It's real life. My family immigrated from Tanzania (East Africa) when I was a child. I've legit had my Black American friends tell me in conversations "you're black, but you ain't black black." Me with 100% Bantu blood ain't "black black."
@@fabriceizzo2922 I'm glad you said "many" because I am a black/African American & I embrace blackness from all of the world. The problem for a lot of people (regardless of race) is ignorance due to lack of exposure. I've always been interested in other cultures so it's always been natural for me to possess a world view.
@@moneybags999 Dude it's all about what u got in your head, we don't have any or like 20 black ppl in total living in my country but for example I am not racist, me who prolly saw black person 10 times in my life so if i can be opened up to new ppl everybody can specially the ones living in mixed societies.
I'm a black guy in America, watching a black British comedian impersonate an African, while in my Japanese car at a Chinese restaurant on a Korean handheld.. Weird moment.
H34dHun734R In a roundabout way of saying, yeah. But I was in my car, outside of a restaurant, having a smoke, bluetoothing (new verb?) my phone into my car, when I had the aforementioned thought.
Fabrice Izzo Idk if the comedian is ignorant to the fact or not. He is telling a joke and for the sake of it probably stuck with what not only sounds funny but familiar as well.
@@fabriceizzo2922 it is 100% NOT a southern Nigerian accent. Maybe a northern and even that is debatable. Before you tell me that you've lived in Nigeria. I am Nigerian
300LIVE agreed, I’m Nigerian and that is definitely not a Nigerian accent. I was so confused when Lagos was mentioned. Lagos people don’t sound like that at all. 😂
I'm British (and white if it matters) but that happened to me too. I went into a McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac meal and the girl behind the counter called over about 3 or 4 colleagues and told me "say something again". You guys speak our language, yet you act like you've never heard an English person before?!
If it's any consolation, it works the other way around too. As an American in the UK, my accent is a curiosity to people. They don't want to hear though, because they already get enough of it from American TV. What I have to deal with is more along the lines of an undercurrent of stereotyping and presumptions. Not all British people are like this, but it is noticeable.
It's because the way of pronouncing the words and the vocabulary is not the same. It's like French. The French from France, the French from the french canadian part of Canada and the French from Africa are not the same. So it is always interesting to hear different accent. Also, the british accent like Chris James' one sound fancy and eerything. European lagages like English or French just sound more fancy.
James John Because most of the well spoken blacks had a typical white-dominated education (because that's the standard for being "well-spoken" in English). I hope this doesn't sound harsh, it's for historic reasons.
You don't have to be British to be treated this way. I am a 37 year old Black American male, I only speak standard American English because that is how I was raised as a homeschool kid. But I grew up in a ghetto in South Philadelphia, so my entire childhood consisted of me having to fend off other Black kids who constantly tried to fight me or mock me because I was accused of "talking White." As an adult who no longer lives in the hood, I don't have to deal with people trying to fight me at this stage in my life, but I do not have Black friends because of too many bad experiences with being judged. Black Americans tend to be very tolerant and respectful of other ethnicities and dialects, but they are extremely critical and judgemental towards their own kind. The reason they behave that way isn't because it's "Black culture", the problem originated from social engineering because Black Americans had been oppressed for so long that they have been conditioned to reject anything that resembles the institutions that discriminated against them. I understand the reason why I was ostricized from the Black community, but they need to learn that behaving that way only helps the racist entities that they want to oppose. Because along with deciding not to adopt proper English, the same type of Black Americans also avoid careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). It goes hand-in-hand: a racist is usually also a mysognist; likewise, a Black American who mocks educated vernacular of other dark-skinned people are also the Black Americans who generally don't seek higher education for themselves.
...for the record @Valore Dramack, you could have easily had the same violent experiences growing up as "the lone black kid" in any white neighborhood in boston, staten island, alabama, etc... hell, i grew up as a black anglophone in a low income neighbourhood in montreal, canada and got chased home by french-speaking white kids damn near everyday. so i find your "reasons" for prejudging & rejecting black people as your friends in your adulthood very interesting (& hypocritical). apparently all black americans are the same as the ones in south philly. who knew?! lmbao
@@misterhappy5462 I did not say that I "refuse" to have Black friends, if you're going to quote me then don't swap out words to better suit your propoganda because that is not the correct way to use quotations. I said that I do not have Black friends, you need to learn the diffence between "not having" something and "refusing" something. They do not share the same meaning, I already said that I was ostacized. The reason why I don't have Black friends is the same reason why I didn't have Black friends aa a kids, it's because people like you are always trying to ostracize and judge me instead of understand me. Friendship is a two way street and it's impossible for me be friends with someone that approaches me wih antagonism. I've never rejected someone that offered friendship.
As a Black British teenager I'd like to state that the best thing about living in London is that after school you can walk into a chicken shop and buy 3 wings and chips for a £1 or a portion of wings if you don't want the chips.
HAHAH it is like here when I am brown and and they speak to me in Spanish thinking I am Mexican and once I say no hablo Espanol and they Get mad at me and say What kind of Mexican doesn't speak spanish and I am like The Egyptian kind. I am Egyptian haha
I am latino, and when I visited Egypt (for work, and ended up 2 years in the Sinai) EVERYONE thought I was Egyptian. The cultural and physical similarities we have with Arabs come from the Moors' invasion to southern Spain back in 711 AD. It's probably not that Arabs look Latino... but rather that Spanish people are historically mixed with Arabs.
A few of the comments being made here (presumably by Black Americans) really exemplifies the cultural illiteracy Chris James was talking about. You criticize his personality and manner of speech because he doesn't fit your Americanized definition of Blackness. The brotha is simply a product of his environment, his culture. Black folks outside North America usually don't go around saying:" yo! yo! yo! what's up my homie?" Or any other expressions typical of Black America. Don't assume your Black experience speaks for everyone else's. That's one of the reasons Blacks from the different part of the world, residing in America don't always get along. Some of y'all really need to travel more.
Good point but wanna add that the problem within AA communities are lack of education about their identity... Especially when it comes to their African origin. Divide and conquer is the method use to wedge a gap between different black ethnics. It's the system that's stupid!
***** Your friend's experience isn't unique. I had a coworker named Tatiana, a Black girl from Guadeloupe, who came to NYC. During lunch break, the men in the cafeteria would swarm around her, even though she was average looking. The thing is they weren't used to meeting a Black woman who was so graceful, well-mannered, peaceful, and charming. She just didn't fit the loud, combative, sassy, and potty-mouthed stereotypes that they would associate with Black women in America. Granted, not all AA women fit the stereotypes. The problem is there are too many who do.
Can relate to this!.....I travel the US for work, and STILL get this kind of reaction - I remember one woman asking me if I was actually black!!!, because of my accent, and I only get it from Black Americans!.
auburn220 Yes indeed! - I was speechless for a minute lol!. I don't feel insulted by it anymore....I just feel sorry for anyone who is that narrow-minded...
Yes but you have to understand that many Americans don't travel outside the US or even have passports and therefore some of their knowledge of other people outside the US can sometimes be a bit limited.They only had a wake up call when the twin Towers fell down! Even Will Smith back in the day did not know there were black people in England.They call themselves African American yet alot of them do not know where the River Nile is or that North America could fit in the Sahara desert. And that they were not the only people to suffer from Slavery, the difference is, is that some of us have moved on!
i'm British Asian (British Chinese) and when I was travelling Asia I was surprised when I met another Asian girl who had a British accent haha it was unexpected 'cos it's not common... also everywhere i went people thought i was local haha Bali, Thailand, HK etc... until I opened my mouth xD
Im chinese indonesian, where ever I went people also thought I’m local, even in the west, they prolly think I’m a local asian immigrant. Ive had people speaking in german and in korean asking me for directions. We are too big in numbers sister :”D
+Lola Grey This is true Lola. MLK, Malcolm X and the likes are admired all over the World. Not only by black people but people of all races. Every oppressed minority is using the teachings of the black american civil rights leaders to fight the oppressors. So yeah I agree with you. P.S : I'm a french white dude :)
+Lola Grey This is comedy man. What you're doing is being straight up racist. You believe every black British person should personally thank every African American because of shit years ago that was important to all races and all the people who were involved in it were dead anyway yet their ancestors still deserve respect.
+Lola Grey You demonstrate exactly what 'YOUR ancestors' didnt want. one race putting themself on a pedestal because of the repercussions of racism years ago
+Terrence Lufuta Its like that around my countryside. Every black dude is like seeing a unicorn, and you have to look. And they look back and think its about race, but its just like brad pitt running through tibet "golden hair"... Just imagine a non white, kinda more like transparent, CSI-floater like guy walking through the bronx...same effect.
I know this guy! I met him when I started doing stand up a few months ago. He's one of the nicest most genuine guys I've ever met. He's got years of wisdom and hours of comedy. I really hope he becomes the next big thing, he really deserves it!
Haha I’m from New Zealand, and when I went to the US for the first time, that’s how they treated me at Denny’s lol too funny. Felt like a celebrity haha
My British friend had the same experience when she went to highschool in America. When she tried to talk to some local black girls, they told her that she can "speak normally now", and when they realized that she legitimately speaks with a British accent they said "You ain't a real n***a gurl!" :D
black american accent derived from southern accent some british black do have a different accent so it cant be categorized easily very much depends on the background of the person
Genius Liu not really the black British accent i most commonly south London and that's just as common in white people. I think it's because we're more mixed her and don't have "getos", council estates are what we have and their just full of chavs from fucking everywhere not one ethnic group.
The funny thing about this is how much I relate. I had an English/South-African accent accent growing up so people always said I wasn’t black enough. My nickname throughout high school was “The Englishman”. Similar thing happened when I moved to the US a few years ago, so now I use a mid western accent to avoid drawing attention to myself, but when I get really mad or tired, the accent comes out and it’s low key kinda funny in hindsight 😂
Another problem is the US media's depiction of British people and British accents, generally, as something inherently pretentious, haughty, posh, or upper class. I can't begin to tell you how ridiculous I find this, as a non-Anglo American who has actually travelled in England and met British people of all classes and races. I had a Black Caribbean college buddy in NYC in the 1980s. When he moved as a child from Birmingham, England to the Bronx, NYC, USA, he had to shed his (not-so-posh!) accent to avoid getting beaten up by the African-American kids. (This happened in the 1970s, so things may have changed.) I have also heard stories from the same period about similar treatment of British immigrants by working-class white Americans, such as a working class British kid from Manchester being dubbed, "Lord English" [!] by his US classmates. I do think part of this US media phenomenon stems from (white) Anglo-Americans wanting to believe they are descendants of British nobility, rather than exiled horse thieves.
+Alan West The cockney British accent IS certainly depicted from time to time in US media, but it's the "posh" British accent that most Americans are familiar with. To be fair, I've also heard a story of an American kid from Boston, MA who spent a couple years in grade school in Britain, and was dubbed "Tex" [!] by his English classmates.
+John Erlich Yeah Americans are actually twice as German as they are English. They are more Irish than English to be honest. By that I mean a higher number of people has German or Irish ancestory than English ancestory. Canadians are much more British by decent % of total population than Americans are
+biskitz86913 I knew that there were more Americans of German than English ancestry, but I didn't believe twice as many. But you are (approximately) correct--I just checked the numbers! You are also correct about Irish-Americans, as well. Pro-Irish sentiments tend to run pretty high in the USA when discussions of the UK, Ireland, and Northern Ireland come up. I am of German and Eastern European ancestry, but have plenty of relatives by marriage with Irish ancestry. My wife may be also, but just a "wee bit." ;=)
I rock As scout Yeah its around 45 million to 25 million I think? Thats the figures I had in my head anyway. But many of those people will have come to America way before Germany was a proper country, certainly before it was a unified country. The USA is older than Germany, its been a lot more stable for a much longer time. I was surprised too by the figures, I think because America is legally and politically closer to the UK, I assumed the majority of Euro-Americans would be of British decent but not so lol
As a black American, what hes saying is facts. I remember telling this one brother, that i was going out with an English girl. His Response: DAMM HOMIE I DIDNT KNOW YOU WAS INTO WHITE GIRLS . Dude I never said she was white SMH
Do you realize that only 4% of england is black ? How would the initial assumption not be that she is white ? Intead of shaking your head, go educated yourself.
We have black guys in Finland, too - and some of them speak English in a stereotypical Finnish accent... unwieldy, choppy and just outright comical. XD You should hear them, they're seriously hilarious - we have several as regulars at the library where I work at. What's funny about the stereotypical Finnish "English" accent is that people born in Finland are likely to pick it up - it doesn't matter if you're white, black, Asian, etc. You just pick it up from people around you while growing up. XD We call it "tankero-englanti" thanks to a Finnish politician who first spoke in that accent.
tsk tsk.. only one of your TV celebs is black? This is very, very problematic. Finland cannot survive as a monolithic society anymore and needs mass immigration. Just look at how well it has done in Malmo, for example. I hope your country is no longer racist and decides to take in many thousands of immigrants just like the great nation of Sweden.
Funny video and very amusing comments. I once went to the Gambia to visit a friend of mine. One day I went to the beach and was chatting with two girls from London, one black and the other white. The Gambian boys didn't understand why the black girl was sunbathing. "You do know that you're black don't you?" they asked. Her reply was "I've known this all my life!".
Im African but i love how he did the stereotypical "african accent" which is usually found in North Africa by the way, and the twist to it when he made the clicking sounds (OMG) im dying ryt now n i aint even offended🤣🤣🤣
I find it really weird (and sometimes ignorant) how people from america especially have a hard time comprehending that there are black people in the UK. The UK has a reputation all over the world for having people from different cultures, races and nationalities living here...i thought it would be obvious!? :S Im from London and we have a big british caribbean and african population here.
Lol. I don't think it's that. I think the main thing is that American black culture has taken specific time to differentiate itself from other black cultures and also from the 'typical' American culture. Most American black will say to an African black "Oh I didn't realize you weren't black like me". They refer to 'black' as much as a cultural reference as a racial reference.
Although black and other minorities can be highly concentrated in London or other big cities, the UK is still a lot whiter than the US. White makes up around 62% of US population, while the UK is at around 87%.
Legitimately every carribean black person I've met has been so nice, and intelligent. You're culuture is far superior to the degredayion of an entire race class here in America. Not making generalizations but, if you're being excluded by certain black people, its usually best to move on and congregate with others who dont judge lile that.
After watching a lot of British tv shows, I've learned that they all have different accents just like Americans do. I'm from CA and I sound waaay different than someone from Texas or the South. British people from Essex sound different than London and so on (like the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins :)
I wouldn't use the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins as a good example of a British accent since the guy who did it firstly was American and secondly did it very badly. He was trying a cockney accent. Heres some examples for your audio pleasure... Ray Winstone = cockney Hugh Grant = received pronunciation James Nesbitt = northern irish Wayne Rooney = scouse Sean Bean = yorkshire Cheryl Cole = geordie Robbie Williams = west midlands
raleighman3000 the accent thing is only a generalization, naturally people would move elsewhere for work, posting etc Education is also part of it, if someone goes to a private school where pronounciation is emphasized it is likely they will speak posh as well. If someone is in politics especially they will often sound like all other politicians- GW Bush was supposedly a Texan despite sounding totally like an East Coast man (which he was) while Jimmy Carter softened his Georgia accent in formal situations. We're just glad Barack Obama doesn't refer to every other person as 'bro' or 'ha'ole'.
Nothing special, coming from a black Brit girl. All we do is speak in roadman slang nowadays. (London especially). Ex: innit bruv, rah Im bare hungry still, that girl is peng! Lol. But then the ones from Kent, they are posh asf
@Unfazed Jae No, your accent is special. *All* British accents sound posh to Americans, we can't tell your accents apart. Come to any American hood and you'll sound posh by American standards. Especially in certain parts of Chicago and Southern states.
Here's the thing in America we are not told about black Europeans so some of us have no clue that they exist so to some of us it's like finding the lost city of Atlantis or some shit
+Obliterated Zombies Wow. So, someone had to tell you that there are black people in Europe? Guess what, there's white, brown and Asian people in Africa too. Mind blown?
My family are about as Caribbean as they get on my dads side anyway and I adore my culture regardless of the negative bullshit I hear from people. But I won't lie I have a well spoken posh Buckinghamshire British accent :-D hahahaha This was awesome just
That was hilarious!!! OMG, how come I've never heard of Chris James, and I'm British? I don't watch TV as a rule it's true, as there's usually so much reality crap on there! BUT, I'm always on RUclips lol... can't believe this is the first time I've heard of him.. Brilliant, thank you so much for the upload.
I'm African and in the U.K. some people think I look like a black person from U.S. and have these weird expectations like being "gangster" or "hard" as they like to call it and having "swagger" and pretending to grab my balls while walking and showing off my boxers all just stereotypical crap really. I remember this one Scottish girl in this small town I went to being scared of me because she apparently was scared of black people from U.S. because of all the movies. lol Maybe they put those black american expectations from me because they didn't have any prejudices for black African that wasn't dying of malaria or wasn't starving African in need of donations in order to enjoy christmas, I'm sure we've all seen to UNICEF ads. They just didn't know what to make of me. Just like those black americans didn't know what to make of the British black guy so they resorted to say he's not black black lololol
I'm also British African but if you were in a big city e.g.London we would think you were British like everyone else and wouldn't bat an eyelid because London is that diverse just like any other major cities including Glasgow Edinburgh etc
I'm from Oregon USA I went down to Mississippi once and they were tripping off my accent thought I was from England, not even close we do need to travel more
I have to admit it, in the 80’s, long before any social media, on my first trip to London, and literally on my first ride on the U, the first time I heard a 6 foot, 250 pound black man speak with a British accent, I had to do a double take. I just wasn’t expecting that cheery “pop on over for spot of proper English tea” accent from someone who looked like they were from the Sugar Hill Gang (Rappers Delight)
Why do you think you had that reaction? Is it that Americans do not think (or know) that there have been generations of brown skinned people living in the UK who identify as British?
fester boyle I have no idea. I mean, when you think about it, of course it makes absolute sense - black people who live in England would have British accents. But if you never considered that, and your whole experience is hearing people speak with one accent, it’s a bit surprising to hear something different. This is why it’s a good thing to travel and see different counties and experience different cultures. You get to learn new perspectives and learn new ways of thinking. And, that makes for a wider, more exciting world. As for an American education system, we’re focused on on American history. It’s not until high school that world history and geography is taught. To be clear, I was 16 the first time I went to England, so my life and world experiences were still very limited.
@@elizabethsnyder5074 Don't ve be so hard on yourself cauae at 16 you were lucky to travel. What we learn in schoola in England is pretty skewed as well although probably not aa limiting. A lot of us black people from African Caribbean backgrounds have families who live the States and Canada. I first went to the States in 96. It waa interesting meeting AAs and talking to them about being black in England. Some were aware of us but just never met us and some were unaware. My brither visited New York in the mid to late 80s and he got talking to a brother who asked about his background but he just insisted that my brother wasn't black for some reason. It could've been because my brother's light skin I don't know but it was a strange encounter.
@Elizabeth Snyder "It’s not until high school that world history and geography is taught." Yeah. And even what we're taught in High School in the US isn't much. I'm 27 and I didn't even know Muslim Africans existed until Ilhan Omar came into politics. I didn't even know multitudes of other races & ethnicities even existed outside of Egypt. The only time my High School ever mentioned Africans was when they showed us the movie Hotel Rwanda and a brief documentary about Apartheid. I vaguely even remember anything of value I learned in High School.
Part of the reason for African-Americans' ignorance about Black people in England is simply that middle-class Americans travel less than middle-class Europeans, and that international travel is very expensive from the USA, especially for poor Americans. Also, as noted by many commenters, African-American culture has a huge influence around the world; Black communities in Europe are much smaller and don't have the same influence. I would hope that Black people would find it empowing to meet and connect with others of sub-Saharan African ancestry, wherever they come from, but it takes a certain amount of education to be politically conscious. I would also add that, as a middle-class American, I've been fortunate enough to travel to places where I've met plenty of Black people of various backgrounds. I've also met plenty of people of various races and backgrounds who have adopted an "attitude" similar to that described among African-Americans, which seems to happen mostly in First World countries, and in response to poverty and discrimination.
Not quite. African-American culture's influence on the world is partly due the US media influence, partly due the wide use of English around the world (thank the British Empire mostly for that!), and partly because of African-Americans' creativity, for example, they founded almost every genre of modern popular music (blues, jazz, rock-n-roll. R&B, hip-hop, etc.). Similarly, Reggae music is great, but part of its international success is due to the fact that the lyrics are in English.
Of course, but African-Americans are only about 13% of the US population. Where is the creative output of the other 87%? I am only saying that we need to acknowledge that African-Americans are responsible for much more than their share of American, and world, culture.
I've used this piece in college classes to illustrate cultural stereotypes and just how narrow and constructed identities are. It's quite the brilliant example of how unstable and ethnocentric notions of "blackness" are (no less than "Southern" "female" "European" "gay" etc. pp.). This is what I love about good stand-up, it communicates complex ideas straightforwardly while being funny. Louis CK is a master at that.
In all honesty, I think Louie's shows from the mid-2000s onwards were the absolute pinnacle, stand-up perfection. And I can see why he started focusing on something different - the brilliant Louie show and the shift to to emphasizing the dark stuff over the comedy in Horace and Pete (equally amazing). He's done all this stuff to perfection he's the top comic of his era in my book. I think now he's just coasting, and that's still better than 80% of all other stand-up but it's more routine now and not genius level anymore. I'm fine with that, even Beethoven wrote just one fifth and ninth symphony.
I remember seeing a standup routine from another black British comedian and he told a story about being in America and getting pulled over by the cops. And how he was petrified they were going to shoot him or something, but the second they heard his "Hugh Grant" accent they started treating him like a celebrity and let him go without even a ticket.
Not really! There is no typical African accent! Lol! Maybe you're used to some specific accent (Nigerian maybe). Do you know how many countries there are in Africa? In each one of them, there are different ethnic groups which speak different languages which affect their accent. I'm Senegalese (We mostly speak French and Wolof among others languages) and when I speak in English, people can't tell if my accent is French, Wolof or American. Just unique!
"Say somethin', British Homie!"
I AM WHEEZING
haaaaaa
CoreOfTheStar there’s no comma. He wants him to saying something British. He wasn’t calling him his British homie lol
CoreOfTheStar That legitimately happens to me. I said "Wingardium Leviosa"
@@eudaliastilson2518, I thought so too, but in the next line the US guy literally calls him, "British Homey."
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This guy's insane, I searched everywhere for more of his stand ups, couldn't find but a couple.. DUDE WE DEMAND MORE
Ra's Al Ghul lacks material
Yeah, he's great!
You found any of his more stuff?
Yaaaaas we demand moreeeee
You demand more? You don't even pay him!
It's real life. My family immigrated from Tanzania (East Africa) when I was a child. I've legit had my Black American friends tell me in conversations "you're black, but you ain't black black." Me with 100% Bantu blood ain't "black black."
To many of them "black" means black American. They view the world from an American prospective.
@@fabriceizzo2922 I'm glad you said "many" because I am a black/African American & I embrace blackness from all of the world. The problem for a lot of people (regardless of race) is ignorance due to lack of exposure. I've always been interested in other cultures so it's always been natural for me to possess a world view.
@@moneybags999 Dude it's all about what u got in your head, we don't have any or like 20 black ppl in total living in my country but for example I am not racist, me who prolly saw black person 10 times in my life so if i can be opened up to new ppl everybody can specially the ones living in mixed societies.
Fabrice Izzo Yup, sounds American.
Black people racist each other?
I know you Black, but you ain't Black, Black". Best line ever.
But be fair, they said Gandhi was Black. That's already taken.
lowKut and that's exactly what he'd hear too lmao
Ya but I am Black Black Blaaack... African tribal click click black!
Then DO YOU KNOW DA WEY??
That was so funny!
I'm a black guy in America, watching a black British comedian impersonate an African, while in my Japanese car at a Chinese restaurant on a Korean handheld..
Weird moment.
So you drove your car into a restaurant?
H34dHun734R
In a roundabout way of saying, yeah.
But I was in my car, outside of a restaurant, having a smoke, bluetoothing (new verb?) my phone into my car, when I had the aforementioned thought.
itsinmynamechap No, we call it a portable telephonic apparatus. You must really be.... French!
Biodiversity!?
Are you gettin' jiggy wit it though?
Whenever he says "Hello there" I burst out laughing this is amazing
Black American here. I love this brother man. He did a good job with our accents. Toooo funny!
***** Hey sis. Got love for my Black counterparts in the U.K.
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Buffalo New Yorker NO NO NO NO NO! He is not our *Brudda*. He is only Brish Black. We are Black Black
Buffalo New Yorker Our..... All so-called “black" doesn't talk or speak just one way!
"Bust a cap in yo booty! Yeah, yeah"
*music stops*
*awkward silence*
"....Hello everybody (in his British accent)....."
Hahahaha..... :D
Marshanah T. Yes, we, too, have watched the video.
You took your time to write this shit
That part just killed me laughing
This part took me out!!!
Yeah that's what he said
The stereotypical "African accent" in the West is the southern Nigerian accent.
That was a South African accent. even added the tongue clicks
Fabrice Izzo Idk if the comedian is ignorant to the fact or not. He is telling a joke and for the sake of it probably stuck with what not only sounds funny but familiar as well.
@@fabriceizzo2922 it is 100% NOT a southern Nigerian accent. Maybe a northern and even that is debatable. Before you tell me that you've lived in Nigeria. I am Nigerian
Ahhh!!! Merci good friend. Thank you. Didn't know that
300LIVE agreed, I’m Nigerian and that is definitely not a Nigerian accent. I was so confused when Lagos was mentioned. Lagos people don’t sound like that at all. 😂
I'm British (and white if it matters) but that happened to me too. I went into a McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac meal and the girl behind the counter called over about 3 or 4 colleagues and told me "say something again". You guys speak our language, yet you act like you've never heard an English person before?!
If it's any consolation, it works the other way around too. As an American in the UK, my accent is a curiosity to people. They don't want to hear though, because they already get enough of it from American TV. What I have to deal with is more along the lines of an undercurrent of stereotyping and presumptions. Not all British people are like this, but it is noticeable.
It's because the way of pronouncing the words and the vocabulary is not the same. It's like French. The French from France, the French from the french canadian part of Canada and the French from Africa are not the same. So it is always interesting to hear different accent. Also, the british accent like Chris James' one sound fancy and eerything. European lagages like English or French just sound more fancy.
serendipityuk aaarrhmm. "our language"?? What did the English speak before stealing, oh i''m sorry "borrowing" the English language?
They didn't mean any harm. Americans just love British accents; it's a well-known fact. But yes, it's a tad annoying.
Van Helsing I'm lost, from whom did the English steal the English language?
The biggest problem is well spoken black ppl not being view as being black or "blackblack"
James John Unfortunately.
James John Because most of the well spoken blacks had a typical white-dominated education (because that's the standard for being "well-spoken" in English). I hope this doesn't sound harsh, it's for historic reasons.
Joao Martins But surely there are people that go to historically black institutions who are still very well-spoken; Roberta Flack for example?
itsjemmabond You miss the point. The idea of being "well-spoken" is based on the speech patterns of upper-middle class White people.
lexdiamondz1991
I see.
No no no! im not your broda! 😂😂😂😂
"Black Unicorn"
😂😂😂
😏😀👏
*Uniggacorn*
It's a Rare Pokemon
+Plata O Plomo and you are a pink A$$ Craka
blacorn
No... No.. No.. I'm not your brother 😝😝😝🙌🏼
MrImpatient i
*brudda
That’s my favorite part lol
You don't have to be British to be treated this way. I am a 37 year old Black American male, I only speak standard American English because that is how I was raised as a homeschool kid. But I grew up in a ghetto in South Philadelphia, so my entire childhood consisted of me having to fend off other Black kids who constantly tried to fight me or mock me because I was accused of "talking White." As an adult who no longer lives in the hood, I don't have to deal with people trying to fight me at this stage in my life, but I do not have Black friends because of too many bad experiences with being judged. Black Americans tend to be very tolerant and respectful of other ethnicities and dialects, but they are extremely critical and judgemental towards their own kind. The reason they behave that way isn't because it's "Black culture", the problem originated from social engineering because Black Americans had been oppressed for so long that they have been conditioned to reject anything that resembles the institutions that discriminated against them. I understand the reason why I was ostricized from the Black community, but they need to learn that behaving that way only helps the racist entities that they want to oppose. Because along with deciding not to adopt proper English, the same type of Black Americans also avoid careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). It goes hand-in-hand: a racist is usually also a mysognist; likewise, a Black American who mocks educated vernacular of other dark-skinned people are also the Black Americans who generally don't seek higher education for themselves.
...for the record @Valore Dramack, you could have easily had the same violent experiences growing up as "the lone black kid" in any white neighborhood in boston, staten island, alabama, etc... hell, i grew up as a black anglophone in a low income neighbourhood in montreal, canada and got chased home by french-speaking white kids damn near everyday. so i find your "reasons" for prejudging & rejecting black people as your friends in your adulthood very interesting (& hypocritical). apparently all black americans are the same as the ones in south philly. who knew?! lmbao
@@misterhappy5462 He commented in general and of his own experiences. A half wit could see he didn't mean ALL.
@@jeremysears4263 ummm, he said "i refuse to have black friends". that literally means ALL. might want to consider getting your GED, jeremy. lmfao
This.
@@misterhappy5462 I did not say that I "refuse" to have Black friends, if you're going to quote me then don't swap out words to better suit your propoganda because that is not the correct way to use quotations. I said that I do not have Black friends, you need to learn the diffence between "not having" something and "refusing" something. They do not share the same meaning, I already said that I was ostacized. The reason why I don't have Black friends is the same reason why I didn't have Black friends aa a kids, it's because people like you are always trying to ostracize and judge me instead of understand me. Friendship is a two way street and it's impossible for me be friends with someone that approaches me wih antagonism. I've never rejected someone that offered friendship.
As a Black British teenager I'd like to state that the best thing about living in London is that after school you can walk into a chicken shop and buy 3 wings and chips for a £1 or a portion of wings if you don't want the chips.
Maulys lol
What?! , I live in North England and if anyone had those deals, they'd be swamped by hungry students 24/7
Mark Price dayum lol i i know the nearest chicken shop around my area sells 5 wings and chips for £2
From chicken cottage?
Nah, seriously, I've never seen Chicken & chips sold that cheaply. Where I am that deal cost £2.50 minimum.
HAHAH it is like here when I am brown and and they speak to me in Spanish thinking I am Mexican and once I say no hablo Espanol and they Get mad at me and say What kind of Mexican doesn't speak spanish and I am like The Egyptian kind. I am Egyptian haha
mina estefan A lot of Mexicans don't speak Spanish. The late Selina, for example...
And even lesser Egyptians speak Spanish
I am latino, and when I visited Egypt (for work, and ended up 2 years in the Sinai) EVERYONE thought I was Egyptian. The cultural and physical similarities we have with Arabs come from the Moors' invasion to southern Spain back in 711 AD. It's probably not that Arabs look Latino... but rather that Spanish people are historically mixed with Arabs.
Cause most white people thinks that any non-white person is from another country
@@arhabersham i hope u had a good time in egypt
I'm Ghanaian and I laugh at African Americans who call each other "not black enough". Na kwasia ataka sen! 😂😂👌🏿
Asem wei😂
A few of the comments being made here (presumably by Black Americans) really exemplifies the cultural illiteracy Chris James was talking about. You criticize his personality and manner of speech because he doesn't fit your Americanized definition of Blackness. The brotha is simply a product of his environment, his culture. Black folks outside North America usually don't go around saying:" yo! yo! yo! what's up my homie?" Or any other expressions typical of Black America. Don't assume your Black experience speaks for everyone else's. That's one of the reasons Blacks from the different part of the world, residing in America don't always get along. Some of y'all really need to travel more.
Good point but wanna add that the problem within AA communities are lack of education about their identity... Especially when it comes to their African origin. Divide and conquer is the method use to wedge a gap between different black ethnics. It's the system that's stupid!
***** Your friend's experience isn't unique. I had a coworker named Tatiana, a Black girl from Guadeloupe, who came to NYC. During lunch break, the men in the cafeteria would swarm around her, even though she was average looking. The thing is they weren't used to meeting a Black woman who was so graceful, well-mannered, peaceful, and charming. She just didn't fit the loud, combative, sassy, and potty-mouthed stereotypes that they would associate with Black women in America. Granted, not all AA women fit the stereotypes. The problem is there are too many who do.
Excellent point you make!...Could not put it better myself.....
blakjak38 Amen. I love graceful black women. That loud brash behavior of so many American black women is gross and manly.
You put it perfect, black people from different countries have their own slang and influence from where they grew up.
Can relate to this!.....I travel the US for work, and STILL get this kind of reaction - I remember one woman asking me if I was actually black!!!, because of my accent, and I only get it from Black Americans!.
Seriously? she asked you if you were really black? lol
Do they think America is the only country in the world where black people live?
auburn220 Yes indeed! - I was speechless for a minute lol!. I don't feel insulted by it anymore....I just feel sorry for anyone who is that narrow-minded...
Yes but you have to understand that many Americans don't travel outside the US or even have passports and therefore some of their knowledge of other people outside the US can sometimes be a bit limited.They only had a wake up call when the twin Towers fell down! Even Will Smith back in the day did not know there were black people in England.They call themselves African American yet alot of them do not know where the River Nile is or that North America could fit in the Sahara desert. And that they were not the only people to suffer from Slavery, the difference is, is that some of us have moved on!
auburn220 Blck Americans tend to havd lower educatoinal rates and lower global knowledge. Its not shocking.
raleighman3000 Actually all of America in general in bad at geography and culture. America is one of the worst developed countries at geography.
i'm British Asian (British Chinese) and when I was travelling Asia I was surprised when I met another Asian girl who had a British accent haha it was unexpected 'cos it's not common... also everywhere i went people thought i was local haha Bali, Thailand, HK etc... until I opened my mouth xD
Im chinese indonesian, where ever I went people also thought I’m local, even in the west, they prolly think I’m a local asian immigrant. Ive had people speaking in german and in korean asking me for directions. We are too big in numbers sister :”D
@@michellelee8933 haha xD
so you felt some cozy in it, yeah?
Even black British people make fun of their American counterparts.
famguy218 ...and vice versa
+Lola Grey This is true Lola. MLK, Malcolm X and the likes are admired all over the World. Not only by black people but people of all races. Every oppressed minority is using the teachings of the black american civil rights leaders to fight the oppressors. So yeah I agree with you.
P.S : I'm a french white dude :)
+Lola Grey This is comedy man. What you're doing is being straight up racist. You believe every black British person should personally thank every African American because of shit years ago that was important to all races and all the people who were involved in it were dead anyway yet their ancestors still deserve respect.
+Lola Grey You demonstrate exactly what 'YOUR ancestors' didnt want. one race putting themself on a pedestal because of the repercussions of racism years ago
+Lola Grey maybe your ancestors but not your racist ass
Black British guy doesn't fit black stereotype.... even black people are shocked haha.
+Chris Canning fuq stereotypes tho
+Chris Canning you mean African American
+Dark Orbit King You mean africants?
+Chris Canning Such is the touch of the British Charm. XD
+X Rogers no he means black British guy. not African American.
This might have been a short set, but this man's cheekbones and jawline putting in a full 8 hour shift. Dude could be a hollywood star.
Ikr? I thought it was Chris Rock at first.
I laughed at the black unicorn...
Terrence Lufuta I lost it
Me too men...
+King Kole the delivery was on point haha
+Terrence Lufuta
Its like that around my countryside. Every black dude is like seeing a unicorn, and you have to look. And they look back and think its about race, but its just like brad pitt running through tibet "golden hair"...
Just imagine a non white, kinda more like transparent, CSI-floater like guy walking through the bronx...same effect.
Terrence Lufuta I laughed at the whole video, what’s your point?
My life summed up in under 3 minutes
Same here. How many times were you were ask to say something?
@OverSidetracking Yes, and?
I feel like everyone expects black ppl to be like black U.S. Americans, including black U.S. Americans. It's super annoying.
Chrisy D
Yes! I know. So annoying.
Very annoying !!
Pretty much only blacks do that
@@henrik3775 No we don’t, this is the expectations people have for us.
Not really, but okay
He sounded very country when he was trying to sound like a gansta !!!! lol
Shamia Washington here in Georgia black hood atlanta people do sound a bit twang country compared to westside states blacks who don't .
South trap shit
Shamia Washington, you clearly have never been to Georgia
he did all regions except west coast
I know this guy! I met him when I started doing stand up a few months ago. He's one of the nicest most genuine guys I've ever met. He's got years of wisdom and hours of comedy. I really hope he becomes the next big thing, he really deserves it!
Haha I’m from New Zealand, and when I went to the US for the first time, that’s how they treated me at Denny’s lol too funny. Felt like a celebrity haha
Dude the tongue pop .... KILLED IT !!!
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My British friend had the same experience when she went to highschool in America. When she tried to talk to some local black girls, they told her that she can "speak normally now", and when they realized that she legitimately speaks with a British accent they said "You ain't a real n***a gurl!" :D
So what. And?
wow
Lies.
@@Monaedeezy it’s stupid, that’s the point. Since when did black Americans became real black People.
0:42 this is where the "wop wop wop" from kendrick lamar's "not like us" comes from
"African tribal *click* Black"
oml
LOL, ON POINT.
Especially with the "Your not Black Black".
bahahaha.
the plaintive little "hello there" destroys me every time
So this is what a black british man sounds like... Checked something off my bucket list today
A posh british black man, you just need to hear the ones from North London and South Wales and you're done.
nofearofwater
Or one from gogland (aka North Wales)
kyptonite funny thing is black British people sound exactly like any other British guy, why have black Americans developed their own accent
black american accent derived from southern accent some british black do have a different accent so it cant be categorized easily very much depends on the background of the person
Genius Liu not really the black British accent i most commonly south London and that's just as common in white people. I think it's because we're more mixed her and don't have "getos", council estates are what we have and their just full of chavs from fucking everywhere not one ethnic group.
When he builds the joke and says, 'Hello everybody' at 0:47 in that British accent; one of the funniest moments of comedy I've ever seen... XD ;)
The funny thing about this is how much I relate. I had an English/South-African accent accent growing up so people always said I wasn’t black enough. My nickname throughout high school was “The Englishman”. Similar thing happened when I moved to the US a few years ago, so now I use a mid western accent to avoid drawing attention to myself, but when I get really mad or tired, the accent comes out and it’s low key kinda funny in hindsight 😂
Another problem is the US media's depiction of British people and British accents, generally, as something inherently pretentious, haughty, posh, or upper class. I can't begin to tell you how ridiculous I find this, as a non-Anglo American who has actually travelled in England and met British people of all classes and races. I had a Black Caribbean college buddy in NYC in the 1980s. When he moved as a child from Birmingham, England to the Bronx, NYC, USA, he had to shed his (not-so-posh!) accent to avoid getting beaten up by the African-American kids. (This happened in the 1970s, so things may have changed.) I have also heard stories from the same period about similar treatment of British immigrants by working-class white Americans, such as a working class British kid from Manchester being dubbed, "Lord English" [!] by his US classmates. I do think part of this US media phenomenon stems from (white) Anglo-Americans wanting to believe they are descendants of British nobility, rather than exiled horse thieves.
+Alan West The cockney British accent IS certainly depicted from time to time in US media, but it's the "posh" British accent that most Americans are familiar with. To be fair, I've also heard a story of an American kid from Boston, MA who spent a couple years in grade school in Britain, and was dubbed "Tex" [!] by his English classmates.
+Abdi Alpo Yeah, true. But most Anglo-Americans think they're descended from ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower.
+John Erlich Yeah Americans are actually twice as German as they are English. They are more Irish than English to be honest. By that I mean a higher number of people has German or Irish ancestory than English ancestory. Canadians are much more British by decent % of total population than Americans are
+biskitz86913 I knew that there were more Americans of German than English ancestry, but I didn't believe twice as many. But you are (approximately) correct--I just checked the numbers! You are also correct about Irish-Americans, as well. Pro-Irish sentiments tend to run pretty high in the USA when discussions of the UK, Ireland, and Northern Ireland come up. I am of German and Eastern European ancestry, but have plenty of relatives by marriage with Irish ancestry. My wife may be also, but just a "wee bit." ;=)
I rock As scout Yeah its around 45 million to 25 million I think? Thats the figures I had in my head anyway. But many of those people will have come to America way before Germany was a proper country, certainly before it was a unified country. The USA is older than Germany, its been a lot more stable for a much longer time. I was surprised too by the figures, I think because America is legally and politically closer to the UK, I assumed the majority of Euro-Americans would be of British decent but not so lol
"Daaaaamn, That's like a James Bond brotha right there." had me in stitches.
As a black American, what hes saying is facts. I remember telling this one brother, that i was going out with an English girl. His Response: DAMM HOMIE I DIDNT KNOW YOU WAS INTO WHITE GIRLS . Dude I never said she was white SMH
Oh dear #facepalm.
Fr 🤦🏾♂️
And england is an overwhemingly white country ? what are you shaking your head for ? how would that not be the initial assumption ? 40 iq ?
😂😂😂
Do you realize that only 4% of england is black ? How would the initial assumption not be that she is white ? Intead of shaking your head, go educated yourself.
When he started talking about the two "real black guys", I lost it and laughed so hard from then on. This guy is really funny!
He's good, great with the accent switching which works brilliantly, would love to see more of this guy!
I really like this video because it really highlights the ignorance of the people who think that black Americans are the default idea of black.
We have black guys in Finland, too - and some of them speak English in a stereotypical Finnish accent... unwieldy, choppy and just outright comical. XD You should hear them, they're seriously hilarious - we have several as regulars at the library where I work at.
What's funny about the stereotypical Finnish "English" accent is that people born in Finland are likely to pick it up - it doesn't matter if you're white, black, Asian, etc. You just pick it up from people around you while growing up. XD We call it "tankero-englanti" thanks to a Finnish politician who first spoke in that accent.
They have Black people in Finland? That's news to me.
itsjemmabond
...One of our TV celebs is a black guy. ;P And Wilson Kirwa (an African athlete) has lived here for years.
DeltaSilver88
What's the name of the TV guy?
itsjemmabond
Jani Toivola. ...A completely Finnish name.
tsk tsk.. only one of your TV celebs is black? This is very, very problematic. Finland cannot survive as a monolithic society anymore and needs mass immigration. Just look at how well it has done in Malmo, for example. I hope your country is no longer racist and decides to take in many thousands of immigrants just like the great nation of Sweden.
fucking hell! love people who can do different accents, this is is just amazing at it!
Funny video and very amusing comments.
I once went to the Gambia to visit a friend of mine. One day I went to the beach and was chatting with two girls from London, one black and the other white. The Gambian boys didn't understand why the black girl was sunbathing. "You do know that you're black don't you?" they asked. Her reply was "I've known this all my life!".
2:28 Mutombo? lmao
FelipeGonzalezGuabo yes. If wakanda had a sense of humor, which, no.
-book of mormon memories-
*Mr. Mutombo
Dekembe Mutumbo?
If you're going to do an African accent, who better to base it on. Hell, I think Olajuwon has trouble with Mutumbo's accent.
His natural facial expressions are great. They really add to the set
"I am blaaaack, black, black, black African tribal *click click* black." 🤣🤣😭😭
this never gets old!! I bloody love this one!!
GAHAHHAHAHHAAH "I am not your brotha" fucking gold
Im African but i love how he did the stereotypical "african accent" which is usually found in North Africa by the way, and the twist to it when he made the clicking sounds (OMG) im dying ryt now n i aint even offended🤣🤣🤣
I find it really weird (and sometimes ignorant) how people from america especially have a hard time comprehending that there are black people in the UK. The UK has a reputation all over the world for having people from different cultures, races and nationalities living here...i thought it would be obvious!? :S Im from London and we have a big british caribbean and african population here.
Lol. I don't think it's that. I think the main thing is that American black culture has taken specific time to differentiate itself from other black cultures and also from the 'typical' American culture. Most American black will say to an African black "Oh I didn't realize you weren't black like me". They refer to 'black' as much as a cultural reference as a racial reference.
I know...typos
Although black and other minorities can be highly concentrated in London or other big cities, the UK is still a lot whiter than the US. White makes up around 62% of US population, while the UK is at around 87%.
chrissie92 and sadly we want to change that reputation
Like legit you conquer a quarter of the world you'd expect people to think your'e multi ethnic.
He speaks for all Caribbean people in the states. Even though we live in there neighborhoods, they never consider us as brother from states.
Legitimately every carribean black person I've met has been so nice, and intelligent. You're culuture is far superior to the degredayion of an entire race class here in America. Not making generalizations but, if you're being excluded by certain black people, its usually best to move on and congregate with others who dont judge lile that.
Y'all the same
Not true
2:33 thats the Knuckles meme right there. lol! Brodah knows de wey!
After watching a lot of British tv shows, I've learned that they all have different accents just like Americans do. I'm from CA and I sound waaay different than someone from Texas or the South. British people from Essex sound different than London and so on (like the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins :)
So all Southerners have a heavy accent? I don't. Lots of people (edpecially kids) in my area in Raleigh N.C. speak with that "oh my god" accent.
I wouldn't use the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins as a good example of a British accent since the guy who did it firstly was American and secondly did it very badly. He was trying a cockney accent. Heres some examples for your audio pleasure...
Ray Winstone = cockney
Hugh Grant = received pronunciation
James Nesbitt = northern irish
Wayne Rooney = scouse
Sean Bean = yorkshire
Cheryl Cole = geordie
Robbie Williams = west midlands
raleighman3000
the accent thing is only a generalization, naturally people would move elsewhere for work, posting etc Education is also part of it, if someone goes to a private school where pronounciation is emphasized it is likely they will speak posh as well. If someone is in politics especially they will often sound like all other politicians- GW Bush was supposedly a Texan despite sounding totally like an East Coast man (which he was) while Jimmy Carter softened his Georgia accent in formal situations. We're just glad Barack Obama doesn't refer to every other person as 'bro' or 'ha'ole'.
There are different regional accents within cities in the UK, nevermind from city to city.
I always feel there's something charming about a black person with a british accent
It’s because it feels so rare. There’s only so many Idris Elba’s
Nothing special, coming from a black Brit girl. All we do is speak in roadman slang nowadays. (London especially).
Ex: innit bruv, rah Im bare hungry still, that girl is peng! Lol. But then the ones from Kent, they are posh asf
British accents are charming because their English is more proper. Even when Brits are angry, they still sound pleasant.
@Unfazed Jae No, your accent is special. *All* British accents sound posh to Americans, we can't tell your accents apart. Come to any American hood and you'll sound posh by American standards. Especially in certain parts of Chicago and Southern states.
This is so pleasant to watch idk why I watch this every day
"Das like a James Bond brotha right there son" HAHAHAH
The ting goes *skrrrraa*
🤣 "hello everybody". what a punchline 👏🏼 got me stamping
Here's the thing in America we are not told about black Europeans so some of us have no clue that they exist so to some of us it's like finding the lost city of Atlantis or some shit
+7atim nope not at all I literally had to research them to find out about them
+Riyo but isn't there a such thing as black Arabs do they exist I'm curious
+Obliterated Zombies yes they do, and bruh, they have such shiny skin it's incredible
+Obliterated Zombies Wow. So, someone had to tell you that there are black people in Europe? Guess what, there's white, brown and Asian people in Africa too. Mind blown?
+Hiroshi13 brilliant comment
I didn’t know how to find this episode, and I searched ‘British unicorn’ and there i find it lol
1:24 "The guy behind me said" *DAYYYYM* 😂
Got me
I don't know how I ended up here from football highlights, but I'm glad I did. Good stuff.
We all know exactly why you ended up here.
Yeah, I was meant to watch this.
xJoeKing Subtle prejudice, how original.
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The African part had me rolling!
This guy is good!!
"Bust a cap in the booty yea" I'm dead 💀🤣
Lol I am crying 🤣 "Say something British homie"
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Stop making this about you
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MondoManDevout ?
My family are about as Caribbean as they get on my dads side anyway and I adore my culture regardless of the negative bullshit I hear from people. But I won't lie I have a well spoken posh Buckinghamshire British accent :-D hahahaha This was awesome just
On top of the accent. He has an amazing personality
That was hilarious!!! OMG, how come I've never heard of Chris James, and I'm British? I don't watch TV as a rule it's true, as there's usually so much reality crap on there! BUT, I'm always on RUclips lol... can't believe this is the first time I've heard of him.. Brilliant, thank you so much for the upload.
I'm African and in the U.K. some people think I look like a black person from U.S. and have these weird expectations like being "gangster" or "hard" as they like to call it and having "swagger" and pretending to grab my balls while walking and showing off my boxers all just stereotypical crap really. I remember this one Scottish girl in this small town I went to being scared of me because she apparently was scared of black people from U.S. because of all the movies. lol
Maybe they put those black american expectations from me because they didn't have any prejudices for black African that wasn't dying of malaria or wasn't starving African in need of donations in order to enjoy christmas, I'm sure we've all seen to UNICEF ads. They just didn't know what to make of me. Just like those black americans didn't know what to make of the British black guy so they resorted to say he's not black black lololol
People need to travel more, or if not, if they watch television...need to watch MORE television. XD
+V Ling The thing is most of the people he was talking about, probably couldn't point to the United Kingdom if given a map.
Fulkrom
Yes. L0l
I'm also British African but if you were in a big city e.g.London we would think you were British like everyone else and wouldn't bat an eyelid because London is that diverse just like any other major cities including Glasgow Edinburgh etc
I don't think he's British I junk he's African but living in the U.K.
I am so glad this popped up on my recommended feed! Thank you youtube, you’re addicting but you always deliver great content
for real for real
I'm from Oregon USA I went down to Mississippi once and they were tripping off my accent thought I was from England, not even close we do need to travel more
Thats crazy story bro, Im from Oregon too, unreal! Edit: I meant your story is crazy not the fact we're both from Oregon
People eh?
Holy fuck this KILLED me. Nearly drowned in the bathtub watchin this! Dude is so funny 🤣🤣
50 shades of black ;)
"Busy a cap in yo booty"
CRYING 😂😂😂
this always makes me laugh, no matter how many times i've watched it!
That’s like a James Bond brother
This guy is amazing and hilarious!
The expression on his face when he says, "Hello there," is priceless.
It’s true though, some black Americans think their the only ones who go through black struggles
And sometimes they think black people are only in the USA and the rest don't count as real black people.
Justin Y I swear lol you said what I was just about to comment
And count drake and Steph curry as more black I thought theyre latino when I first saw them🤣🤣
I have to admit it, in the 80’s, long before any social media, on my first trip to London, and literally on my first ride on the U, the first time I heard a 6 foot, 250 pound black man speak with a British accent, I had to do a double take.
I just wasn’t expecting that cheery “pop on over for spot of proper English tea” accent from someone who looked like they were from the Sugar Hill Gang (Rappers Delight)
Why do you think you had that reaction? Is it that Americans do not think (or know) that there have been generations of brown skinned people living in the UK who identify as British?
Sugar Hil Gang, that's funny.
fester boyle I have no idea. I mean, when you think about it, of course it makes absolute sense - black people who live in England would have British accents. But if you never considered that, and your whole experience is hearing people speak with one accent, it’s a bit surprising to hear something different. This is why it’s a good thing to travel and see different counties and experience different cultures. You get to learn new perspectives and learn new ways of thinking. And, that makes for a wider, more exciting world. As for an American education system, we’re focused on on American history. It’s not until high school that world history and geography is taught. To be clear, I was 16 the first time I went to England, so my life and world experiences were still very limited.
@@elizabethsnyder5074 Don't ve be so hard on yourself cauae at 16 you were lucky to travel. What we learn in schoola in England is pretty skewed as well although probably not aa limiting. A lot of us black people from African Caribbean backgrounds have families who live the States and Canada. I first went to the States in 96. It waa interesting meeting AAs and talking to them about being black in England. Some were aware of us but just never met us and some were unaware. My brither visited New York in the mid to late 80s and he got talking to a brother who asked about his background but he just insisted that my brother wasn't black for some reason. It could've been because my brother's light skin I don't know but it was a strange encounter.
@Elizabeth Snyder "It’s not until high school that world history and geography is taught." Yeah. And even what we're taught in High School in the US isn't much. I'm 27 and I didn't even know Muslim Africans existed until Ilhan Omar came into politics. I didn't even know multitudes of other races & ethnicities even existed outside of Egypt.
The only time my High School ever mentioned Africans was when they showed us the movie Hotel Rwanda and a brief documentary about Apartheid. I vaguely even remember anything of value I learned in High School.
Love his comedy. Thank you!
He looks like Oj Simpson if he never killed anybody
I'm in fucking stitches!! 🤣🤣🤣
Part of the reason for African-Americans' ignorance about Black people in England is simply that middle-class Americans travel less than middle-class Europeans, and that international travel is very expensive from the USA, especially for poor Americans. Also, as noted by many commenters, African-American culture has a huge influence around the world; Black communities in Europe are much smaller and don't have the same influence. I would hope that Black people would find it empowing to meet and connect with others of sub-Saharan African ancestry, wherever they come from, but it takes a certain amount of education to be politically conscious. I would also add that, as a middle-class American, I've been fortunate enough to travel to places where I've met plenty of Black people of various backgrounds. I've also met plenty of people of various races and backgrounds who have adopted an "attitude" similar to that described among African-Americans, which seems to happen mostly in First World countries, and in response to poverty and discrimination.
african american culture has huge influence in the world soley because american media in general has huge influence in the world.
Not quite. African-American culture's influence on the world is partly due the US media influence, partly due the wide use of English around the world (thank the British Empire mostly for that!), and partly because of African-Americans' creativity, for example, they founded almost every genre of modern popular music (blues, jazz, rock-n-roll. R&B, hip-hop, etc.). Similarly, Reggae music is great, but part of its international success is due to the fact that the lyrics are in English.
JohnJE123 but those genres became popular because they were founded in america and they were in english.
Of course, but African-Americans are only about 13% of the US population. Where is the creative output of the other 87%? I am only saying that we need to acknowledge that African-Americans are responsible for much more than their share of American, and world, culture.
JohnJE123 Creative output? What about the the telephone internet steam train electric car??? please
I've used this piece in college classes to illustrate cultural stereotypes and just how narrow and constructed identities are. It's quite the brilliant example of how unstable and ethnocentric notions of "blackness" are (no less than "Southern" "female" "European" "gay" etc. pp.). This is what I love about good stand-up, it communicates complex ideas straightforwardly while being funny. Louis CK is a master at that.
Sadly we never hear any more of Louis's comedy anymore
In all honesty, I think Louie's shows from the mid-2000s onwards were the absolute pinnacle, stand-up perfection. And I can see why he started focusing on something different - the brilliant Louie show and the shift to to emphasizing the dark stuff over the comedy in Horace and Pete (equally amazing). He's done all this stuff to perfection he's the top comic of his era in my book. I think now he's just coasting, and that's still better than 80% of all other stand-up but it's more routine now and not genius level anymore. I'm fine with that, even Beethoven wrote just one fifth and ninth symphony.
he actually did a pretty good african american stereotypical accent lol "dannng , dannng homie"
WhoDarestheMAN gamer lol. Ok. A generic accent.
A good generic off brand version where you know the it's cola and not pepsi
At 0:14 he sounded like the rapper Mystikal.
2:30 when the other Ugandan knuckles doesn’t have Ebola
What?
I remember seeing a standup routine from another black British comedian and he told a story about being in America and getting pulled over by the cops. And how he was petrified they were going to shoot him or something, but the second they heard his "Hugh Grant" accent they started treating him like a celebrity and let him go without even a ticket.
May i know which comedian was that please
I work in a club on the Vegas strip.. This trips me out almost every night
When you are latinamerican and you finally understand english and them.... you realize you need to learn black american english too...😬🥺😱
You get that Black English poppin yet ma?
idk about everyone else but i think his voice is pretty soothing! it's nice and fluid
damn… his American black accent is spot on
No it isn't.
+James Harworth wouldnt say spot on, its up there tho
that's a West african accent..not an overall african
really funny though!!
Helen Kifle how tf is that an African accent?
Helen Kifle that sounded South African to me. Plus the clicks only in Southern Africa.
the accent is west african ( kind of) , the clicks are south african ( kind of)
Not really! There is no typical African accent! Lol! Maybe you're used to some specific accent (Nigerian maybe). Do you know how many countries there are in Africa? In each one of them, there are different ethnic groups which speak different languages which affect their accent. I'm Senegalese (We mostly speak French and Wolof among others languages) and when I speak in English, people can't tell if my accent is French, Wolof or American. Just unique!
keptins to inform you, "West Africa" have many accent Nigeria doesn't sound like Guinea, Ivory Coast doesn't sound like Liberia.... you get the point
It’s even more majestic when you hear a black person with a French accent