I love how we’re just sticking it up to them and not taking their BS. if seeing an African woman be confident in herself is that triggering to them, they need to look within. - A proud uppity african 😽💕
Tyla is so talented, she’s the reason I got into ampiano music! Also, it makes me disgusted the hate she receives and please don’t attack me but it’s mostly from black Americans. Tyla can’t be herself without being judged and dragged to filth. That’s what kind of annoys me about being American is the the hate that other international artist receive from other Americans making us all look snobby and rude.
I believe the hate she gets is people projecting. A lot of people aren’t used to seeing young talented African woman being confident and taking up space.
@@cindyl760People don’t like Tyla for her disrespect. Why are you worried about what black Americans do? You can listen to her music nobody is stopping you, it’s just the rest of us aren’t.🤷🫵🤦🤦🤦
Very impressive commentary. The tensions between Black Americans relative to Africans and Caribbean Black people are difficult to surmount, especially by the time colonial values around facial features, skin color, and proximity to whiteness are imposed. You rightly call out the world’s dependence on African people and resources while there’s all this critique of African people when they excel. Lots of parallels with the Black/African experience in the U.S. … I look forward to reading your book!
I love it, I love it , I love it. There need to hear it from somewhere 😁😁😁 Tell them!!!!!!!!! France would be a 4th world country if it wasn't for Africa.
Unfortunately its that slave mentality that puts one oppressed group against another. As american blacks we do have more privlege even as an oppressed group that makes us feel like we are better than Africans who are even more oppressed in most cases, when we should realize our interests align
As an African I can tell you a lot of Africans probably have a better life than you. Yes there are big problems in Africa but to pretend like “all Africans suffer and need aid” or “there are people starving in Africa” are all western lies. There are people starving all over the world including America. it’s all to make you think Africa needs a saviour.
I am not African but am Indian woman. Africans need to change that narrative that they were always enslaved or colonised. While slavery and colonialism is true there is another truth as well of past and potentially future scientific , medical , mathematical, etc discovery and inventions done by Africans . You need to remind what u have given to the world and what else you can and colonialism didn’t benefit you it only benefited the countries who colonised you . Look at democratic republic of Congo how resourceful yet one one the most exploited nation . In India we have siddi people of African decent who are tribals . Everyone in news says they were slaves and were sold in India but no even ever says that many were merchants, viziers, local businessmen and generals who dominated the local economy of their areas in ancient time . The common narrative in media is Africans are slaves and can easily colonise and other races with brains should civilise them which is why people are surprised and taken aback if any African is self respecting and knows their value. Only Africans can change this thought process. The world is extremely racist and only our actions can help create some niche for us.
Absolutely! As Africans, we need to start telling our own stories in our own way unapologetically because no one is going to do it in a way that shows our good side!
In the 1990s , travelling around the UK, ESPECIALLY in London, I saw Africans with degrees like engineers ,doctors,teachers etc , working low end jobs as janitors,doormen etc, this created a believe that Africans must be thankful for the peanuts that they receive for their hardwork and not complain, so when an African comes along who knows their own true self value, they are looked upon as "uppity".
Suscribed I love this... Exactly what I observed about the Tyler situation, aint no big fan of her though. I will always say this to my African Americans/ Black American family dont look down on us. We get that energy from most of you. We are one whether some of you like it or not.
Divide and conquer is the strategy that proved the most successful of all time seeing that it still works till today amongst people that go through the same suffering 😒
Bingo. You nailed. Tyla is making Black Americans feel some type of way because she is a petit, bold, and just not fitting into their stereotypes of how African women are supposed to be humble, mellow and grateful. I like Tyla more now and she is just proof that people can just hate you because you are not fitting into their pigeonhole.
I wrote that at the start but I just wanted to add this. Your video brought attention to some narratives and arguments that my tiny brain could not even conceptualize. Recently, a caribbean singer called buju banton Slammed African artists for being Shallow and only singing about trivial things. He stated that black artists should be preaching about liberation for our continent and although his statement didn't sit right with me, it was your video made me realize why. They want us to fit the mold of what they deem as " The perfect African". They always want to see us weak and impoverished because that is what sets them apart from us. When we start transcending ideologies and narratives that the Western people have set for africans they feel threatened because the only thing stopping us from becoming just like them is the ability of being confident and comfortable in our own identity. I don't wanna continue talking but thank you so much for this video. It's saved to my playlist lol....
Just one contribution on my end if I may. We need to refrain from calling our countries/continent as third world countries. This term had nothing to do with development when it was coined. It had to do with classification during the world wars. It was a term coined for alignment or non alignment during the war. There is absolutely no reason we should associate ourselves with that term cause by and large Africans had no part to play in those wars. Thank you
And that’s one of the things I address here. These are scales that have been created by western countries to make themselves look good and for their own interests
@@Jepisms Yes granted but we can start by not confirming to those standards ourselves. People generally think being a 3rd world country has something to do with a particular country's economics of scale. It's morphed into that over the decades because we have conformed to it. I have heard very informed and educated Africans conforming to this nonsense as well which is discouraging to say the least.
No dont do that, its not all Americans, it was just some people, we dont find pleasure from humbling Africans, its nothing wrong with u guys, love. ❤ maybe tyla is snobby, no one really knows but its not all of us
@Jepisms and its mostly by non brown Americans because we live it every day but we don't even know how she is as a regular person anyway, we just see that she's african and a artist. But yes no one should be bullied
You could’ve kept this to yourself This is divisive and we as a ppl have came to far to start this shit now!! You need to be specific and stop 10:35 thinking like colonizers as all Afrakan AMERICANs came out and said something about Tyla! A lot of us didn’t even know who she is. We are 50 million strong. How are you grouping all of us based on something a few said. This is typical of the colonizers. WE DONT THINK LIKE THAT!! Remember ‼️
It’s clear you didn’t watch the video because did you miss the part where I said it’s not all black Americans? 😳😳 I won’t pretend that the world is some sort of heaven because calling out these sentiments that allude to African inferiority is exactly how we can move forward. Unity is not created by closing eyes and pretending everything is good. Unity is created when everyone is able to look at themselves and others with honesty, without running away.
What is wrong with asking someone to hold something heavy in order to give a speech? The question should be why the award show organizers don’t have podiums so that artists would have a place to put their heavy awards!😳
@@Jepisms her and Chloe are almost the same size. If it's heavy for her why would she even think about handing it to Chloe like its your award. Deal with it
She didn’t tend Halle, even though you said, Chloe, she didn’t hand either one of them her award. She was handing it to the guy that was there. And even if she handed it to Halley, so the fuck what? I have seen other award shows where they’re asking the celebrity who presented them the award to hold it for them for a few seconds as they make a speech. All of a sudden this girl does it and it’s the biggest news in all of black America? I’m getting sick and tired of keeping up with whatever is offending them week after week.
@@Rosannasfriend lol.. Cool. Guess it's Halle (didn't know) anw I loved how she handled herself against usher. That man is too old and messy to be rubbing on her. And I guess the event people will do a better job nextime
It’s interesting how religion is always brought up to speak on humility when humility has always been weaponized by religion to keep people ‘in their place’
@@Jepisms I didn’t bring up a religion. A brought up GOD. But people worship themselves so much, they can’t hear God. They believe they are God now. Humble does not mean lack of confidence. Humble requires respect for others. It’s the only way you can love God and others. Narcissism is nothing to adore.
Hé! Jep, je participe à un concours de podcast français. Les participants sont censés raconter leurs plus beaux souvenirs en utilisant des éléments audio et visuels de la manière la plus créative. Des idées pour le rendre plus créatif ? Je ne suis généralement pas sûr du fonctionnement de la partie visuelle. Dois-je montrer mon visage ? Souhaitez-moi bonne chance. 😫Merci🙂
Salut! Si tu ne peux pas montrer ta visage, c’est bon. Le plus important c’est le storytelling. Par exemple, si je parle de ma vie au village comme une bonne souvenir, au lieu de montrer moi-même, je peux montrer les choses qui me donne les plus beaux expériences comme des chats, des poulets, des vaches, des arbres et les oiseaux. C’est pas moi le protagoniste dans mes plus beaux souvenirs, donc moi devant la caméra est un délire mais pas un must have. Pour l’audio, tu peux utiliser un voice over et penser à ajouter un background music qui transmet l’émotion de ta histoire. Penser aussi à inclure les sound effects pour renforcer un moment important dans l’histoire. I hope this helps 🥰
Tyla is confident as we young South Africans born post apartheid often are, and some westerners seem to be upset by her very unapologetic presence on the worlds stages. She’s talented, so why must she grovel? Urgh it’s annoying and I’ve been surprised, as I’ve never lived anywhere except my own country South Africa, so it seems like they have low self esteem for seeing endless issues with this woman who’s just living her pop star life and winning. Also think because she’s beautiful, some seem to want her to desperately shrink herself and be less bubbly and less comfortable in who she physically and racially. They’ll be strong as Tyla is going nowhere and there are many Tyla’s and they’ll take up space whether they like it or not.
all sud sudani basketball players play in nba & Europe league don't need fkn shoes from America some black American celebrity insults disrespect African in mainstream media sports media black social media
Now this makes me wonder why Africans put a lot of energy into caring about the injustices that happen to Black Americans and even go further and raise awareness on these injustices on social media when the people in question don’t even think about Africans 🙁
@@Jepisms There are Black American content creators all over the continent showing love and using their platform to spread awareness as well, come on now. For example, a RU-vidr by the name of Dynast Amir have been going hard for Africans for over 10 years. Look him up. Your natural hair looks beautiful by the way. 👍🏾
@@Jepisms Many Bl@ck Americans use their platform to do the same. For example look up a RU-vidr name "search for Uhuru". Your natural hair is beautiful by the way.
@@Jepisms #1 Your natural hair looks beautiful. #2 Several BA's are using their platforms to do the same. Look up someone by the name of "search for Uhuru".
You don’t understand the context here. In fact you don’t understand the situation at all. 1. African Americans have no problem with Africans and vice versa. Diaspora tit for tat or normal in every race. The level of similarities between west and Central Africans and black people in the diaspora is too powerful. 2. Tyla isn’t black and she clearly said it, she’s multiracial. Nothing is wrong with that but there is also nothing wrong with black people choosing to support their black people first. 3. It isn’t only African Americans who don’t really support Tyla. Black Caribbeans and even many west, central and East African don’t really vibe with Tyla. 4. Tems, Ayra star, Libianca and many more African artists have been accepted into the black American and Caribbean music scene with no problems at all. In fact, west African culture and black American and Caribbean culture is growing closer together overtime. 5. Tyla doesn’t represent Africa in general. When people think of Africans Tyla doesn’t come to mind, she lacks the African authenticity. The Nigerians, Ghanaians, Senegalese and Ethiopians in America are not arguing with anyone over Tyla. South Africans are the ones mostly arguing, and Nigerians and Afrobeats are what come to mind when Americans think of African music.
Question what is Black or African according to Americans? Tyla is Coloured, from Ennerdale in Johannesburg South Africa on the continent of Africa. Which makes her African. Coloured people are found in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Angola but has a Portuguese term. So are the Coloured people from these countries not African? The terms Black and Coloured were both given to people by the Colonisers. In Africa people are acknowledged by their tribe not the term black because that's term was given to them. Also I'm sorry that your education system and the Western media gave you a one side image of the continent of Africa. Africa is a continent, not a country. We don't all look the same or speak the same language. The continent is diverse we people of different shades, hair texture and bone structure. We practice different religions and have different customs. Africa has evolved and is developing, even though the West what's Africa to be trapped in a time capsule of forever being underdeveloped and a charity project. We will be marching forward, have standards, be upperty and unapologetically African.
@@Jepisms lol my sister I'm not schooling you. I merely want answers to what is Black or African according to Americans? I myself is South African because they have a view of Africa that irritates me. I have numerous personal experiences because of working in close proximity to them. The things that was said to me about Africa is shocking because I thought they a first world country. Also thanks for bringing up the fovever having to be humble and grateful to be in the West, that they saved us, and we in a better place other than being in Africa. I have experience this a few times at my place of work. Thanks again 👍
@@dudleykoopman1664 ask Tyla herself what is the definition of black when it comes on to race because she clearly said she wasn’t black. A black African person is someone who gets the majority of their genes from any one of the native sub Saharan African tribes. Tyla is born in Africa which makes her a citizen of an African country but she’s not a black African, the same way how a Kenyan born in the UK is a citizen of Britain but not European. There are many Coloured people in the diaspora and all over other parts of Africa too so you can’t teach me about that, but Coloured South Africans have historically been more privileged and very racist towards black Africans and Tyla’s attitude reeks of that. Tems is proud and hot but black Americans and Caribbeans love to see her winning, this is not a black diaspora vs black Africa thing! Proud black people just want an authentic black (not Coloured) person to be the face of African music. South Africans are the ones triggered and this Kenyan woman but I don’t see most other Africans defending Tyla because I definitely know that she isn’t idolized in west Africa. Nigerians, Ghanaians and many other black Africans are busy building up their Afro beats artist and sending them to the diaspora where they are loved. We know South Africans are not conscious black people because we can see their bitter xenophobia and how they harassed chidimma for a white woman to win and represent them.
Tyler is speaking up and setting things straight with the music industry giving her an afrobeats award when she don't sing afrobeats. We know what it looks like when America is setting u up. And she says she sings amapiano or what ever. Watch how fast she falls when she don't fpllow the wicked music industry's lead. I'll be patient and watch her fall.
@@Jepisms explain that, how. She's only important to africans. Yall act like she's africas last hope to be noticed. Ya feeling urself a little too much like tyler.
This has nothing to do with humbling Africans ain’t no one coming for tems and ayra this way , it has do imo with other issues which includes insecurities, pretty privilege, jealousy/envy and colorism and the vibe Tyla can can give off. And no I’m not saying Tyla did anything wrong
That vibe that she gives off has nothing to do with her but the projection of people who are just insecure and threatened by her. How people perceive you is never about you but about how they see themselves!
@@Rosannasfriendyou’re right it is colorism where Tyla is the beneficiary, as it has always been. Black pride is what’s happening here. Black people (not only African Americans) don’t resonate with Tyla.
Nobody want to humble Africans its call respect. We ALL should respect each other . If someone tells you they're offended why respond with deflect or lack of accountability. How about figuring out how you can do it better. Thats on both sides. Right now we're talking about africans being respectful. The reality any artist should be grateful for a global platform. Obviously you miss the school of humility and gratitude it goes alot further than arrogance. Ask the ppl who dont have a fan based anymore. Dont let pride cash a check you regret!!!
And isn’t pride what has built the systems that determine millions of lives today? Humility is slays weaponized to ‘keep people in their place’ Funny how humility is only brought up to check confident women.
How will you open your statement with “Nobody wants to humble Africans” and conclude with “Don’t let pride cash a check you regret”. You’re contradicting yourself because you do want to humble Africans but deny ostensibility 😂
I’m just wondering if indeed you’re not embarrassing Kenya? I think there’s a way of promoting Africa without oozing off a chip on da shoulders sarcasm. Why not promote a narrative that will get Africa to get off our poverty instead? Whether that includes using our natural resources to our advantage or internal reorganization. It is indeed real that our African leaders cause more harm to Africa than the west. Can’t you see that? Why not redirect your attacks against the internal weaklinks that weaken Africa first?
Hey Max, this is her way of expression and what makes her unique. There are many content creators already who promote Africa and Kenya. She is speaking on a different note. My take is she is very passionate about the dignity of Africans. The world has taken us for granted too long and we don't need to feel apologetic and always the ones to be looked at as charity of the world. Listen keenly to what she is saying...my interpretation is she is expressing the dignity of Africans. We don't need to be held to a different standard by the so called advanced nations who act like the Earth belongs to them and we Africans are just by the way. As a Kenyan I am certainly not embarrassed by the way she expresses herself. It is very unique and quite Kenyan 😊
I am not your elected representative for you to claim that I am embarrassing Kenya And of course, before you tell me what to do, a quick look at my other videos should have told you that I call out Kenya’s and Africa’s shortcomings as well. I am not going to play small and ‘keep my lane as an African’ because I can speak about global issues because I am a global citizen.
@@Jepisms Talk how Africans can be empowered to get out of poverty & ignorance. Attacking westerners is an exercise in futility, they won’t stop looking down on us until we advance our countries like Asians have done unto themselves. Years ago the Chinese were a subiect of ridicule in the west, but not anymore. The westerners are now crying China is taking over. The Chinese didn’t gain respect thru begging westerners to view em differently but beating em to their own game of technological advancement & moving millions of their people out of da chains of humiliating poverty. The focus on da victimhood mindset not gonna get Mwafrikas nowhere. We need to uplift ourselves & think like champions. Charity begins at home as the saying goes
tyla is a bit annoying. she's immature. asking halle bailey to hold her award did smack of mixed/light-skinned girl condescension to a black woman who also happens to be a beloved black american. the latter is one of the takes you conveniently overlooked.
not feeding into your fictional narratives that stem from your own inferiority complex isn’t her “conveniently overlooking them”. she asked lil nas X and was directly turned towards him, there’s footage of her from multiple angles showing this.
@@divinebeaute my inferiority complex? well then this entire video is about the african inferiority complex. lol. there's a reason why halle responded tyla on social media - because it appeared to also be directed to her. out here trying to actually use black american talking points to make a point. hilarious.
@@plagmatic yeah. the point stands. and tyla is still annoying and immature af. she needs help with conducting herself on the big stage. and whether you understand the context or have the critical thinking skills to recognize the dynamic, that's what many people saw.
@@orangemoonglows2692 again, i hope you heal because looking this hard into things has got to be a sign of insecurity. us calling you out and asking you to confront your internalized racism and hierarchy thinking isn’t us “using black american talking points”. halle addressed it because she knows like many other celebrities who mentioned it that that specific award was heavy and Tyla asked for help cuz she physically couldn’t hold it while giving a speech??? see how ridiculous you guys sound by giving all of these racial connotations to something so trivial. proving that you put mixed people on a pedestal so high you can’t help but have straight up paranoia that anything they do or say is them trying to prove that you’re inferior.
