WHAT ARE WE IF WE'RE NOT CONSIDERED BLACK ? - East African Edition

[@amanandom7290]

Why are so many of us Habeshas and Somalis born in DIASPORA so confused people? This whole "Are we black?" thing does not make any sense because what the fuck is BLACK? When will we stop to use the terms of foreigners to describe ourselves? Identifying yourself as black means seeing yourself through the eyes of non-africans! African American people are excluded in this case, because they lost their specific roots so they had to identify with their skin colour. 1. We are part of the African family. Africans are the most diverse people on the planet. 2. There are different types of Africans like Khoi San, Nilotic, Bantu, Aethiopids etc. etc. 3. Horners like Ethiopian and Somalis are a distinct ancient african race from which obviously all caucasoid populations descent from NOT the other way around! Ethiopian feautures are not europid but ETHIOPIAN and of course AFRICAN because AFRICANS come out in ALL types of facial characteristics we know of! Viva Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and the whole Horn of Africa! Viva all regions, nations, cultures and civilisations which make up the great continent of AFRICA. Diversity is what makes us great!

[@___Truth___]

Aman Andom - Its because that question was never something of existence to Somalis and Ethiopians. Our ancestors never called themselves Maadow, the idea of race in and of itself dates back to European Classical Antiquity, it has no origin in Africa, Africans never came up with race, thats why the idea of "black" was foreign to many Nations of people in Africa. Especially Somalis and Ethiopians, our identity was never based on race, our identity has always been in context to our Ethnic Groups or our tribes. The idea of Race, did truly come with the European. Its only the Somali and Ethiopian diaspora in the west that are taking up calling themselves black. And this whole "black identity" thing is rather recent in our peoples history. I agree with everything you said.

[@juice4930]

Adam Abdullahi no no no we don't want you to identify as black damn

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

I’ve literally heard Africans refer to the sled v as black because of the belief that black people were born from the ether, so it’s definitely not a “looking at yourself through other’s eyes” kind of thing to refer to yourself as black.

[@the_only_and_the_one]

U r just spitting the facts.

[@Jack-zv6ht]

You're black. You also have Arab admixture.

[@noah3760]

We East Africa are black,those who thinks different they should be shame on them.we are not Arab we are African proud to be.

[@WisdomofHal]

Noah right on

[@Gee571]

Color is not an Identity

[@fivegoalseason]

@@Gee571 color is identity however we hsve been lied to that we are not the same. but west africans just have mixed less, but u are most defo black but dont underestimate the effects of the white or arab man takig over north african regions

[@angelaobinwa2894]

SomaliSoulja87 so then what is an identity then ???? Tell me, keep denying your race, we don’t want you, I’m sure the whites you want to be so much don’t want you either, we have our proud black visionaries, so gtfoh, black is beautiful.

[@mrsgolden6526]

African does not automatically mean black

[@bayyinahsharif4370]

The 3 of you look black by normal standards to me. In America, black folks are diverse.

[@dandelion6617]

Bitota Nkongolo Yes we do. Don’t know where you’ve been. Any African who sees distinct different features would just assume they are from a different country or region, it’s pretty easy to guess just by looking. It’s different in Western countries where you can be biracial or even mixed and be considered black.

[@qolspony]

True. But most black Americans look closely related to West Africans (regardless of skin color) Hair/Facial features. This is just not true with many Ethiopians who have Akaline features and curly/straight hair.

[@qolspony]

@ኄኖክ ኃይሉ There is more to being an Ethiopian than being a Black besides hair. The nose on a black American tend to be broad regardless of color. That's because we trace our ancestry to mostly West African 62 -85 percent. Than there is the body, which tend to be be broad and very muscular. Our lips tend to be fuller (although this area varies widely). Than our hair line issue and our mouth. This very very different for people who live in Ethiopia and Somali or area surrounding it. So there are real difference. But these are minor compare to culture. Ethiopians have one of the oldest culture in the world. This isn't the case with Black Americans who have a very new culture that started around 5 hundred years ago. As for food. Black Americans tend to eat overly cooked foods. So we will never even considered eating raw anything, especially anything dealing with an Animal. We are still a conquered people, while Ethiopians never been conquered. We are one of the least travel people in the entire world by population. This is just not so with Africans, Europeans, Asians or Latinos. We don't have problems with Ethiopians as well as anyone else. We are an inclusive people. We accept everyone, as long as they don't treat us badly. But when others treat us badly, we don't forget what they do to us. But we will not hurt them like white people hurt them. We have our problems in America, but we rather deal with it, than to run from it. We have been through a lot as a people. And we have contribute a lot to the world with various inventions that people take advantage of today. We are a strong people. Otherwise, we would not have survived the most powerful empire that ever exist. Thanks for your response.

[@sacatracreoleoflouisiana3004]

@@qolspony Not true my nose is not wide, these chicks could be my sister's my hair is curly like theirs and I am Black Creole/African American, I don't consider myself black American but black in America I am.

[@qolspony]

@@sacatracreoleoflouisiana3004 I have no problem with your comment as you are Creole from Louisiana. Creoles have existed longer than Black Americans, because they were under the French empire before the British than American took over this region. As Blacks Americans were incorporated into this region through the importation of American slavery, Creoles were incorporated into the Black American culture. However, many maintain their culture and language to this very day. Also, Creoles tend to be more mixed than traditional Black Americans, as the French were not as divided about race mixing in the regions they occupied.

[@8783true]

I appreciate what the girl in the middle said!!! The white race I diverse and different looking !!! Why would the 1rst race of people who originated life be diverse and different looking??!! They try to use Phenotype and whatever to shorten the black race!!! Black is a beautiful race of people with different nationalities, cultures, spiritual beliefs, costumes, and social norms!!!!

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

It’s not just white people. If you read the comments you’ll see that west and East Africans do this to each other as well. Can’t just blame an outside group when our community does it to.

[@niyeenwilliams4909]

What these ladies are explaining is that in society they're stereotyped as black and now you want them to identify as European. Yeah right, we are dark kissed by the sun. They are beautiful Africans and we will continue to educate and unite.

[@livcbef1336]

We are habeshas, we have our own community. Thank you

[@slarvadain188]

Look black to me. I’m black American and most of my family has similar color, hair. Most are lighter. There’s not one “black” look. We are all African descendants and are from the most genetically diverse continent in earth.

[@jsb06g]

I'm a American too and was thinking the same thing. If they went to any city that didn't have their Ethnic community nobody would even blink and think they're different.

[@emmanuelervin5035]

Your mixed not black American.

[@slarvadain188]

@@emmanuelervin5035 Mixed as the black American slave experience in America. There’s no black American who is of 100% African dna. Now if you are African, you wouldn’t understand.

[@yonasmulugeta270]

Yeah but this girls are called ጠይም, ( brown ) they are not ቀይ ( red/ light skinned ). If you see those you will see the difference

[@darwingnormanhernandez9619]

most diverse continet is asia. there are more ethnic groups in asia than africa.

[@bolayul5921]

Am South sudanese who happen to grow up in the United States me and my family came here in 2001 I live in Omaha Nebraska why is it we as east Africans always think we batter than another because of the skin tone the Ethiopian Somalis always think they the best because they light skin am sudanese and am dark skin a lot of my light skin brothers and sisters in east Africa I feel like they don't like me because am original nilotic I love all my African people it don't matter because we r very diverse people we come in all shades of the color brown we r from jet dark skin black to very light skin in East Africa we r bless buy God.

[@abdullahifarah2505]

Bol Ayul I’m Somali, trust me we’re not all lightskins most of us are dark skins with curly hair, and this is coming from a lightskin Somali ☺️

[@MistaShifta]

One Love

[@corazineonenarach7583]

heeyy..fellow nilotic!..and proud to be so awesome!

[@bolayul5921]

@@corazineonenarach7583 that's was sup

[@dandelion6617]

South Sudanese people are so beautiful! Also this superiority comes from anti blackness. I’m Somali. I have to correct my parents when they say something anti black especially when it comes to skin color and hair texture. Idk know why some Somali people have this complex but it’s mostly the older generation and I think it’s getting better.

[@r.m6094]

You and Nat look like the most typical Somalis. Not in a bad way just shows how there are similarities between how a lot of the east African countries look alike. I found Eritians and Sudanese sometimes look Somali af too. Yall are beautiful! I'm half Somali half Ethio. I'm sick of West Africans denying my black African heritage - they think we are ALL MIXED, some are mixed, I'm not mixed with anything thats not African? Not all west Africans are like this just some of my west friends. Africa is one 💖

[@mewdedmulugeta4052]

Fellow Ethiopian. We black. Don’t matter where you are in the world, the color of your skin will always be the first thing ppl see before your features or other “East African” phenotypes. It’s a damn shame more Ethiopians/Horners don’t identify as black. Black and proud through and through.

[@Gee571]

Why would u want to identify with I made up social construct created by Europeans. Btw a lot of white supremacist see us as monkeys, should we identify as monkeys ?

[@davidkwizera9457]

I dont mean to be rude but the only reason u call yourself black is because you’re from africa. If u were in other part of the world u would never consider urself black. But take a person from Uganda or kenya put them anywhere on the world and they will still be black to everyone

[@heyyou..]

@@davidkwizera9457 you’re literally black if your skin color is black. This has nothing to do with ethnicity or continent

[@argon1232]

@@davidkwizera9457 It's even worse if they're muslim. Suddenly they're "Arabs" or claiming to have "Arab" ancestors in their blood

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

@@davidkwizera9457 Then what about African Americans? Or Black people in the Europe and Asia? No matter where we go we will always be seen as black. That’s just how it is.

[@rebeccaw9141]

every African parent. I came up 2 flights of stairs just to give her the remote that was in arms reach if she just stretched a little.😣

[@johnnydtw3509]

Rebecca W hey there beautiful 😘

[@sunshine-qq4eb]

Rebecca W Same hshaha

[@ellegriffin5957]

Same here in America. I think that's old school parenting.

[@josephmccall5308]

Yeah that's how are strong beautiful black parent are

[@GirlyEnglishGamer]

I'm Bantu almost 100% ... Also from Cameroon (where bantu people originated). My mother is Cameroonian. Happy to see fellow beautiful Africans proud of their roots. Thanks for the info girls. I understand not wanting to identify as black in America because you feel a disconnect to the African Americans and the fact that they are so mixed that they don't really know where they are from and have a created what I call a "mixed culture". But I don't think it's because you don't see yourselves as black Africans. You just don't identify much with black Americans. I think some people here in the comment section don't understand what you mean. I do However, don't forget that African-Americans are African. They are just misplaced Africans who were stripped of their African roots by force. So don't bash them. We are all from the same place. . Thanks for the vid ladies ! 😍🤗😘 kisses from France.

[@slarvadain188]

Lala French Aka Anglo Frenchy Chick Excuse me lol ! I am black American and this has nothing to do with black Americans. Many people from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia do not think they are the same race with you either. In Somalia, they held Bantus as slaves and called them adoons. They make fun of jareer hair and their parents tell them not to marry anyone who looks like the majority of your population. You know nothing about black Americans. Maybe you should fight for peace in your country because of the current issues. Also, most black Americans have Cameroonian ancestry. The white man ravaged your country to almost nothing. Don’t come for us. Let’s just be peaceful and learn from each other. Also, East Africans are in America, Europe and Canada. So it’s not all about black Americans.

[@slarvadain188]

liberia And first chance they get, they marry white people who they also can’t relate to. They have disdain for black Americans but love white Americans. Some are learning how the white man feels about them. In this Trump era, whites are disrespecting black people period. They don’t care about your accent. They gives them more venom to spew at you. If your country is so great, stay there and enjoy your rich culture. Once you step foot in America, no one cares about your culture. It only matters in your country.

[@WisdomofHal]

S larvadain damn girl 😍

[@marcello1821]

@@slarvadain188 I'm ADOS and I find find her comment warranting of your soft aggression

[@beproud5447]

@@nairobinyeusi5811 well you the "great" majority and yet you are busy hating on a small group of people, how pathetic, you Bantu feel like ever one in the world has to like you and that speaks loud of insecurity.

[@tamarasbeauty1016]

Did u guys know that Ethiopia literally means burnt face in Greek?

[@mohameddahir6151]

Proud to be black love from Somalia ❤️🇸🇴🇸🇴

[@WisdomofHal]

Mohamed Ahmed Dahir Right on bro!

[@kindsoul8120]

Since social media discovered the Horn Africans are classed in the 'Caucasian Race' it has been a never ending trend to keep talking about this topic! But no one is questioning why the Dark Asians are not referred to as Blacks? Face it people, stop your obsession with who chooses to identify as what or whatever box they are put in, because it doesn't change your life. So leave the Dark Asians and the Horn Africans alone! 🇸🇴🇪🇹🇪🇷🇩🇯 Lately Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea are being attacked by some black people (on Twitter and other social media platforms) like the link below, calling them not Africans. And that's not even the half of it, the guy really swears at the Horn African countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea. I've never seen someone that hates the Horn Africans like this guy. He dedicates 1 hour of his life to swearing at the Horn, the shocking part is the venom he is spitting‼ m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3zVe56siJmEaNU 🇪🇹🇪🇷🇩🇯🇸🇴 Yes Horn Africans have Anjera food in common and sometimes their beauty is mistaken for each other, but that's no reason to hate. And the reason they keep saying Horn Africans are mixed is number 1 out of jealousy and number 2 because all the powerful countries are classed as Caucasians. And Caucasian became White due to some American old man, that's why Caucasian is synonymous with White. I'm not making this stuff up, click the link below: The Caucasian race (also Caucasoid[1] or Europid)[2] is a grouping of human beings historically regarded as a biological taxon, which, depending on which of the historical race classifications is used, has usually included ancient and modern populations from Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race Look black is not a skin colour, it's a derogatory term. And that's why the Horn doesn't claim it. It has a different meaning to the Horn Africans. Plus the World doesn't see the Horn as black. Nor do they see the Dark Asians or North Africans as black. Little children can see the word black is bad. So why can't you see what a 5 year old can see. If black is good, why are the kids damaged from a young age? You don't understand the power of this word 'black' and its link to negativity. You remember the doll test video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpzThqx4Z92aiq8 When this girl is crying believing she is ugly, you should ask yourself why is society ignoring the ramifications of slavery and indoctrination of the media? African American child crying was so upsetting to me. I couldn't help but tear up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqG6fIqanrtrjLM This black woman is paying a lot of money to get her skin White. The chemical bath strips her of her beautiful dark skin. It looks like a White person washing mud of their skin. It's so shocking the length this black west African woman is going to, if you can't love and respect yourself. How do you expect other races/ethnicities to respect you? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5mQiXVuhbCtjZI

[@kindsoul8120]

Don't mess with the Horn Africans. The Horn Africans are strong people with their own history. Don't try to call us Arabs like this ugly guy in this video down below. 🇸🇴🇪🇹🇪🇷🇩🇯Lately Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea are being attacked by some black people (on Twitter and other social media platforms) like the link below, calling them not Africans. And that's not even the half of it, the guy really swears at the Horn African countries like Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea. I've never seen someone that hates the Horn Africans like this guy. He dedicates 1 hour of his life to swearing at the Horn, the shocking part is the venom he is spitting‼ m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3zVe56siJmEaNU 🇪🇹King Menelik wore a classy durag🇪🇹 Why is it black people copy Ethiopia so much then attack them on KZbin, social media etc? 🇸🇴🇩🇯🇸🇴🇩🇯🇸🇴🇩🇯🇸🇴🇩🇯🇸🇴🇩🇯🇸🇴🇩🇯🇸🇴 Somalia accepted Islam before the Arabs. And Ethiopia welcomed the refugees from Makkah. The Horn is so intertwined with Islam and the East. Somalia accepting Islam meant they can't do what their next door neighbours can, creating Eunuchs. While Islamic law forbade the emasculation of a man, Ethiopian Christians had no such compunctions; thus, they enslaved and emasculated members of territories to the south and sold the resulting eunuchs to the Ottoman Porte. ... The eunuch boys were then sold in the Ottoman Empire. Slavery in the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire 🇸🇴Somali Men travelled the World in those days and Turkey was always there like the good old friend🇹🇷 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnrCnYF8gtWasLM 🇹🇷🇸🇴In 1660, the Portuguese in Mombasa surrendered to a joint Somali-Ottoman force. Relations between the present-day territories of Somalia and Turkey date back to the Middle Ages.🇸🇴🇹🇷 🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇹🇪🇷 💚💛❤💚💛❤Najashi💚💛❤💚💛❤ The first migration took place in the fifth year of the Proclamation - in A.D. 615. The king of Abyssinia welcomed the Muslim refugees from Makkah into his kingdom. He gave them sanctuary, and they enjoyed peace, security and freedom of worship under his aegis. About a year later, the Muslims in Abyssinia heard rumors that the Quraysh in Makkah had accepted Islam. If it was true then there was no reason for them to live in exile. They were homesick, and they decided to return to Makkah. But when they arrived in Makkah, they found out that not only the rumors they had heard were false, but also that the Quraysh had stepped up the persecution of the Muslims. www.al-islam.org/restatement-history-islam-and-muslims-sayyid-ali-ashgar-razwy/two-migrations-muslims-abyssinia 🇪🇹🐘🇪🇷🐘🇪🇹🐘🇪🇷🐘🇪🇹🐘🇪🇷🐘🇪🇹🐘🇪🇷 Let me tell you about the Year of the Elephant. Abraha al-Ashram an Ethiopian guy. Learn your deen guys. So you can argue from the deen side as well. This guy is so strong that the Arab pagans couldn't do anything that God himself had to interfere and save the Kabah. The above-mentioned episode happened in his youth. Now we come to the most important event of his life which took place just eight years before his death. By then, he was the patriarch of the tribe. The Ethiopian governor of Yemen, Abraha al-Ashram, envied the reverence in which the Ka'bah was held by the Arabs. Being a staunch Christian, he built a big cathedral in Sanaa (the capital of Yemen) and ordered the Arabs to go there for pilgrimage instead. The order was ignored. Not only that; someone entered the cathedral and made it unclean. The wrath of Abraha knew no bounds. In his fury, he decided to avenge it by demolishing and desecrating the Ka'bah itself. He advanced with a large army towards Mecca. There were many elephants in his army; he himself rode a huge elephant. It was an animal which the Arabs had not seen before...read the link. www.al-islam.org/life-muhammad-prophet-sayyid-saeed-akhtar-rizvi/year-elephant Or watch the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvJZJyDf6yBmrc 🇸🇴🇪🇹🇩🇯🇪🇷 Horn Africans (Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea) are proud people. We have our own history and yes we even clashed each other, and clashed other countries. And by clash, I mean wars; I come with receipts ladies and gentlemen: The Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts of 1538 to 1559 were a series of armed military encounters between the Portuguese Empire, the Kingdom of Hormuz and the Ethiopian Empire against the Ottoman Empire and Adal Sultanate, in the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and in East Africa. This is a period of battles in The Ottoman-Portuguese War. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman-Portuguese_conflicts_(1538-1559) 🇪🇹🇪🇷🇸🇴🇩🇯 Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) centered in present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia. Its mintages were issued and circulated from the reign of King Endubis around AD 270 until it began its decline in the first half of the 7th century. During the succeeding medieval period, Mogadishu currency, minted by the Sultanate of Mogadishu, was the most widely circulated currency in the Horn of Africa. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksumite_currency

[@kindsoul8120]

Why don't you go live your Transracial life and stop poking your nose where it is not wanted nor welcomed? So come on then what bothers you the most, Somali people being equal brothers to Turkey or accepting Islam before the Arabs? Or Ethiopia's King Najashi welcoming Arab refugees from Makkah or The Ethiopian governor Abraha al-Ashram of Yemen is in the Qur'an because he came riding an Elephant & wanted to destroy the Pagan Arabs in Makkah that Allah stopped him with birds. What is it that bothers you so much about East Africa? (Pretends to act concerned about a random internet guy) Go learn your own history and religions. Don't come for Ethiopia or Somalia. Ethiopia is the only African country where you find Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Rumours say that's where Adam and Eve lived. And science backs up Life began in East Africa. 🇪🇹🇸🇴🇪🇹🇸🇴🇪🇹🇸🇴🇪🇹🇸🇴🇪🇹🇸🇴🇪🇹🇸🇴🇪🇹🇸🇴 Did I make the Caucasian race? Nope your grandfather's did, where do you guys get your nonsense from?🐷🦍 Don't worry account hopper, but stay paranoid because that's always a weakness you can't cure. And you are going to die of Covid19 real soon. This girl went from being Black American into a white American thanks to her money. 4 Germans wanted to marry her, read the Article below: 12-year-old oil Baron: The story of Sarah Rector, America’s youngest African-American millionaire. Oklahoma Legislature declared her to be a white person due to her wealth. www.google.com/amp/s/www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/14/12-year-old-oil-baron-the-story-of-sarah-rector-americas-youngest-african-american-millionaire/amp/ Sarah Rector tells you how you guys put people in a box. You guys are really big on labels like a stupid teenagers are addicted to name calling!

[@kindsoul8120]

@Proud Habesha I don't make the rules, I just point them out. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race These people gave Sarah the black label then took it away. www.google.com/amp/s/www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/14/12-year-old-oil-baron-the-story-of-sarah-rector-americas-youngest-african-american-millionaire/amp/ That's why Africans identify by tribes, WTF is black or white anyway? And hey let's throw Transracial in the mix, is it me or is it every Transracial person I see is a white person?🐷

[@majorpremise]

I'm Lebanese and Ethiopians are our cousins!! Egyptians, Somalis, Sudanese, Berbers, Ethiopians, Eritreans etc. are all brown not "black"...the actress that played Florida Evans (Esther Rolle) in the American sitcom 'Good Times' is/was 'black'...Jack Johnson the first African American heavyweight boxing champion was 'black'...you're part of the Semitic family group like Arabs, Jews/Hebrews, Chaldeans, Arameans, Assyrians etc. We (Arabs, Jews etc.) simply settled in SW Asia and you guys (Ethiopians, Eritreans etc.) settled in NE Africa...hence you're 2 - 3 shades darker than us...only difference...same facial features, same culture, tradition, worldview, dress etc...similar language, music, family values, religious upbringing etc.

[@Userkaf_II]

Shut the hell the up. Somalis are Hamites, Lebanese are not Hamites, all Africans are Hamites. Lebanese Caucasians are not related to Negroids in Africa, you need to get you facts straight, language is evidence of shared genetics, ancient Semitic languages were spread throughout the middle east a long time ago because of the Canaanites.

[@sareeyemanusqaame8723]

majorpremise bro/sis the crazy thing I saw was how some Lebanese ladies were discriminating against Syrians and thinking they were superior because they were French colony was in disbelief. I would think they would discriminate against darker skin people but it was unrealistic to discriminate against a fellow similar skin neighboring Syrians.

[@negusofminjar8290]

As Ethiopian what's f*** you talking about? I know how you guys treat black African in your country. ..You are Arabs / whites ppl.

[@neosildrake]

at the end of the day, you are human like everyone else. i know that people need their history and their ancestry to feel an attachment and a certain connection to the world around them, but don't let skin color be the identifying marker for yourself or others. character over color.

[@AgameListro]

Girls I appreciate you discussing this issue! My take on this is that we are NOT black and I say that because as Eritreans or Ethiopians our people do not identify themselves by colour but rather by ethnicity and nationality. I understand that in America its a 2 dimension world where you are either BLACK or WHITE but in the real world it doesn't work like that. The colour identity system came about by the Europeans (most likely the English) using it as a tactic to divide and rule the world, but when they arrived in Africa, everyone was one type of skin colour so they had to further divide the people by ethnic and cultural lines. The point I'm making is that you are fitting the stereotypes of the colour system by identifying yourself as part of that system. Most "black people" or African Americans of African ancestry have been brainwashed to think that "BLACK" only looks like a certain way so thats why they get confused when they see East African girls like yourself. Please educate and teach them to think and identify by non-colour because thats the only way to escape mentality slavery.

[@mahamarketing6046]

+Thomas H I definitely agree with you but "black" can also be a unifying term........also I'm eritrean and I grew up in the states..... I like being called black or just african its easier than saying a tribe no one knows or sometimes a country that isn't on a map :D

[@ladydiaspora807]

Thomas H 100% that's why I call myself African American

[@tiyajameson6179]

Anna Moreno uh you're Hispanic tho?

[@ladydiaspora807]

Leyla D No, I'm african american, Hispanic husband :)

[@OOF-dh7us]

Thomas H Well the modern take on the label 'black' is when you are born I. America but have ancestors from Africa.

[@s.haynes6759]

You sista's are another branch within the African family. We are all related. Dont mess with the ignorant peoples. One love.

[@donaldgrazette9709]

Of course you ladies are black.Actually you may be considered more black than most,because Ethiopia,Eritrea,Somalia etc are The horn of Africa and where the original man and woman were conceived..Don't allow any ignorant person to tell you otherwise..Beautiful sisters stay proud of your heritage and continue to share it with others.

[@juice4930]

I don't call anyone from the horn black because they don't even consider themselves black most I'm not going to beg anyone to be black . I refuse to be a culture vulture so I'm going to leave them the fuck out of my race

[@Yas-ei3st]

@@juice4930 I'm from the horn and consider myslef black. Like many people some somali have such a self hate because of the ridicule and teasing people give them so they say they arab rather than black which is stupid

[@sowdafarah5537]

Yas! Wtf! I don’t see Somalis with self hate but I do see Somalis who r ignorant about their people. Maybe you confused the too. Somalis are known to be too prideful!!!!

[@mayasquaw2254]

Juice We don’t ascribe to a skin tone but tribe as any African would.

[@Scoring57]

@ኄኖክ ኃይሉ Humans started in east africa, yet oldest humans today aren't in east africa, they're in the south. Fill the blanks 😁😁 The negro is me? Yes I am a negro. You say that like its a particular insult. Negro means negro.... You're a negro "Many MODERN east Africans share many similarities with the San people of South Africa" Anymore than other black people? Mind telling me where you got this info or how you found it? "Many of us share many similarities in features." What features? San have some of the nappiest hair I've seen. You guys have nappier hair than other black people or something? Or are you going to say something dumb like "skin color"?

[@thagip2241]

Honestly i can’t see much of a difference between a lot of Caramel Complexioned African American women and these girls. My mom looks a lot like the girl on the left except my mom have a curly like Afro, might have to buy my mom some type of dna kit because I honestly don’t physically see the difference

[@marlonb2804]

Divide and conquer rule from European. Let's just divide up the different tribes and groups in Africa. We have to start loving each other.

[@heisnahom]

People in other parts of Africa like West Africa assume that we aren’t Africans because we look different like having a lighter skin tone, having a curlier hair etc. But one thing we all have to know Is that not all Africans are the same in every aspect that there is. Someone from Japan can’t say “Oh, Philippines are not Asians because they’re darker and they don’t look like us.” because It’s not right. There are variations of black people just like there are variations of Asian or white people.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

I agree with you, but every racial group has the “we’re the true (insert race)”. White people did this to the Irish, Italians, Jewish people, and Eastern Europeans. Asians did this to what they call “bottom shelf” Asians like Philipinos and Laos, etc, and then here we have East and West Africans doing it to each other. So yes, racial groups do say “you’re not really (insert race)” to other racial groups within the racial group umbrella.

[@satanshameer690]

East Africa is the most diverse region in Africa and perhaps the world. It has Nilotic, Bantu, Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, etc people living together. East Africa is the birthplace of humanity (homo sapiens). Horn Africans look brown(rather than black) because they have some ancient West Eurasian ancestry coming from back-to-africa migrations from West Asia

[@arlowesley]

I’m a Black American. Ppl always assume I’m from a different country because I speak English well and have high Cheek bones and slanted eyes. Black people come in so many different varieties, even when we come from the same family.

[@emmanuelervin5035]

Im the same way.

[@ddlaura5506]

I am Ethiopian habesha And i have light skin but I am black And am so proud

[@livcbef1336]

We are habeshas, we have our own community. Thank you

[@Moustapha-08]

The term "black" was created by western society to generalize that all people of color don't have heritage and don't know where they came from. As an Ethiopian, you have heritage, culture, and a language that dates back thousands of years, so saying you are black is an insult to your ancestors because your skin color doesn't define you.

[@itakemytime1156]

I always wonder why people have to bring up America into every little conversation that goes up about African people and is they considered black or not. Theses girls are clearly from Canada by the little accent in their voices.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Cuz apparently only America is capable of racism or is the only place that experiences black diaspora. It’s really dumb. I live in America myself, but I see these same issues happening to black people across the globe. None of this just happens in America.

[@ComingToAfrica]

Just wanted to quickly add. Yesss. You guys are definitely Black. Part of the African Family. One love

[@sequoiaconner4057]

You guys look Just like African Americans(from Africa). Just like people in my family! Personally its hard for me not to see you guys as Black.

[@sequoiaconner4057]

I never said they were not! I was just responding to the title. I agree with you. I believe east Africans are definitely black.. Because they look like people in my family its hard for me to see them as not as black. ..

[@sarahsahar5622]

Sequoia Conner i think africans devide themselves as bantu and not bantu. bantu are referred to as "black". not to say that the others are not black. the reference is always to history.

[@cushiticqueen5748]

Is it weird that I sometimes get offended because I feel like that people just look down on being 'black'? I was born in Somalia and I was raised there till I was about 10, coming to Europe, I thought being called black was insult to me, because like some of you say, all African describe themselves by ethnic and tribe....So I was Somali for other non somali people and Dir(my tribe) for Somalis. But now at an older age, I don't mind being 'black', Because I really do love my skin tone ... but out of lack for better word, I call myself black. And if people say that I am not black...I see as insult...we do have a colour so what else would you call the skin tone...I could say brown but it kinda is the same as black, no?

[@jesusisthetruth4131]

Africanamericans.when a horner see that girls, and they see only,she is maybe from the horn.but u don't see anytime a horner? !😅no way they dont look AA

[@falsedmitry3372]

Sequoia Conner Im a White non supremacist.

[@NoName-be8vp]

As a Nilotic East African from South Sudan, I’ve noticed that the more Bantu and Nilotic East Africans looked different from the East Africans living on the horn, but I always still seen them as black despite their different features.

[@rastalion1746]

Noah Big boy We have no nilotic dna. Quit lying. 100% cushitic native to horn of africa. The nilo tufian thing is false.

[@Alphakeyc]

You aren't serious ,every cushites is mixed between protonilosaharan and natufians(ancient north Africans and Western Eurasian) .I am from that branch even though I mixed again with nilotes and Bantu ,but I know it.

[@michiga5220]

@@Alphakeyc mixed more with nilote? Then what are you? Tutsi?

[@Alphakeyc]

@@michiga5220 yes , I am Tutsi

[@michiga5220]

@@Alphakeyc oh im somali so 100% cushitic, you tutsis are not mixed with bantus, learn your history please, you are southern cushites who adopted a bantu language then ruled over the bantus and strictly practiced marriage within yohr tribe and nilotics, your EM-293 southern cushite haplo like iraqws of tanzania, somalis are EM-78 like modern egyptian men. We have a ancient song and poem about you all the women in the village sing till today called aba tutsi for special occasians. You orginally came from the horn of africa and arived in south east africa before the bantu expansion. Your history is admirable, you all did a good job of keeping the wealth in your tribe and being kings and queens over brundi,rwanda, congo,tanzania and uganda even though your such a small minority in central and south east africa. Sorry about the genocide, they were so jelous of you and now look at you guys in rwanda incharge like always again, stay strong central and south east cushites.

[@donrider7992]

I heard that Habesha basically means mixed.

[@drk221]

it means highland people

[@donrider7992]

Ethiopia Christus, You are a biracial (black and arab) people. Respect it.

[@donrider7992]

Auto samaale, You are mixed just like the somalis.

[@amaanreer5311]

@don rider the non african admixture is mostly from "back to africa" migration, not arabian. habesha are only like 10-15% arabian, african americans in comparison are about 20~ European on average.

[@dhegdheerow3664]

Your wrong. Habasha is hebrew for ha-basha meaning "the bashanites". They're lost tribe (tribe of Dan) who lived in bashan. basiclly they are israelites.

[@harrieelias5756]

Girls focus on your studies please. You are beautiful lovely Eritrean and Ethiopian. Be proud of your heritage. Stay safe.

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

It seems to me their beauty is their only rationale for their existence in the year 2022

[@khalidjacob1956]

how are eritrean different from ethiopia? i used to think the same until i visited ethiopia. until you physically experience yourself you cannot go by other people stories. when i went to ethiopia i was expecting the people to behave and look different, i was shocked to find something else. if their are differences they are not that major

[@Zubuty]

Khalid Jacob there was a war and eritrea split I'm eritrean:)

[@___Truth___]

Khalid Jacob Maybe not Ethnically, There Habesha, but as a matter of nationality, then yes they are different. -a somali. Love and Fortune to the Horn of Africa💪✊

[@MrFootballstriker]

Khalid Jacob we almost have similar culture but eritrea is separated from Ethiopia I'm Eritrean

[@nunu7353]

Khalid Jacob we share 3 ethnic groups and that's about it and we have about over 80.

[@nunu7353]

Khalid Jacob Ethiopia has a rich culture so there is a huge different

[@TheDevilWearsPrada.0]

I’m half Somali and people are always on my ass about my narrow nose like not all black people have wide noses Africa is a huge continent we all look different

[@rastalion1746]

Kiyo Prada whats the other half

[@TheDevilWearsPrada.0]

Juju Bebe Jamaican

[@rastalion1746]

Kiyo Prada which parent is jamaican

[@rastalion1746]

Kiyo Prada how are you half jamaican and have a narrow nose? Is your jamaican parent mixed or light skinned?

[@janna-joemcleod8633]

@@rastalion1746 As a Jamaican I was thinking they could easily pass for Jamaican.

[@malikknight5503]

This video should be titled “horn of Africa” edition

[@user-mq6qv6bi2g]

Sundanese also are not Black

[@user-mq6qv6bi2g]

@lsma_010 what do you mean by " you guys " ??

[@firthlaist218]

Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ....y'all look like SISTERS!! Hair Line, Eyes, Mouthes, Face Shape, Skin Color, Jaw Structure, Noses-ish, Cheek Bones, Lips, etc...

[@amasonga]

Ethiopian is the oldest or at least of the oldest nation in Africa. Ethiopian are Black people. Not all Black people look alike.

[@fahimamohamed9751]

amasonga yeah I agree with you although am not Ethiopian but I learned in world history that the oldest skeleton were found in East Africa specially in Ethiopia , and we don't have to be ignorant while we r carrying the name of Africa , so we have to be proud Africans✌

[@Userkaf_II]

Correction Sudan and Egypt are the oldest nations in Africa, not Ethiopia, Sudan is original Ethiopia called Cush.

[@drippinsauceskrr9429]

Awaiting The Messiah correction nubias and habeshas ruled as pharaos in egypt we are older either you like it or not

[@sareeyemanusqaame8723]

amasonga no Ethiopia is not the oldest African country it’s actually barely a country since people aren’t one common people, they don’t know each other nor do they understand each other. There’s obsolutely nothing common about “Ethiopian” 81 ethnicity groups without any commonalities cannot be united and even the name Ethiopia is verily recent and it didn’t exist before haile selessie. If you say Abyssinian, uxum maybe it’s a different story.

[@livcbef1336]

We are habeshas, we have our own community. Thank you

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

Coming from Ghana it is very complex to understand the narrative of Africans living in the United States of America especially the native Eritreans out there.

[@qolspony]

Where is this coming from (Africa or America). In America, Ethiopians are considered Black. They vary in shades like Black Americans. There is some feature differences with lot of Ethiopians (Somalis), but it depends on the person. Many Ethiopians have Akaline features, so they might be confuse for being mixed or Indian. But because Black Americans cover a large range of Phenotypes (as well as Africa (which is more so)), than it is not really a problem of accepting Ethiopians as Black. The problem seem to be more to do with Ethiopians not Black Americans. We will accept Ethiopians as Black, but oftentimes they said they are not Black. Please note that Ethiopians is an immigrant group like any immigrant in America. They act like a group outside Black Americans. They setup separate enclaves in established community as way to differentiate themselves from Black Americans. They do not acknowledge what Black Americans have done in America and how it has positivity impact immigration policies concerning people of color and Black people. They rather stereotype Black Americans for the purpose of appearing better and different from us. But when they are targeted by Whites, they look to Black Americans for help, because we are the power force in America. This is the same with other Africans, Caribbeans and Hispanics/Latinos.

[@Zelazella1]

The big difference here is America isn’t a country ran by black Americans it’s a country ran by whites. From presidents to government leaders to etc. Black Americans act like immigrants owe they something when in fact they don’t.

[@qolspony]

@@Zelazella1they do owe us something, especially if they are black, African or person of color. We have fought to make America a better place and even given our lives. And upon blacks fighting the establishment past the 1964 civil rights act. Than the following year, they past the immigrants rights bill of 1965. Before this passing, immigrants of color could not enter the country easily. White women owe us for affirmative action that brought white women to the workplace and to vote. Blacks free labor and invention like factories (Washington Carver) is the sole reason america is an economic power. But everybody want to pretend that all these benefits just fell out the sky! Anyway your very life might be the reason you could mumble these words to me. Because across the world, free speech is sanctioned. You really need to get out more. Read some black American history. Than get back to me.

[@qolspony]

@@Zelazella1 Anyway, what ever immigrant group you might represent, you have came to MY country for a better life! I did not come to your country, because it would be below what I'm use to. But if I did go, I would do everything to learn about the people there. There culture, their history, their way of life. The problem with immigrants coming into MY country is that they segregate themselves in these neighborhood enclaves. And limit any contact with world around them. I know this is a survival method, but it is damn rude to close yourselves off from people who made it possible to live a higher standard life. But that's life. I accept it. I think most black Americans accept this. But we do notice it. We don't complain about immigrant issues like whites, because we already know they are not talking about whites. They are talking about all immigrants of color. And since we are a person of color, we don't contribute this hatred. Its not that we don't have issues as well with immigrants, its just that racism is worse than anything we can imagine. But most immigrants are clueless about Americans racial history until it hits them in their face. But keep thinking blacks are the enemy just because you can't take a few minutes of your time to read some black history.

[@m.y.m401]

What the fuck power force you are talking about bro, if that is the case you may have the power to stop the careless killing and hurt that the black people are facing lol. Don't talk about sheet. You are right that Ethiopian have different community from the rest of black Americans this Is because of cultural incompatibility. Ethiopians, which are not colonized by white force ,have pure culture unlike the other African nations which makes it difficult to mix it with the existing white influence. What I said is first do some research, ask questions and say WHY and you will find the answer.

[@michiga5220]

LOL all groups seperate themselves from african americans even nigerians, leave african immigrants alone they dont owe you entitled selves anything, it was white people who invited them not any of you who had 0 government power. I suggest you and your people stop stereotyping africans as whats not african or not because its clearly not no immigrant community talking to any of you guys. They owe you nothing, you want us all to stroke your ego while also all at the same time knowing nothing about our history. This is not a pity party we came to the west because of whites and will work hard take there wealth back to our continent those whites orginally stole from. You act like we dont all have our own stories and your story is more important than ours.

[@ghirmaiyy]

I like your Tigrinya dance. I congratulate you for keeping the culture so well. Shiro is my favorite dish as well. Beautiful Habesha girls.

[@zeazeaimm7922]

If East Africans and west Africans have similar Haplogroup does that mean common family tree, we both have L Haplogroup

[@twaynewade2544]

Not all. Only half of Somalis are L.

[@zeazeaimm7922]

@@twaynewade2544 what are the others

[@twaynewade2544]

@@zeazeaimm7922 primarily n and m

[@itsjustmelol744]

Obviously your black and black comes in every shade. BUT why do we care so much, we all are humans. We should embrace it and at the same time not disrespect other, different people. Difference is good. The world will be a better place if we unite, learn, be happy and love TOGETHER! Hope the future is going to be good/14 year old me..:)

[@greggeverman5578]

I like the comment.

[@princessd3966]

Ethiopians and Somali ppl are considered Caucasian.

[@animefan3985]

TheSushiraw on Wikipedia and yahoo lol 😂 😂

[@mayasquaw2254]

Lol we are Cushitic and Semitic no damn caucuse mountain.

[@fruitsarelife7073]

At the end of the day, what your parents tell you about who we are is what matters . Habesha. Eritrean. African. The white mans color and race theory is flawed and hate motivated. Stop forcing it on yourself. We don’t have an identity crisis. We know who we are by what our parents identify us. Thats enough!

[@TigerTiger-cx3ln]

black is an Umbrella term so we have pygmies that are black,the koisan,Bantus,west Africans and east African we just have different ethnic group.

[@livcbef1336]

We are habeshas, we have our own community. Thank you

[@TigerTiger-cx3ln]

jack mic Habesha is the term firstly used by Arabs to describe the ethnically diverse community of east Africa it literally means mixed because Ethiopia comprises of the Amhara, Oromo, Ari and other ethnic groups. Habesha is not a race there can be black Habesha and Arab habesha. You’re welcome.

[@livcbef1336]

@@TigerTiger-cx3ln all previous back home generations deny this. many of us are fed up with feeling generalized to other groups just because of our skin color. This is not racism, but only the desire to maintain one's real and deeper identity. The welcome back to you.

[@TigerTiger-cx3ln]

jack mic you’re the one denying it I have a lot of Amhara friends that verify this and it’s evident that the Amhara returned into east Africa during the Solomonic dynasty from Yemen and settled in the land of the Ari people although they speak a semetic language they where originally kushites. Never the less all this isn’t necessary Habesha is not a race that’s like saying bantu is a race or Berber is a race these aren’t races they are ethnic groups just like white people have Nords, vikings, angles, celts, slavs etc these are ethnic groups not races. No one is generalising you you are who you are I’d careless if you where an Alien I am just stating facts.

[@livcbef1336]

@@TigerTiger-cx3ln amhara are part of the habesha group, they have been in the old Abissinia since thousend of years. Many habesha do not want to be confused with other african group of people just cause the white people labelled us by the colour of our skin.

[@wilsonconceicao6870]

Hi from Brasil, we are ALL blacks

[@eddyrandu3127]

Yes Brazilians are black but with lite skin. Just do DNA test

[@mrsgolden6526]

@@eddyrandu3127 some Brazilians are native South Americans or descendants from European colonizers and some are a mix of all that so no they are not black they are more mixed and mixed with black is not the same as being fully black

[@avaniap2881]

regardless "ur going to be viewed as a "black person" its how some ppl view the world (as black &white!

[@selam482]

How are Ethiopians and Eritreans, different people?? It was the same country that got separated. Sure there are cultural differences but there are different cultures in Ethiopia as well.

[@s.haynes6759]

I HOPE to be of help by giving this information: - 1. Are the African people of the Horn of Africa Black? Answer: The term Black is a descriptive term for a person within the color SPECTRUM of the Original Africans and/or someone who has a direct LINEAGE to Africa and the CULTURE. It has historically referred to those who come from the mothercontinent recently or pre-historically. So yes. They are BLACK. Sadly enough the popular misconception is that Black equals Bantu which is just ONE of many African phenotypes.

[@fivegoalseason]

the problem is nobody likes to know their history.. if they check history its not even a debate Arab slave trade is not a myth

[@beproud5447]

Arabs enslaved only the Bantu people. read history, anything else?

[@GeneralLocooo]

@@beproud5447 Plus Ethiopians slaughtered the Ottomans on the battlefield, as well as captured southern Arabia a couple hundred years before that!

[@kelseycornwall6954]

are they friends or triplets? they all look alike

[@slarvadain188]

They do. If you’ve seen one youve seen them all. They’ve all got the same features.

[@happyblackwoman6154]

Some people think that every pretty black woman they see is mixed. Yes, we are not 100% African, but those judging are also not 100% of their own ethnicity. Why does it matter when it comes to us?

[@trumpmuhammadali906]

People need understand East Africa are different

[@bushlandeast7175]

horn africans to be specific

[@Hebrewson72]

They labeled me a black man in America, but I'm a Hebrew Israelite from the tribe of Judah.

[@iamweird6453]

I would say you guys in the same category as the Somali. I always thought you guys were like one race of people and I did a bit of research and found out that you actually are and it's called the hamite race

[@visioday1814]

Hamite race isn’t real. Europeans came when they tried to colonize Africa and started “naming” everyone to differentiate between looks. They’re also called Black white people and we know that isn’t true.

[@hodonhibo6889]

@@visioday1814 same thing for the black race. A European catogorized it

[@jadonmesfun6479]

@@hodonhibo6889 race is a social construct.

[@michiga5220]

@@visioday1814 it is real, its in the bible, you people should reasearch before crediting white man for everything

[@mauricesantinomf]

You do realise they're African Americans and West Africans that can also look East African you guys are basing this way too much on stereotypes because I can tell you I have alot of family who don't pass the East African look also my grandfather looks exactly like an African American

[@Meechl0uch]

But to help with the confusion. Ethiopians and African Americans are not the same. Ethiopians are Hametic (Cushites the be direct) People and African Americans are Shemetic (Hebrews to be direct) People. I understand the confusion, Hebrews and Hametic nations have always been mistaken for each other since biblical times.

[@hannakidane3868]

Dj MeechLouch other way Around homeboy

[@naomi5999]

Im Ethiopian and I’m black and proud

[@WisdomofHal]

Naomi Right on!

[@livcbef1336]

I claim to be habesha, we have our own community.

[@collisions9484]

@@livcbef1336 all Horn Africans have identical genetic profiles. Habeshas only have a bit more Arabian dna.

[@livcbef1336]

@@collisions9484 yes, it is quite true

[@kakakhodenn9128]

as Peter Tosh sang in his song, AFRICAN, and i quote,,, dont matta where u come from, as long as u r a blk man, u r an african, dont matta your nationality, as long as u hv got the identity of a blk man, u r an african,,, 🌼🌹🌻🌷🥁🔥💥💣⛳🏌🏽‍♂️

[@beingmeshach]

You guys are beautiful black women

[@sirisongbird]

I love this video! I hear culture that does NOT revolve around whites, which is the case with "African Americans".

[@von8619]

Actually it's the africans who come here and kiss whiteys ass.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Tbf, if a you are of the black minority and you live in close proximity to the white majority… of course you are going to have white influence. These girls probably live in very close proximity to their original culture, so of course they aren’t going to speak about white influence as much as an African American or African European for example.

[@sirisongbird]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 do you have any idea how many black people live in Toronto Canada?! It amazes me how AAs don't think it's chocolate city up in this bxtch man. You're not the only BP outside of Africa. Most of your black celebs have hung out here for decades, since I was a SOUL N FUNK DJ

[@sirisongbird]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 btw I'm west Indian and yes we have a big black culture here

[@christina-qi2zi]

South Sudanese!👅 and I identify with african because black makes you seem like your ancestors were brought as slaves. And my dad does the same thing with the phone and remote.

[@christina-qi2zi]

Stanley Dougé why are you laughing. I don't wanna identify as black because I'm tryna keep my african culture alive.

[@qoriiismaris7462]

Good On you my Sudanese brother im Somali & have alot of south Sudanese friends & also dated a south Sudanese girl preserve your culture my friend and dont subscribe to terms given to slaves. We Africans were born free !

[@roseleach123]

@@qoriiismaris7462 are you saying that as an insult?? Because my ancestors were slaves and obviously had no control over their conditions. I could speak negatively to you, but I will leave it at tht!!

[@Bryan-sq8vv]

Bitch Habesha was given by arabs to Ethiopians. Somalis were given Islam by arabs and got the nerve to say Africans were born free when every Arab in the middle east has enslaved East Africans for thousands of years. lol just stop with the bullshit.

[@fortzprod.8096]

Gwendolyn Osborne Alright then yours were, but that doesn’t mean everyone else was.

[@matthewmann8969]

Not all Natives of Africa are Black the same way not all Natives of Asia are so called Yellow

[@youreboichips3872]

Asians can go from white , yellow , olive to brown and to black.

[@akinalao4967]

I remember this one handsome darkskin looking fellow you had in one of your earlier videos. I think you should bring him back :)

[@williamdavidwallace3904]

At 6 yrs of age I played with brown boys and girls in Bonga. In the image at time stamp 0.5 the women appear to me to be just right and essentially my own ethnicity. IMO it is amazing what habit can do to one's perception.

[@Usthereout]

Answer: Racially: I know race is a social construct for the most part built by racist white people, but in terms of when you are in the western world. You would most definitely be considered black. The simple way to test this theory, is if you were placed in the 1950s, you would be treated like the stereotypical negative view of a black African. Now you could say, "But a BLaCk perSon is a desCendEnt of weSt Africans, and they aren't from you so therefore you're not black." The thing is, every black African all over the continent of Africa, South, East, and West experienced racism from white people for their appearance/skin color. So under this limiting categorization you would be racially black. The only group of people you could argue are not black are native North Africans. (The only reason they're starting to change the definition of what it means to be black, and what it means to be white is because the purpose of black was supposed to be a negative connotation gated towards Africans in general, but further research on the beauty and diversity of Africa is starting to put Africa in a positive light, so everything/one that's being put in a positive is now being labeled as white.) Ethnically: You have native East African genetics, mixed with the Middle East Identity: If you don't want to define yourself racially, that makes complete sense. I myself don't just like labeling myself as just black. I feel that should be reserved for western people/ideologies. But to deny your blackness because you share similar features from Non African groups that are looked up to in society doesn't make you any more unique, or more or less African. You can find many West Africans and BA that are lightskin, with small/skinny noses, curly hair, etc. I think it's all just a superiority complex and the need to feel better or else you won't stand out. Also not wanting to be associated with stereo typically negative concepts. Whatever the case, I think all Africans need to remember they're African at the end of the day, and nothing more or less than the other. This is just my pov, so I may be wrong. And I am African btw

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

I agree. Similar stuff happens in the states with black folks claiming they have Native blood because they think it makes them special when the real reason why a lot of us have Native blood is the same reason why a lot of us have white blood, so I personally don’t see why having white or Native blood is anything to be extra proud about. It is my opinion as well that all black people should just accept they are black because regardless of what we think we are, and no matter how hard we try to separate ourselves or others from our blackness, the world decided long ago that we are all black. Of course everyone should be allowed to identify as they see fit, but to deny your blackness is going a bit to far imo.

[@michiga5220]

Well thats completely wrong, people of the horn of africa in height of racism to AA were considered caucasoid not negro black. Your just guessing but not actually doing any research in your opinion. Neither did the middleast or europe ever consider us the same as the negro race, if your making this about how other races view us, then they already spoke for themselves.

[@michiga5220]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 Well thats completely wrong, people of the horn of africa in height of racism to AA were considered caucasoid not negro black. Your just guessing but not actually doing any research in your opinion. Neither did the middleast or europe ever consider us the same as the negro race, if your making this about how other races view us, then they already spoke for themselves.

[@mauricesantinomf]

I in no way share any features with North Africans I have big lips and Afro hair just like any other African also coated with chocolate skin tone I love it when I'm called a negro I take pride in my blackness and I no longer judge myself on how other people I know who I am at the end of the day also don't call these european invaders native North Africans everybody knows the original North Africans we're black this also includes native Amazgh and Berbers the Ancient Egyptians were Kushites and are genetically related to Somalis if you go to the south of Egypt you will also find they're people still exist today in Aswad they still have they're black skin and original hair

[@mauricesantinomf]

@Michi now you only know the reason why middle easterners say that HOA people are not black is because many of them are Jewish and Muslim alot of Africans are Christians which people often think that's what most black people practice those arab people are never gonna claim you or think that your one of them in Saudi Arabi, Qatar and UAE they have slaves from Ethiopia and Eritrea they abuse them and rape them alot of Somalis have anti black mentality they think because they're Muslims that they're Arabs and not Africans they will never claim you your still a nigga in they're eyes why do you think they call you abeed? Which is a racist term for black

[@kevaus32]

African Americans fought for Ethiopians during the Italian invasion.......If you wasnt black we would have stayed at home

[@emmanuelervin5035]

Exactly

[@Edangeb]

i love her the ertire she is proud of her self gone girl i am actually Ethiopia but the way represent her self good way !

[@elizabethsereke8267]

Crazy im eritrean first time I started school black girls kicked me off the lunch table haven't had friends with many ever since there's bad blood between this

[@AMR_k400]

Why tho

[@AMR_k400]

Why tho

[@LouisvilleRecruitingReport]

Black girls in this video they look like my sister wtf

[@gingerbreadmangangafarmer2251]

East Africa is diverse.Its not just Amahara, Oromo, Afar etc. They are different phenotypes in East Africa

[@992lilZ]

ethiopian girls are fiine ,,,y’all look good

[@florientcalliste-leonard680]

Elizabeth Ambaye - jealous mucj

[@blackking7125]

992lilZ stop this bullshit is not only Eritrea look good

[@mayasquaw2254]

The Horn in general look fine if I must say. 😁

[@ziizoziizo3553]

Ain’t no way someone telling me ain’t black because I have a different features my ethnicity comes first but if I look my hand i am black as hell 💀

[@aiai9571]

black isn't an ethnicity lol

[@unuminregnodei]

Color of skin doesnt define identity or culture!

[@von8619]

@Reina De corazones to say the rest of the world doesn't have color issues is a clear sign that...you don't know shit about the rest of the world.

[@mrsgolden6526]

And color of skin does not define your race because black aka negroid is a race not just a skin color

[@tegamingother]

Doesnt matter in America ur curly hair is considered black becuz America. Ik thats not a correct analysis whatsoever but that's how it is.

[@pena5235]

we Ethiopian are not only black...we are the pride of black people...real black 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@jsb06g]

These girls literally look like my cousins and I'm full blooded American.

[@vbright75]

American isn't a race

[@rezeneftwi6454]

Yes we are black

[@livcbef1336]

We are habeshas, we have our own community. Thank you

[@EritreanGamerOfficial]

Ppl in the African horn are mainly cushitic (and habesha :) ) we look similar to each others and we have our own culture and identity.

[@MireraNYAMWEYA]

east africa equals kenya,tanzania,uganda,burundi,rwanda ethiopians are just stealing our spotlight

[@hananyahdavis3715]

Ethiopian👉The children of Queen Sheba (black) Sudan👉The children of Cush(black) The bible explains this

[@xoxo6945]

Sudan isn't kush its somalia

[@rolandmarkland6844]

The one on the left looks like Janelle Monae.

[@yassinelkhouga9459]

Is Egypt considered East African too?

[@mayasquaw2254]

North Africa sometimes the Middle East

[@MAGAISKLAN]

With the exception of the girl holding the blue pillow, you look no different than African American women. I can tell the other girl is East African, but really, we are all Black in the eyes of others and we're all one people. One love! 💕

[@kibrommussie3215]

Race is connected to ethnic. Black is something created by white people. It is not an ethnic and so is not a race. We do not have to identify as white people want.habesha is a race. Please don't dull your background. Don't get confused. We should be identify just as habesha's race.

[@josephmccall5308]

Your definitely black us African American men think so

[@BBPKID]

You not us.

[@blooddamu3942]

Born and raised in Africa I'm AFRICAN not black. I'm African and proud.

[@matteosrafaelnegusistafano8234]

Dear Habesha stop referring yourselves as Black 🇪🇷😁🇪🇷 Blackness is rooted ik White Supremacy! We are habesha period. Stay blessed

[@michiga5220]

Somalis are upgraded versions of habeshas haha, habesha is what arabs call you.

[@matteosrafaelnegusistafano8234]

@@michiga5220 😝🤮🦟🦟🦟 we are not the one bootlicking arab beta males it is shabia the elderly dusty colonized eritrean leadership and Ethiopia elderly habesha generations they look to arab orthodox patriarch bishop as their daddy 🙋🏽‍♂️🦟 the dust is real in habesha elitism they are buck broken and subjugated to arab elite 🙄 that is why ethiopians and eritreans get no respect from me

[@mauricesantinomf]

Them Arabs you love pleasing so much will never claim you they call you abeed

[@ddcc66]

(America's) deuteronomy 28 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt (Bondage), out of the land of slavery. Then the LORD will make you return to Egypt (Bondage) by Ships, over a route (America's) I said to you that you would never see again A foreign nation (America's) you have never heard about. A nation (America's) unknown to you or your ancestors. A nation against you from far away, (America's) from the ends of the earth, like an eagle (America's) swooping down. A nation (America's) whose language you shall not understand. A fierce and heartless nation (America's) that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young. Will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword (N-Word) among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away. A people that you do not know (America's) will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you. The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. The sights you see will drive you mad They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation (America's) unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood (Cross) and (Kabaa) stone. You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.” But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions." Amos 9:7 Are ye not as children of the Cushites unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt?) In Zephaniah 3:10, the prophet proclaims: From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings God is speaking of gathering His lost sheep back to Him. Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia - which is East Africa - lies West Africa. Revelation 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. DICTIONARY He·brew /ˈhēbro͞o/. The Igbo people (English :also spelled Ibo and formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans ,[Heebo]; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò The Igbo people are an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern Nigeria. There has been much speculation about the origins of the Igbo people, as it is unknown how exactly the group came to form. The word for Hebrew used in the Bible is עברי (pronounced "Ivri"), Côte d'Ivoire ("Cote d' Ivri" ) The coast of the Hebrews . Eri In Genesis 46:16 Eri (עֵרי "watchful") is the son of Gad. He was the progenitor of the Erites. (Numbers 26:16) Aguleri, meaning "Agulu of Eri", is a town in southeastern Nigeria. It is a major cradle of Igbo civilization, and the first settlement of Eri (Eri-aka) was in Aguleri. Its Ezeora dynasty, which has produced 34 kings to date, is one of the oldest in eastern Nigeria. The Tribe of Dan (Hebrew: דָּן‎), meaning, "Judge", was one of the tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. They were allocated a coastal portion of land when the people of Israel entered the Promised Land Dan people The Dan are a Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory (Ivri) Coast and neighboring Liberia. There are approximately 700,000 members of the group and their largest settlement is Man, Ivory (Ivri) Coast. Neighboring peoples include the Krahn, Kpelle and Mano. They are officially known as Yacouba (or Yakouba) in Ivory (Ivri)Coast. Yacouba” a corruption of the Hebrew “Yacob” in English known as “Jacob”? Due to the Assyrian captivity and exile of the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel, as well as the scattering of Israel after the revolt at Masada, as well as the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. it is believed many Danites ventured into Africa, settling in what is now known as the Sudan (SuDAN) and Ghana, also call GaDangme, meaning “People of Gad and Dan.” Ancient Ghana was referred to as Wagandu. Dan is also believed to have settled in Dahomey or Dan Homey, which being translated means, “Belly of Dan” and is now known as the Benin Republic and Togo. As a result of such scattering it is believes some of Dan possibly mingled or merged with the Igbo’s of Gad and become the sect of Igbo who reveres and later began to worship pythons. Some scholars links this to the prophesied paganization of exiled Israel as recorded in Deut. 28 as well as Jacobs prophetic blessing linking Dan to a serpent (Gen. 49:17). Genesis 36:27 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and (Akan). The Akan (/ˈækæn/) are a meta-ethnicity living in the countries of present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast. Akan culture can also be found in the Americas, where a number of their descendants were taken as captives. Roughly ten percent of all slave ships that embarked from the Gold Coast contained Akan people. Ezekiel 16:3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. The term Amorites is used in the Bible to refer to certain highland mountaineers who inhabited the land of Canaan, described in Genesis 10:16 as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Heth (Bible) Heth is, according to Genesis 10:15, the second son of Canaan, who is son of Ham, son of Noah. Heth is the ancestor of the Hittites, second of the twelve Canaanite nations descended from his sons, who lived near Hebron (Genesis 23:3,7). Yah may refer to: Jah, shortened form of Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God. Kum ba yah" ("Come by Here") is an African American spiritual of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved West Africans. praise the Lord Hallelujah, also spelled alleluia, Hebrew liturgical expression meaning “praise ye Yah” (“praise the Lord”). It appears in the Hebrew Bible in several psalms, usually at the beginning or end of the psalm or in both places. Ouidah historically also called Whydah , Juda, Juida by the French and Ajudá by the Portuguese, formally the Kingdom of Whydah (so named for the Whydah Bird of Paradise), is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin. It served as a major outlet for the transatlantic slave trade. Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, Ouidah was the most important embarkation point for slaves in the region of West Africa known to outsiders as the Slave Coast. "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and...turn from their wicked ways...I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 African Names of Slaves Nyahmole Enya Inyah Yaho Ahkeyah Hanyah Henyah Honyah Enyah Tayaho Cooyah Hygayah Bunyah Kardayah Yaryah Yahfee Dahyah Gayeyah www.slavevoyages.org/resources/names-database kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIDSaYSBoN6ibNU pin.it/iGOtHv6

[@sweetestlove3841]

yall is 3 black females!!!.

[@livcbef1336]

We are habeshas, we have our own community. Thank you

[@Gee571]

Black is a color, not an identity. It's is like saying brown identity.

[@iseeu6110]

if East Africans are not black that's like saying African Americans are not black

[@drippinsauceskrr9429]

PanamericanistaM0R3Na thank you baby. At least one with common sense

[@emmanuelervin5035]

@Koriander Yander And FYI, Y'all are more mixed than any African American!

[@jibrealyaaseen]

Being black is being beautiful we come in all shade and different look we come very fair and dark or brown green and blue or hazel eyes ..different hair textures

[@fruitsarelife7073]

Being African is beautiful

[@georginabada]

Great video!

[@johnnydtw3509]

georgina bada you are beautiful 😘

[@ExquisitelyE]

I finally got around to watching this complete video! You cuties!! I am your biggest fan!!!

[@donaldharris2268]

Read all the comments here...you guys are really funny. I know coming from the bush and finding your place in North America can be challenging. However just try being yourself, whatever you define you define that as being. I consider my self very much Black American as I am mixed with European, Native American, Asian, and West African DNA. History I cannot change but I am so proud and thankful that the African part of me found itself in this country at its very beginning as indenture servants. So I am of this land and extremely PROUD to be BLACK.

[@elijahlyrics3790]

LOL

[@philileradebe3692]

It is known but mayb hidden that ethoipian are black obviously mixed wth arabs or middle east...but the original ethopians are of black until arabs started having babies wth the original blacks

[@johnnydtw3509]

You all three are beautiful 😘

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

After living in America one acquires the Accent without any difficulty. Growing up in Ghana one acquires the Ghana Accent somewhat.

[@tryp_da_ghost]

If u got to ask u not

[@greggeverman5578]

Clever

[@supermike2164]

I think this is great. Please support your culture AND keep educating us about your history AND culture

[@abduregraphicsdesign6990]

Simply we are perfect bantus

[@gyuranx6887]

Prophet Kim Un jong horn africans are not bantu

[@drippinsauceskrr9429]

TheSushiraw he is dumb really ! Im habesha and i find that westafricans look better

[@coffeelover8658]

TheSushiraw Wallah sad truth

[@AM-lg8yn]

I'm not black I'm African/ east African