Of course people of the Caribbean are culture first, race last. They live in countries that are majority black, with mostly black leaders. They don't have to think about race. African Americans live in a majority white country that doesn't fail to remind them of their skin color.
@@LilBigTv2k and in some countries like Trinidad, Indians are now the majority. And from my personal experience race is still an issue. And pretty much everywhere in south/central America, race is still an issue. Mexicans of African descent were recognized formally by the government not too long ago as an example. They didn’t even acknowledge that they existed before then. There is a difference of course between the Caribbean and America but probably more similar than different, although the differences are key in how they manifested in the present day culture. Also to add a bit of Trinidad history but Africans and natives were first subjugated and used to work the plantations on the islands and their culture in combination with European elements is what created the culture: the music, food, festivities etc. once the British made slavery illegal, indentured servants from all over india, north and South Asia were brought in to replace the “workforce” which is why the majority of Trinidad today is Indian. The demographics change from island to island or country to country though . Compare that to today in America and it’s basically the same thing happening lol. That being said Africans on the islands had their culture stripped from them in the same ways as they did in America but due to the small size of some of these islands and the ability to escape into uncharted areas where they had a chance to fight back against any slave masters that tried to recapture them, holding onto and being able to establish new communities of only African/natives peoples was possible which is not something black Americans were able to do and when they did, were basically terrorized. Sorry not sorry for the block of text. I just want anyone who’s interested enough to comb RUclips comments for info to have this perspective. ✌🏾
@@LilBigTv2k I find that in Latin American countries it's quite the opposite. Those of African descent often downplay or even deny their African heritage. They pride themselves on how close they are to Spanish or even Taino blood before African.
I find that American raised 1st/2nd/3rd gen are more American that Caribbean. Being raised in the Caribbean as an American born myself, I see the difference in yankees. There is some variety depending on how the culture is passed on but in all cases the American side of you all is very dominant.
@@noonesishome lol don’t let the Americans gas you up ,be cause Caribbeans aren’t all they’re cracked up to be and more often than not are the counterparts to their American brethren. The same things folks will complain about black Americans for: being superficial, poor spending or sexual habits, ignorant, uneducated etc can all be found on the islands and in all other places on earth if you care to take a look. That being said, the others in my family always regarded us born here as “Yankees” but it’s ironic because being Caribbean means your culture was shaped by Europeans in the same way as America and you don’t even know anything about your identity beyond the small island you can literally drive around in a single day. Caribbean’s culture was stripped from them in the exact same way the black Americans’. So sounds like you should be thanking the Europeans for your air of superiority because most Caribbeans aren’t rushing to be African and actively persecute and belittle those who do seek to identify with their roots wherever they may land.
I was kind of worried about this being another this Black person isn't Black video. Thankfully, it was not. It was really funny and true. My wife is Haitian. My brother's girlfriend is from a Caribbean Island that I keep forgetting the name of. I have friends from the military who are Jamaican. We all live in the South, BTW. They all identify by the ancestral country first; Haitian-American, Jamaican-American, etc. I see no issue with that. Us traditional Black Americans don't have an ancestral country to point back to because our history was lost due to slavery. So we claim Africa, which is a continent, not a country. Plus, my wife and my friends were raised in their culture. We don't have a separate culture outside of "American" culture. We tried to lump all of the African cultures into one and co-op that, which wasn't a bad act on our part because our ancestors were stolen from multiple African countries. However, there are so many of them, and some of them conflict with others. I guess the good thing is that, by robbing us of our separate cultures, we can say that we are the true Americans because we don't really know any other culture but our own.
@@k4everut The Caribbean Blacks have a very similar history and they don’t call themselves African Haitians or African Jamaican. Thank you doe. Great insight from you nevertheless
@@LilBigTv2k I agree. Before my wife got her US citizenship, she just simply called herself "Haitian," not African Haitian. The same with my Jamaican friends. They took full ownership of the country in which they or their parents where born. IMO, we should just be called "Americans." The "Black" and "African" parts are redundant or superfluous, and is only needed on medical forms. I don't even think "African" is a good description of our culture, since it so unique, is definitely no longer "African."
Please look up black indians in america. It's cool, also look up yasamee I thinks thats what its called. A lot of us were lied to about were we come from. Now I got why we say we're from african. ✌🏾
American culture (and much the Americas in general) is distinct from European cultures because there is some African cultural influence within in along with all the other ancestral cultures both European and non-European that have come over here and exchanged between themselves. I mean there are even some European philosophers that actually argue American culture is more African than it is European.
Sometimes, American Indians with an aspect of Afro Indigenous ancestry are prone to pull the Black card if somebody is legitimately being inappropriate and racist. Despite not being obligated to represent ourselves as African American. If that makes sense.
Simple. Black American, African American, are interchangeable and synonymous, and both mean either or both of the following: a descendant of Emancipation from the United States, and/or a descendant of immigration from modern day Africa. Otherwise, Afro Descendant from Jamaica would be accurately described as Afro Caribbean. American Indian Freedmen are Indian , Afro Indigenous are either Freedmen or both Indian and Black, and not obligated to identify as African American unless it's obviously important. Like if you're in a place where people speak hate of African American.
Difference between Caribbean and black American, we talk different, don't like bad mind people our whole culture is different. For Jamaican many people make up Jamaica its not only black people.
The south reminds people form the carribean of home and not the good side of home. , there’s a certain vibes there’s that’s similar to back home, that’s not why we left our home. Also the representation from the movies.
In Africa, most black Americans introduce themselves with what city they are from. Then their home town/city which to us is their village or ancestral/grandparents home. Mississippi, Georgia. Most I have met name a city in Georgia, Mississippi or Texas. So I think as for Africans, for black Americans it's tribe first before race. We talk race when when we are talking ✊🏿 and their history in Americas. While the Jamaicans here just want to be all African, they don't want to know😂. It's like the Jamaican switches off, only the accent stays. Plus they love to lecture bout Africa😂. I find they both really feel at home on Africa which is interesting. Jamaicans and Americans are the most interesting diaspora
@@noonesishome never met any other carribean people. Only Jamaicans. You hardly find many from Bahamas, Antigua, Trinidad, Haiti.. ....in Africa. Cubans were common but after the 80sthey are rare lately
Bruh im sitting here laughing my ass off rn 😂😂😂you realize its HELLA Caribbeans in the south? Namely Florida and im from a family of Caribbeans in Georgia. I cant lie though that culture first race second thing is wild because outside of the diaspora you would think you'd be treated any different huh?
We black people that can't trace our african origin or Caribbean ancestry is just that. Black people in the US should just be called black. It should not be an required to be called african, especially if we were here beyond 100 years. All white European ancestry people r classified as just white, or man or woman. but they know n identity as italian, Irish, German n etc. When a crime is committed the race issue comes out n the white population hears black. To them it is magnified. If they stop pointing out the race n include everyone as just man or woman, the usa can heal.
FBA ADOS Soulaan Black Americans African American People of Color And we can go even older Negro Colored Black Americans had a lot of name changes, can't wait to see what will come next.
@@zerahshemuel5977 foundational black Americans, these names are being formed because black immigrants in the US tend to act like the don’t know the difference until they want to disrespect us…
That's partially due to Blk Americans being the Default.. It's not that Jamaicans don't consider themselves Blk.. Same way, when I ask someone where they from, they don't say America, they say California..
@@boycottactivision If they are like most black. I don't think white and Indian Jamaicans though consider themselves to be "racially black" because they are Jamaicans.
@@ras_mal huh...literally, nops, south is south, central is central and Caribbean is caribbean, cultural-wise use may be a different matter, but geographicaly or even cultural it is not the same.
@@flamah10n Brazil is a big place and I’m sure not everyone identifies with the cultures of the surrounding areas. I think that’s the point you’re trying to make but you’re not explaining it in a good way lol. If you’re trying to argue that the cultures don’t share common elements, that’s incorrect.
@@asurrealistworld4412 Cause you all are a bunch of racists, all of you Americans, especially the black and white ones, are obsessed over race and then force all of us to do it too and get angry when we don't
Didn't see it like that. Black American culture and Caribbean cultures are different. Same way how there are different tribes in Africa. It's good to point out cultural differences. Are you black American? If so, makes sense you see black first, that's apart of that culture, skin colour/phenotype is the most important thing to bA culture and that you found that offensive somehow.
Of course people of the Caribbean are culture first, race last. They live in countries that are majority black, with mostly black leaders. They don't have to think about race. African Americans live in a majority white country that doesn't fail to remind them of their skin color.
@@novacorps2468 good point but not all of them live like that especially the ones from spanish speaking countries
@@LilBigTv2k and in some countries like Trinidad, Indians are now the majority. And from my personal experience race is still an issue. And pretty much everywhere in south/central America, race is still an issue. Mexicans of African descent were recognized formally by the government not too long ago as an example. They didn’t even acknowledge that they existed before then. There is a difference of course between the Caribbean and America but probably more similar than different, although the differences are key in how they manifested in the present day culture.
Also to add a bit of Trinidad history but Africans and natives were first subjugated and used to work the plantations on the islands and their culture in combination with European elements is what created the culture: the music, food, festivities etc. once the British made slavery illegal, indentured servants from all over india, north and South Asia were brought in to replace the “workforce” which is why the majority of Trinidad today is Indian. The demographics change from island to island or country to country though . Compare that to today in America and it’s basically the same thing happening lol.
That being said Africans on the islands had their culture stripped from them in the same ways as they did in America but due to the small size of some of these islands and the ability to escape into uncharted areas where they had a chance to fight back against any slave masters that tried to recapture them, holding onto and being able to establish new communities of only African/natives peoples was possible which is not something black Americans were able to do and when they did, were basically terrorized.
Sorry not sorry for the block of text. I just want anyone who’s interested enough to comb RUclips comments for info to have this perspective. ✌🏾
@@LilBigTv2kblacc carribean women worship white men…same with black carribean men lol
The black race and white race doesn’t exist. Humanity is quite ignorant of a 15th century social construct. Biology says human sub races do not exist.
@@LilBigTv2k I find that in Latin American countries it's quite the opposite. Those of African descent often downplay or even deny their African heritage. They pride themselves on how close they are to Spanish or even Taino blood before African.
Good video. I’m a Caribbean American born and raised in south Florida and I now live in North Carolina. Everything you say is spot on
Are you Haitian, Jamaican or Cuban by any chance?
@@iiiZokage Trinidadian
I find that American raised 1st/2nd/3rd gen are more American that Caribbean. Being raised in the Caribbean as an American born myself, I see the difference in yankees. There is some variety depending on how the culture is passed on but in all cases the American side of you all is very dominant.
@@noonesishome lol don’t let the Americans gas you up ,be cause Caribbeans aren’t all they’re cracked up to be and more often than not are the counterparts to their American brethren. The same things folks will complain about black Americans for: being superficial, poor spending or sexual habits, ignorant, uneducated etc can all be found on the islands and in all other places on earth if you care to take a look.
That being said, the others in my family always regarded us born here as “Yankees” but it’s ironic because being Caribbean means your culture was shaped by Europeans in the same way as America and you don’t even know anything about your identity beyond the small island you can literally drive around in a single day. Caribbean’s culture was stripped from them in the exact same way the black Americans’. So sounds like you should be thanking the Europeans for your air of superiority because most Caribbeans aren’t rushing to be African and actively persecute and belittle those who do seek to identify with their roots wherever they may land.
Lol true. 😂 Mad love for both ❤
Good job.
On point.
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@@thane9294 thanks homie
My great grandma may she rest in peace was from the BVI. She loved a good party. She was 90 and loving it up.
Nice video . I’m from the Caribbean and most of this is true esp the flag. I have them popping out of my basement right now
@@Asteczz 😆😆😆 thank u
I was kind of worried about this being another this Black person isn't Black video. Thankfully, it was not. It was really funny and true. My wife is Haitian. My brother's girlfriend is from a Caribbean Island that I keep forgetting the name of. I have friends from the military who are Jamaican. We all live in the South, BTW. They all identify by the ancestral country first; Haitian-American, Jamaican-American, etc. I see no issue with that. Us traditional Black Americans don't have an ancestral country to point back to because our history was lost due to slavery. So we claim Africa, which is a continent, not a country. Plus, my wife and my friends were raised in their culture. We don't have a separate culture outside of "American" culture. We tried to lump all of the African cultures into one and co-op that, which wasn't a bad act on our part because our ancestors were stolen from multiple African countries. However, there are so many of them, and some of them conflict with others. I guess the good thing is that, by robbing us of our separate cultures, we can say that we are the true Americans because we don't really know any other culture but our own.
@@k4everut The Caribbean Blacks have a very similar history and they don’t call themselves African Haitians or African Jamaican. Thank you doe. Great insight from you nevertheless
@@LilBigTv2k I agree. Before my wife got her US citizenship, she just simply called herself "Haitian," not African Haitian. The same with my Jamaican friends. They took full ownership of the country in which they or their parents where born. IMO, we should just be called "Americans." The "Black" and "African" parts are redundant or superfluous, and is only needed on medical forms. I don't even think "African" is a good description of our culture, since it so unique, is definitely no longer "African."
Please look up black indians in america. It's cool, also look up yasamee I thinks thats what its called. A lot of us were lied to about were we come from. Now I got why we say we're from african. ✌🏾
You’re native to this land my brother.. the original copper colored “Indians”.
American culture (and much the Americas in general) is distinct from European cultures because there is some African cultural influence within in along with all the other ancestral cultures both European and non-European that have come over here and exchanged between themselves. I mean there are even some European philosophers that actually argue American culture is more African than it is European.
2. in the video for carribeans a lot of carribeans live in all the states you mentioned and especially south florida
@@yaboirlijah definitely can’t forget central florida too
Sometimes, American Indians with an aspect of Afro Indigenous ancestry are prone to pull the Black card if somebody is legitimately being inappropriate and racist. Despite not being obligated to represent ourselves as African American. If that makes sense.
Simple.
Black American, African American, are interchangeable and synonymous, and both mean either or both of the following: a descendant of Emancipation from the United States, and/or a descendant of immigration from modern day Africa.
Otherwise, Afro Descendant from Jamaica would be accurately described as Afro Caribbean. American Indian Freedmen are Indian , Afro Indigenous are either Freedmen or both Indian and Black, and not obligated to identify as African American unless it's obviously important. Like if you're in a place where people speak hate of African American.
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@@juanrivera2841 thanks homie
Accurate lol
Difference between Caribbean and black American, we talk different, don't like bad mind people our whole culture is different. For Jamaican many people make up Jamaica its not only black people.
You can tell by the accent that he dont know jack about FBA
What accent ?
The south reminds people form the carribean of home and not the good side of home. , there’s a certain vibes there’s that’s similar to back home, that’s not why we left our home. Also the representation from the movies.
In Africa, most black Americans introduce themselves with what city they are from. Then their home town/city which to us is their village or ancestral/grandparents home. Mississippi, Georgia. Most I have met name a city in Georgia, Mississippi or Texas. So I think as for Africans, for black Americans it's tribe first before race. We talk race when when we are talking ✊🏿 and their history in Americas. While the Jamaicans here just want to be all African, they don't want to know😂. It's like the Jamaican switches off, only the accent stays. Plus they love to lecture bout Africa😂.
I find they both really feel at home on Africa which is interesting. Jamaicans and Americans are the most interesting diaspora
That is true
Jamaica doesn't speak for the entire Caribbean.
@@noonesishome never met any other carribean people. Only Jamaicans. You hardly find many from Bahamas, Antigua, Trinidad, Haiti.. ....in Africa. Cubans were common but after the 80sthey are rare lately
Song ,?!
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Bruh im sitting here laughing my ass off rn 😂😂😂you realize its HELLA Caribbeans in the south? Namely Florida and im from a family of Caribbeans in Georgia. I cant lie though that culture first race second thing is wild because outside of the diaspora you would think you'd be treated any different huh?
I said that outside of Fl or GA it’s rare you will meet them
We black people that can't trace our african origin or Caribbean ancestry is just that. Black people in the US should just be called black. It should not be an required to be called african, especially if we were here beyond 100 years. All white European ancestry people r classified as just white, or man or woman. but they know n identity as italian, Irish, German n etc. When a crime is committed the race issue comes out n the white population hears black. To them it is magnified. If they stop pointing out the race n include everyone as just man or woman, the usa can heal.
@@paulettemore6465 what about Caribbean Black
FBA all day 🇺🇸
Most of us do say Black American or FBA
FBA
ADOS
Soulaan
Black Americans
African American
People of Color
And we can go even older
Negro
Colored
Black Americans had a lot of name changes, can't wait to see what will come next.
Maybe now but before you guys were all just saying the states you were from
Noow its growing
What does FBA stand for?
@@zerahshemuel5977 foundational black Americans, these names are being formed because black immigrants in the US tend to act like the don’t know the difference until they want to disrespect us…
That's partially due to Blk Americans being the Default.. It's not that Jamaicans don't consider themselves Blk..
Same way, when I ask someone where they from, they don't say America, they say California..
Well unless they are a white or Indian Jamaican. Out of many, one like the US's motto.
@@asurrealistworld4412 Not sure what that suggests..
@@boycottactivision It suggests that black, white, and Indian Jamaicans all together refer to themselves as Jamaicans.
@@asurrealistworld4412 Nationality-wise sure, but Jamaicans see themselves as Racially Blk. Reggae for example is very Afrocentric..
@@boycottactivision If they are like most black. I don't think white and Indian Jamaicans though consider themselves to be "racially black" because they are Jamaicans.
Hey dude hahaha🇧🇷 is not Caribbean.
It’s literally right there lol and the Caribbean, south and Central America share a lot of culture due to historical reasons
@@ras_mal huh...literally, nops, south is south, central is central and Caribbean is caribbean, cultural-wise use may be a different matter, but geographicaly or even cultural it is not the same.
@@flamah10n The Guianas, the three countries right next to northern Brazil are often considered part of the Caribbean.
@@asurrealistworld4412 being considered is one thing, the real thing is other.
All that is needed is a Diktionary.
@@flamah10n Brazil is a big place and I’m sure not everyone identifies with the cultures of the surrounding areas. I think that’s the point you’re trying to make but you’re not explaining it in a good way lol. If you’re trying to argue that the cultures don’t share common elements, that’s incorrect.
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The United States 🇺🇸 is sick
Why?
@@asurrealistworld4412 Cause you all are a bunch of racists, all of you Americans, especially the black and white ones, are obsessed over race and then force all of us to do it too and get angry when we don't
Nah there's more African spirituality in America than Caribbean.
@@Vision.Target.Shoot1 ?
@@Vision.Target.Shoot1 outside of pockets in certain places, most definitely not true
I don't know about that. But some people practice Santeria in my state.
Nah, he's right. we created gospel in which in itself is spiritual.
@@roybabineaux5353 African spirituality is different
Didnt watch the video.
By the title, whyy are we black VS blacking again???? And ofcourse tryna say something against BLACK AMERICANS again…
Didn't see it like that.
Black American culture and Caribbean cultures are different. Same way how there are different tribes in Africa. It's good to point out cultural differences. Are you black American? If so, makes sense you see black first, that's apart of that culture, skin colour/phenotype is the most important thing to bA culture and that you found that offensive somehow.
Didn't watch the video but gonna post a stupid comment. Good job...
What??? 🤦🏾♂️ watch the dyam video first… SMGDH
You should really watch the video. It isn't what you think.
@warrensabastienanderson nah, it was. All the good things were Caribbean all the things black Americans were made up or false and speculation.