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I could see that perspective, but I'm speaking from my raw perspective as growing up black and Hebrew Israelite in America. I didn't grow up viewing black people as different national enclaves, but rather as different expressions of the same group of people. So for me it's just cooning and the same anti-blackness no matter what nationality, but being American is going to affect my focus.It's a misnomer to throw all non-FBA into one category, nor is it an accurate portrayal of how the diaspora should be categorized. For example, since I'm not Nigerian, I can't speak much on the akata thing. As opposed to FBA and non-FBA, I view our people in these two groups; those who descend from the transatlantic slave trade (here in the West) and those who didn't (primarily in Africa). So speaking as someone with Jamaican heritage I view Jamaican nationalism the same way that I view American nationalism. At least with Nigerians they have a tie to the land, but in Jamaica, the USA, and all other countries in the West, to be nationalist means you identify with the lands of our enslavement. Black people from all these countries use this nationalistic pride to divide and bicker amongst ourselves and try to put down one another on the basis of which lands the slave ships dropped us. I make no excuse for any groups of blacks identifying with these nations carved from European colonies. I'm very much aware of the diaspora wars taking place and try to be cognisant of being fair to the traumas that people have dealt with that have caused these divisions, but I still call for a refocusing of perspective.
I could see that perspective, but I'm speaking from my raw perspective as growing up black and Hebrew Israelite in America. I didn't grow up viewing black people as different national enclaves, but rather as different expressions of the same group of people. So for me it's just cooning and the same anti-blackness no matter what nationality, but being American is going to affect my focus.
It's a misnomer to throw all non-FBA into one category, nor is it an accurate portrayal of how the diaspora should be categorized. For example, since I'm not Nigerian, I can't speak much on the akata thing. As opposed to FBA and non-FBA, I view our people in these two groups; those who descend from the transatlantic slave trade (here in the West) and those who didn't (primarily in Africa). So speaking as someone with Jamaican heritage I view Jamaican nationalism the same way that I view American nationalism. At least with Nigerians they have a tie to the land, but in Jamaica, the USA, and all other countries in the West, to be nationalist means you identify with the lands of our enslavement. Black people from all these countries use this nationalistic pride to divide and bicker amongst ourselves and try to put down one another on the basis of which lands the slave ships dropped us. I make no excuse for any groups of blacks identifying with these nations carved from European colonies. I'm very much aware of the diaspora wars taking place and try to be cognisant of being fair to the traumas that people have dealt with that have caused these divisions, but I still call for a refocusing of perspective.
