@@e.t1251 Ion even wanna say poor dude, at this point, I think he sees what's happening and he allows it to happen, noone can save buddy he can only save himself.
As a black person of a certain age, that was taught world geography, this is alarming. And people in 2023, that think Africa is a country. This was scary and painful to watch. In the coming world, the uneducated will completely be left behind. And the pride these young people have in their stupidity is sad.
As a German I experience similar social phenomena where people stopped being humbled for being uneducated, yet more amongst the 25-55 year olds. Many are already left behind, hold themselves in high opinion and get angry because they constantly feel cheated by society, the politicians or foreigners coming into our country and taking pieces of a pie they feel should be theirs. Low education and ignorance will only ever lead to social unrest.
Actually I have to tell a lot of you Caribbean people that too. African-American because that word alone is literally their ethnic group. You cannot put them all in one bowl just like nobody put you all in one bowl
Fun fact: In India, 3 out of 4 kids are born from incest. Also a fun fact, in India, 3 out of 4 marriages are same-family marriage. Never look to those countries for anything but stupidity.
I’m American and I could name over a hundred countries on a map. Take these videos with a grain of salt. I seen a video on IG where this European girl couldn’t name the capitol of Vienna. I’m not gonna generalized all of Europe cause that one girl didn’t know the answer. You guys say you’re so smarter than us, but can’t understand that simple concept.
This is so sad. As an African, the ignorance of black Americans is astounding. In my high school geography I studied world geography. I could name all African countries, many of the big rivers, capital cities. I could tell you where the Rhine river was as well as the Ganges and even Brahmaputra. Almost 45 years after leaving high school , I still remember many of these facts. But as much as I blame these young people for not educating themselves, I think the US education system is the main culprit. How sad. How very sad.
How is it possible to graduate from school in the US without knowing that Africa is a continent? Not knowing Texas is a state in your own country? Not knowing the difference between a continent and a country? Just sad.
US citizen here. Public schools in the US allow kids to graduate even if they fail their classes. This is one of many reasons way the rest of the world thinks we are dumb!
Wakanda was invented/created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby of Marvel Comics Group, in the comic book "Fantastic Four" in 1966. (Disnee couldn't make-up a shopping list.)
It would be really beneficial to regular people if the world was one country Starting with Africa as a continent "Nation" is a relatively new social phenomenon. A justification for big companies to have states to back their hunger for profits and exploitation of places in the world, where the production forces are not that developed in comparison to the Imperialist core.
@@VocalBear213 or where war lords can control the population and resources for they're own personal gain, whilst everyone else, apart from accomplices live in poverty and starve?
I guess because a lot of Black Europeans are either 2nd or 3rd generation African. Whereas a lot of African Americans are way further (blood wise) to it
It’s not called being whitewashed. It’s called being uneducated. On a side note Africa is the continent with the most countries so that does make it a little harder.
Absolutely right!👍Most Americans had a lack of #CommonSense or at least a minimum of basic education, regardless of their "skincolor"!🙄 I wonder if they even can point out #canada or #mexico on a map!😮💨 P.s: Thank god i live in europe😏...after i saw this video i called a (black) friend of mine.....guess what: She named 18 states across Africa🤭.... i guess #americans should invest more in #Knowledge😌
Doesn't that technically make you a French woman of Senegalese descent? Especially if you're integrated into French society to at least a degree and can speak French with a "France accent".
I think the issue is just average Americans in general being ignorant. Not necessarily...ethnicity. Although the results were indeed very disappointing for anyone with even a basic education or ability to read and write.
@@MuantanamoMobile We also feel disappointed because especially recently seeing alot of AA being immersed in conversations about and with us, and really getting into African things including unfortunately policing how Africans should act and what we should accept (especially with our music and culture and history) only to find out that interest is so surface level and that they have not bothered to actually get to truly know us and our countries 😭😭 It hurts, man.
I'm Colombian and I can name and place most African countries. Very embarrassing, and disappointing that these "African" Americans can't name one single country. Well, OK, many said Nigeria, but couldn't place it on a map. Interesting how a few of them mentioned Haiti.
It's a shame. They wear their ignorance like some badge of honor. Contrast how they spoke with how the last non black folk spoke, like mature people who read and research. Nothing wrong with knowledge
The only thing they bring up in black history month is slavery and the civil rights movement. They probably could be doing more to actually try to talk about some African history.
This is embarrassing, and it goes back to that one clip where that dude asks Dutch girls to name a city in Africa. They do, and the dude proceeds to ask how they got it correct. Their reply, "We not American"... classic
That is good. But you are an exception. I can name most of the countries in the world but that is because I love geography. Unfortunately, most of world wide population can't even name the provinces in their own country
You know a nation is in trouble when it becomes a badge of honor for people to be stupid. I guess these people have more pressing issues to attend to than actually knowing things.
Yeah shame on them being stopped in the street & asked about a country they will probably never visit in their lives & failing to answer questions. We're doomed!
@@ashleyx3822 When a large part of any community has such an egregious deficit of basic information they can be manipulated to do just about anything, including things that are detrimental to themselves. I'll never visit The Gambia or Senegal but I wrote a 4000 word comparative politics essay about the two nations in University. Even so, you missed the most important part of my comment. Many young people, including the people in this video, have been manipulated to think that displaying stupidity or ignorance gives them a social advantage. While countries like India, China and Russia publicize their top achievers, America publicizes their greatest morons and the mentally deranged.
This is sad, these are your typical young Liberals living in blue cities. They're self absorbed in their own bubble (which is their home, friends, & immediate family), everything else is irrelevant to them (cause of inflation, tax code, global economics).
@@pedritsz4724 at the least South Africa literally at the very least the country with the literal location in its name. And obviously Madagascar because motto motto
As czech im proud to be from Africa :D. I would atleast expect that most people would be able to point at Sout Africa, or Madagascar (atleast those last ones were able to point at so many nations).
The last ones were the true Africans, my African bro, as a Slovak, and Slovakia being a neighboring country of Czechia, I am proud to be an African, too. :D
African Americans are about as African as white Americans are British/German/Irish. The only Americans who are still actually connected to their heritage are newer immigrants from Latin America and Asia, everyone else is about as American as American can be
Race supposed to be a social construct but the stupid nationality being used as an ethnicity is making it more complicated. The social construct is already unnecessary division, but I rather that, over nationalities, used as ethnicities. Light skin or darker is supposed to be blk and if not yt, but it's still dumb IMO.
This is so true. Nobody ever seriously considered themself as a “European American”. A white American and a black American have a thousand more things in common than a black American and a black African or a white American and a white European. The term “African American” is just another way to divide us. I’d rather focus on things that unite us.
You are extremely rare case then. Geography is also my passion and I would say I know most countries in the world out of my head without any troubles at any point in my life. But in fact here in Europe atleast we are generally quite aware of most continents and countries, names and even flags.
I go against your comment , I've met many Europeans who still regard Africa as a country , let alone know they are different ethnic groups and languages spoken in the continent.
@@Incog80 And i go against your comment. If you experienced Europeans who think Africa is a country, your 'European' is likely someone who migrated from the Near or Far East and just possesses an European passport.
@@Incog80 I have never met anyone in Europe that thinks Africa is a country. That's just not possible that you "have met many". In Europe, people know what a map is. They have even stumbled upon a globe.
@@ralfdunkel6266 the ones that I met where indigenous to their country. Some even think Africa is a jungle. I guarantee you can ask most people from that continent to name 5 African countries without mentioning the popular know ones due to immigration (Nigeria , Somalia , Ghana , South Africa or Congo) & you will see a struggle
Irregardless of being Black or white, basic knowledge of geography (ability to name & locate a few countries on another continent) is part of what is universally considered a basic level of education!
Ironically, irregardless is not a word. It would be a double negative (the ir and the less both mean without). The word is regardless, meaning without regard.
As an African(living in Africa), I can name almost all countries in the world, their relative geography, climate, latitude and their recent and current geopolitical realities. So, I find this a little baffling. But this maybe because I studied diplomacy and International relations.
As a 14-year West Indian student (2nd Form geography), I could do the same.. Name many animals native to each country, their capitols, language, culture, prior colonist (if any), and recall a few former names (Rhodesia, Zaire, Burma, Chinese Taipei... new ones like Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, etc.), all the former Soviet "Stans", and ALL 50-American states, largest cities, and locations on the map... I came to the U.S., was placed in an inner-city school, and forgot most of it as I spent most of my days running for my life. Half the idiots wanted to kill me because I was impossibly smart (btw in the Caribbean I was just a good student). The other half wanted me to do their school work then kill me out of jealousy. Problem was I was too smart for the next 2 to 3 higher grades, which was a non-starter when you are trying to live....
I just commented on this, as a Ugandan who did Geopgraphy in school it's sad that we know more about them than they know about us... It's embarrassing on their part they need to educate themselves 😮😮😮😮I'm in utter shock how purposely obtuse Americans can be the so called greatest country in the world 😮
The only country you learn about in history on same level as most European and Asian country’s is Egypt as that has the most culture and history it’s sad but true
The guy saying “Czech Republic is like right here” while gesturing at Ghana, Togo and Benin absolutely killed me. Also I’m a Canadian who has barely left the country and with only European heritage and I can name em all 💪
But can you speak French? Can you speak an indigenous language, such as Cree? Do you know who won the Grey Cup in 1979? priorities, people, priorities!
Because it's cool to be Egyptian nowadays thanks to the renewed media attention due to Netflix's documentary about Cleopatra.. but their closest ancestry is really in West-Africa..which also had ancient civilisations, Kingdoms and great culture
Egypt only one that made there own culture and history and where decades ahead of country’s like Kenya and Nigeria which you can’t really talk about history wise because not much happens
As an African guy myself I get so embarrassed and ashamed when I see our African descendants In the USA not knowing the least or bare minimum about their Origin🤦♂️
“Our descendents,” 💀 nuh uh I do not know these people from ADAM. They have been detached so long that they’re their own conglomerate now. They’re aren’t embarrassing anyone but themselves.
Ugh... I saw this coming. As a black (African American) person, I can name and point out at least 75% of African countries on a map without hesitation but since I am indeed American, I'm well aware that I am but an outlier, and this is because I was actually never taught a single thing about the continent of Africa in school. I decided to do the research myself. Our education system fails us tremendously yet purposely, and that gets overlooked by the majority of our population.
@@phacol12 The thing is, it’s got nothing to do with the particular era. In addition, it’s not exclusively black people in America who are ignorant to basic geography (as portrayed in the video). We’re expected to know anything about African countries when we’ve been offered the same education (less at certain points in history) as our white American counterparts who are just as- if not more likely to be clueless about them. It’s the American school system that’s at fault here, and it needs a serious reformation.
Not knowing countries from the continent of your own origin has nothing to do with the lack of education (even though i do believe the US has one of the worst education systems in the world). It has to do with your own lack of interest and having the wrong priorities.
As a fellow South African, I focus on the last minute or so when the participants get the countries right. :-) Not doing so would break my faith in humanity.
Every time I watch these I feel like these people are 100% trolling for content Ariel need to go to anger management fr It's crazy how every other race knew more than the actual Africans
@@ningcentric wrong. They are american! Amazing that the white and Asian always do better. Must be racism. This proves a lot. They even enjoy their ignorance.
@@sigmarine More like laziness on their part. I'm American and can name most all African nations. but I'm also generation X, we learned this in public school.
I feel your pain. As a American, I can’t express the rage I felt when they started naming U.S. states as African countries and pointing to them on the map! That really pissed me off!
As a Nigerian, it's really embarrassing watching some of these guys not being able to mention countries in the continent their ancestors came from. They may be laughing but i do not think it's funny to be honest
They want the privilege of calling themselves African, it allows them to get away with murder,stealing ect in America. What they weren't taught was "whites" were also enslaved by Africans. I'm Arab and can name almost all countries in Africa. They think Africa is one country, of course we know it's made of many many countries.
As an African, I’m not sad, I’m not disappointed. It’s just funny as the guy said he’s “white washed”. What do you expect from a country that can’t define what a woman is???
Whilst at school here in Africa , we were often flogged by teachers for not memorizing the states of USA plus their capitals. Drawing the map of New york , the map of st Lawrence freeway, the Appalachian mountains! the Canadian prairies . I still remember how to draw the map of British Columbia and name Fraser river 😢 the map of Yangzhou river in china , the Rhine in Europe.Now the map of Africa , it was something one had to know . Now with our "rudimentary education" most of us here in Africa can remember these things after school. What the heck is being taught in America
@@kittygirl_thetortie498 Your edited post came too late. means your opinion is outdated. The OP first wrote ""thought" and after my message corrected it to "taught". May be you can see that his msg is edited now. Adding: He corrected also British Columbia as the first commenter pointed out. Of course this is legit.
y'all used to be part of africa thousands of years ago before the whole country literally left to asia but the fact that the person that said it said ''west africa is where india lies'' i ignored their statement completely
I am Turkish I can name 90% of them show 70% on the map and probably do very good with flags its not a race thing, American education system is messed up
Nobody cares, Khazar baby. You're gas is running low, we should refill it for your people. Unless we want WW3 -- the last 2 were your people's fault anyway
Some people just show up to school and never pay attention. WE used to put the dumb kids in one class, average kids in another, smart kids in yet another. There were also shop and trade classes. About 25+ years ago, politicians decided that ALL students should attend college. In reality, only about 1/3 of students are college material. Schools have dropped the trades and pushing morons to attend college. Put all the kids together and let the troublemakers distract the teachers from teaching. Plus, these kids' parents are obviously as dumb as they are and teach them nothing. America used to be a meritocracy, now we are trying to convince our population that stupid people are smart and intelligent people are oppressors. It will bring us down because our dumb people are too lazy to actually work and smart people fall through the cracks because they are given the time and attention needed to advance. Our schools are catering to the lowest common denominator.
Rock also said the safest place to hide your money in an African-American neighborhood is in books - which are kryptonite to the burglars living next door.
As someone who is half African and half African American this was so hard to sit through. Like I just can’t believe that most of these people can’t even name ONE country.
As a Native American who spent 3 weeks in Zimbabwe and Zambia and who fell in love with this great continent. This is so sad. But as a rule Americans seem really poor at other nations local and cultures.
@@marysartr , Well I think it was 1980 when "Rhodesia" fell and became the nation we now know as "Zimbabwe" (which means "Stone House" on the native Shauna language). Zimbabwe now is in ruins as corruption has nigh destroyed the economy.
The last 2 minutes of this video just showed us what we knew already,, stereotypes are not just talk,, stereotypes are real,, some people earn their label ...
I'm African from Zambia. I can name about over a 140 countries across the world, we have the internet and geography books in libraries. I bought an Atlas when I was 12 years old. It's hilarious but like the Nine Inch Nail and Johnny Cash song 'This Hurt'.
