African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes. [mamahope.org] 

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Woah, Hi Yes Theory!

Me too. They all seem like a nice group of guys. As a man, I'm always ready to meet and connect with other men.

Agreed. I've been reading a lot of history lately - especially the history that we don't usually hear about in American schools - and it's amazing how much science, medicine, engineering, mathematics, architecture, and philosophy happened in ancient Africa. The standard history books basically leave people with the impression that Africa is a big wilderness with a few pockets of primitive people hunting with bow and arrows, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Africa is the home of truly amazing empires with dynasties and urban centers, just like Europe had.

@@akirak1871 Absolutely. Sadly Africa to this day is under the thumb of modern empires, and I don't know how they're going to escape. They're not _primitive_ people as the stereotypes imply, but there are problems in African countries we can only dream of in the West and even much of Latin America. Having internet access is a huge luxury in many parts of Africa, and as a result the people I talk to there are often among the richest in their country, and yet their money could be blown on a couple restaurant trips if they visited a Western country (or just getting to a Western country). I watched Who Killed Captain Alex, a Ugandan film, and they pretended to drink paint water from when someone painted nearby, because they couldn't access actual water for the scene. And yet they were able to make an entire film (which had to be deleted from his hard drive after distribution so he could make more as he has a hard drive with only a couple GB capacity). By the way, if you're interested in that film, it's a lot of fun, but it's very low-budget and not something to take seriously. I recommend it because it's uplifting to watch something they clearly had so much fun making. And VJ Emmy (sp?) is hilarious.

@@Gaff. Haha yes, I've heard of that movie. It sounds humerous but also an example of people who are truly determined to make a movie but don't have the money and resources that others do.

@@akirak1871 Precisely. It's sad if you think about why it is that way, but the film itself is honestly a great time and the people that made it seem really cool, making something like that with what little they had and having a great sense of humour in interviews.

i mean a lot of people in africa ARE poor and starving, but of course not all people in a fucking continent are poor

***** My sides just went into orbit.

Your one of the few that tells some truth about what they know not.

It does make sense to talk about African men. We have different cultures and so on but we do share a lot more similarities and our different histories are all linked to each other one way or the other just like we helped each other during colonialism, apartheid and so on.We are Africans and that's how we see ourselves no matter our different countries. Each of Africa's countries borders share the same language and culture of its neighbor so we all connect more than you think.

ninou2040 This video is stupid, at movies they probably just portray the bad that exists in Africa, the bad that is REAL, those war crimes, genocides, children kidnapped and train for becoming soldiers are REAL, it's not just about stereotypes about a huge continent, is about real events, and sometimes even worse as those poor girls in Nigeria nothing ago. If this video just said "hey, Africa is big and good things can also happen", well ok, we can all agree on that, but the rest...

+Ciscogrande If you from Spain, what makes you an expert to speak for U.K.? Here is one thing that makes you sound so ignorant and way less informed about Africa. Vast population of Africans are self-employed hence there is no way to actually accurately calculate how much each house hold make to sustain them on average or above average? Developed nations use the standard basic human needs ( food and housing affordability ) poverty level but not government services that can actually reach all its population. So far if you follow me correctly, you will understand and agree with me that government will never accurately know how much an individual is making if the individuals have making hard cash money or simply barttering their goods. This is exactly the economic structure for the main stream Africans. So how can you or the World Banks accurately calculate the true poverty level that exists in Africa? African populations way above average have village level adequate housing and consume three meals a day just like you in developed nations. People in Africa consume triple time more fresh food than the population of developed nations. No doubt your knowledge is limited to your continental boundary.

Ciscogrande If your socioeconomic is really that good, you would be smart enough not to politically campare developed nations versus underdeveloped. However, there are political institutions that function totally different in underdeveloped nations as compared to developed nations. To cut the entire debate short Europe is nohing without Africa. Every major processing plant in Europe either get their raw materials FROM Africa or sales to Africa. Your stupid ass left Spain because Spain is considered developning nation to U.K. Half the food you eat is processed as compared to 99% food consumed by the people in third world you ignorant jerkass motherfucker.

Awful

@@ms.t4322 you're awful, it's good for them to know

@@ms.t4322 i smell Racism in your response

And in Spanish please

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Same.

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@@DragonbornCanid Amazing Atheist

The one where the dude asks "do you believe in God" is Casino Royale in case you were wondering

Where is your statistic faceless bitch, does dudes study medicine. Are they stupid too?

Max Jenz wtf are you trying to say and who tf are you talking to?

That's why I'm here. TJ is so lazy with his videos.

Comment posted seven months ago and only four likes (me being one of them). I figured there'd be more.

Me

+Sugandha Singh You should tbh, I will share this video tmr when I am done with my oral speech.

Great :)

"On men and masculinity" I'm sorry but don't you mean on racism towards the minority in western culture and violence towards MEN in Africa?

Yes. I wanted to present it in a way to show how stereotypically masculinity and race are interlinked in western representations.

I don't want a feminine James Bond.

Well done brooke aren't you a saint, I didn't know your view represent the western world as a whole

torbinzix1 lol

torbinzix1 Yes, because that's exactly what she claimed there, right? To represent the western world?

Smoke Few Americans believe these stereotypes either. So please do not judge. Thank you! We are diverse too. My neighbors are from Togo, and they re awesome; my best friends daughter married an African man and he is a wonderful husband and father....I could go on, but just wanted to let you know America is very diverse and tolerant of differences and understands other countries as well. It is our current government that is somewhat bigoted and prejudice and gives the rest of The US of America a bad world view and then people judge us as you are.

Smoke Nah, it is the western world. Hollywood heavily influences the western world, that means all throughout Europe and Oceania

Hollywood is silly, and any intelligent person does not believe these stereotypes. Hollywood has lost much of the credibility and influence it may have once had. It is nonsense to believe otherwise.

+Julie Ellen Unfortunately, the idiots and easily influenced FAR outnumber the intelligent. All you have to do is watch a Republican debate!

I do not call someone an idiot because they disagree with my views. I look at both sides of any issue and judge things on the individual, not an entire race. You have about an equal mix of racist and non racist people in each party. I would decline to call Ben Carson a racist based on what he has said on the subject. this is the problem with society today, we have far too much hatred to be able to come together. People forget our own president is just as white as he is black and was raised by white people. He has failed to bring people together as he promised. Not that it was an easy promise, but he has failed nontheless. I had hopes he would unite.

too bad for you...

Well, I was trying to be nice to one of the most uneducated and ignorants societies in the world, the american and european one. But since you've lost status for good and to the point of no return, I guess It doesn't matter eep thinking that :) Ckisses from the BRICS have a nice day

american ok. european uneducated and ignorant?? you probably never went there nor personaly know anyone from there... so who is making uneducated judgments now?

ahahah!! Get out of your box and looked it on from outside and you will see what she talking about maybe.

LOOOOLL. what a shitty preformated answer that doesn't mean nor explain anything... and i see what she is talking about i just don't agree with what she said about europe... Europe is the most educated and knowledgeable societe in this world.

Racist bitch

Fuck outta here

That's actually *cough, cough* kinda funny. Oh shit, the Africans are coming! Get in the fallout shelter kids!

Kids in Africa also eat proper food and come from rich families.

durp hurp shut up it’s not even funny

the men have to express themselves too my dear

And then asks us for a donation to "rescue" them.

@@kalankithaseena6498 Have u ever asked yourselves if those tiny donations ever get to us? Your own people will say Africans need donations and when they get it, hoard and steal it for themselves. Oh and we Africans also donate money to ourselves. You are not the only ones.