were many that were already here check out clide Winters he has a great video on this situation it's been known the archaeological evidence is pictorial and that cannot be rejected...

[@arthurralstonwakeupblackpe5940]

@@daddygravely4673 nope I'm not saying that I'm say it's three types of blacks here the ones who came over from England with the Nina the penta and the Santa Maria and later then that and the ones who were brought in the 19th century from Africa and those who were already here who's ancestors came here millenniums ago their pictures are all over the walls of the ancient cities in the Americas look up a place called Bonampak its called the Sistine chapels of America where you can see these paintings you will see black men from ancient times all over the murals even those at war with other tribes...

[@mr.gjohnson4991]

I am American of African descent. We dont see European descendants calling themselves European American. I wish that they would stop trying to place my people in a category.

[@russellnolan8]

A stranger can’t tell you about your own damn culture.

[@kimberlymarai3497]

White folks can't even tell you their origins but will try to tell you who you are.

[@cariocabassa]

Ah ah speak on it true

[@TheCastedone]

Knowledge isn't bias....he did good in this build

[@dumontthe5th]

I think I get what you're saying and mean but could you elaborate a little further? exactly who is the stranger?

[@mvrkezs]

Preach brother, he be definitely mixing alot of our history up😂 like we don't know what went down😴💀

[@arch3223]

I love the term "African-American." It's so broad it can legitimately refer to a white guy from South Africa living in the US.

[@jamesb.9155]

..or used to refer to a French woman who happened to be born in a French African colony, who then became a US citizen.

[@ngonea]

Exactly why I reject that term, white's anywhere outside of so called Europe are settler /colonists and those still living on stolen land in S Africa are not nor will they every truly be African. or Americsn. Nationality is a colonialist social construct, that legitimizes theives and enslvers ,murderes and disenfranchises indigenous and forced assimalodos.

[@jamesb.9155]

@@ngonea Awe too bad; Conquerors conquered and that's about it. So deal with it. Good luck. Muslims have conquered and reduced peoples all over Africa and South Asia and elsewhere. So are you whining about them too, or are you okay with them, for some reasons?

[@Udontkno7]

Not really. Because they can say South African American.

[@Ronaldo-rt7hl]

We don’t want a broad term we want a term that represents our ethnic group not the whole world

[@MarshellForman]

I prefer Creole, cause I'm from New Orleans, or Black American.

[@shamika5300]

Many blk American can be referred to creole than

[@soobindoll9767]

@@shamika5300 Right

[@BBPKID]

@@shamika5300 you're not from Louisiana so no.

[@henrysevern]

Creole is a much better description. Perhaps the term Creole American might be more appropriate as this better describes the unique culture.

[@whoreofdragonstone1031]

I’ve seen you, you are not creole, you’re black American, creoles tend to be racially mixed(not admixture like in sum 5-10% white, like 40% white, 50% black and 10% native)

[@atibatolbert]

I like being called Black American because I'm not African I'm an American with mostly black DNA.

[@atibatolbert]

Angel Sanchez so what are you

[@itsbeyondme5560]

no such thing as black. that is just a racist color stupid. you have African blood sorry.

[@atibatolbert]

Natalie Herron I'm not saying I don't have African blood but to saying just African or European is stupid if I don't know what part Africa my ancestors came from I shouldn't identify with it. I'm a proud American I'd much rather have that aspect of my ethnicity stressed that's why I like black American better than African American.They have a similar concept in brazil

[@atibatolbert]

Chi Chi Blasian 泰国女孩 I know that but to African makes it seem like I'm an immigrant or my ancestors were recent immigrants my ancestors have been here since the beginning almost every aspect of my ethnicity is American in nature so therefore I reject the notion of "African American" I'm a black American man born in America ancestors died for this country when I speak with African immigrants they view me as American not African.

[@atibatolbert]

Chi Chi Blasian 泰国女孩 exactly according to the video black Americans are mixed with other races as well so why should we be subjected to the title of African when they are genetic differences between our ethnic groups.

[@slarvadain188]

Very good video about our black American heritage. You’ve covered it well ! #Louisiana

[@hollowkid97]

im 91% sub saharan african and, 8% west european and 1% north african

[@JonDoeNeace]

DNA is also not the best be all end all type of measurement for these things. If I inherit Iberian DNA from a French citizen it doesn't make me a Spaniard, if I inherit Mesoamerican DNA from a U.S.-Reservation Tribal Citizen it doesn't make me a Mexican. Just because the French have a lot of Iberian DNA from ancient admixture doesn't make them Spaniards. Just because the Choctaw have some Mesoamerican Native DNA from pre -Columbian admixture doesn't make them Mexican citizens does it? 🤔

[@JonDoeNeace]

So if DNA is all that defines anything then if I have Iberia and Mesoamerica that makes me a Mexican Mestizo. (NOT😂) Because the Iberian comes from the French and the Mesoamerican comes from a U.S. Reservation.

[@WDHN5443]

There is no black land no white land. Dig into why colorization terms exist and you at least can make an informed choice. Every human being has a connection to a land. Study how and when people started getting colorized and it will better inform you.

[@aborigineone2377]

Black Americans are not AFRICANS, watch the video (THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN - WE WERE ALREADY HERE!) watch the video (How The American Indian became African American). watch this video ( Moses in America- The Whole Land Of Judah in Utah / Deuteronomy 34)

[@DeyCallmeBadnuzBytch]

But there is ESAU and the land he has stolen

[@DeyCallmeBadnuzBytch]

@@aborigineone2377 they weren't Indians, Columbus Neva made it to India... So please do sum more research.. see who traveled a year in a half during the time of King Hosea in Assyria....

[@Afrocentric85]

I am Black American not African American.

[@Afrocentric85]

marwanmohd1 u just hungry. This is coming Black American. ✊🏾

[@Afrocentric85]

Duh Dummy I don't have an African culture or any family from Africa. My family are from America. Yes, my great ancestors came from Africa but cultural, religion and others are from southern states like Mississippi and Louisiana area.

[@Afrocentric85]

marwanmohd1 this is coming from an Black American.

[@Afrocentric85]

marwanmohd1 why you criticizing me about my opinion?!! Yes, my ancestors are from Africa. But cultural differences between " African or American Blacks or blacks throughout the world. Don't throw racist remarks about my People ( Black Americans) because I can say a lot of things about Ethiopians. You're welcome to Email me [e-mail]. But don't be a Dick.

[@BBPKID]

@marwanmohd1 Guess you needed Oprah to come to build schools.

[@lreaves777]

Another great job Masaman!!! You covered a lot of info in a short time span. You are like the Henry Louis Gates of the internet.

[@anandalux4774]

Please do a video on the Black people in the Caribbean/West Indies. Thank you. I really enjoy your videos; I learn a lot!

[@aborigineone2377]

Black Americans are not AFRICANS, watch the video (THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN - WE WERE ALREADY HERE!) watch the video (How The American Indian became African American). watch this video ( Moses in America- The Whole Land Of Judah in Utah / Deuteronomy 34)

[@jameslevi3155]

I’m Black, don’t consider myself African. I am bred of African heritage but it’s a conglomerate of the continent. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@seanmikaeel90s50]

LOL I can dig that but most of the slaves that came this way brother we're not from all over Africa namely one or two regions that were pretty close to each other hope that helped you out bro namely West Africa and western part of central Africa would be a good place for you to start checking out I guess. One Love💪🏽

[@jameslevi3155]

@@seanmikaeel90s50 for sure. I agree. I was referring to the fact that Africans have a breeding pattern which is usually within their own tribes. As u know Africa is the home of phenotypes with different physical features that makes them distinctive. Blacks born of the diaspora are mixed 8-10 different Afro ethnics. We all know Africa is a continent. Just as someone wouldn’t consider French, Spanish, German etc to be the same, i believe it’s the same for Mali, Ghana, Congo, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast, or Cameroon to be dif Afro ethnics who are distinctive from one another. (An that’s not including all the European blood) I am immensely robust of black American history & genetics.

[@richerthaniam9067]

I'm just here with my popcorn laughing at people fighting in the comment section ahahah.

[@stevendunn2501]

Also, have you heard of the new ethnic designation "ADOS" (American Descendants of Slavery)? I refer to myself as "ADOS" as it more accurately describes not just my genetic make-up, but also the historical narrative I've inherited and live the consequences of.

[@maahes1453]

Fuck ADOS

[@juice8431]

Man making his own races up lmao💀💀💀

[@stevendunn2501]

@@juice8431 You do know the difference between ethnicity and race, right?

[@juice8431]

@@stevendunn2501 so you’re making up your own ethnicities?

[@stevendunn2501]

@@juice8431 So we, as American Descendants of Slavery/ADOS (i.e. Black Americans) aren't an ethnic group? Please explain.

[@KuroiHato69]

Another amazing vid Mason! So glad that you tackle these topics and give sources for your discussions! Please keep up the great work!

[@daviddarden1915]

I am so glad I did aa DNA test in 2010. Having 90 percent African, 9 percent European and 1 percent Indigenous (Native American Indian) ancestry. I always enjoy this historic stuff, now time to share, thanks you for this history lesson.

[@sledgehammer9685]

where u get that ?

[@Luxyglamlife]

I call myself Nigerian American. Simple. I'm American with Nigerian ancestry

[@seanmikaeel90s50]

You're a separate group all together but thank you for sharing your input although many African-Americans do have partial Nigerian heritage

[@goldenfoxa1810]

I'm before the WE WAZ guy I must be super early

[@goldenfoxa1810]

Genghis Khan shit I wonder what does that guy do to comment that fast

[@keepingwatch247]

Lmao. Nah, he was already up there before the video was even uploaded.

[@elevatedgoddess3917]

golden foxa 😂😂

[@thulasmash2195]

The We Wuz guys are always around prowling like a lion looking for a platform to make that we Wuz comments. It's a mystery that I've never heard any of them say We Wuz Cave Kungz since they love that statement so much.

[@michael-k.]

golden foxa I’ve never heard or seen a black person say that... EVER

[@gag1411]

I love your videos and your perspective. I truely can appreciate the effort that you put into doing these videos and can see that you've done a lot of research. Keep the good work and continue to make awesome videos!

[@leiahdavis1908]

I like calling myself "Black" because I don't like being called an American. It makes me feel I'm accepting what my ancestors endured. However, I also like African-American for that same reason. I'm paying homage to my ancestors who were forced here from Africa against their will. Therefore, I use both interchangeably.

[@ElFlaccoBlanco]

This is one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever seen on YT. Sir Masaman, you just rocked my world!

[@rebekahhakeber5093]

These comments are just sad😐 peace be upon my black American sisters and brothers. Nobody deserves this mess going on in the comments. How sad. Especially the ones from Africans. What the heck. People need to find some love and humility. There’s 1 race. It’s human. There’s endless ethnicities. But 1 race. Love peace and prayers to all my nations people. We are all just passing through. Good grief the hate is unbelievable.... On a positive not. Excellent video.

[@የኩሽልጅ]

🤲🙏🏾

[@Reaperschild-n7t]

@Complex Ez it’s jealousy I say fuck em all

[@Tdawgling]

What strikes me as odd is that African-Americans phenotype is more similar to the people in the Melanesia islands than any tribe in Africa.

[@seanmikaeel90s50]

LOL that definitely depends on what part of the country you in because when you're in the Deep South brothers and sisters tend to look more African than their counterparts in the midwest upper part of the East Coast so that definitely depends on where you're at, just speaking from experience I've been in the Deep South and a lot of them tend to look more African on average and the reason why we have certain phenotypes is because of certain amount of admixture that took place hope that helped out with you thought process , especially considering that most black people have people in their family that fit into all brackets of phenotypic differences

[@joemama4473]

That's cause 1/4 of black DNA is European

[@teetee-tn4zm]

I am both African and black now fight me!

[@Nadia-nt8gb]

no need, you can be from african descent which is something that you cant change, but you cant be 100% african culturally unless you connect with the african culture outside of america (assuming youre a black american that is), anyways i hope you are able to connect with your african culture and black culture because they are both quite beautiful :)

[@iraziel4971]

They killed Martin Luther King because in the end he started to wake up after his dream became a nightmare. He said we were here. This is our land. He was going to get our check/compensation

[@aborigineone2377]

Black Americans are not AFRICANS, watch the video (THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN - WE WERE ALREADY HERE!) watch the video (How The American Indian became African American). watch this video ( Moses in America- The Whole Land Of Judah in Utah / Deuteronomy 34)

[@gilbertikorong2636]

I Raziel; if for you MLK wented to said that we were here in America before the arrival of the whites in America, can you tell me what the English, the Dutch, the German, the Swiss, the Portuguese, the Spanish, the holland people ... etc have transported in their boats (for about 400 years) from Africa to America?. If I follow your reasoning correctly, all these Europeans that I just mentioned previously were transporting fresh vegetables in their boats and not black slaves?. Dear I Raziel; think a little, think a little, and you will see that in your reasoning, there are obvious and trivial contradictions and irrationalities

[@SaxandRelax]

What.

[@arandomyorkshireman5647]

What? America is the native Americans rightful land.

[@aliciamomat7963]

@@gilbertikorong2636 I am an African and I agree with you. This thing or black Americans saying they were in America before it's crazy so they deny slavery?

[@jameslevi3155]

I was waiting for you to mention my Ancestors the Louisiana Creoles. Also there is a large amount of Spanish or Latino blood in the creole population & it’s descendents.

[@melaninqueen2413]

A lot of people don't know that us Black Americans (Afro/ African Americans) have contributed to a lot of mainstream and culture of today. I'm a young Black woman and my family has been in the US for centuries. I've taken MyHeritage DNA and Ancestry DNA to see where my ancestry could've come from, although I know Ireland, North America and Sierra Leone is just a few: MyHeritageDNA: 78.7% African (58.2% Nigerian, 9.2% West African, 5.9% Sierra Leonean, 4% Kenyan) 15.4% Irish, Scottish and Welsh 4.9% Mesoamerican and Andean 1% West Asian Ancestry DNA: 86% African (37% Nigerian, 17% Cameroon, 14% Mali, 9% Ivory Coast & Ghana, 6% Benin and Togo, 2% Senegal and 1% Southern Bantu Peoples) 12% European (4% English, 3% Irish, 3% Norwegian, 1% Scottish and 1% Greek and Albanian) 2% Indigenous Americas (1% Indigenous Americas Mexico and 1% Indigenous Americas North)

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

So you're mixed?

[@melaninqueen2413]

@@jeanniemaycrawford4466 So I'm Black

[@melaninqueen2413]

@@jeanniemaycrawford4466 What background do you come from?

[@jeanniemaycrawford4466]

@@melaninqueen2413 same as Kamala harris Jamaican and indian

[@melaninqueen2413]

@@jeanniemaycrawford4466 Cool. What made you think I was mixed?

[@SwagaKhalif]

Blacks back in the day didn't call themselves African Am. But they did in mid 60s because they wanted to be proud of their African Ancestry.

[@communityrelations6049]

Black American and African American are the same. The term AA was created by an AA (Jesse Jackson) for BA/AA ppl. Ppl just have a preference of what they want to be called. We are all African but ethically distinct. Much love to all my ppl.

[@et76039]

Enjoy your videos, keep up the good work. Some observations. I recall that the expression "bad mouth" is a translation of a Mandinka verb, and the Wolof language survived many years in some plantations. There are also DNA tests that keep finding a link to India; this is probably due to Portuguese slave ships traveling between Portugal's colonies in India and Mozambique,

[@rayallday1991]

I identify as a person of Louisiana Creole descent having black, white, and Native American ancestry

[@perla-michellehughes4594]

John P Lol I get ur point but that phrase is used for “culture vultures”

[@victorrichardson8260]

I been going back and forth with some friends about this all the time. I consider myself BLACK AMERICAN! Why? Because of my heritage. It is true i have an AFRICAN ancestor that was bought her as a slave but Im born an raised AMERICAN. I love my African brothers and sisters but outside of our skin color.. we are different cultures. We dont look a like and you can tell a black american from an African and even those of Caribbean descent. I say an African American is an African that came to the US and now is a citizen OR has a child on US soil. That is an AFRICAN AMERICAN! Besides two generations before mine ( grand mothers people and her parrents) traced our history and kept a 100 Year old BIBLE that had the names and b days of family members not to mention old black and white photos of family. A lot of my family had jewish, and native american in them..it was discovered that we have Blackfoot and pistcatway native american roots as well and confirmed NOT JUST THE IGNORANT HEARSAY THAT " I got Indian in my family!" Nor to mention we have a lot of Proctor Newman in us and that was my grandmothers maidin name. Besides if you want to get technical.. since all life started in Africa ( scientifically proven) EVERYONE would be of AFRICAN descent right? IJS

[@boomboombaby9140]

The term “ African American “ came about in the 1980s after Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton demanded that black Americans be called African Americans after watching the movie Roots .

[@brotherkareem181]

Nice video but Black folks who migrated to the USA or not AA. African Americans is a ethnic group even know the vast majority of us in the USA don’t go by AA.

[@karlos_infamous]

By default, I use "black American" to black people in the United States who are the descendants of the enslaved Africans during the colonial period and has no association with other country or culture except the United States. I just feel that "African American" applied to black Americans is somewhat inaccurate because they have little or no interest at all to connect with their African roots, language and culture. But if the person asked me to call them "African American", I will do it as a sign of courtesy. Just to share, "African American" was promoted by Jesse Jackson in 1988 to replace "Black American" and some black Americans supported his vision.

[@Flowers4848]

Is it possible for Black Americans to connect with their African roots, language, and culture … wouldn't they be to numerous because of all the countries and tribes involved in the slave trade?

[@dafydd1722]

I think you are mistaken in your reasoning behind why their are a high proportion of Irish and Welsh names among the former slaves. Neither were major slave owning peoples and the English had the greatest population and were the biggest slave owners. So that doesn't explain why English names don't feature heavily among the American black population. As for the Welsh, their numbers were small, albiet very influencial on the development of American society. The contributiom of Welsh Americans to Welsh society is far out of proportion for the size of the population. A nation of overachievers. Yet the history of Welsh Americans or Cymry Americanwyr is largely forgotten today. But they did not posess slaves in great numbers amongst them. The Irish also were not a big slave owning people. Yes their was many Irish slave owners but these were mostly of what were known as the Scotch Irish as in those of Northern Ireland. They were mostly of Scottish descent having colonised the north of Ireland in the 17th century and make up just over half the population of Northern Ireland today. They are the group trying to keep the north under British rule. They have mostly Scottish names which are not prominent among the former slaves. So again your theory doesn't hold up that black Americans got their names from Welsh and Irish slave owners. It is mostly accepted that freed blacks took the names of the men who worked to free them or the pastors of their churches who fought for the emancipation of the black people. These were mostly Welsh and Irish. As they too knew suffering under the White Anglo Saxon Protestants. The Welsh were seen as second class citizens both in the UK and the US while the Irish were seen as 'no better then blacks'. The Irish in places where treated the same as blacks and were even sold into slavery by the English and shipped off to the Carribean. It was common for boarding homes and hotels to implement segragation and it was common to see signs saying; "No Irish, no dogs, no blacks".

[@s.o.6486]

I know I'm late to the party to post this comment but I am confused as to where you got your information from. The Irish were enslavers and were evil to the American Descendants of Slavery. Please read the book "How The Irish Became White." Additionally you said the Welsh weren't slave owners but the freed slaves took on the name Jones; a Welsh surname because they took the surname of the persons that helped the most. I am an American Descendant of Slavery and Jones is my maiden name. Five minutes of research on Ancestry.com debunks your hypothesis. There are 39,751 pages of Slave Owners with the surname Jones on the 1850 United States Slave Schedule. Additionally the only reason the Irish weren't enslavers in large numbers is because they were poor and some couldn't speak English. Make no mistake the Irish directly participated in the broke man's wing of the slave economy. Irish were the overseers, they hunt escaped slaves to bring them back to re-enslave them. I personally have 5% Irish ancestry so they were rapping enslaved women just like the English, which to your point most of my European ancestry is English.

[@curtiswilliams8285]

@@s.o.6486 And I actually have 11% Ireland/Scotland, and yes they definitely owned Slaves in the US As did the Welsh(Price is a Welsh surname, that the last name I was born with and I have 10% England, Wales, Northwest European). I'm confirming what you said because I'm a Descendant of American Chattel Slavery on both lineages.

[@spook5756]

@@s.o.6486 thank you for that. I could not have put it as clearly as you have.

[@majekendall6938]

This was great 👍🏾 But the part about economic achievement isn’t valid when you compare us to our white or minority counterparts in the U.S. You could make an entire video explaining why we’ve been excluded from economic advancement. But other than that this was a wonderful approach to our distinct history.

[@aborigineone2377]

Black Americans are not AFRICANS, watch the video (THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE AMERICAN INDIAN - WE WERE ALREADY HERE!) watch the video (How The American Indian became African American). watch this video ( Moses in America- The Whole Land Of Judah in Utah / Deuteronomy 34)

[@antoniocarbone2398]

Could you do a genealogy of southern europeans like portugal, spain, italy and greece? Or the genealogy of turks.

[@Masaman]

Plan on doing a video on Balkans and then Turkey soon. I'm kind of despised in Turkey now because of the Kurdistan video lol

[@konstantinoskotsomytis2544]

The balkan episode will be awesome! The comment section will be cancer though ;)

[@hindubuddhist3107]

YEAH MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT BALKANS AND TURKEY

[@antoniocarbone2398]

Masaman great, you upload really interesting videos about hard subjects, you are one my favorite youtubers. Keep it up ; )

[@mehmetesatince3503]

Masaman no you didn't .I am totally fine with you and most people okey with that trust me.

[@keenanrichardsonii7243]

“You take us to America, now we’re Americans. You take us to Jamaica, now we’re Jamaicans. No we are Africans.” -Bob Marley

[@michaelmichael8314]

Bob Marley was the son of a white man

[@binkwillans5138]

@@michaelmichael8314 His father was a 60 year old Syrian Jew from Jamaica.

[@michaelmichael8314]

@@binkwillans5138 haha no he wasn't. His father was of full English heritage. Why do you feel the need to make up stuff my guy?

[@binkwillans5138]

@@michaelmichael8314 It's called "research". You should try it...

[@michaelmichael8314]

@@binkwillans5138 Your research obviously failed you my guy. Firstly his father was never said to be a Syrian Jew. His father's mother was rumoured to have had a small amount of Jewish Syrian ancestry. Her name was Ellen Broomfield (a very English name). Research has been done into her family tree by actual genealogy experts and the Syrian rumour has been proven to be exactly that, just a rumour. Ellen's roots go back to England. However it is human nature to remain ignorant. There's always going to people with sheepish mindsets who choose to believe rumours even after they have been debunked

[@samuelmonroy_05]

I am Mexican americanI and decided to take a ancestry test and am 8.0% African 3.9% sub-Saharan and 4.1% North African

[@David-ix8fz]

I love it when my recommended blesses me with these bangers

[@ixnivek2236]

Yes! I want a video on the Gullah!

[@DONNYPESO]

He is doing the video Gullah are black-American my aunt is geechie I'm also geechie we are still black Americans nothing different we are not Jamaicans

[@tiathompson6674]

There were Indigenous Melinated people in these Americas before Columbus and the Conquistadors got here.

[@ykmvp1870]

So what doesn’t mean it was you guys

[@Blueridge4000]

I’m Louisiana Creole on both sides! 78% African & the rest is a toss up of Central American indigenous, Caribbean & European, mostly from France, Germany, n Spain. Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, mail, Nigeria, benin, Togo, Angola, Ethiopia, South African, Senegal. 😅😅😅😆🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@raymond771000]

I personally feel an obligation to refer to myself as an African American to combat the “Cold War” against any and everything African. I really like your videos, keep up the great work! Thank you!

[@ГеройАлександраНевского]

I'm Africain by my father side and Russian by my mother side. I consider myself as an African but culturally Russian. African gene are dominant, I look more African than European. It's the fact .... Don't be Ashamed,. Our ancestry was African , and we are Af. But we loosed our original culture.

[@SaxandRelax]

Lost

[@ГеройАлександраНевского]

@@SaxandRelax why?

[@SaxandRelax]

@@ГеройАлександраНевского no, you said loosed. It’s not spelled loosed, it’s lost.

[@ГеройАлександраНевского]

@@SaxandRelax thanks bro. Sorry for my english, i'm french and Russive native speaker.

[@SaxandRelax]

@@ГеройАлександраНевского oh, okay I understand. Languages are hard haha

[@peanutbutter7212]

But I love being African American. My ancestors built the greatest country in the world ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️

[@seanfrederick7438]

Yea some of em the other portion forced them to do it

[@BBPKID]

We are not African, we are American.

[@addialem2892]

Your african you bitch you just dont want to be african, your mind is sick

[@BBPKID]

@@addialem2892 I'm american, never African, get over it.

[@addialem2892]

Aceking you will always be african get over it

[@BBPKID]

@@addialem2892 Never and I will raise my kids the same way. I Don't hate you Africans but please respect me and the way I wish to identify.

[@jshuabrown9968]

@@BBPKID weather you like it or not every single black person is from africa and I'm jamaican everyone black person originate from africa

[@ahoraya1047]

In America, Africans became "Anglos" while in Latinamerica Africans became "Hispanic". All the different African tribes were unified under a European culture (English or Spanish)

[@Ra-wx9bb]

Not African but Indigenous to this land not black

[@seanfrederick7438]

Lol you don't have straight bro lol so u know what that means ... nd if u are native ur only a partial unless ur recognized by a tribe of the features of u nd ur fam state otherwise my copper colored friend😆

[@daddygravely4673]

Bro shut up with that shit we came from west Africa do a dna test u lame

[@kimsmith4812]

Did he say aid 👀in building America!??? Correction! BUILD is more like it! With over 300 years of free labor along with systemic & structural racism has made this country the wealthiest in the world! THE END!

[@TrickNPlay]

Good video but economically we're still at the same point we were after slavery. Studies have been done on this.

[@allenlott3592]

Black people where here before the anglos.

[@House_of_Bickham]

Anglos were black

[@thandomntungwa6697]

😭😂🤣

[@gilbertikorong2636]

A big lie; it is immediate that Black people where Not here before the anglos.

[@1wsmithson]

Blacks started coming to the United States in the 1600s most European white groups came in the 1800s

[@gilbertikorong2636]

@@1wsmithson; Excuse me brother Will, excuse me for telling you that; it is ridiculous and dishonest to say that there were blacks in United States before the arrival of europeans. You shouldn't rewrite history and you should be proud of your origins. It is clearly white who brought black in USA as slave. The first slaves came in 1619, and every people know that.

[@AGLegend01]

To me it's interchangeable. Me personally, i don't like to put my nationality behind my ethnicity. I just say I'm black or African.

[@Nadia-nt8gb]

yeah but some people tend to ignore the fact that ethnicity is also culture, so your culture would be american if youre american and that would also be apart of your ethnicity.

[@SaxandRelax]

How about Don’t say you’re African when you are not from africa and your ethnic group does not have any African culture. It’s not that hard. I’m African-American, you are Black. That’s fine, but it’s very different, and we probably live very different life experiences because of it.

[@raregem8886]

Most Black Creoles from Louisiana have very little English/Irish ancestry! I have no more than 3% British and Irish ancestry. That is a combined total!

[@freedomisthechoicesyoumake8594]

Exactly..... I'm Louisiana Creole Born and raised.... I have more spanish, italian, greek, middle eastern (was very shocking).

[@DONNYPESO]

I am black American and I am proud that have European ancestry also indigenous American ancestry

[@moneysnappin]

Stockholm syndrome having ass nigga...

[@jonlirinda5129]

Lol.. Fool...

[@Poncho_ssjq]

Herman Cain is also a Conservative 😄 Black describes how you look, not who you are. Racially we are African Geopolitically we are American, Ethnically we are African Americans because we evolved another culture to respond to our geopolitically location, different from the one we were brought here with.