I identify as Kenyan, East African. Although I was born and raised in London, (so I’m environmentally British but I’m culturally Kenyan) my parents brought me up with an African mentality. Also, regular visits to Kenya have helped to shape my thinking and allowed me to embrace my heritage.
This sounds realistic to me. I'm all for people born here identifying as African, I mean we are after all lol, but to say that it's just a passport thing when you live here, have a British accent and know more about life in England than life back in your home country is just begging it imo. Like you I would say that I am environmentally British too.
Born and bred in the UK London. Anyone who asks me where I'm from ... I am Nigerian.. This black British. . is because we have passport that is what makes us British. Alot of people here don't know their culture. Thank God for my parents and my regular visits to nigeria. I am Nigerian from abekouta ogun state (I always claim my dad side. Mum is from Ile Ife ).
bitch dont forget england too then why are u in england bitch your british if your black that dont means that your not british your british if you born and raised in England bitch u r british like or not fuck ningeria
If you are so proud of being Nigerian and are a Nigerian go back to Nigeria and improve it Mtschewww. All these yeye Nigerians claiming they love Nigeria while they live outside of it. Nigerians only become patriotic when they leave Naija
As everyone knows nigerians lie so if you have a Nigerian accent you are nigerain so why don't you go back we don't want you we were not asked you have been pushed on us all of the people in this video say they are African so live there
Born and raised in America but I identify as African. When I learn what country i share the most DNA with in Africa, then i will identify as that country.
Uhh you do know race isn’t biological. And the notion that DNA determines race is laughable because it’s extremely small. In reality race is an extreme social phenomenon. That means the practices you do on a daily basis and how you act and speak is determined by we’re you grew up. Basically I’m saying you can’t really say you identify as African if you don’t actually live by the culture standards of certain part of Africa you claim to be apart. Because remember race is not biological and is just cultural.
There are allot of people who are born in the UK but there country of origin come before the country of birth despite never visiting there country of origin.
The real test is whether Africans would see you as African or British. In fact there is your first difficulty there, is there even such a thing as an African identity? There are 54 African countries and there are big differences between the cultures of various African countries. Even in sub-Saharan African, many would identify with tribal identity, not there national identity. I would call myself European but I am English, so how much would I really have in common with someone from Italy or Belgium? The other big problem, is if you'er a 2nd or 3rd generation and you still don't identify with the country you are born in. There is little hope for racial integration. You don't have a nation, you have a bunch of separate communities living parallel lives. The real test for migration is for separate identities to melt away, it is what has always happened in the past.
Superb. In regard to your second paragraph - Douglas Murray had described the ‘yo-yo effect’ (in his book The Strange Death of Europe), in which the first generation immigrants are grateful to be in the country and are respectful, but the second, third (and so on) generations hate the country and fail to integrate. This is evident in Pakistani communities, where they have been here for generations, but yet, have the Pakistani-English accent. What is culture? It is a broad question. It is the way we eat, dress, talk, our etiquette, music, a shared set of values, heritage, material traditions, and outlook on life that comes down to us through a shared history and understanding of our surroundings. In which case, these people are correct to not identify themselves as ‘British’.
Most countries are already like that where you have separate parallel communities so don't understand what you're on about. Also as a white European you have to ask yourself why people of color tend to have this mentality that they're not of the nation they were born and raised in, much of it has to do with not being fully accepted so good luck getting people to then identity with the nation.
What is culture? It is the way we eat, dress, talk, our etiquette, a shared set of values, heritage, material traditions, and outlook on life that comes down to us through a shared history and understanding of our surroundings. I understand why they don’t identify as ‘British’, and this is exactly why we have different communities who fail to integrate.
This is what creates “ghettos”. But it shouldn’t necessarily be that way. Generally, it is unspoken, unaccepted racial discrimination that everyone experiences these days; it has become more subtle.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If the interviewees claim British, white British people will say they can never be British. If they claim African, you will say they do not want to integrate.
This dam question was simple and yet half of the comments mad it hard as hell. So reworded” do your identity with your culture or heritage you originally are from or the culture or heritage you grew up in? See simple🤦🏾♀️
I identify myself as British, because I was born and raised in the UK, my parents are from Jamaica and met each other in London. In Jamaica I am identified as a foreigner, I don't have the accent of a Jamaican and have never lived there, so that makes me British.
@cyberangel We didn’t ‘steal’ anything, we progressed as a culture naturally through turmoil and conflict like every other strong civilisation today as China and India also had to. I completely understand and sympathise with your unrest that stems from the shattered identity, largely due to only finding yourself in foreign lands by disgustingly unnatural means E.G. Transatlantic slave-trade and Windrush which were both nothing more than abusing a vulnerable people like a cheap commodity. Surely you, like me, would like nothing more than the African people to unite and strive together independently of the European and Middle Eastern people, and finally build the authentic African paradise you must surely be yearning for.
Funny how those who probably came to Britain as adults(judging from accents - 3:40) were in so much of a hurry to cling to the British side when compared to those who were actually born and bred here. #Wanabees loool Superb video, superb presenting.. (y)
awadeez probably because the older generation know that it’s preferable to be British, the youngsters see it as exotic to be African as they have less actual knowledge of what it’s like
Amazing that so many people flock to our country to live amongst the most tolerant indigenous people who have such a successful country and economy. We should be proud that they choose to leave their country for something better that such a successful country can offer them and give them a better life.
@cyberangel Well yeah slavery helped every nation in earth. Should the Egyptians have all their credit of their history go the Jews because they were their slaves? The Greeks can’t be credited for things like Phonecia or Rome because they were also slaves yet Roman culture prospered before this and after. This narrative that whatever nation has to used slavery has to secede its history is dumb.
@@putainclasse1986 Not every group or civilization was built on slavery. Although slavery existed in Ancient Egypt, it wasn’t as pervasive as people think. They mostly enslaved their prisoners of war. It’s most likely they were Hyksos they defeated. story was exaggerated. The Jews weren’t even Jews back then then. The were just Hebrews. Jew came from Judah long after the Kingdom of Israel split in two. 2. Phoenicia existed long before Greece. Phoenicians were maritime traders and merchants. 3. Greeks didn’t have a proper alphabet before the Phoenicians introduced it. It was just Linear B. By the time the militaristic Romans came along, Phoenicia as an independent entity was long gone.
@@Daron7181 "It wasn't a pervasive as people think" So they're still was slavery and the colony and ifastructure was still benefiting from it? Every civilization benefitted from slavery at one point, because it was just the beginning of economic ideologoly.
I'm American Black. I'm here to know how black people from America are treated. I watch British show here at home. I love the country side. I wonder how I would be treated if I came for a visit. I wish some one here could be honest and tell me how things really are there in the UK for black people.
I find it amazing how Black British people connect with their African Roots . You ask me or the average black American we don't know much about Africa . We would claim American so fast that its a damn shame . We're not taught these things and our Generations before us have been broken and disconnected from Africa since slavery .
That's because the majority of the Black British are 1st or 2nd Generation British. It doesn't go any further than that. US Black Americans (the majority) are over 400+years removed from Africa. Even through DNA tests, US Black Americans' ancestry is very mixed-up. Whereas Black British DNA is pretty much all from Africa. Unless the person has 1 White British Parent and 1 Black African Parent (that migrated from Africa). Even the DNA is very straightforward, in those cases. My Ancestors made sure the stories were passed down, as much as they could. However, there was a lot of mixing with Whites (forcefully). So our bloodline is definitely NOT "pure" like the Black British.
Damn you uneducated 😂 they are not really black British they are just Africans who came to Europe or born in Europe from African parents. It's not like they were forced to Europe in 1600s and somehow held onto their Africaness. No they are literally Africans not slave descendants like black Americans
I don't get the hateful comments. I identify more with my Nigerian side as I was born and lived most of my life in Nigeria. For me to say I identify more with my British side is a big fat lie, even though my dad is English! As for those that were born and grew up in the UK but find themselves identifying more with their African side, it's not abnormal or disrespectful to the country their parents moved to and raised them in, as some have suggested. If they had white adoptive parents I'm pretty sure they would grow up to identify more with the culture and lifestyle of their white adoptive parents. You can't knock someone's life experiences and choices when you have no idea how they may have lived, or even want to understand how they may have lived. Imagine coming from a typical African home, and living like an African, coming on camera to say you identify more with your British side, lol. You will appear silly to all the people that know you better.Stay real!
MsDee Kay It may not be abnormal, but it is absolutely disrespectful to not identify with the country your parents moved to. I'm American, but my parents are from Mexico. To call myself Mexican after all that this country did for me and my family would be an absolute slap in the face to it and to its people.
Adolf Hitler comparing America and British is orange and apple. British culture has not integrated other cultures like American. Mexico is country Africa is not, good a nology Latino,
@@1andeyo Britain has been a country alot longer than america. Black british poeple are relatively new to britain. compared to how long black americans have been in America. It shows that when large numbers of a ethnic culture immagrate to another country. Obviously they are not going to integrate this is how you get problems in society.
speidi1. You are right African is not a nationality. In S Africa we call blacks according to their tribe, example they are a Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Ndebele etc.
As an African American, the urge to connect to who we are and have some pride; not identifying with any African country in particular, we tend to see Africa as one huge nation! As we disagree with one another's opinions, let's not forget regional and situational perspectives...and that we have at least one dominant unifying characteristic, our skin color.
Guy Sky Let me tell you 1) your useless ancestors stole from Africa 2) Queen Elizabeth the first stole all the things you your generation are proud of from Africa 3) Africans are not thieves, terrorist, scammers 4) Africans are not pretends 5) Africans don't hate 6) Africans where born as Kings and queens 7) Africans are natural from head to toe 8) Africans have rich culture that others don't have 9) without African the earth is nothing 10) Africans are gifted 11) Africans are not lazy 12) Africans are great, smart, gorgeous, pretty, wonderful, beautiful people 13) Africans are not greedy 14) Africans has regard for human 15) Africans has great future ahead of them 16) Africans has the largest resources in the world 17) Africans brightening the world 18) Africans are unique, genius and faithful 19) Africans have peace of mind because they are not guilty of anything 20) Africans are born to rein
Gina Amadin I was going to reply to those points but it's impossible beucase those are not arguments, they are just your naive biased opinions based on nothing. Here, watch this instead. ruclips.net/video/9ZkE3xB8o8A/видео.html
your culture is what is in your home, your parents your traditions your main food your habits etc. black is not a culture just like white is not a culture. you are either african european asian or caribbean etc. people can be nigerian british, british jamaican, Moroccan, irish British, chinese british nigerian somali, polish albanian british etc people dont just drop their identity just because they move abroad or are born elsewhere. an african in india doesn't become indian overnight they may be an indian national but of african origin therefore they would be a afro indian. All parents raise their children in their own culture. your culture is your identity. if you don't have a culture then you are black or white.
id argue if your born in a country you are that nationality dosnt matter if u move like im aussie id never say im british just the same as i wouldnt say that im american even if i moved to usa ur natonality never changes
@@dontmindme9175 out here in Africa ...Ghana to be specific your nationality is simply where your parents are from..it doesn't matter where you were born cuz your blood doesn't change if you're born in a different country..that's just facts 💯🔥
If for any reason any one of the people featured, let's say, travelled to the US and got entangled with the police and ended up in jail or shot (not killed), which government would you contact to intervene on your behalf?
Being from the US. I'd imagine that individuals in such situation would contact the government for which Passport they have. All interviewed have African Parents and I'm sure they qualify for an African Passport. However, I'm sure all interviewed don't actually hold 2 Passports. I'm US Black American. Many US Black Americans are traveling more. Some have acquired an African Passport, due to DNA results, NOT because of having African Parents, African Grandparents etc. I'm 100% sure that if Black Americans found themselves in trouble in a Country outside the US, they'll contact the US Embassy vs the Embassy for which African Passport they have. I guess where one spends the most time. Not such much of what Heritage/Culture one feels.
Those guys are suffering of problems of ID. The only true reason they say African its their skin..its hard when you born in british and people still ask you where you are from just because of your skin
of course they ask that its natural to ask that. I am of european decent but born in africa my family owns land there and when i travel back people still ask me where i am from lol. 90% of bristish people are white.
emo 237 Um, NO! We were raised in our unique respective cultures, which makes us culturally and ethnically distinct from the 'native' population. I was raised a Jamaican family, and I do not consider myself to be _British_ British.
'I have a lot of British friends ' so brother British friends make you British hahahaha, just kidding . I am British but first Nigerian, very Nigerian but able to switch at any time and still remenber who I am .
It's so crazy how African English citizens are more in tune with their African heritage than African Americans , African English citizens know where their culture comes from vs African Americans we do not know where we specifically come from all we know is that we came from africa or a colored country .Europeans have tainted the African American blood line
Cedric Palmer You made no contradicting point whatsoever with the exception of your own ignorance. The person actually made a good point about differences in cultural perspectives across Disaporans living in two different countries. Yes, it is generalized, however that does not take away from the verity of her reflection.
It's because many people in this video were either born in Africa or had parents born where most African Americans are 6 or more generations removed from any African relatives.
Amy L , hey there, this person did not need to respond the way you want. The video is as simple as simple can be. If you listened to the people in the video, you would understand. If you know the history of America, history of Black America you should understand. People should not have to explain something to you, as if you are two years old. Have a Great New Year 🎈 Cheers🦋
To be honest, African-Americans don't know where they are coming from, the longest they can trace back their ancestors is probably a plantation in the south US, you can't expect them to relate to Africa as much as Black British do, knowing that most of them still have relatives living in different African countries too. You cannot compare them.
Chris Opium lol how? somalis cant wear fake hair😂😂 its not allowed in our culture its such shame and god blessed us to beautiful features and hair plus culture and country
In Belgium everyone I know that have an other origin don't identify as Belgian, even if they were born and live there. So if this question was asked in my school 98% would say their origins and I would too.
I admire African Americans because Africa is not the defining factor in their identity. Tribal division has no place in their culture. There is a commonality shared by Black Americans throughout the entire United States because of "blackness."
They are AFRICAN : ETHNICITY but only British by nationality. Just like White are EUROPEAN : ETHNICITY and their nationality with the country where they are born.
I wonder if the brits during the imperial era,who had children born in Asia or Africa,I wonder if their children considered themselves to be british or from those countries wich they where born?
If you don't feel British, you don't belong in Britain. You can be African, too - after all, we all came from Africa - but if you don't feel British, get back on the boat, and try living in Africa, you wouldn't survive a day.
That makes no sense. Millions of British live in other countries I guess they don't belong in Spain and all those other countries then because they don't feel Spanish or Emerati or whatever foreign country they live and work in. No way you think you make sense even I mean I know white supremacists are dumb but come on
It is no different if you are from Italian or Spanish parents ......you are proud and can identify from both........its what makes us all unique and fantastic
obviuosly their african its in their blood its where there family is from like parents or granparents its where they originate from they were just born in uk (london) obvs their ethnicity is african
Makes me chuckle watching these videos lol you claim to your African culture more than your British culture yet you stand there using our language wear our clothes eat our food and use our technology hahaha irony is bliss.......
Africa is a heavenly land where anybody who consider his or her self as a human being. Can spread their wings no matter what race you are! Is a continent where everybody is welcomed etc
How do you categorize the Carribeans of African origin in UK? "You can't be British enough to be English" One is British- Nigerian or British-Japanese or British or American.
That sound is terrible. I can barely hear her because her mic sounds garbled. :-(. On another note, a lot of these women say that identify with their African side, while they are wearing WHITE EUROPEAN weaves. ????. I don't understand when the first thing people will likely see about you is your hair. smh.....
Can people not do hairstyles or ??? Even in Africa people wear weaves so what’s your point ??? Weave doesn’t over power skin, culture & character. These overly righteous ‘I’m more black than you’ people need to take a seat, just because you’re wearing natural hair it doesn’t mean someone can’t wear weave. You see one video of these people... do u know how often they wear weave ? If it’s their first time ? If they wear their natural hair most times ? If they’re wearing a wig because of a medical condition ? Stop forcing opinions on what makes people black enough on everyone. Think I need to post this comment on its own too since people seem to have this view too often.
Mo B Yeah,. And what of Indian woman's hair ? what kind of internalised racism is that . 90% of black women look bad with straight hair ,can work but very rarely.
** There is no conflict what so ever, if you were born in which ever country, that's going to be your nationality,regardless of the color of your skin.**
I identify as Kenyan, East African. Although I was born and raised in London, (so I’m environmentally British but I’m culturally Kenyan) my parents brought me up with an African mentality. Also, regular visits to Kenya have helped to shape my thinking and allowed me to embrace my heritage.
Melanin Goddess yesss! East African’s unite ✊🏾
This sounds realistic to me. I'm all for people born here identifying as African, I mean we are after all lol, but to say that it's just a passport thing when you live here, have a British accent and know more about life in England than life back in your home country is just begging it imo. Like you I would say that I am environmentally British too.
That's YOUR opinion, good day sis.
@Melanin Goddess
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RETURN TO KENYA... NOW!!!!!
That microphone quality hurts my ears..
I was born in the Uk and grew up in Jamaica 🇯🇲 but I see myself as African..
One love
Africa to the world ❤️
You're Caribbean though
Born in d uk grew up in the uk france an spain class my self as british 🏴🇫🇷🇪🇦
@@seohyunkim39 where you migrate to doesn't change your race.Caribbean culture is mostly African.
I am African...i will never trade my identity for anything else....dark as night and i love it. The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Ayyyy kendrick(or maybe tupac)
just don’t go out in traffic at night
Would you say that you are Black because it is the same thing as saying I'm not African
Then go back buddy
@@Matt_6781 you sound dumb
Born and bred in the UK London. Anyone who asks me where I'm from ... I am Nigerian.. This black British. . is because we have passport that is what makes us British. Alot of people here don't know their culture. Thank God for my parents and my regular visits to nigeria. I am Nigerian from abekouta ogun state (I always claim my dad side. Mum is from Ile Ife ).
bitch dont forget england too then why are u in england bitch your british if your black that dont means that your not british your british if you born and raised in England bitch u r british like or not fuck ningeria
If you are so proud of being Nigerian and are a Nigerian go back to Nigeria and improve it Mtschewww. All these yeye Nigerians claiming they love Nigeria while they live outside of it. Nigerians only become patriotic when they leave Naija
Ant rip can't blame us Nigerian leaders are devoted to making us suffer sooo..
Ant rip honestly! It's the only way out
Dee Cipher I'm Nigeria but born in America
I’m a Nigerian African. I’ve lived in Britain all my life but yet have a Nigerian accent. I’m a citizen of the UK but nah, I’m still Nigerian.
Edward 2012 💯💯
Edward 2012 you don’t have to say Nigerian African cause Nigeria is in Africa
As everyone knows nigerians lie so if you have a Nigerian accent you are nigerain so why don't you go back we don't want you we were not asked you have been pushed on us all of the people in this video say they are African so live there
Leo K ugh no
Alison Hilll someones pressed
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Born and raised in America but I identify as African. When I learn what country i share the most DNA with in Africa, then i will identify as that country.
Uhh you do know race isn’t biological. And the notion that DNA determines race is laughable because it’s extremely small. In reality race is an extreme social phenomenon. That means the practices you do on a daily basis and how you act and speak is determined by we’re you grew up. Basically I’m saying you can’t really say you identify as African if you don’t actually live by the culture standards of certain part of Africa you claim to be apart. Because remember race is not biological and is just cultural.
Most people did not know the meaning of identity and nationality
There are allot of people who are born in the UK but there country of origin come before the country of birth despite never visiting there country of origin.
Why is that..
The real test is whether Africans would see you as African or British. In fact there is your first difficulty there, is there even such a thing as an African identity? There are 54 African countries and there are big differences between the cultures of various African countries. Even in sub-Saharan African, many would identify with tribal identity, not there national identity. I would call myself European but I am English, so how much would I really have in common with someone from Italy or Belgium?
The other big problem, is if you'er a 2nd or 3rd generation and you still don't identify with the country you are born in. There is little hope for racial integration. You don't have a nation, you have a bunch of separate communities living parallel lives.
The real test for migration is for separate identities to melt away, it is what has always happened in the past.
💯 correct !!!!!
Superb. In regard to your second paragraph - Douglas Murray had described the ‘yo-yo effect’ (in his book The Strange Death of Europe), in which the first generation immigrants are grateful to be in the country and are respectful, but the second, third (and so on) generations hate the country and fail to integrate. This is evident in Pakistani communities, where they have been here for generations, but yet, have the Pakistani-English accent.
What is culture? It is a broad question. It is the way we eat, dress, talk, our etiquette, music, a shared set of values, heritage, material traditions, and outlook on life that comes down to us through a shared history and understanding of our surroundings. In which case, these people are correct to not identify themselves as ‘British’.
Most countries are already like that where you have separate parallel communities so don't understand what you're on about. Also as a white European you have to ask yourself why people of color tend to have this mentality that they're not of the nation they were born and raised in, much of it has to do with not being fully accepted so good luck getting people to then identity with the nation.
im white but was fostered in a Jamaican family, i consider my self British but identify with Jamaican culture and British culture
Be proud of your African heritage. So far as you are dark skinned, whether you like it or it, you are truly African. Even All humans evolved in Africa
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I'm African. All my choices are African. Except I don't live in Africa and have probably never been there hahaha.
Thank fuck.
Then go and help your native country!
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So many racist people in the comments. Of course they are whites....
go back to your fucking country
What is culture?
It is the way we eat, dress, talk, our etiquette, a shared set of values, heritage, material traditions, and outlook on life that comes down to us through a shared history and understanding of our surroundings. I understand why they don’t identify as ‘British’, and this is exactly why we have different communities who fail to integrate.
This is what creates “ghettos”. But it shouldn’t necessarily be that way. Generally, it is unspoken, unaccepted racial discrimination that everyone experiences these days; it has become more subtle.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If the interviewees claim British, white British people will say they can never be British. If they claim African, you will say they do not want to integrate.
I’m black that make me a real African and I’m proud
@49seffy you can be whatever you want, who cares?
I'm 100℅ African and proud of it ❤❤❤
Black power
@@morganfay9849
Do you mean "black power" 😂?
Yeahhhh
@@Hanna-ls2sv You’re very ignorant if you think there is not racism in Africa! Also what do you mean about pensions?
Thanks to Afrobeat, bringing our people back to Africa
I’m Indian and I was born in England. I wouldn’t class myself as British but I would class myself as Asian
I'm an African and and I'm proud to be
This dam question was simple and yet half of the comments mad it hard as hell. So reworded” do your identity with your culture or heritage you originally are from or the culture or heritage you grew up in? See simple🤦🏾♀️
I identify myself as British, because I was born and raised in the UK, my parents are from Jamaica and met each other in London. In Jamaica I am identified as a foreigner, I don't have the accent of a Jamaican and have never lived there, so that makes me British.
YOU'RE NOT BRITISH/EUROPEAN! IMMIGRANT!!!
@@j.e.g.o.f.3628 You are Right
@cyberangel We didn’t ‘steal’ anything, we progressed as a culture naturally through turmoil and conflict like every other strong civilisation today as China and India also had to. I completely understand and sympathise with your unrest that stems from the shattered identity, largely due to only finding yourself in foreign lands by disgustingly unnatural means E.G. Transatlantic slave-trade and Windrush which were both nothing more than abusing a vulnerable people like a cheap commodity. Surely you, like me, would like nothing more than the African people to unite and strive together independently of the European and Middle Eastern people, and finally build the authentic African paradise you must surely be yearning for.
Typical self hating oreo Jamaican
I’m Black and I’m living in France, but I stay African
That host is gorgeous
Land in the East but she kind of boring
she is very beautiful
Gorgeous is the interviewee at 02:23
AFRICANS OH MAKE WE BORN FOR U.K. OHHHHHHHHH. MULTIPLY
Yes she’s beautiful, I’ve noticed that you can see light reflection off of black peoples skin
Funny how those who probably came to Britain as adults(judging from accents - 3:40) were in so much of a hurry to cling to the British side when compared to those who were actually born and bred here. #Wanabees
loool
Superb video, superb presenting.. (y)
awadeez probably because the older generation know that it’s preferable to be British, the youngsters see it as exotic to be African as they have less actual knowledge of what it’s like
christian Coulson brilliant answer
@@chriscoulson7684 stupid answer
As an Earthling, I identify with other Earthlings... Especially mammals, we all have so much in common.
AFRICAN History is Not allowed to be taught to Colonize English speaking people in the Western hemisphere?
😂😂😂😂
It’s interesting to see the difference when someone who isn’t natively British asks, because when they ask it’s “youuu racist, I was born here”
Born in the uk from Jamaican parents but I see my self now as African.
Really 😳..this is strange for my 👂🏽 tho 😅…don’t get me wrong…most African Caribbean in UK they classified themselves as English tho😅…
@@bempomaa489 neven tho they classify themselves as English their is no such thing as a English black person.
British by Passport and African by birth. Nah! I'm African for sure no in between with that one even my accent will let you know 🤣🤣🤣
U are 100% right & correct @ miss Fortune
When u going back to Africa?
are you still in the UK? if you are, shut up
Am a kikuyu Kenyan African, what's wrong with that?
i respect that if u was born in africa ur african
Proud South African! 🇿🇦
get rid of those white only towns,they will mess your country up,don't make them a white country there,those so called self proclaimed afrikaners
Amazing that so many people flock to our country to live amongst the most tolerant indigenous people who have such a successful country and economy. We should be proud that they choose to leave their country for something better that such a successful country can offer them and give them a better life.
I think you need to brush up on your history mate vis-a-vis why the UK is as prosperous as she is.
@cyberangel That was the most ignorant thing I’ve seen about British history
@cyberangel Well yeah slavery helped every nation in earth. Should the Egyptians have all their credit of their history go the Jews because they were their slaves?
The Greeks can’t be credited for things like Phonecia or Rome because they were also slaves yet Roman culture prospered before this and after.
This narrative that whatever nation has to used slavery has to secede its history is dumb.
@@putainclasse1986
Not every group or civilization was built on slavery.
Although slavery existed in Ancient Egypt, it wasn’t as pervasive as people think. They mostly enslaved their prisoners of war. It’s most likely they were Hyksos they defeated. story was exaggerated. The Jews weren’t even Jews back then then. The were just Hebrews. Jew came from Judah long after the Kingdom of Israel split in two.
2. Phoenicia existed long before Greece. Phoenicians were maritime traders and merchants.
3. Greeks didn’t have a proper alphabet before the Phoenicians introduced it. It was just Linear B.
By the time the militaristic Romans came along, Phoenicia as an independent entity was long gone.
@@Daron7181 "It wasn't a pervasive as people think" So they're still was slavery and the colony and ifastructure was still benefiting from it? Every civilization benefitted from slavery at one point, because it was just the beginning of economic ideologoly.
I'm so Proud of you guyz 😍
May god bless you
And bless mama africa
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Much love from south sudan❤
I'm American Black. I'm here to know how black people from America are treated. I watch British show here at home. I love the country side. I wonder how I would be treated if I came for a visit. I wish some one here could be honest and tell me how things really are there in the UK for black people.
I find it amazing how Black British people connect with their African Roots . You ask me or the average black American we don't know much about Africa . We would claim American so fast that its a damn shame . We're not taught these things and our Generations before us have been broken and disconnected from Africa since slavery .
That's because the majority of the Black British are 1st or 2nd Generation British. It doesn't go any further than that. US Black Americans (the majority) are over 400+years removed from Africa.
Even through DNA tests, US Black Americans' ancestry is very mixed-up. Whereas Black British DNA is pretty much all from Africa. Unless the person has 1 White British Parent and 1 Black African Parent (that migrated from Africa). Even the DNA is very straightforward, in those cases.
My Ancestors made sure the stories were passed down, as much as they could. However, there was a lot of mixing with Whites (forcefully). So our bloodline is definitely NOT "pure" like the Black British.
Damn you uneducated 😂 they are not really black British they are just Africans who came to Europe or born in Europe from African parents. It's not like they were forced to Europe in 1600s and somehow held onto their Africaness. No they are literally Africans not slave descendants like black Americans
I don't get the hateful comments. I identify more with my Nigerian side as I was born and lived most of my life in Nigeria. For me to say I identify more with my British side is a big fat lie, even though my dad is English! As for those that were born and grew up in the UK but find themselves identifying more with their African side, it's not abnormal or disrespectful to the country their parents moved to and raised them in, as some have suggested. If they had white adoptive parents I'm pretty sure they would grow up to identify more with the culture and lifestyle of their white adoptive parents. You can't knock someone's life experiences and choices when you have no idea how they may have lived, or even want to understand how they may have lived. Imagine coming from a typical African home, and living like an African, coming on camera to say you identify more with your British side, lol. You will appear silly to all the people that know you better.Stay real!
MsDee Kay It may not be abnormal, but it is absolutely disrespectful to not identify with the country your parents moved to. I'm American, but my parents are from Mexico. To call myself Mexican after all that this country did for me and my family would be an absolute slap in the face to it and to its people.
Adolf Hitler comparing America and British is orange and apple. British culture has not integrated other cultures like American. Mexico is country Africa is not, good a nology Latino,
@@1andeyo Britain has been a country alot longer than america. Black british poeple are relatively new to britain. compared to how long black americans have been in America. It shows that when large numbers of a ethnic culture immagrate to another country. Obviously they are not going to integrate this is how you get problems in society.
@@danielcuevas5899 wow someone gets it.
@@danielcuevas5899 thank you...
African is not a nationality.
speidi1 no it isn't!
speidi1. You are right African is not a nationality. In S Africa we call blacks according to their tribe, example they are a Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Ndebele etc.
As an African American, the urge to connect to who we are and have some pride; not identifying with any African country in particular, we tend to see Africa as one huge nation! As we disagree with one another's opinions, let's not forget regional and situational perspectives...and that we have at least one dominant unifying characteristic, our skin color.
No it's not but they can still identify as it just like an African American can consider their self American. Or a Mexican as Mexican.
Royal Bohemian in the US most black people don't know where in Africa their ancestors came from. These people do.
I am 100% white and I love my pure clean white skin ❤️
Do u like getting sun burned?
@@londondrillting7085 just use sunblock.
I'm 100% African and I love white European p*ssy
@@purple.requiem who cares
literally nobody asked
Am proudly Africa from germany
Guy Sky
Let me tell you
1) your useless ancestors stole from Africa
2) Queen Elizabeth the first stole all the things you your generation are proud of from Africa
3) Africans are not thieves, terrorist, scammers
4) Africans are not pretends
5) Africans don't hate
6) Africans where born as Kings and queens
7) Africans are natural from head to toe
8) Africans have rich culture that others don't have
9) without African the earth is nothing
10) Africans are gifted
11) Africans are not lazy
12) Africans are great, smart, gorgeous, pretty, wonderful, beautiful people
13) Africans are not greedy
14) Africans has regard for human
15) Africans has great future ahead of them
16) Africans has the largest resources in the world
17) Africans brightening the world
18) Africans are unique, genius and faithful
19) Africans have peace of mind because they are not guilty of anything
20) Africans are born to rein
+Gina Amadin you are a racist dog.
Gina Amadin
I was going to reply to those points but it's impossible beucase those are not arguments, they are just your naive biased opinions based on nothing. Here, watch this instead.
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Was machen Sachen, am Kenya 🇰🇪 living in Germany 🇩🇪, and und ich liebe Africa.... Bitte beleidige mich jetzt, hab voll Bock
Ayeee me too
African as long as you are black!! But British because of where you might have been brought up...
Home is not where you were born it's where the heart is,I was born in the Caribbean but I see myself as an African
your culture is what is in your home, your parents your traditions your main food your habits etc. black is not a culture just like white is not a culture. you are either african european asian or caribbean etc. people can be nigerian british, british jamaican, Moroccan, irish British, chinese british nigerian somali, polish albanian british etc people dont just drop their identity just because they move abroad or are born elsewhere. an african in india doesn't become indian overnight they may be an indian national but of african origin therefore they would be a afro indian. All parents raise their children in their own culture. your culture is your identity. if you don't have a culture then you are black or white.
Den me culture is spanglishfrench
id argue if your born in a country you are that nationality dosnt matter if u move like im aussie id never say im british just the same as i wouldnt say that im american even if i moved to usa ur natonality never changes
I base my nationality as where I’m from (as in born and raised in Britain) not where my grandparents are from (Jamaica)
Dogs can be Cats, Rabbit, Mouse etc
@@dontmindme9175 out here in Africa ...Ghana to be specific your nationality is simply where your parents are from..it doesn't matter where you were born cuz your blood doesn't change if you're born in a different country..that's just facts 💯🔥
Me too I born in France but l'm originally ivoiry Coast when some people ask me which side you prefer French or Ivoirian for me Ivoirian side
They love Africa but don't want to live there. WTF!
We all come from africa but are people originated in isreal Uk blacks come from judah
If for any reason any one of the people featured, let's say, travelled to the US and got entangled with the police and ended up in jail or shot (not killed), which government would you contact to intervene on your behalf?
Being from the US. I'd imagine that individuals in such situation would contact the government for which Passport they have. All interviewed have African Parents and I'm sure they qualify for an African Passport. However, I'm sure all interviewed don't actually hold 2 Passports.
I'm US Black American. Many US Black Americans are traveling more. Some have acquired an African Passport, due to DNA results, NOT because of having African Parents, African Grandparents etc.
I'm 100% sure that if Black Americans found themselves in trouble in a Country outside the US, they'll contact the US Embassy vs the Embassy for which African Passport they have.
I guess where one spends the most time. Not such much of what Heritage/Culture one feels.
I am West Indian born in the U.K. to children to windrush generation from Island of Jamaica. I class myself Black Caribbean.
these Africans know they cant abandon their culture for foreign culture
One thing that's similar with either African or African American women is the tradition of wearing weaves and wigs
Those guys are suffering of problems of ID. The only true reason they say African its their skin..its hard when you born in british and people still ask you where you are from just because of your skin
of course they ask that its natural to ask that. I am of european decent but born in africa my family owns land there and when i travel back people still ask me where i am from lol. 90% of bristish people are white.
If it were a white Brit asking the question I am sure a lot of them would say that they are British.
emo 237
Um, NO! We were raised in our unique respective cultures, which makes us culturally and ethnically distinct from the 'native' population. I was raised a Jamaican family, and I do not consider myself to be _British_ British.
rdokoye true
The original Brits were of dark hue, stop letting the pale people tell you your history..
They are at home right where they are at.
As Africans we are always proud of our heritage. African Americans can deny all they want.
'I have a lot of British friends ' so brother British friends make you British hahahaha, just kidding . I am British but first Nigerian, very Nigerian but able to switch at any time and still remenber who I am .
WHAT'S TRENDING WITH DELPHINE exactly
You're not british
@@JG-wu7nx Blacks are not British and whites are not south African etc etc
She said “she would like to think of herself as British but she’s probably African” Wow 😮 Sweetheart you’re African.
Southern Girl don't force an identity on someone.
xrx0R 9 Its not forced. It’s who you are.
2:55 I love her answer! Thou you can hear her accent but she knows that she is African
It's so crazy how African English citizens are more in tune with their African heritage than African Americans , African English citizens know where their culture comes from vs African Americans we do not know where we specifically come from all we know is that we came from africa or a colored country .Europeans have tainted the African American blood line
Cedric Palmer You made no contradicting point whatsoever with the exception of your own ignorance. The person actually made a good point about differences in cultural perspectives across Disaporans living in two different countries. Yes, it is generalized, however that does not take away from the verity of her reflection.
It's because many people in this video were either born in Africa or had parents born where most African Americans are 6 or more generations removed from any African relatives.
Amy L , hey there, this person did not need to respond the way you want. The video is as simple as simple can be. If you listened to the people in the video, you would understand. If you know the history of America, history of Black America you should understand. People should not have to explain something to you, as if you are two years old.
Have a Great New Year 🎈
Cheers🦋
There is no such thing as African English. We say Black British.
To be honest, African-Americans don't know where they are coming from, the longest they can trace back their ancestors is probably a plantation in the south US, you can't expect them to relate to Africa as much as Black British do, knowing that most of them still have relatives living in different African countries too. You cannot compare them.
Devastatingly beautiful interviewer.
I’m African , Eritrean East African born and raised in America!! Africa 1st!! 🇪🇷🏴🫡🤲🏾
Apart from the East African Somalian girl interviewed NON OF THEM WEAR THEIR OWN HAIR NONE OF THEM , NONE !!!
Chris Opium lol how? somalis cant wear fake hair😂😂 its not allowed in our culture its such shame and god blessed us to beautiful features and hair plus culture and country
Chris Opium And do any of you lot actually want to be white any more?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 man like Chris Opium
In Belgium everyone I know that have an other origin don't identify as Belgian, even if they were born and live there. So if this question was asked in my school 98% would say their origins and I would too.
Without your identity your lost
I admire African Americans because Africa is not the defining factor in their identity. Tribal division has no place in their culture. There is a commonality shared by Black Americans throughout the entire United States because of "blackness."
_"It's really important to know where you come from."_
Why?
🙄
It is very easy to love your country from the outside.
Let them arrive back in Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg or Cairo; that's when they change story.
Exactly! The Africans who love and are proud to be be African live on the continent.
They are AFRICAN : ETHNICITY but only British by nationality. Just like White are EUROPEAN : ETHNICITY and their nationality with the country where they are born.
Proud African from Nigeria
I wonder if the brits during the imperial era,who had children born in Asia or Africa,I wonder if their children considered themselves to be british or from those countries wich they where born?
If you don't feel British, you don't belong in Britain. You can be African, too - after all, we all came from Africa - but if you don't feel British, get back on the boat, and try living in Africa, you wouldn't survive a day.
That makes no sense. Millions of British live in other countries I guess they don't belong in Spain and all those other countries then because they don't feel Spanish or Emerati or whatever foreign country they live and work in. No way you think you make sense even I mean I know white supremacists are dumb but come on
No matter where u come from as far as u are black u are an African
False!
They want to be British soo bad but I’m sure Britain reminds them who they are.
I born and raised in Saudi Arabia bt for sure I identify myself as African .
Make Britain British Again!
Don't worry. It is lol
A M lol
It is no different if you are from Italian or Spanish parents ......you are proud and can identify from both........its what makes us all unique and fantastic
obviuosly their african its in their blood its where there family is from like parents or granparents its where they originate from they were just born in uk (london) obvs their ethnicity is african
My little sister was born here but we consider her as African not British
The guy in the suit with his strong african accent is saying both looooooooool
It’s also because you never really feel embraced by the British community in which you live.
A passport or a place of birth does not mean anything. If you are black, you are african. Stay true to your origin.
therese fassie bullshit is obviously all you can come up with I suppose.
Not everyone was raised in the same way so don’t assume that all those with African backgrounds in the UK have had the same upbringing.
Emem U it's about time people take responsibilities for their actions.
i identify my self as African no matter where i am in the world #Tanzanian #AfricanBlood
the sound is awful... what's the point of having this microphone if you speak too close? it's impossible to listen.. sorry...
the host IS gorgeous
Anya Belenko i heard everything they said clearly.
Anya Belenko - Girl, you gotta clean your ears😂
3:55 What is the guy saying please!😂 the force of confusion!
Proud Nigeria igbo 💖
Corrupt.
One love sis
Most black british people have a more african kind of English...their accents are a lil different from the white british people
Makes me chuckle watching these videos lol you claim to your African culture more than your British culture yet you stand there using our language wear our clothes eat our food and use our technology hahaha irony is bliss.......
@don't care who said they hate immigrants? Ohh burn you don't like the food........🤦♂️ who cares.
@don't care no..🤦♂️
And they never want to live in Africa always the west
I don't know about west Africans but we east Africans we don't claim other ones always I'm african wow great video
You guys need a white guy to sort out your mic levels.
Africa is a heavenly land where anybody who consider his or her self as a human being. Can spread their wings no matter what race you are! Is a continent where everybody is welcomed etc
They are who they originate from period.
How do you categorize the Carribeans of African origin in UK? "You can't be British enough to be English" One is British- Nigerian or British-Japanese or British or American.
British is only White! Not Black or Asian!! Stupid!!
british a country vs Africa a continent
Nope. Britain consists of three countries, England, Scotland & Wales.
JoziTube. Britain ( England, Scotland, Wales) not british.
Lmao major fail 😂😂
The sound is terrible then you put music with it🤦
That sound is terrible. I can barely hear her because her mic sounds garbled. :-(. On another note, a lot of these women say that identify with their African side, while they are wearing WHITE EUROPEAN weaves. ????. I don't understand when the first thing people will likely see about you is your hair. smh.....
The Silver Crown - Natural Grey Hair 😂😂😂😂😂
The Silver Crown - Natural Grey Hair no the 1st thing ppl see abt us is skin. Weave or no weave they still see african /black
Can people not do hairstyles or ??? Even in Africa people wear weaves so what’s your point ??? Weave doesn’t over power skin, culture & character. These overly righteous ‘I’m more black than you’ people need to take a seat, just because you’re wearing natural hair it doesn’t mean someone can’t wear weave. You see one video of these people... do u know how often they wear weave ? If it’s their first time ? If they wear their natural hair most times ? If they’re wearing a wig because of a medical condition ? Stop forcing opinions on what makes people black enough on everyone.
Think I need to post this comment on its own too since people seem to have this view too often.
Weaves are not European 😒
The Silver Crown - Natural Grey Hair stfu
Born raised in USA.
Always identified with Africa. 313 DETROIT
One is a culture and the other is a race🤦🏿♂️
Africa is a large continent with 54 Countries....which one are you ??
do black women ever wear their own natural hair on your head
Donald Haggerty do white girls ever not wear 50 pounds of makeup everyday?
Donald Haggerty Yes we do.
Donald Haggerty we've been wearing braids for over 2,000 years ..
Donald Haggerty we've been wearing braids for over 2,000 years ...
Mo B Yeah,. And what of Indian woman's hair ? what kind of internalised racism is that . 90% of black women look bad with straight hair ,can work but very rarely.
a 2014 video I love it in 2022....now people are well informed and Africa is rising up,God bless mamaland
Wow there are sum beautiful Black Sistas in the UK 👍
If I'm born in Britain I'm British. If I'm born I'm Africa I'm African.
Disgusting! It just shows if a dog is born in a stable it ain't an horse
** There is no conflict what so ever, if you were born in which ever country, that's going to be your nationality,regardless of the color of your skin.**