Have you guys heard about this online disinformation campaign?
It's basically telling black people to not vote Bernie cos reparations isn't one of his main campaigning points??
I've seen a few notable black celebrities like Freddie Gibbs repeat the same point that Bernie doesn't really care about black people cos he's not talking about reparations
Anyway this is probably a good segway to ask what y'all think of reparations? I know this place is full mayo was crackers and rightiods but let's try to keep it civil
https://www.thechristianrecorder.com/beware-of-the-ados-movement-a-threat-to-social-justice-and-black-collective-activism/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/reader-center/slavery-descendants-ados.html
A NY Times article today discusses this somewhat new trend: ‘We’re Self-Interested’: The Growing Identity Debate in Black America
Note the assertion in the Subhead: Why a movement that claims to support the American descendants of slavery is being promoted by conservatives and attacked on the left.
Excerpts:
>A spirited debate is playing out in black communities across America over the degree to which identity ought to be defined by African heritage — or whether ancestral links to slavery are what should count most of all. Tensions between black Americans who descended from slavery and black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean are not new, but a group of online agitators is trying to turn those disagreements into a political movement.
>They want colleges, employers and the federal government to prioritize black Americans whose ancestors toiled in bondage, and they argue that affirmative action policies originally designed to help the descendants of slavery in America have largely been used to benefit other groups, including immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean.
>The American descendants of slavery, they say, should have their own racial category on census forms and college applications, and not be lumped in with others with similar skin color but vastly different lived experiences. The group, which calls itself ADOS, for the American Descendants of Slavery, is small in number, with active supporters estimated to be in the thousands. But the discussion they are provoking is coursing through conversations far and wide...
>The film producer Tariq Nasheed is among the outspoken defenders of the idea that the American descendants of slavery should have their own ethnic identity. “Every other group when they get here goes out of their way to say, ‘I’m Jamaican. I’m Nigerian. I’m from Somalia,’” he said. “But when we decide to say, ‘O.K. We are a distinct ethnic group,’ people look at that as negative.”
- African-American-#ADOS (Formerly known as Freedmen)
The term “African-American” is the name of ethnicity of people who are descendants of enslaved Africans who were enslaved within the United States. Elon Musk is not an AA, your ancestors have to be enslaved in the U.S to be an AA.
We’re probably the largest ethnic group in our diaspora. We’ve created the most emulated culture.
- Louisiana-Creole (African-American sub-ethnicity)
People descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the U.S. during the period of both French and Spanish rule. Louisiana-Creole People can be any race. Black Creoles are descendants of slavery as well.
Just like African-Americans, Creole people are very inclusive! They have the best cuisine in America
- Congau-People (Formerly known as Americo-Liberians)
A Liberian ethnic group of African-American descent.
Historically, African-Americans always had a close connection with them, but in modern times, we have little to no connection at all with the Americo-Liberians.
African-Americans who couldn’t afford the trip to Liberia created two communities in America named after the country they couldn’t go to. “Liberia, North Carolina” “Liberia, South Carolina” 🇱🇷
I have to visit their Republic (Liberia) before I die.
- Gullah-Geechee (African-American sub-ethnicity)
The Gullah-Geechee are African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, in both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
The Gullah Geechee people have a culture that differs from Main-stream African Americans. They’re unique, because they’re arguably the most African people in our diaspora. They speak an English dialect called “Gullah” that has retained many African Words. Their culture has significant African Influence, generally speaking.
- Black-Nova Scotians
Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back to the Colonial United States as enslaved people or freemen, and later arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- Merikins
The Merikins were African-American Marines of the War of 1812 – former African slaves who fought for the British against the US in the Corps of Colonial Marines and then, after post-war service in Bermuda, were established as a community in the south of Trinidad in 1815–16.
The towns that they’ve built and their descendants still exist today!
Edit: My perception of the Colonial Era means the period between 1700s to the early 1900s, not necessarily during the 13 colonies under British America.
Edit#2: Colonial US
I remember reading a series of books about black Americans in 6th grade. The one that stand out is one where this love child of a slave and her owner escapes from his father's plantation. He escapes with a slave named Hammer on a train. The book basically follows the protagonist (can't remember his name) and Hammer through the years.
One of the later books was about a white kid poisoning a well with a carcass and then blaming a black kid. Black kid gets beat bad by his mother so white people wouldn't do something worse. White kid is eventually found out in the end and his dad pulls out a bull whip to beat him with. Kid convinced dad not to bull whip him in front of the black people.
That's basically what I remember. Not sure when books were published but I read them circa 2008. Probably published in 90s or 00s as the books didn't seem super old at the time. Books were inspired on authors ancestors iirc. Any help would be great. This has been bugging me for months.
- African-American-(Formerly known as Freedmen)
The term “African-American” is the name of ethnicity of people who are descendants of enslaved Africans who were enslaved within the United States. Elon Musk is not an AA, your ancestors have to be enslaved here.
Freedmen are probably the largest ethnic group in our diaspora. We’ve created the most emulated culture.
- Louisiana-Creole (African-Americans)
People descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the U.S. during the period of both French and Spanish rule. Louisiana-Creole People can be any race. Black Creoles are descendants of slavery as well.
Just like African-Americans, Creole people are very inclusive! Creoles and African Americans are very close; we’re almost one in the same.
- Congau-People (Formerly known as Americo-Liberians)
A Liberian ethnic group of African-American descent.
Historically, African-Americans always had a close connection with them, but in modern times, we have little to no connection at all with the Americo-Liberians.
African-Americans who couldn’t afford the trip to Liberia created two towns in America named after the country they couldn’t go to. “Liberia, North Carolina” “Liberia, South Carolina” 🇱🇷
I have to visit Liberia before I die.
- Gullah-Geechee (African-American)
The Gullah-Geechee are African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, in both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
The Gullah Geechee people have a culture that differs from Main-stream African Americans. They’re unique, because they’re arguably the most African people in our diaspora. They speak an English dialect called “Gullah” that has retained many African Words. Their culture has significant African Influence, generally speaking.
- Black-Nova Scotians
Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back to the Colonial United States as enslaved people or freemen, and later arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada during the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- Merikins
The Merikins were African-American Marines of the War of 1812 – former African slaves who fought for the British against the US in the Corps of Colonial Marines and then, after post-war service in Bermuda, were established as a community in the south of Trinidad in 1815–16.
The towns that they built still exist today in Trinidad, today.
- Samana Americans
Samaná a minority cultu
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