Thank you my brother so much for clarifying this misinformation. I've seen these video's about Black Americans not being of African decent ..I still use & prefer African American over just Black Americans we are far more than just a color. I've had my DNA done a couple of times by different companies, just to see & compare ..My DNA tracked very high to West Africa..but I was surprised that in my ad mixture I had some Asian ( Filipino )mixed in. Strange one of my best buddies was Filipino & was married to a sister....We need to employ more critical thinking skills..before we make these claims.. We already had a big hub-bug about the Netflix series Cleopatra a few months ago. about her being Black or white..But the bottom line is ancient Khemet (Egypt) is in Africa & the pharaonic period was Black & African.. Again thank you for your " Reality Check" on this topic..
Just don't fully believe this DNA stuff, it's created by whites with racial bias. Since you said you have Filipino mix, it better to know that the original Filipinos were blacks before the mongolid/Asian mixture.
Most African slaves were brought to the Caribbean and Brazil, only 4% of African slaves were brought to North America. This means the rest of blacks were already here which is confirmed by Christopher Columbus who wrote in his diary that there were black people in the Americas when he arrived. All you have to do is look at the 3,500 year old Olmec heads which are clearly African. Even the original Buddha statues of Asia were black so why is it so hard to accept blacks were also the first in the Americas? There's a reason black Americans don't look like Africans, it's because they are two completely different genome types. The reason we don't call white Americans 'European Americans' is because they've become a new group due to an ethno genesis and the same with black Americans.
@@AntonsClass Most African slaves were brought to the Caribbean and Brazil, only 4% of African slaves were brought to North America. This means the rest of blacks were already here which is confirmed by Christopher Columbus who wrote in his diary that there were black people in the Americas when he arrived. All you have to do is look at the 3,500 year old Olmec heads which are clearly African. Even the original Buddha statues of Asia were black so why is it so hard to accept blacks were also the first in the Americas? There's a reason black Americans don't look like Africans, it's because they are two completely different genome types. The reason we don't call white Americans 'European Americans' is because they've become a new group due to an ethno genesis and the same with black Americans.
Lol, if black Americans start to think they are not in any way related to Africa, then they are lost. Most Americans know that they have German ancestry or Italian or Dutch or French and so on but if black Americans think they are not of African ancestry then so be it. Sometimes you cannot help the ignorant because they just fell out of the sky.
Felt that, when you said we were farmers Even tho I was born n raised in PA my great greats was all farmers in GA n VA. As usual content is right on the money!
How do these people explain away DNA results? When you submit a test they have no idea who you are. My results showed Nigerian and other Wesr African ancestry but also showed English, Irish and Scandinavian. How could that occur if we are supposed to be indigenous? I was also shocked to see that I have lots of white fourth, fifth cousins.Was that all a set up by Ancestry? This is downright ridiculous. We have African origins I don’t even get why anyone would even want to deny that.
@@Tashaten you found family members who are recent and alive. Not 400 years ago. Dateline and nightlife already blew the whistle on the scam in the early 2000’s you are late in the game. Sweetheart you would have at least 800,000 grand parents 400 years ago , do you think they tested them all. I see why they think blk folks aren’t smart.
DNA is bull,, 80 percent of Black people in America are not African, They are NATIVE INDIANS THIS IS A FACT the Japanese and the Chinese look alike but they have sense to know that they are not the same. If Black are African where did you come from, what tribe you belong, you do not know because your dumb asses are not African wake the You are the Native Indians of America wake the hell up stop being so simple, America is your native land and have been for million of years
So glad you are back to making history videos, I really enjoyed your series on ancient Egypt, and North East Africa. I was hoping you would go into deeper history as it pertains to the wet Sahara. Anyways thank you and I hope you continue.
Why would they be? By default and by definition, a Foundational Black American is already well aware that the vast majority of Black Americans arrived in the west from West Africa because they had been sold by West Africans.
@@AllAboutKZN You probably also know Africans who want nothing to with Africa. However, wanting nothing to do with Africa is not the same thing as being in denial about the millions of humans who arrived in the west from Africa after surviving the unforgivable horrors of the middle passage.
@@AllAboutKZN they do know that cutting themselves off from africa now that there getting a foothold in the stage of the global world an cutting out all foreign puppets and corruption and doing something to change things with the resources every country on this planet wants will be bad for them right? All of america gets all of its resources from africa. Them not being our kin means africa will never help them or aid them with the wealth an resources they have
Spending actual time in West Africa gave me the huge eye opening 1st hand experience that NO WE ARE NOT AFRICANS. Our ancestors certainly were Africans but modern Black Americans are much, much, much different. Black Americans are a totally new people. Genetically and culturally, black Americans are Americans. AA's don't come from one African tribe, country, or region. AA's are a mixture of over 100 different African ethnic groups, as well as European admixture, that came to America, blended, and formed a completely new culture and people. Black Americans are AMERICANS. There is no "home" in Africa
The genetic differences is only due to new environment/diets and isolation. Looks don't lie. Black people around the world has similarities and common origin from Africa.
I'd say that the malagasy people of Madagascar are a mixture of Asian and African, where the oceanic/melanesian people are more closely related to asians. Same with pacific islanders and/or Polynesian. The first aboriginal group of people, or migrants, left africa over seventy thousand years ago. Of course genetics and dna changed over time, but all of their distant ancestors came from africa
I’ve been doing my genealogy and I think six generations back my families registered with the Choctaw in Oklahoma. Not to mention there are some Irish blacks that came in the 1600s. A lot of people think white is subjected to your skin, but it wasn’t. It was a class. There was dark skin people that were labeled as white. Paper genocide real just do some research on Walter Plecker.
@@AntonsClass DNa can’t tell you who you are related to 400 years ago, nor can it give you a direct descendant. Its just a bunch of boxes they are checking off in a back room and you’re gullible enough to fall for it.
Anyone with any knowledge of ancient history knows the answers to many of these questions. Some of us have extensive libraries that cover many issues pertaining to early Africa and global migration.
So they Don't believe their ancestors where taken from Africa as slaves? 😂 All black people I mean all of them are from Africa why do is black people like to separate eachother
@@AntonsClass Very Sad, 😞the only time theyll respect us is when we unite.. But my experience being around people like me is that we want someone to have evidence first....
If thats the case then why do they keep blaming africa for selling them as slaves if they claim to be from america only sn from the very beginning. Contradicting themselves
@isaiahmwereru8833 ... No, only a small few are nice-looking 👌... So don't be too prideful! Northeast Sudanese men are the best in looks like bone structures and all!!!
We are of African decent but we’re not African… To be honest if I were African I’d feel insulted for someone to claim my culture when they know nothing of the land or culture…
@@AntonsClass of course and good for the ones who want to know more about their roots, the problem is a lot of us see so much disrespect from the diaspora that we want to disconnect from it altogether…
Okay I'm going to explain this. Many Africans obviously you know go by their tribe and then outside of Africa they go by their nationality. Even though we say clan but I say ethnic group. But anywho you are genetically related to many ethnic groups in Africa. And no it wouldn't be insulting if you try to reconnect to those rules. What's really insulting as to say how you're not African and then look down upon the people who claim that they are. You have to understand that there's plenty of white people trying to take your shoes. What I mean by that is that they are taking your nationality they are taking your identity. Just look at how these so-called white South Africans are telling Continental born africans that they're not African because they not living in Africa. They even go as far to tell African-Americans that theyre more African than them. I'm like how can you be more African than the people who are originally from the continent. Which DNA is on the continent. I have to keep reminding these faux white African Europe people that they can never be African or more African-American. There's no such thing as being more African than an African. Had to ask him what tribe they were and they couldn't even say I might how is all of you in the same tribe if you were indigenous to Africa you do will be so many tries. White people only have their three little ethnic groups here which is traced back to Europe.
@@ReinaAfricana I never said I was looking down on anyone, what I’m saying is when I see an African who’s connected with the culture I don’t feel African… I know I have African roots and I’m proud of that but that’s where it stops, other then that I don’t even know exactly what group of people in Africa to even try to connect too… And to be honest the way the diaspora treats us it makes most of us not care to even try and learn the culture…
Africans identify by clan and tribe which come through the paternal line (+ nationality due to colonialism). Traditionally (in some tribes) the clan name may be used in place of your given name. Black American men would be able to trace their roots by their Y DNA but not the women (they will be considered foreign unless they marry into a family). But if your blackness came through the maternal line, this won't work. How do you fit in? I see a lot of black Americans coming to Africa and going wherever they like to find belonging. My advice for those who want to be truly embraced is to go where you can prove your DNA belongs. They will be more willing to fully receive you back. The other places will embrace you only as a guest in transit.
There is a theory that mali made it to America in the 1300s & another theory that in 1525 or 1526 another group of Africans (not sure which country) came to America and mixed in with natives. So when those people, see pictures of black people in Native American clothing, they are seeing those people, but they don’t realize, they still came from Africa, they just arrived in USA before slavery.
Those people arrived, most likely, in Mexico or South America, and we're quickly assimilated and absorbed by the very large population of indigenous Americans.
The thing is that they may be more correct than u think. They could be from Africa before slavery, as Africans were here before Columbus and slavery. So they might be able to talk about "indigenous" roots. But originally African still
Your ancestors should know since they're the ones who took them from the shores of Africa. Listen you have no problem when a Chinese person whose like seven generations removed from China. Identifies as Chinese and there's no uproar. The same thing with the Latinos the same thing with the other people. That are like a couple of generations removed but the minute a black person claims their African Roots it's a problem. Y'all are quick to say oh but you're just an American. No that's not how that works we get that he was born there. But you're ignoring the fact that there are indigenous Americans and a little over 574 tribes that will tell you otherwise that are native Americans. They will tell you that you're not even American yourself. You're just an immigrant that came here black people are the ones who were taken here. They're the only group of people that did not willingly come. So your people strip them of every damn thing in the last thing they have is there African identity that you also want to take from there. Just because you discovered there was white people still on the African continent. And they're stealing identities to we are tired of this. If you are not of African descent you have no reason to chime in on this.
I just watched 10 of your RU-vid videos!. And I love each and every one of them. But I hate your view that we were Muslim following!!. I was born and raised in Canada. By real Africa parents. Not a half breed!!
I told a Ghanaian woman I worked with that Gumbo that's eaten widely in the southern USA originated in Benin. She had never heard of it. We are the educators!
Because Gumbo is Gombo, which means Okra. In Nigeria, it's very similar but different. They eat as a draw soup that thickens with pounded yam or cassava, and Gumbo is stewed either a meal by itself or over rice.
Black people are indigenous to every continent in the world. I respect how any black person chooses to identify. Much of this is because black people in America were all grouped together and called the same thing, it doesnt mean we all share the same story. Black people have been in the Americas for so long, is it inconceivable to believe they didn't mix in/mate with natives/aboriginal or that in face that they aren't just indigenous period? Just as a black person here can be of West African descent, they can also be of indigenous descent. Africans hold on to their tribal names because it tells their story. When you're in America, there is no tribal name you're just supposed to call yourself black and accept that each and everyone else has the same slave story and was picked up from West Africa somewhere. For some, it's the case, for others, it may not be. If your family tells you, you have hebrew descent, african descent or indigenous descent be proud and continue to represent your culture and honor your story and your ancestors. I love black with all of our uniqueness and commonalities.
TLDR:Basically If You're Grandparents Came From Another Country & They Have No Family History Of Living In North America You Weren't Born Africa You're American Who Are The Children Of Immigrants. I'm Third Generation Dutch Canadian & I'm The Grandson Of An Immigrant My Family Isn't Originally From Canada, They're All From The Netherlands In Maastricht & Some Are From Scotland Ireland England Germany, Hell My Dad's Mom Wasn't Even Born Here She's From Maastricht (Which Located On The Border Of The Netherlands & Germany, I Am Of Germanic & Scottish Descent(Oh I Can Prove I Am Scottish If My Grandma Was Still Married To My Dad's Father My Last Name Would Be Murdock That And Any Time I Try To Sound Irish It Comes Out In a Scottish Accent) No We're NOT From Holland The Provinces Of North & South Holland Are NOT The Entire Country Its As Annoying When You Americans Say To Anyone From Ontario "Oh So Your From Toronto" You Really Need Learn About Other Canadian Cities People Let Set The Record Straight 1.I Don't Live The GTA 2. The Person in My Family Who Lives There Is My Grandma's Brother 3.Its Too Expensive To There & Traffic Is A Nightmare Especially During Rush Hour(I've Literally Gone On Trips With My Family & On Field Trips During My Middle & Highschool Years The Traffic Is A Pain In The Ass To Sit Through) 4.I Wasn't Born In Toronto I Grew Up An Hour Drive Past Windsor In Chatham Ontario 5.People Here Hate Toronto
Bruh do research on the Olmec civilizations in the Americas, especially North America, these are Black people that were here before anybody, you up here saying that the Black people here is not true Americans because DNA? 🧬 and who runs the DNA and owns the DNA the so-called jewish people, do more research black man, before you come out to your conclusion.🤔
Olmecs were not Black Africans, according to my research. Just because people have features similar to ours, doesn't make them Black. Some East Asians have tropical facial features, it doesn't mean they are Black.
@@AntonsClass Man You are Tripping 🤔 Africa is not the only place where Black people came from, we are the original people throughout the whole universe and the first people I think you know that.🤔 bruh you need to do more research 🧐
Where did the Olmec people come from? They sailed over on a ship from Africa. Why do they have Pyramids here and in Africa? Cus they sailed over on a ship from Africa and brought the culture and customs with them. At the end of the day all still points to Africa. Some people, just came over at different points in time.
@@DarrinJackson76 again, Africa is not the only place where Black people come from, the Omec civilizations are the northern kingdom of Israel, who came over to the Americas around 1700 years before Yahushua of Judah.
@@anthonybryant And where did the people from the Northern Israel come from? Israel was a conquered land. They did not originate there. Africa? If we all came from Adam and Eve then where did they come from? How are we different? Are you different from your cousins? All roads lead back to Africa.
There was a war between in the Americas a very long time ago….. then there was a split….. and a group went over to Africa to create a spin off culture in Africa….. you are welcome
Maybe I bet we have lived in the Americas for thousands of years. I just bet. We probably lived on these lands for more years than we know. Enough time where we forget we came from Africa. That's what I think
You guys are an admixture. Why do you only claim Africa and not any of your other heritage? Maybe this is an ignorant question but as an African, we would call you mixed unless your phenotype looks authentically African. In some rural places, you will be perceived to be a foreigner because we don't go by the one-drop rule here. So we would see you as part African and we would expect you to also embrace your other heritage.
It's simple, quite actually. Because that non-African racial admixture that us so-called "Black Americans" possess was acquired through the forcible sexual exploitation and outright RAPING of our enslaved African ancestors‼How can one seek common ground with one's ancestors' rapists⁉It's both impossible and ridiculous. Moreover, that nominal White European racial component has never defined and bonded our Black American people together as our shared African ancestry.
Many people, even within Africa, are an admixture. And as the person stated above, why would we "claim" something that was the result of SA? Anyway, this video wasn't about "only claiming Africa," it was a response to people who deny Africa all together.
You don't have the authority to speak for Africa if you lack information. Please educate yourself. This one drop rule you're speaking about applies because of how we related more to tribes/nations more than colour. We're the only race in the world that has all types of shades which is from the darkest all the way to the most lightskin. Albinism also proves that we're the mother of all people. I'm a Bantu person and a lot of mixed people fit in our nation because of having different features as a being in general.
No one cares how you see us. Maybe you are mixed as well. Continental Africans went through the diaspora as well. We are African. We are American Africans
As far as the indigenous American Africa concept. It is no different then 'black' Americans claim kinship with Africa. The whole pan African hypothesis is fantasy. Americans seeking a kinship with Africans do not understand they are raised TRIBAL. 'Black people outside of their tribe, whether African or American do not matter. Nice to know you, thank you very much... my concern is with my tribe. Get OVA it. 'black' Africans don't care for or entertain a need for pan African diaspora malarkey. It is a concept, not a reality. Just like the indigenous American African. But the two actually connect to point out something something significant. How uncomfortable 'black' Americas are at being Americans who are 'black'. A craving to be anything but what they are. A mixture of African, Asian and European blood and culture. Uniquely AMERICAN and BLESSED. I do not understand why we who are MORE want to be LESS.
Nah I’m not african just American I know nothing of their cultures or countries or cities, african isn’t a race it’s a continent with people who don’t even see each other as the same within the same countries😂but magically we are all one when they aren’t all one over there, many of U.S. have European dna also can we claim to be European also? We are our own people Africans sold many of our ancestors
Are you talking race, ethnicity or nationality. Those are all different things. The other question you asked is can you claim to European also? Yes you can! Will you be accepted as European? Was Obama the a Black President or a White President? He was equal claim to both. Being accepted as one does not exclude the other. When Black people travel abroad to other than African countries are they seen as American? Mexico is America too. Are Mexicans considered American?
The people in the Bible... where did they come from? Did they not all come from the Adam and Eve? What regions did they travel through? So are we talking race, tribe, ethnicity, nationality? There are many types of flower in a flower garden. They are all still flowers. The collection of them is what makes the garden beautiful.
