This is what I mean when I say there’s a collective effort, including others from the diaspora to ethnocide Black Americans/ Soulaans and our culture. I’m Gullah Geechee and no we did not originate in Barbados. We are the descendants of West African slaves. We are a subgroup of AFRICAN AMERICANS (Just like Louisiana Creoles and Black Cajuns(yes I know Creole and Cajun are an ethnicity but most people think of Creole and Cajun as Black and White terms so I wanted to specify)). We don’t need Africa or the Caribbean to validate our culture or ethnicity. We are African American, been African American since we got dropped off on the American colonies and underwent ethnogenesis like everyone else in the diaspora(NOTICE HOW THEY LEAVE AFRO-LATINOS AND CARIBBEANS ALONE WHEN IT COMES TO INVALIDATING THEIR ETHNICITY), literally beenya.
Like ya’ll aren’t going to be doing this during Black History Month. You aren’t and never will be superior to African Americans just because some of you view your culture as more Black or African than ours.
@queen-shiba
