House of Xpression

Also, only 3 African nations (Egypt, Ethiopia, and Liberia - a state created by free American Blacks) existed as they are today before 1865.

So the descendants of slaves would have to know what tribe or defunct nation they came from to know that culture, with their families split.

Surrounded by people who spoke other languages, from other cultures, all treated the same by masters, bred + families dispersed, forbidden..

to read or organize, it's a wonder that any culture could survive through all that.

Not to mention that colonization divided up old tribal land boundaries and rearranged the political + socioeconomic structures of Africa.

So not only did we take black people to America and stripped them of their heritage but we butchered what remained of it back in Africa too.

And the thing EVERYBODY forgets African natives sold their own people as slaves to boost the country's economy. But they don't get any blame

We live in America.

That's right, we do. But the post states that African Americans' culture was stripped by white Americans when in fact their ancestors played

It was stripped by White America. That's just history, not a knock on you. That some Africans participated has nothing to do with America.

Yes SOME Africans were sold by their African enemies into slavery. However, what you need to realize is that their version of slavery

Was completely different than what white Americans did. Plus, let's not forget that white Americans stole MORE slaves than were sold to them

How was their version of slavery different? It was more of an indentured servitude type thing that we had in America.

Being slaves to your own people and being slaves to people who don't speak your language in a country you've never been in is NOT the same.

He or she is correct in this estimation of what it means to be Black in America,descendants of enslaved Africans...She left out this crucial

point...WE developed a new culture here on this land!!! different from European and African...WE ARE PROUD WE MADE LEMONADE FROM DIRT WE ARE

THE MIGHTY PROUD CREATORS OF BLUES,JAZZ GOSPEL,R&B,HIP-HOP,RAP, SOUTHERN&CREOLE CUISINE,BBQ, TAP DANCE,MODERN DANCE,AFRO,ETCETCETC WE ARE

THE UNSTOPPABLE,DYNAMIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO BEGAN AND WILL FINISH CIVIL RIGHTS AND NON-VIOLENCE IN AMERICA!!!! ......PERIOD.