Who's black? Who's South African? Who's from New Orleans?

[@AfrikaBorwaPoliticking]

Being South African is not about a piece of paper, its only like that for those who are not attached to this land. If people contextually put South Africa in the same group as Singapore, Japan, Tahiti, Nepal, India and Cambodia etc.. people would realise that South Africa is not an Anomaly. Instead people want to put SA in the America, Canada, Australia group and it doesn't work. Those countries have successfully managed to commit mass ethnic cleansing so that the demographic of those countries are different. America calls itself a country of immigrants built by immigrants because it was by design. South Africans don't want to change the cultural texture of the country, already too much has been lost. We want our cultures preserved, we want our languages preserved and used, we want our own style of architecture that is distinctly South African. We want to fully embody what was taken and we want those who choose to migrate to South Africa and live amongst us to RESPECT the cultural boundaries that exist, in the same way that they respect a Malaysia, a Tahiti and an India or Japan.

[@loveharmonylounge]

Well put 👏

[@Kemogirl]

Nje👌🏽

[@TheSiyasss]

You 100% correct

[@inongekhabele]

Indeed

[@Xolani_Khabazela]

There are 3 things that makes you a south African *blood *land *naturalization That means even a child that was not born in south Africa but as long as he/she have at least 1 south Africa parent, that child can be naturalized as a south African because of blood

[@mariahkamogelomoloisane6276]

13:50 There's no birth right citizenship in South Africa if one of your parents is not South African.

[@TrevorStyles-z3h]

Its like with the FBA. They are trying to distinguish their cultural and historical heritage as to more than simply being born there. And this assertion of identity is protect them from their interests being corrupted. Such as in the case of repirations. A Jamaican American can't claim to be a FBA or an American Decendent Of Slavery. This is how black Americans distinguish their cultural heritage in a country they literally helped build. Blood, sweat and tears. They have a right to protect that heritage. Being South African has a historical, cultural and heritage component to it that cannot be dismissed. It's a very serious thing. Cultural identity is how we show what makes us unique. And given how Nigerians attitudes towards South Africans...most South Africans are not going to be okay with a woman who can't speak a South African language. Doesn't have a South African name. Has the Nigerian flag and is Nigerian in even how she portrays her image. Was married to a Nigerian having a Nigerian wedding. To expect South Africans to go for that based on a technicality like her father having a child here well then you have a few things to learn about us.

[@WandileManzezulu]

It's not even about being South African the real truth about South Africans feeling like they don't matter in their own country and the leaders aren't putting South Africans first when other African states are putting their own citizens first before anybody. If that can be addressed and native South Africans be part of the economy and not excluded to fight for resources amongst each other and working class foreigners, maybe those tensions between South Africa and the rest of the continent will be laid to rest. That's my thought

[@ohlangeni]

The Miss SA issue is multifacet. There is rebellion against Western (Colonial) imposed norm of what a South African is. There is anti-migration reaction caused by influx of African and Pakistani migrants, complicated by Dutch, British and Asian historic population of SA that arrived in 1652, 1820, 1860 respectively. There is the issue of identity, that is, the ancient bloodline that binds the natives of South Africa genealogically. Post 1994 Constitutionalism wants South Africa to be defined as a nation of migrants. That is, the powerful White and Black elites impose on the natives that new form of identity, which is being rejected. South Africa is the oldest continually inhabited place by humans. The bloodline of ancient South Africans runs in the veins of native South Africans. This can be observed in our phenotype and clicks in our languages that are related, intelligible to each other. We are a genealogical ethnic group primarily Nguni and Sotho (Tswana). That includes people of Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mthwakazi in southern Zimbabwe. That is the reason Black South Africans claim personalities like Doja Cat (Zandile Dlamini), Gugu Mbatha-Rowe even though they have never set foot in South Africa. Miss SA's Chidinma has no South African lineage. Her father is Nigerian Igbo, her mother is Mozambican Tjopi. There are question marks whether or not she was born in SA. She cannot speak any South African language. She appears to identify with Nigeria and Mozambique as observed in her Social Media posts. Ultimately, the uproar is an assertation by Black South Africans that we are genetic ethnic group, that accepts migrants (bar Europeans by reason of conquest) ONLY if they associate with South African-ness.

[@Loadedopinions]

I am eating chicken that smells like cabbage. Anyway, South Africans are just worried by the way the rest of Africa is settling in SA but they definitely dont share their countries with us.

[@takula7]

There are South Africans living all over the continent and so many South African companies all over the continent. I cannot even name a country at least in Eastern or Southern Africa without South African companies doing business there and benefiting the South African economy and people. We have no enmity against South Africans in our countries. The problem I see is that many black South Africans don't travel and no little about what's happening on the continent. All of your South African musicians have visited our countries and have made money and have bern treated very well.....

[@tesbonkadimeng2178]

I'm African before I'm South African... Amandla! ✊🏾

[@Shaddyraddy92]

Good morning y’all👋🏾 greetings from Baltimore!

[@asadelmalikphd]

Morning!

[@NEOzzzar]

Welcome back dokotela and Dre❤...being south African is more than just a reduction to a paper!

[@tseboshaunmasilo819]

Being born in SA does not automatically make you a SAn. One of your parents should be South African or have a South african citizenship for you to be a South African. Both her parents are not South African and do not have South African citizenship. It is alleged that her mother bribed an official and stole someone else's identity to make herself SAn so that her child can be SAn. The mother knew the law that being born in SA does not make you a SAn. One of the parents must be SAn.

[@crude-za]

love you guys. haven't been able to hear from you in a while. Adrian looking all beautiful and glowing.

[@WorldbestDJDuoTV]

South Africa's Home Affairs Department says fraud was committed by Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina's mother. Her mother has been accused of stealing a South African woman's identity to register Chidimma's birth. Chidimma was an infant then. Home Affairs is taking legal steps.

[@fundile]

Bam bam bam, just like that! Brother Asad and Sis' Adrienne, we missed your perspective on these critical conversations✊🖤💥

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤️

[@kamohelosinqaba]

I was eagerly waiting for your Miss SA commentary 😂 It seems like South Africa and USA have similar immigration issues.

[@MissSlenda]

Me too😂😂😂

[@kamohelosinqaba]

@@MissSlenda😂😂😂

[@jamaicanonthemove.3239]

I am a Registered Nurse from New York. I payed over $14000 in Taxes for it to be used to housed, feed and find food for illegal immigrants. Im an immigrant myself from Jamaica. Nothing was handed to me. Trust me, New Yorkers are not happy!!

[@vat81]

A south African has to belong to our tribes. Eg: My grandmother comes from the Khwemnte clan, Grandfather from the Tshawe clan, My mom coemes from the Madiba clan ( All South African clan names)..She speaks none of our languages.She's not South African enough. We cannot take a person who doesn't identift with us to the world as our representative. Even her social media has a Nigerian flag and a Mozambican flag and theres nothing wrong with that because those are her people. We'll support her at Miss World or Miss Universe as a representative of Naija or Moz.

[@thabisolnxumalo9109]

SA is actually blood line citizenship. One of your parents have to be from SA for the child to be considered SAn. With the Miss SA saga it has come out that none of her parents are from here so it has people questioning the ligitimacy of her SA identity. Alot of muddy waters

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤

[@vuyombobosi615]

This is a fact.

[@MissSlenda]

The family gave DOHA permission to go ahead and investigate her nationality. I saw people went to wrote on the Minister's X account, I think, telling him, "They already cooked the papers."😂😂 South Africans dont have peace shame😂😂😂

[@nthabisengmametja7031]

⚪️ South Africans are European by bloodline, meaning they’re on the same boat as Chidima. Also you can become citizen by naturalization

[@nthabisengmametja7031]

@MelanatedwithPower Bathong wena, You don’t see the word “ European “ in my comment? .

[@blueberryhill6948]

One thing we do know is that’s Adetshina is NOT South African

[@YouTubeBlueButterflies]

Love your intelligent content! Look forward to hearing more from you two.

[@inongekhabele]

I returned to SA a year and eight months ago after living in the US for most of my life (though I was born and raised in Africa). I have SA citizenship because my father is a Mosotho from here. If I were young, I wouldn't think to represent South Africa, even though I am a citizen. I just wouldn't be able to do it justice, because I became Americanized over time. Even if a pageant organizer invited me to participate - I would respectfully decline. I want the black South African cultures to be represented as authentically as possible - each is so unique. I perceive a globalist push to dilute black South African cultures in particular and the tactic is to label black South Africans (Tswana, Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa, Ndebele, etc.) as xenophobic just for saying: "Hey, wait a minute!".

[@PHlophe]

Living abroad doesn't mean someone fundamentally change unless you willingly forfeited a portion of the heritage. Which appears to be your case. what La a land you live in where domestics african cultures are "pure". When customs are still not enshrined in writings for future generation to reference and folk refuse to use languages other than their Homes as a result the muscle memory of the language is underutilized . This is on top of single parent families being super common in SA , BW and SW . i don't know which culture survives with women being head of the households. And yes most southern africans are xenophobes . I am from the region I KNOW what i see.

[@thuthukanisjaka2597]

​@@PHlopheNonsense.

[@inongekhabele]

@@PHlophe I see you misunderstood. I did not forfeit my citizenship. I said for me personally, I would not feel comfortable representing South Africa in a pageant, though I feel I care about SA as much as the most patriotic. I want SA to be represented as authentically as possible. But you know... some people don't listen or read, they respond to their imaginations.

[@inongekhabele]

@@PHlophe I never said a thing about "purity".

[@PHlophe]

@@inongekhabele when you use the word "dilute" it implies purity and nothing else.

[@Muziq1111]

NOLA born, Westbank raised, living in VA and hope to immigrate to SA after I get this IT degree. We are all human originating from Africa. We are all African. I said what I said. LOL Nah but all jokes aside, in America we tend to label people on how we see them and their resemblance to our own identities, but not necessarily how they define themselves. Do I think Kamala is black? Doesn't matter. Does she say she's black? Then she's black. Tyla is coloured by SA definition and we should respect her culture. The creoles of New Orleans are not much different from the coloured of SA. We have our own culture and food, traditions, dance and music. At the end of the day, we are all brothers and sisters originating from the motherland. One Love.

[@asadelmalikphd]

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[@googlea2692]

@Muziq1111 No, it matters what you are. Call a spade a spade. How fo you think it’s ok to let anyone call themselves black? Other races understand the importance of origin

[@tesbonkadimeng2178]

That's tight Brother... ✊🏾

[@KC-ke7kq]

Much appreciated

[@Mathematchit]

First time here, your wife got the most amazing smile in the world. You two look perfect together

[@asadelmalikphd]

Wow, thank you!

[@lifestylepretoria9181]

Another logical and rational political review. You guys are the best.

[@graffix1019]

This White, Black or whatever colour you want to be always fascinates me because at some stage down the lineage we all had a mix of different nationalities or colour.....hence everyone should just give up on claiming colours and rather just have one universal as humans that are mixed...be it all white mix, all black mix or in my case, all mixed mix...lol🤣...love the content as always....keep them coming❤‍🔥

[@DrAntoinetteLloydMD]

I agree. I prefer unification and harmony, vs division and discourse.

[@TribalGent]

Your perspective and thought process is out of this world man. I can only imagine the level of debates you have in your mind. Peace and Love mfo (shorthand zulu for "brother")

[@lifestylepretoria9181]

He is always on point and highly rational. I love this channel for the intellectual reviews. I always leave fulfilled mentally.

[@felixabrams5452]

In south Africa culture the child takes on the identity of the father my mom is mosotho and my father motswana I'm tswana

[@muchit3629]

Dr Assad. This is an interesting conversation. All over Southern Africa not just South Africa we have a group of mixed people called colored not black. I had an argument many years ago with a friend from the US military based in Saudi at that time who met a girl in my country in Zim and was confused why she called herself black. Truth be said my friend Jerry was just as light and like you would have been classified as colored. Here is my question, I live in the US so understand all the dynamics. I think the girl should simply identify as black when in the US. However, what is your response if someone says you or Adrian are colored. It has to work both ways or else we start talking about the so called or perceived American arrogance. That this girl should call herself black but black Americans retain being black even if they move abroad which by the way I totally agree with. Last thing I would say was there was a premium that came with being labeled Colored so whether a colored person feels better than a black or bantu African is a subject of another debate. The reality is "Colored" was higher than black in the racial hierarchy imposed by the white settlers. Its complicated stuff. My attitude is whatever one calls themselves is their business but should also be ready to face any backlash that comes with that.

[@allanluis3696]

race is socio-political identifier, it is not biological. Before "race" was introduced into the common lexicon, people were known by their clan, tribe, religion, and later nationality. Because "black" as we know it is specific to the USA, it has the historical baggage of the 1 drop rule. In apartheid SA they had a different caste system. In truth, almost all African Americans have between 10-20 % European DNA, some have much higher. Some "blacks" have more European DNA than AFrican. This is specific to the USA. Other countries in the Americas/Carib have a different system. In SA, they have indigenous Africans, Coloureds, Indians, Boers, etc. So, if a "black" person has a SA ethnicity but becomes a US citizen, ethnically they can be 'coloured'. Some people will disagree but at the end of the day, there is no 1 definition. It is a socio-political identifier.

[@ohlangeni]

Coloured in South Africa is largely Cultural or hereditary. That is, your parent must be Coloured to be a Coloured person since its a population with historical lived experience.

[@allanluis3696]

@@ohlangeni i mean sure, but youre not really saying anything. How do you identify coloureds. It is a mix between an Indigenous African and a European (some have Indian, Chinese heritage, too). From that flows the culture/ethnicity. I dated a coloured from Zimbabwe for half my adult life. She explained they can be identified by their last names (**mostly). She had an English last name. Her grandfather was from Britain.

[@ohlangeni]

@@allanluis3696 Its not Black and White. There are Cape Malays with no African heritate. There are Cape Indians with no African heritage. Mostly, it is South African slavery but also Black & White admixture that defines Coloured. The latter definition occurred during Apartheid where mixed raced people were classified as Coloured from 1948.

[@allanluis3696]

@@ohlangeni lol, you literally re-wrote what I said. 'Mostly, it is South African slavery, but also Black and white admixture that defines Coloured'. BAHAHAHAHA. NO, It is not just "South AFrican slavery". The indigenous African pop that was enslaved with no admixture IS NOT COLOURED. In order for a person to be coloured THEY MUST BE AFRICAN W/ FOREIGN ADMIXTURE (this mixture comes from the era of slavery). What did I say??? Coloured= indigenous African w/ European mixture. I'm not sure if you are trolling, but you are doing a bad job. Anyways. Play with yourself, later dude.

[@Ntuthu-ZA]

Go read Nigerian people’s comments on all social media platforms if she wins that contest. The disrespect will be a thousand decibels loud, and yet everyone agrees that South African women look good. That’s what’s got people cheesed off. Them people aren’t blessed with gracefulness. Daddy said he first came to SA in 2010 for the world cup, and he came back in 2013 and got married. Not sure when they had a baby, he didn’t say. Could it be the 23year old? The white people have been here for hundreds of years and got citizenship before we got passbooks (pre-curser to the ID). Whites that came since 1994 have to go through the same immigration process as everyone else. No idea how they handled it during apartheid when they were still in need of greater numbers of white people, but never heard of birthright even then..

[@vuyombobosi615]

Being born in RSA doesn't make you South African. The law states that one of your parents needs to be South African to be called South African. Therefore only her children can be South African, she only has South African citizenship.

[@HarwardMbonxa]

lies and more lies,zille's parents were born in germany yet you consider her south african who is even prepared not to learn any black languages in this country.

[@seektruth5750]

No, her children can’t be SA , her citizenship is fraudulent in light of what has come out

[@BantuConnrct]

That was apartheid south africa, the laws have changed chief

[@sekoaib]

@@BantuConnrctThe former minister of home affairs Aaron Motswaledi said last year that being born here doesn’t make you a citizen and it’s according to an international law. You clearly won’t listen when he was talking during the Thabo Bester saga

[@phelphel6157]

​@@HarwardMbonxaThe law was changed in 1995

[@luicanaedwards6050]

Good morning all the way from Dallas, Texas

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤

[@bonganiinnocent-ub5iz]

Thank you

[@MissSlenda]

I hope we will have class very soon after last night's announcement from DOHA. We are waiting in class. All South Africans are sitting in front of the class already.

[@tesbonkadimeng2178]

That's cold @MissSlenda🙄

[@nqobilenq2999]

Usually I check the last name and I conclude on that. Zulu ppl have Zulu surnames, Afrikaans people have Africans surnames n so on. It's deeper than the looks it's in the culture n essence. There's an actor who is black Tswana but identifies as Afrikaner n I think she's right cos she excudes Afrikaner culture (she was adopted by Afrikaner family when she was a baby) That Ms Rsa contestent didn't feel Zulu to me n they said she was. Didn't once address anyone in Zulu to clarify the confusion. Your wife is pretty

[@rodman7224]

Good morning family or whatever time it is in SA✊🏿💪🏾

[@mazibukomail]

13:45

[@asadelmalikphd]

💯

[@QuincyNtuli]

I need to open my mind and read more. I am at the moment where I realise race is a construct. Construct says to me 'a way of seeing things'. That means my construct wont be the same as the next person, that means it is not as real as I need it to be. Now I get into trouble reconciling that with my own identity... why is that any more authentic than the construct I recognize.

[@manny8042]

The sunlight looking good on you guys

[@LadyWisdom2U]

Her dad is Indian-Jamaican, Her dad's mother is full Indian. Kamala is Indian-Jamaican. Irish is in there somewhere as well. I bet she marked Indian when she went to HBCU to qualify as a minority to get all of the benefits & scholarships.

[@siramat76]

Welcome back guys

[@drjamesbennett1906]

GREAT COMMENTARY!!!

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤️

[@The-Art-of-Luv-4-Africa]

Interesting conversation Doc. I think this whole black identity among us African Americans is such a waste. We should be focusing on economic issues, housing issues, education and health equity.

[@roninp3545]

You left out some context. Drake said Kendrick rap like a slave 🤔. Pamela married a white guy then said she's not doing anything just for black people. And Tyla comes from the blackest continent on earth and can't represent black on a international scale🤔🤨. (As I'm writing you just said there is context - DAWM KILLED MY POINT😂) But anyways. . The point I was going to explain in detail is; if you cant represent and dont feel black than your not black. I like gate keeping in this sense. "ALL skin folk, ain't kinfolk"...

[@tesbonkadimeng2178]

Bang, Bang, Bang, just like that...

[@nox6885]

Great chat again you guys. Having lived in Mexico for a couple of years, with regards to the immigration part you guys spoke of, i reckon they should be allowed by the US govt to go back to the territory that was taken from them. Its pretty big parts too that were just carved out and became the US, it wasnt that long ago anyway. Every Mexican i have ever met has a family member in California or Texas. They have a funny sayimg that they didnt cross the border, the border crossed them. Thats tongue in cheek for we will go to our land no matter what. 😂😂😂😂

[@philanimahla8094]

Hi long time bhemu bhemu bhemu kkkkk wè love you guys have good day thank you

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤

[@lifestylepretoria9181]

bhemu bhemu bhemu...😂😂 Hayibo Philani!!

[@BatsiraiMusuka]

Fragile is an apt description Dr Asad👌🏾 We as a race is FRAGILE. WE WAS TAUGHT TO CLASSIFY (and disqualify the other). We will break you down to a shade (and it seem like the darker the shade… the darker the shade. Pun very intended). But colonial/slavery thinking is still alive and well (sadly). We can not pull together for too long before our demons start to remanifest.

[@williamwebbs1952]

In my opinion one of black blood and you are black and my opinion on Tyla she has family with straight up Afro's and she benefits from the black South Africa culture but great vlog today 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@wot4922]

I don't think you can comment of South African history if you haven't lived it. Tyla could have had a family member that was Zulu from 200 years ago for all we know. The Coloured community is a very proud community. You can't focus on one race and disregard the others as if they don't matter.

[@williamwebbs1952]

@@wot4922 what's wrong with having a opinion that's why it's called a opinion race is a tool to enhance white supremacy the Zulu is a actual nation of people

[@thikolelwirinahramulifho5691]

I dont think is about ethnicity i think South African i just feeling like theybare not prioritized by their government and now they are pushing back every little thing that doese look like South African.

[@Nyameka-j7z]

Omw I missed yall😊...got my snacks holler at me doc and Sis Velisiwe a.k.a Adrienne 😅. Yall been MIA I know you been busy...just saying I missed you both of yall❤

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤️

[@MogaleMalatji-c9s]

South Africans urge other AFricans to fix their countries, before flocking to S.A, to enjoy what the South Africans fix through endurement and deaths.

[@entertainmentfolloworgomis3169]

We don’t have birthright citizenship in South Africa.

[@MINERVAYABA]

Missed y'all. Hey y'all said there is no central heating, you didnt say there is NO HEAT. People are offering for rent their airbnb's, hotels and lodges for a lot of money, but no heat. Three. bedroom condo, swimming pool, two cars, but no heat. They are worried about their electricity bill, but no two car notes? Oh well. Bathing babies in the cold bathrooms in the winter and won't buy a little electric heater. Anyways, I am here, finally. Thank you for all of your help, everything you said, I have experienced. Love and hugs to the big boys, young men (A & A), M-David.

[@KS3_Samela]

But we as the Jury considered you South African cause you are interested to learn our culture, goes down to respect 💎 😊🇿🇦 🇺🇸

[@nimrodmalepe]

And that Nigerian alien is not even trying to fit in. What kind of name is that?

[@KS3_Samela]

​@@nimrodmalepesad she don't like us

[@SinoM123]

New Orleans adjacent took me out!!

[@jpaultelchannel1702]

The policy is usually announced at the party convention where the party platform (manifesto) will be published. You are sort of jumping the gun demanding her policies.

[@asadelmalikphd]

That ain't how it works in the US. Candidates will have their platform on their website the day they announce

[@jpaultelchannel1702]

@@asadelmalikphd Emmm. No really. I've been observing American politics for forty years. If Biden had run, his policies would have been the same as the latter version (of the convention). Maybe. Clearly, Kamala's policies are going to differ from Biden's just because. I remember when Jackson ran for nomination... Mondale's and Clinton's policies had to be rewritten during the convention to accommodate something from Jackson so as to get his support, Nevertheless, her policies, as I understand them, are unquestionably very lite.

[@ekphaladi]

Dr Asad & Adrean, can you please explains the difference Between New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport Louisiana or Louisian as a whole

[@asadelmalikphd]

New Orleans is older than Louisiana. It existed before Louisiana was a state. It was a French territory. It was a Spanish territory. It has always had a large black/African population both enslaved and free people of color. We are culturally different from the rest of the state. Baton Rouge is close in distance but different. They have different accents. They have a different culture.

[@watuwakale5437]

Asad South Africans need to delineate from other Africans. There are too many bad actors who are trying very hard to infiltrate and dilute our SAn identity, at this point we need our own FSA (Foundational South Africans), I'm s i c k of these tethers. I don't agree with the majority of Tariq's talking points but wholeheartedly agree with his stance and the FBA movement. My take on this whole identity saga is that (and I'm especially advising our African nationals) Africans need to learn from and mimick Black Americans. Don't cry x e n o p h o b i a cause I consider Black Americans in South Africa high quality migrants, but not my African nationals. Nuff said!

[@takula7]

Albert Luthuli was born in Zimbabwe and all of your freedom fighters were hiding from the Apartheid regime in the same African countries which you now despise. Mbeki Oliver Thambo were out in Zambia and some Zambians paid with their lives because of Apartheid South Africa's bombing. Many of your leaders were provided with safe passage and accomodation in many if these countries. MK were also living and training in these African countries you now despise. Weapons were being transported through our countries into South Africa to help the struggle.Mandela and the ANC were given millions of dollars by African states to support the struggle. Today we have South African nationals living in so many African countries. There are multitudes of South African companies doing business all over the continent and making millions and billions of dollars. Also many of these Southern African countries have Nguni people who came to be there because they were running away from the great Zulu Warrior King Shaka Zulu so we share the same blood lines although the language has been forgotten overtime. Something to think about...

[@watuwakale5437]

Don't care, go back to your c o u n t r y and f i x y o u r p r o b l e m s

[@felixabrams5452]

The Indians and Chinese came to South Africa when manpower was needed for the mines and that is how they became the fabric of the society. The same way white came in the 1600 and stayed. So now what do we suppose to do tell the to go where they come from.....

[@mrmanq9517]

Lol...politics will have you pulling out the hair that used to be on our bald heads 😂

[@asadelmalikphd]

😂😂

[@chumabanjwa4662]

So refreshing to listen to a sensible, critical thinking American who refuses to drink the cool aid. Keep coming with the social and political commentary the world needs it!

[@tesbonkadimeng2178]

Poke! 🙄

[@walterhunter3353]

ADOS foundation president, Yvette Carnell, breaks it down.

[@thandiedollar4789]

Texas in the house

[@susieq1694]

Hearing you and your wife comment on the Harris campaign has to be entertaining and amazing knowing she is so close to being the 1st black woman president and got these white boys shaking in their boots!

[@Tee-kc3pn]

The issue was not whether Tyla was Black or not but her using the term Colored......Tyla came to a country not knowing what that term meant in the U.S and the historical damage that's associated with the word.....Americans use the term biracial to describe mixed race people.. not colored...... The problem with using the Black umbrella for everyone deeply melanated is, all don't share the same culture......Many foreign Black people come to America not knowing or understanding the history and lack respect for the work FBAs have put in which allows all minorities to benefit......Many Black foreigners come to America with their nose stuck in the air and speak on American issues as if they know what they're talking about when they don't........Most don't even know why MLK is celebrated or the significance of Black history month lol

[@nox6885]

"A city named Hope can't handle Black people" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sthe_zar6341]

Fam I'm one of the people who objected to the contestant's participation in Miss SA because I believe you need to be plugged into our culture and traditions to represent us on that platform.I habour no ill feeling toward her but she has no connection to us other than allegedly being born here to parents who're not SAns,meaning she has no automatic right to citizenship.The most distressing part of this story is how a SAn was stripped of her citizenship and that of her children by this contestant's mother.This is triggering to us because this is not an isolated incident,there are 1000s of SAns who've suffered the same fate and when we demand mass deportations and stricter immigration laws and border controls we get told we're xenophobic and Afrophobic. On all her social platforms she had the Nigerian flag and not ours and was married to a Nigerian and we're told she lives between the two countries.Her mother now stands accused of fraud and identity theft by the government and will soon be arrested for her crimes.I don't even want to go into how West Africans and Nigerians in particular have destroyed the reputation of our passport (acquired fraudulently) across the globe. They're not alone in that because Ireland has recently imposed visa restrictions on us because Zimbabweans use fraudulent SAn passports to go over there and then do other things including applying for asylum. Fortunately for the Miss SA contestant,Nigeria has allowed her to contest for Miss Universe over there.We love Africa and we love all people of African descent but our fellow Africans need to let us breathe and try to fix this country because there's a lot that still has to be done in this country.Unity is a must but it can't be at our expense in a continent of 54 countries,we refuse fam.

[@khle7345]

Who is to blame for Zimbabweans and Nigerians for the degrading of our passports?

[@lifewithnkay1753]

i'ma do like we do in the kpop world and subscribe with my other account too🤣

[@asadelmalikphd]

😂😂😂

[@nuxannharvey4932]

I'm curious about American politics and wonder if there has ever been a situation where a Democratic President served alongside a Republican or Independent Vice President, or vice versa. I believe this kind of bipartisan leadership could help unite the country. America needs to showcase progress and unity, especially with the current global spotlight on the nation. 😢😢😢

[@amarut6208]

I used to wear that badge with honor.

[@luckyngcobo6073]

Bam bam bam📢🔥🔥

[@aray072989]

Where my red hat 🤣

[@tshepomogotsi]

We first have to clear out this "Black" elephant outra room. No African tribes culturally described themselves as "Black", through their culture, traditions or lineage. This race classification was put upon Africans, it is not an African ethnic group. Some of our cousins in the west, are not aware of the difference between Colored and Coloured. South African Coloureds make up an ethnic group(Hottentot, Mixed, Bushmen and Khoisan) that is the first inhabitants of Southern Africa. They speak the oldest language on earth traced to be at least 25 000 years old. Infact Katrina Esau, is the last person who can fluently speak Njuu. Their lineage is certified by Anthropologists and Archaeologists, as the cradle of human kind, the birth place of our species. That what some in the west expect the likes of Trevor Noah and Tyla to forego. Those who saw an American film "Gods must be crazy", or read about Sarah Baartman who was enslaved for her curves, will understand that Coloureds have very long history that dates back to the great drift.

[@asadelmalikphd]

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[@dinaledi4085]

Not all coloureds have San or Khoi DNA e.g. some Cape Malays. In fact coloureds are the most genetically diverse group in the world tied with Brazilians so you have to be careful when talking about their lineage. Most Tswana and Xhosa people have San and Khoi DNA because they lived closely with these groups and the SAn and Khoi assimilated into those tribes when the colonialists were hunting and killing them. The rest fled to Namibia and Botswana. We don't know when the Xhosa and Tswana people settled in the region. None of us can say for sure who the first inhabitants of SA are. The people who later formed the Zulu kingdom can be traced back to the 11th century. The San people were semi- nomadic whilst the Khoi were nomadic. So we don't know when they came to the region. The Balobedu people and Venda people are close relatives of the people of the Mapungubwe Kingdom from the Limpopo region. There is archeological evidence that Mapungubwe was a sophisticated trading centre from around 1200 ! They traded with China , Arabs and India. We don't know how far back their kingdom can be traced but we know they were not Nomadic. Safe to say if they were such skilled gold miners, gold jewelry manufacturers and traders , they had probably been in the region way earlier than 1200 when other nations discovered them. Be careful of adopting the narrative that claims that Khoi or San were the first nation in SA. That narrative seeks to delete the Nguni people and current day black South Africans from the land ownership debate. It is a divide and conquer strategy between coloureds and black South Africans , yet gain used to distract black people's focus from the land issue.

[@tshepomogotsi]

@@dinaledi4085 I will not wear a negativity hat you are trying to put on my head. Why, as an South Sotho man would I celebrate Coloureds in a divide and conquer plot, you are not making any sense. Perhaps you need to establish the context before responding. If you read my response carefully, you would have noted that I included 'mixed' people to an ethnic group of Coloureds. In this context, I wrote about South Africans, not Batswana. When I write about Bantu people in South Africa, I dont expect Kenyans to feel unjust, when I am not talking about them. We all have the Khoisan mitochondrial haploid - 150 000 years + genome , even the second oldest tribe of Australians, referred to as Aborigines, have it too. The archaeological site of Sterkfontein has a plethora of evidence that leads back to the Khoisan genome and the fact that of all homo-sepiens who are first inhabitants, the Khoisan's sequenced haplo-genome is the closest, but if you have a different evidence, please publish for peer review. If you are not aware, don't say none of us. My tribe has a solid oral tradition that is passed on religiously and I have done so with my nephews too. Im befuddled that you can even refer to the 1000 years of the 11th century when I wrote focusing on a tribe who's paternal sequence is a minimum of 150 000 years, it is beyond the realm of debating these facts. How would Xhosa as a language use linguistic signatures from both Khoisan and Nguni in its development, have similar words and meaning with other Bantu tribes in middle and east Africa, and be the oldest language, when the Khoisan Njuu, has 100% of of the click foundation only prevelent between 25% to 48% of Xhosa. The demographics of South Africa are a firm evidence that you hypothesis about the deletion of Nguni people, is complete ignorance of facts. I don't know how you got from 'Who's black? Who's South African?' Who's from New Orleans?... to 'the land ownership". In this instance, I will assume you are one of those 'radical everything' people who eat up everything they are told. South Africa is not 90% white land ownership and 10% African land ownership. This reporting focuses on land that has title deeds, not vast plains of empty land owned by the state, that had not been documented. 80% of SA is uninhabited, so there's a lot of land for occupation and cultivation. Radicalism is build upon inferiority and fear mongering. South Africa and its land issue is in the hands of African political gatekeepers, that we vote for every cycle. Just remember that, without an over arching plan, land is just the beginning, people will ask for road toward the land, waste refusal, water and electrical connections, jobs in order to pay for services, etc. I won't go into raw materials and trade routes, all of this brouhaha you are spewing has nothing to do with 'African Americans feeling rejected context', when Tyla stated "she is Coloured". As I indicated earlier, Im not adopting a 'narrative or claims', as you put it, if you disagree with our oral tradition, Archaeological discoveries, Anthropological and scientific outcomes, find tge appropriate platform to debunk my statements.

[@dinaledi4085]

@@tshepomogotsi There are coloured people who have no African or Khoi or San DNA and they rightfully want that to be clear. Why is that wrong? Why must you force people to claim black even when they don't have black DNA? What is that about ?

[@SbuAfrica]

Trevor noah is not colored..he is mixed race ..there is a difference..colored is a cultural and ethnic group..while mixed race is just having parents of the two different races which is either white, indian or colored..interestingly you have coloured people who have children with mix race people ..in a case of Trevor Noah he identify as black because culturally he was raised by blacks...Tyla on the other hand is 100% colored

[@sekoaib]

America is the only country that declared that when you are born there you are an American citizen. According to international laws if your parents must be South African in order for you to be South African.

[@grahamsolomons453]

Correction - Non whites -African American.

[@blkfish70]

Asa y'all

[@asadelmalikphd]

❤

[@walterhunter3353]

Kamala is black but not ADOS

[@NinohBrown]

I would suggest only Africans in the Diaspora qualify for dual citizenship or Naturalisation in Africa. As Africans in Africa we do not need dual citizenship we need freedom to do business, learn and work in other African countries. The Tyla issue is similar to whats happening to Kamala Harris, they are 'black' but do not necesarily carry dominant African dna, both have dominant Indian heritage. The Miss SA thing i can compare it to Barrack Obama and FBA, yes Obama is black but not FBA.

[@upendomweusi]

Let's start with the melanin in the people from India. Yes, they have European genes, but let's just consider the African genes that run through India's people, plus the fact that Kamala's grandmother is a black Jamaican. To me, and I'm just one person, that makes Kamala genetically more black than Obama.

[@ronaldwiley8357]

I doubt she grewup in SA, because she does not speak a single South African language, unless you count English , which is an European international language, would you believe a person claiming to be French and to be have been born in and grewup in Paris, France , yet does not speak a single word of French.

[@SiphoNgumla-wu2gl]

Here you are your father's child

[@lailaharris2881]

Drake has African slavery lineage which makes him FBA. Kamala does not. I’m not a fan of either but just going by the reparations based on lineage- Kamala wouldn’t make the case.

[@MosesMatsepane]

South Africans would have dialed down the backlash if she didn't have a Nigerian heritage. When it comes to Nigerians, South Africans tend to become ultra-nationalists. Many people in Townships tend to agree with Trump's Immigration and border rhetoric.

[@SbuAfrica]

It is the Nigerian arrogance and disrespect in social media that fans the fires

[@allanluis3696]

lol, the confusion is ppl are using "Jamaican" as a race identifier. IT IS NOT. It is a nationality. Some people are saying her father is mixed Irish and Indian-Hindu. Judge Joe Brown talked about this. Stop saying 'her father is Jamaican that her African heritage". No its not. You have to make the claim he is an African in Jamaica. THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE. I have no idea of her father's genetic makeup.

[@allanluis3696]

@MelanatedwithPower ok, what you are doing is a strawman argument. I never claimed most of Jamaican IS NOT BLACK. Both of my parents are from the Caribbean. I am VERY AWARE of the racial demographics. None of this explains Mr Harris' race. I EXPLICITLY stated "I do not know the genetic makeup of her father". I am simply telling people STOP SAYING HE IS JAMAICAN THEREFOR HE IS BLACK. NO. Jamaican is a nationality. Most Jamaicans are black. MOST...Also, you made a statement about his afro, sure, that would suggest he has African heritage. However, as someone who has studied genetics, you cannot use phenotypes to make a genetic determination. You CANNOT DO THAT. Is Her father black??? I have no idea.

[@allanluis3696]

@MelanatedwithPower yea, I agree. This is the nonsense the Europeans have wrought. Now we are all living in it. I think we should go back to identifying with tribe/ethnic groups. Race is not even scientific. It's mostly nonsense; created as a way to propagate discrimination. The Dems should stop promoting candidates by their sex, gender, and race. Stick to the policies. I dont care if she is Black, I care about her policies. Apparently she doesn't have a campaign policy platform yet (yikes).

[@lgrant30]

She (Kamela) interviews on many many occasions seem to lack intellect. She stated she would run the country like she governed as a prosecutor. Her record in that arena is HORRIBLE. USA has no good candidate.

[@SbuAfrica]

For the sake of context on this Miss SA ..imagine the British actor Adris Alba go on a world platform to respresent Black Americans ( just because he is Black ) it wouldnt be right !!! This girl is not South African enough to represent south africans period ! Couple of things i will point out 1. She has no south african name 2. She doesnt speak or identify with any native language 3. She had Nigerian and Mozambique flags on her social media 4. She was married to a Nigerian and had a Nigerian wedding 5. She was taunting and disrespecting South Africans on her social media i can go on and on.. Bottom line is : we dont hate her personally , the problem we have is the infritration and dilution of our unique south african culture ! We cant have Miss SA we dont identify with..it will make a mockery of us and the arrogance and disrespect from nigerians over this only made matters worse

[@TELUWO]

Good morning blessed family from the UK and currently dealing with a bunch of madness on these streets. I need to get my family to South Africa sooner than later!

[@asadelmalikphd]

Be safe family

[@ThomsoyaWires-mb3wk]

Great

[@R1M1r1m1]

I think part of what makes you Black is who you identify with. Your skin could be "Black", you can say with your mouth you are Black, but if you champion others, ignore and betray your own, are you really Black?

[@asadelmalikphd]

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[@dorado0359]

- Black facial features, curly or straight hair, any skin tone, = Black - White or Asian facial features, straight hair, White, pinkish, Brown or Black skin skin pigmentation= White/ Asian (Eurasians) Black = African/Black facial features and serves as an identification of Black people who inherited the genetic phenotype of African ancestors. Identifying as Black people unites Black people of Africa and the entire Black diaspora. Tribalism divides all people and Black countries of Africa and the entire diaspora.

[@JerryKubeka-y2h]

Young women straggle for 19years because of chadima

[@happy-o9m5r]

Do you at least try to understand the way South African think? mmmmmm...you are not ready , not at all...when they smile and talk n srs about it take them seriously..this is serious! I dread what will happen..do not compare SA with any country..we are wired differently...i repeat this is serious!!!!!!!

[@asadelmalikphd]

Huh?

[@happy-o9m5r]

@@asadelmalikphd Do not worry my lady, your question will be answered soon.believe me..

[@siba-mini8377]

Were you even listening to the video? Everything Doc said flew over your head.

[@happy-o9m5r]

@@siba-mini8377 I heard it all, I wasnt attacking them dummy, I am just pointing out how srs the issue is..now run along n do something meaningful.ungazongiphaphela hierso

[@madikanesesethu]

How long have you been following the channel my man, anyways when you raising your point to another Man it's done with Respect.I'm South African and both us know that the fight is against anything that's got to do with Nigeria,They messing this country so much that that young lady is catching stray.

[@mazibukomail]

Hi Asad, I'm actually pissed off at how this South African citizen has been treated by her fellow black people (including gvt ministers, who should be at the forefront of protecting her most basic rights as a citizen of this country). This saga displays just how Aphrophobic black South Africans are, there was a Chinese South African but not a murmur questioning her commitment to South Africa, however the black African girl with the Nigerian heritage gets questioned. Don’t get it twisted, if Asad and Adrian were black people from another African country you guys wouldn’t be treated by South Africans in the manner that you are being treated, your proximity to whiteness (by being Americans) leads to South Africans treating you guys like mini celebrities. I’ve had this thought for a while but hesistated to write something like this because I’d be called a hater. South Africans only want black people to come here if they are NOT from the continent and that is an indictment on us as black South African.

[@loveharmonylounge]

😂😂

[@dinaledi4085]

Welele ! Its now confirmed that this is a case of IDENTITY FRAUD at the expense of a black South African woman and possibly her children if she has children. Black Americans are treated differently because they have not given us reasons to be suspicious of them. I have yet to hear of a case of identity fraud involving any AA . But can we say the same about continental African immigrants in SA ?

[@Xolani_Khabazela]

In America a foreigner can be an American by birth but in south Africa...at least 1 of your parent must be a south African If both of them are foreigners, they must be naturalized so that their child will become a south African by birth

[@Elexandercole]

Not all black or dark skinned people are from Africa.

[@siyabonganxumalo4574]

Where they from?

[@freelowper7]

Asad, I love you as a fellow New Orleanian; but you could be 'Blacks for Trump'. 😂 You've been in SA too long, and I'm afraid you are losing touch with your community. The overwhelming majority of us support our sister Kamala. I see what you are doing though. And I told myself I wasn't going to take the bait ;) If you are real with yourself, you would agree that every single one of Cornel West's policies is a non-starter. From his $27 minimum wage down to reparations and abolishing ICE; these are all fantasies with no chance of getting a single republican vote. His polices are a wish list and not taken serious by most adults who are paying attention. On another note, I feel you on the "claiming New Orleans thing". I am from the Westbank, but I went to college and worked my entire adult life in New Orleans. I still get labeled as a Westbanker. 😂

[@asadelmalikphd]

Powere concedes nothing without a demand my family. 25 years ago, universal health care was a non-starter and look at us now with the ACA. I dont fall for the identity politics.

[@freelowper7]

Idenity polictics... Asad, over the past 8 years, I have watched as the SCOTUS (driven by 3 Trump appointees) strip way long-standing legal precedents such as: civil/voting rights, affrimative action, and women's reproductive rights. I have watched this same court tell us it's okay for presidents to recieve bribes, commit fraud, and sell pardons; because working under the presidential seal affords them new blanket immunity. In all likelihood, Thomas and Altio will step down if Trump wins paving the way for him to put 2 new, younger, radical, right-wing apointees to lifetime positions on the court. The republicans entire stragedy has been to file frivolous law suits, lose, and then appeal them up the Supreme Court to build new legal precedent. This has nothing to do with identity politcis. Those of us currently living here in the US are feeling the pain as we watch our rights get snatched away from us in plain sight and fear what's to come if he is elected again. I don't have the energy to play around with West's socialism/free everything and disbanding NATO/all US bases abroad nonsense. When he pays the half a million dollars he owes in back taxes and child support, then maybe he'll have a leg to stand on. Good luck to you and your candidate.

[@tombimashri8149]

You two are coloureds in RSA nd Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi etc u are coloured. In Nigeria u r halfcaste, I UK u r mixed race, also molatos etc etc depending where u r born or where u live we just called different titles but we are one. Coloureds nd muxed people do come in different shades hair textures depending which mix u r born from. Indi they r called Sidis etc. African Americans majority of u fall in these brackets but u call light skin biaracial which in South Africa u r coloured which is the same. Unfortunately Blacks msy say you are Black but they never accept u as fully Black.

[@africaneagle7397]

There are many black South Africans who look more coloured than Asad. So, in South Africa it's not just about looks, but upbringing and culture. Look at PAC president, McKinsey, I look more coloured than him, but he is coloured and I am black.

[@elroyswarts2337]

There is more to being coloured than just being mixed. Someone like Trevor Noah is mixed, but he is definitely not coloured. He is just a random biracial guy who is completely disconnected from coloured culture. Someone like Tyla is not only multi generationally mixed, she is an actual coloured person based on what she is culturally. Black Americans coming to South Africa are definitely not coloured just because they are mixed. They might be something else, because they are also not fully black, but that something else is not coloured.

[@africaneagle7397]

​@@elroyswarts2337In South Africa many black South Africans are not 100% black, but they still consider themselves black. So, if Asad considers himself black like most African Americans, he is black. That's why they are called black Americans. I am a black South African, and funny enough some people say I look like black Americans. Why? Because I am about 12% Indian and about 88% black. One of my great grandparents was Indian.

[@africaneagle7397]

​@@elroyswarts2337Further examples to prove that many black South Africans are not 100% black are: Winnie Mandela's mother was "coloured or mixed", Patrice Motsepe's mother was "coloured or mixed", look at his sister, the president's wife. Former minister Lindiwe Sisulu's partenal grandfather was white, she looks "coloured or mixed" but her full siblings look more black than her. These are a very few examples, there many more ordinary black South Africans with mixed ancestry, like black Americans. An interesting story: in the 1800's Zulu King Cetshwayo made John Dunn a white Zulu Chief in northern rural KZN. John had more than 40 Zulu "wives" and more than 100 children with them. Many of his descendants had intermarriages with the Zulus in their community. Around the area where John lived, there are many light-skinned Zulus. The same happened in other black communities around South Africa. I am giving you all this information, to prove to you that black Americans are not really that different to black South Africans.

[@shisuiuchiha480]

Lets be real. Kamalas father is not black. Both Kamalas parents are Indian. The only difference is that Kamalas mother is fully Indian and Kamalas father is a mix of Irish and Indian. Just because he is from jamaica does not mean he is of Negr0e descent. There are all type of races in jamaica just like every other country in the world.

[@paul_AM]

Does it really matter if her father is black or not? Why do you care? If she says she's black, why do you think you know her ancestry better than her? She identifies as black so that is good enough for me!

[@nthabisengmametja7031]

As a Black South African I’m ashamed embarrassed by this whole Chidima situation, not all of us are on the hate train. Hellen Zille’ s parents are German but nobody investigating her cause she’s ⚪️, there’s an Asian girl in the pageant and she was not investigated. The rage is not consistent, it’s only towards Black Foreigners. And to the people saying Being SAn is by Blood line, Do you guys even know that would make ⚪️Non SAns ?because their bloodline is European ?. And if It’s by Nationality/paper that would put All Non Black SAns in the same category as Chidima. You guys will claim everybody else, Elon Musk, Nara smith, even Doja Cat. People who don’t care about yall but will take a whole two weeks attacking a Black Woman who’s a lawful citizen.

[@ohlangeni]

Just say ethnic lineage in South Africa do not matter because "we are an international nation of migrants". You are also deliberately falsifying the sentiments of Black South Africans on who is South African. There is that little thing called conquest, colonialism and Apartheid that happened....

[@kimkaans1072]

Good for you. You should've voted properly 1994. You were sold a dream. Your next chance is in 4 years to get it right. Take the L.

[@dinaledi4085]

This fake WOKEISM needs to stop ! A Black South African woman and possibly her children have suffered immensely for the past 23 years because of the identity fraud . They have probably not been able to open bank accounts , VOTE or acquire any social benefits ( like child grants and NSFAS )only available to citizens . Such children can't even take part in certain inter-school sports tournaments because these require a child's documentation. We saw this with Thabo Bester and the anger that resulted !!! Their lives are just doomed . The mother probably couldn't even apply for certain jobs or an RDP home etc. Some end up with criminal records because of crimes committed by the person who duplicates their identity. Which means they are now excluded from certain jobs e.g financial sector and legal jobs ! Some are financially black listed because the fraudster took credit using the identity. Meaning they cannot apply for credit finance such as Home loans /mortgages , car finance etc ! Many of these children who cannot claim their SAn citizenship become SUICIDAL when they become young adults as they watch all their peers go to tertiary institutions and progress in life whilst they can't simply because they are treated as frauds by the state. You need an ID or passport to apply for tertiary education in SA. Even writing matric requires documentation . One such learner attempted suicide in 2018 ! That's when Umalusi changed the rules for matric registration to accommodate such learners. Over 80% of undocumented learners are South Africans experiencing this identity theft or other documentation issue with the Department of Home Affairs. How many fraudulent people are wrongfully claiming NSFAS , child grants, RDP homes , applying for tenders tenders etc at the expense of genuine citizens and the SAn tax payer ? Stop dismissing everything as xenophobia. Stop gas lighting people. This blind wokeness is the reason why criminal syndicates have made SA their haven !

[@kimkaans1072]

@@dinaledi4085 facts!

[@dinaledi4085]

Her mother acquired their citizenship through identity fraud !!!!! Let that sink in. Even DJ Sbu has apologized unreservedly for calling South Africans xenophobes and afrophobes for questioning Chichi's identity.

[@jubilatengwato362]

😂😂 she's definitely not black but Indian. if you gonna talk lineage in the sense of Genes and DNA we're all interlinking black white and centre