China's Original Black African Roots! 

My dad used to tell me this when I was a little girl. My dad been woke...he was born in 1937...he used to go watch Malcolm X preach on street corners in Harlem. My dad went to jail with King in Montgomery Al...he used to be a runner for Richard Pryor grandfather in Peoria, IL...he never bragged...my dad suffered a stroke and doesn't talk much now, I'm glad he shared this information with me when he did.

The pic in the front: they are Javanese people. They are not Chinese. I live in Java. They are Javanese wearing Javanese traditional costumes. Edit: The channel has changed the front cover into other pic. Now it is a pic of Africans.

I understand why it was against the law for black’s to learn to read

source: trust me bro Just because some of us have darker complexions, it does not mean we’re black. We can come in many different shades. Southeast Asians tend to have darker complexions compared to East Asians.

The Wu-Tang Clan has been saying this for years. That's why alot of African Americans gravitate to Martial arts, cuz its their ancestral DNA memory bank.

Funny how you claim to be Egyptians, Chinese, Native Americans, Israelites when infact your ancestors came from West/Central Africa.

"Oh wait you're serious, let me laugh even harder"

this interpretation is wrong your lying and spreading misinformation.

I did learn this from a substitute history teacher. It was right before MLK day & he was Mexican and asked the Mexican students if they were going to march. He then asked them 1. Do you know where your grandmother sat on the bus? 2. Do you know what water fountain she drank from? He then got into China/Africa history. It was the best week of school ever

There’s not a place on earth that hasn’t been home to black folk since the beginning of time!! Love this content!!

I'm sorry, I'm Indonesian, 7:44 is actually a part of Indonesian culture (if looking at their clothing and hair do). we're not black (Afro) in origin, but we are dark skinned (well, some of us) due to our countries location which is across the equator. but we are not ethnically African-descent (at least in the years mentioned). but we're not Chinese either. some are ethnically Chinese and identify as Chinese descent. I'm not saying we don't have African descent people currently living here (half African people does live here) and some of our Eastern brothers and sisters share a very heavy resemblance to the African descent people. But we are not African by all means.

Hello Im Indonesian. I am Javanese (Jawa). And the picture in the front is Javanese and Palembang people. Indonesia is a country with more than 1000 ethnic groups. Majority of Indonesian is Austronesian and Melanesian people, which spread along Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Australia. The title of "China's Black African Root" is so so misleading. I hope you found this comment.

BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ROOTS OF HUMANITY!!! WE WERE THE 1ST HUMANS! THIS IS WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO ERASE OUR HISTORY! BLACK HISTORY IS HUMAN HISTORY! BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

As a Javanese descent and Chinese descent with strong culture, this is not Chinese. Its Javanese. The two girls are clearly Javanese by their clothing and accessories, theyre facial features. Their skin tone and also their stance.

Using a picture of Indonesian people wearing traditional Indonesian costumes as a thumbnail for a video titled China's Original Black African Roots (and showing it again at 07:49) is totally misleading.

Those people are Indonesian. Don't be that desperate to prove yourself, mate. Own your culture.

The thumbnail is Javanese people and part of Austronesian root, and definitely not black , you're misleading here

The image you are using as a thumbnail is a picture of Indonesian-Javanese women not Chinese, the photo is indeed black and white, but that doesn't mean the person being photographed is a black person.

7:38 That picture is actually Malay and Javanese, which is austronesian from southeast asia (Indonesia), not black people from africa or even chinese.

Bro Black People did not build the Great Wall of China 😂

Sorry to say fun fact Chinese are asian but asian are not only Chinese, you need to learn more about Asia And the thumbnail was not black asian, they are Javanese (Indonesia/melayu) East Asia is very different compared to South East Asia

Cleopatra was black and now Chinese was blacks 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

There are some errors in this video. As an Indonesian, I would like to object your description that says, "We thank you for pointing out that the thumbnail is of Indonesians but they are indeed Black Asians." To clarify we are not 'Black Asians', we are Southeast Asians. Majority of Indonesians' ancestors are of proto-malay ethnicity, and along the course of history, intermarry with merchants from China, India and the Middle East. We also have our Melanesian brother and sister in the Eastern part of the country, but they are not African as how this video suggests. They are indigenous to the island of Papua and its neighboring islands. Don't make us something that we are not. You should be proud of your own culture's legacy and not try to acquire another as your own.

Also here in the philippines we have an indigenous population called the Aeta who resemble Africans and have African features.

Humiliating Chinese culture bro

All wrong! I just have to say u need to read more history books, 伏羲(Fuxi) is not an emperor, he is the ancestor of Chinese people in legend, first emperor in China was 秦始皇. 商 (Shang) doesn’t mean black either🤦🏻‍♂️Stop stealing other people’s culture and make blacks make everything

Chinese skin tone has always has variation. There's an extreme dark tan to a very jade/porcelain white. Asians don't have the word for "tan" it's common to use "black". Every geneticist agree that today's human people are descendants of Africans. My issue is your video seems to insinuate that modern day Africans are the same as modern day Asians. Even in your photos of the supposed "blacks" is more visually similar to modern day Chinese. This is a gross twist of history and culture despite admitting that there are millenniums of separation between those who stayed in Africa versus those who left Africa. Might as well say that Nazis are original Africans... see how extreme this has gotten by twisting things around, since genetically all Europeans have some of the same DNA with Africans as well.

It's cool to see the variation in Chinese skintone. It reinforces the idea that we are all just people with a spectrum of skin tones. And we aren't separated by races

All people originated in Africa, that is interesting but not the priority; the priority is understanding what needs to happen today to overcome the oppression and continuing exploitation that has inhibited the progress and threatens the survival of people of color worldwide.

The video titled "China's Original Root Was From Africa: Chinese Admit Africans Taught Them Everything!" makes unjustified claims that Chinese culture originated from Africa. Such assertions are rooted in cultural appropriation and misinformation. First, there is no credible historical or genetic evidence that Chinese civilization originated from Africa. Chinese civilizations like the Xia and Shang Dynasties developed independently in East Asia for thousands of years through the efforts of the ethnic Chinese people. Second, the video makes sweeping generalizations that Africans "taught the Chinese everything" based on minimal and dubious evidence. The enormous complexity and sophistication of Chinese achievements in art, architecture, science, engineering, philosophy and more make it absurd to claim they resulted entirely from African influence. Third, claiming another culture's achievements as one's own is a form of cultural appropriation that has rightly been criticized when directed at African and other minority cultures. African-Americans in particular have advocated against the appropriation of elements like jazz, hip-hop and style. Yet the video exemplifies the appropriation of Chinese culture by incorrectly asserting an African origin. Fourth, attributing Chinese accomplishments primarily to African influences perpetuates the racist "myth of white invention" that minimizes non-European contributions to science, technology and civilization. However, this essentializes Africa and Africans in a stereotypical and reductive manner. In conclusion, while cultural exchange and diffusion undoubtedly occur, the video makes unfounded and inappropriate claims in an attempt to reshape Chinese history to align with a particular racial narrative. Instead of appropriating the cultures of others, we should recognize and respect their uniqueness while celebrating the common threads of humanity that unite us. For all cultures to thrive, we must move beyond outdated dichotomies and renounce the temptation to attribute "others' " achievements to our own identities and histories.

Hi everybody the thumbnail is ethnic groups from Indonesia, the two girl on the right is from Javanese people, it was shoot during dutch era...Javanese people is Austronesian people who speak Malayo-Polynesian language (Java language)

There’s no way people act believe this LOL

I learned about this in high school from my African American Studies teacher. She had pictures of black people from all around the world posted on her classroom wall.

@7:40 they are Javanese, not black nor Africans... Please stop distorting the truth. Don't be racist like this!

BRUCE LEE was not only a GREAT Martial Artist. but also a well read Scholar, and Philosopher. as much as Bruce read/studied. you better believe he knew the Afrikan origin of the Martial Arts. that's why he had so much more respect for those Black Martial Artist of his day...and Bruce love to wear a LONG Afrikan Dashiki. his Daughter Shannon has it now.

We were scattered so says The Holy Scriptures.... That explains why we are in places that no one would think we ever existed!!!! 🎺🎺🎺👑 HalleluYAAAAH!!!📖💜

That not hard to believe that first man and woman was black...... every human comes from Africa

I want to apologise firstly if anyone might be offended by what I wrote, as an Indonesian of Javanese ethnicity I want to point out that the thumbnail you used is of Indonesian people, the two girls on the right are Javanese (Java) and the other two girls on the left are Palembangese (Sumatra) define from the traditional dress they wore which definitely isn't Chinese since both are a few of ethnicities and culture in Indonesia. Perhaps if you would, you can use the term Asian relation to Africa instead of just "China" but using someone else culture as an example, because cultural identity is kind of a sensitive issue. If your context is about Africa and China then don't use other people that has no correlation to your context, it's like talking about Apple and Orange but using broccoli as an example, unless you expand the definition with the rest of asia too and not just a particular country then the context would be about apple, orange and other kinds of fruits. Maybe you could also cite the origin of the people too, you could also explain about them a bit to expand the point of view. Second, you argued about the use of the thumbnail of Indonesian culture as the term "black asian", which is ambiguous and insensitive. Each ethnicity in Indonesia has their own distinguish physical characteristics like shade of skin tone, hair, bone structure. You could use "dark skinned asian" instead since many of Indonesian and perhaps the rest of southeast asia do have darker skin tone than eastern asian. I won't deny that any human walking on earth has african ancestry and somehow we are interconnected with one another but probably with a better wording, better insight and not to be ignorant about geography and cultural identity (differentiate of chinese and southeast asia) would minimize the misunderstanding and misinformation about the information you were giving us. Thank you

I learned in biology back at PVAMU that black people are the original people of earth 🌎then Allopatric speciation occurred as they migrated/became separated to different regions of the earth.

I am in my 40’s and YT has taught me more about my history than any school I ever attended!

Bahaha. It's hilarious and pathetic at the same time.

I love totally off the wall conspiracy theories but this is terrible in terms of the actual evidence given (i.e. none) also several things that can be outright disproven. Black people didn't even build the pyramids in Egypt, so why should that be the credited origin of pyramids all around the world... You can't prove the first emperor was black by one statue either and then base a bunch of other assumptions on it. Braided hairstyles are not at all exclusive to being black throughout history. Like others said, this whole thing just reeks of lack of knowledge of other cultures and history as well as a lack of passion for understanding your *actual* truth. Why not try to dig into the accomplishments and history of black people from Africa instead of stealing others history.

When I took Chinese culture class in college, it became obvious to me that the Chinese must have originated from Africa because mandarin was too similar to the Yoruba language of West Africa to be just a coincidence. Same as the Japanese; the Shinto (Japan's indigenous religion) deities are akin to the masquerades of Africa.

The foreign blacks were considered a curiosity by the Chinese, who had never seen people with dark skin before. Locals would call enslaved Africans Kunlun or “dark-skinned.” They were often depicted in Chinese art and literature as exotic and foreign. However, they were also discriminated against and faced many challenges, including language barriers and social exclusion. Stop ! With the falsified information

This is probably why we are hated by all! The energy, time & money to keep the truth hidden is massive and unfortunate bc the truth will prevail & is being revealed through SM & educators on a daily. Thx for the info, will do my on research as well.

Dude, this video is not scientifically correct. The first modern humans left Africa and arrived in Asia/China about 100,000 years ago. Over 1,000s of years, the modern humans slowly loss their dark skin and African facial features, and their appearance began to change, eventually forming the "yellowish" Asian look that we see today in China. Thus, the first emperor was not a "black" man, but one with Asian features.

所以我们中国人创造了中国的一切，然后黑人突然冒出来说在一切都是他们创造的？

Haha.. That's not african.. That's INDONESIAN CLOTHES.. traditional clothes.

All Praises to the Most High We are the Alpha and the Omega of the 🌎 Earth.

Where did you get the thumbnail's picture? It looked like my ancestor's wedding make up and outfit. I'm from Indonesia, i can confirm the prior in the thumbnail dressed in Javanese.

the inferiority complex has no limit, this comical and pathetic at the same time

Deuteronomy 28:68 we were definitely scattered to the 4 corners of the earth. Israelites

By commenting this I am in no way, shape or form trying to take away from the accomplishments of africans throughout our history, but you must be able to reflect a little on what you are saying here, By claiming that these early black people were Africans, you are also claiming that you are in fact not american because you are black, and I am not Danish because I look Asian?. They might have been black, yes, they might have ancestry in africa (like we all do), but they were chinese, just like you are american, and I am Danish. And by the way my mother is Ainu from Hokkaido Japan, and none of us have any African DNA, we do however have alot of South American and Polynesian DNA, so to claim that the Ainu is in fact black from Africa is a long shot. Back in the days alot of genetic tests were done to finally establish the origins of the Ainu, and they tested the Sentinelese (the indigenous people of North Sentinel Island, India), they are part of a early group of people that have direct origins in Africa). They thought that the Ainu might have been an "offspring" of the same genetic group, but no. The Ainu had more Polynesian DNA than African, so according to science, you are wrong when claiming that the Ainu are of African descent (at least recent African decent). There was never any pyramids in Japan, they are called Kofun, seen from above they look like manmade keyhole shaped islands, I have seen them in real life, and they look NOTHING like a pyramids, they are amazing and fascinating though, but not pyramids. And we know exactly who made them and when. And again, they were not black, they might have been of korean descent or even south american decent, but not African. It is quite easy to use ancient history as a weapon in propaganda videos here on youtube, people rarely have the time to look up the truth themselves. Listen, black Africans have an immensely beautiful history, it is rich and powerful, there is tales of huge kingdoms, and gold and riches, there is no need to steal other nationalities history. Only black Americans descendants of slaves feel the need for this, to empower themselves, because they rightfully feel that their history and culture was stolen from them, the general African from Africa would not claim this, I believe... I apologize for hitting you with this full text article, but I needed to get this off my chest... Stay blessed and beautiful, with love and peace I wish you a beautiful day...

Wow! I think the great efforts by our ancestors should inspire all of us to dig deep for our inner inventions to advance our present day Africa.

Why are you claiming we're black? Trying to steal our identity like what you did to the Egyptians?! Please know your boundaries. 😂

Also just because Asian had dark or darker skin doesn’t mean they came from or are related to Africans. Just cause some Africans have lighter skin tone or blue eyes doesn’t mean they came or are related to white people. Please give me a break.

Interestingly, recent scientific discoveries in mapping the human genome, we now know ALL THE HUMAN FAMILY GENES HAVE AFRICAN ANCESTRY. This diversity make us strong and a force for unity. Whether European, Middle Eastern, African or Asian we are all closely related. LONG LIVE HUMANITY!

I was adopted with two children and subsequent grandchildren. There was no medical history included with my birth certificate and I wanted to know if there was any chronic illness in my family history so I took a gene test. On the maternal side I came from West Africa and Paternally my ancestors came from China. Thank you for this explanation. 💝

What nonsense! Incorrectly credited photos, inaccurate narratives that can only fool those disinterested in facts, ignorant of history and anthropology! What an insult to Chinese people and it’s history. Shame people shame🙄🙄🙄

Guys, it's widely known that humans most likely all originated from today's Africa and migrated over the world, adapting to natural conditions and hence losing dark skin pigmentation etc. Not big news for anyone who went to school.

The first snowman was also black

On the time stamp 7:39 did you use an old picture from Indonesia? Because there are some attires that they wore that are familiar with my Javanese heritage and tradition like the pattern on their “Batik” called “Parang Rusak” and also the “Keris” a sword typical of Javanese weapon and the girls head piece and hairdo, when Javanese women get married they adorn their foreheads with that called “Payes” the curves that you see on their forehead, and also the three tiered necklace.

Most of this is pure bullshit. Inferiority complex as its best. for example, Emperor Hongwu is not of black origin. The fact that he helped build mosques doesnt mean he is Muslim (he does not practice it himself) The Buddha is North Indian and definitely not black

Sooooo Chinese people are black? So are you ready to accept them as a fellow black person? Cause if your gonna do what you're doing here right now which is saying that all great Chinese achievements are actually of black origin. Then you're gonna fully be ready to accept every single Chinese person as a fellow black person? (that includes allowing them to use the N word). Or is the point of this video to lay claim to other people's culture? Cultural appropriation? So what's your next video gonna be? Maybe it's about Korea and how the first person to create kimchi was a black man. Or maybe the original owner of Hyundai was black? Lol can't wait.

Thumbnail and 7:41 are pics of Javanese people (of Indonesia) wearing Javanese traditional dress, even if you wanna make a point about Javanese people originating from Taiwan or that Javanese have a trace of African descent, then please DO say it.. Don't just put the pic there and portraying it as part of the Chinese people and culture.. Javanese and Chinese culture are vastly different even though there are some influence due to the interaction of the two civilizations in the past, but they both stand as their own.. So I think it's just straight up ignorant and disrespectful to put a pic of Javanese there, portraying them as Chinese and not once mentioned the word "Javanese".. And I believe that's not what this channel is about, right? Btw, I am not Javanese, I am a fellow Indonesian of Sundanese ethnicity..

When I visited a Sholin Temple in the Fujian province, the great statue of Buddha has 3 guards... 1 is Chinese, 1 Indian & the other is an African.

The fact that this video is mixing true information and misinformation is so damn evil. What an effective way of misinforming people.

The Alpha and the Omega....the beginning and the ending; which shall never (END).

Keep telling the Truth. Keep telling Our Story.

Thank You. Afro-Asiatik is a long expansive history which spans the entire planet.

Why bring tons of stone to another land where there is stone everywhere. This makes no sense.

7:40 The picture is definitely a Javanese traditional bride custome which we still can see them today.

??????????????As a Chinese, I do not deny that human beings may have originated in Africa and that black people may be the first human species. But it is ridiculous to say that the characters in Chinese mythology and the first emperor of China were black. The cultural relics of black images shown in the video do not belong to China at all. Even records about black people in Chinese history are extremely rare. From the cultural relics unearthed at present, both the characters in myths and those in tombs have obvious characteristics of yellow race people, including the human bones unearthed after DNA comparison. In contrast, there is no evidence for the remarks in the video. The logic of this video seems to be "because Africa has a bowl, all the bowls in the world come from Africa". Strange pseudoscience video.

We have other things to concern ourselves with than to explore a so called 'China's original Black African Roots'. This kind of things is completely ridiculous. Why should we need to be considered as the root of other peoples? What does it suggest about ourselves when we say things like 'join us as we explore the Black African presence in ancient China'? Are we fustrate about who we are? We are Black Africans and it is enough. Let's China and others alone. Let's respect ourselves, let's respect others and let's firmly demand to be respected. We don't have to tell others we are their origin, their roots. We haven't created anyone just like we are not the creatures of anyone except God.

I had an ancestry DNA test done and results came back with 5% of me is traced back to Africa and 17% Mongolian. I was astounded and now I'm very interested in this topic. Thanks for sharing a historical perspective of my roots.

Desperation attemp to escape blackness

that’s interesting, i am not surprised. there are African peoples around the world who do have Asian features.

So you Bantus are trying to claim China now? 🤣🤣🤣

I tried having this discussion on Quora, only to be met with laughter, told by a college history professor, that black people think they own everything, and not everything black people read from the internet is true.

China, India, Russia, America's, England, Europe, Thailand,Australia, all around the globe 🌎 Black!

Very true, even language proves it. I speak 12 languages by the way.

There are many errors in the video. For example, 8:01 It is Korean traditional wedding ceremony black and white picture. It looks like late 19th century. But Why someone photoshoped korean's faces black?

I'm a so-called BLACK woman with Asian eyes and high cheekbones. Most women in my family carry the same features. I was told that the Asians were once black. In fact all people were once melenated. This helps to confirm what I was told.

I just love the praises and claims that comes with being black until they endure the burdens and the hardships that comes with being black

But you can actually tell from the food they eat some of it is eaten by the people in the northern part of Malawi called the " Tonga" the culture of squatting and bowing. Even the Bush men along Botswana near kgalaghadi dessert.

Having dark skin doesnt mean you are African, melanin is needed for all people near the equator, these people werent always limited to the equator. They have all been pushed down there worldwide. The British mandated this to every country. Africa is the most diverse continent even neighbouring countries have more genetic diversity then can be found between europeans and asiatic people, this is because africans have next to no neanderthal dna making them 99.9% human while europeans and asians have about 1-10% neanderthal dna. This 1-10% shared DNA is the reason for quite a few genetic diseases we see today.

Fkin hilarious. So let me get this straight, blacks are Jews, native Americans, and now Chinese. Next thing I learn is that they landed on the moon, been to mars and are the inventors of calculus. Lmfao

Nah, China is a huge country with multiple ethnicities. True there are Chinese who have Black features and they are direct Black descent but again showing a handful of pics aint proving your ideas. Buddha was from India so he was dark skinned.. The Manchus who ruled China in the 19th century were not ethnically the same as many of those we call Chinese - they were another Asian group. Other Chinese, for example, are genetically linked to Tibetans and so are many Koreans, The Japanese are a mix of south-east Asian, what we call Mongolian and Korean today and Polynesian descent. Genetic research aint lying and Black scientists know that as well as white ones.

The real dinosaurs were black

They are Javanese people

One of the reasons we learned they build the great wall to prevent the red head Giants from coming into the land.

I don’t exactly know how to feel about this claim, but me being a Tamil from Sri Lanka, I’ve researched as much as I could to find the aborigines of certain nations, originally known as “asuras” or the ones who refuse the sura beer. Rig Veda, the book of the aryans states that their enemies were dasyus who had small eyes, large noses and big lips. To my research, the mayans , African aboriginal people, Australian aborigines, Sri Lankan aborigines, Japanese aborigines , Chinese aborigines, Hawaiian aborigines, Burmese aborigines and Brazilian sea shore tribes have matched the description here. Especially I feel like Mayans are related with the Chinese as they have REALLY similar cultural attitudes when we take the earliest findings. Thank you for your awareness.

7:39 is Javanese dancers. what does that have to do with Chinese and African? 8:00 is Korean. 8:20 is Melanesian islanders. again. what does that have anything to do with Chinese and African?

I wonder what the CCP would think of this

In American, Black has distinct cultural term. The people of darker features in Asia do not have the same cultural identity as do Black in America. There are new discoveries in China of people living pass 6k years ago. Basically, The people of dark features in China are not Africans nor do they carry the cultural term Black. They have there own cultural labels they prefer.

🤣🤣🤣 Misguided nonsense!

Amazing Presentation looking forward to more of these astonishing hidden secrets in HISTORY. Thank you Very Much.

black people: WE STARTED EVERYTHING!!!!

Excellent video! I've been teaching our people this history for forty years now. It's good to see it being taught on the internet. Keep up the EXCELLENT WORK.