Being African American is the bottom of the totem pole as far as Black people world wide. Afican's ,Caribbean’s, Afro Cubans etc... all look down upon us because of the stereotypes that are perpetuated threw our communities. They also feel they are better than us because of there culture identity. Many of them feel that we are lazy and don’t take the opportunities that are given to us living in the U.S, Basically they have the same sterotypical view of black americnas that many whites have had in the past.
There has been many times when Africans he treated me worse than white people
Class, being in the D.C. area you know the Africans have taken over D.C!! In my profession which is for the government I see them first hand when they enter the country and years later when they become citizens, all I'll say is I used to work with INS, and what you say is very true!!! MY ex girlfriend is a wealthy African pharmacists, she said her first yr. in America she sat a goal for herself, and that was to be a millionaire in 20 yrs of coming here, she is almost there, and she is 34 and have been here 12 years!!! One of the things that make them look down to African Americans is we've been here damn near longer than any other minority and have no wealth as whole race. We are in the land of true opportunity and have not taken it as a whole to uplift our community. I know for a fact white, Asians, Indians, are not smarter than the Black race as a whole, but have more education and wealth as us. Through a translator my girl's father and me would have discussions on how to unite the African and African American communities, one of our problems as Black Americans is identity, when one bro in the hood is perceived to be doing well, he is hated on by the have nots, cause they want to be identified like him, nice car, nice clothes, nice jewelry, nice house, when they can't they become jealous, if we had more knowledge(which was kept from us in slavery) of self we wouldn't worry over trivial things, just try to take care of the community, and give the babies the right way to live!! Africans look at us as a lost people who have had their values, religion, customs taken from them, and are almost barbaric people killing each other for stupid shit, in closing this long ass post nobody'll probably read, Mr. D. as I used to call him, asked if I knew what region I came from and if I'd like to go with him to Africa, I said I don't know where my ancestors came from he said, " that's o.k. you are still a man"!!!
