I’m Eritrean we don’t identify by skin colour my skin colour is brown my aunti dark skin uncle light skin we have many shades but we don’t just identify by the westernised institutionalised meaning

@SoliyanaEnate

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Hi

The only African country to never get colonized. What a Beautiful People

@Ben-Israelreports

2 ай бұрын

Who cares lol, they had to beg the White Man to help them.

@sm9372

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Yeah, but its not doing any better than the countries that were colonized. Fighting and famine.

@higherthenamofo1

18 сағат бұрын

@sm9372 Yeah it's wild they have the Prime Minister a Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 ☠️

As an African, we grow up in our countries and we mostly only know our people. We don’t have white people, so we don’t focus on white and black because we all dark skin tones. We focus on ethnicity and nationality. Please understand

@ditocerto

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We don't have white in Africa? That's crazy! Plenty of whites in south Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana.

@vmoney65

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Actually, there's something that you DO need to understand. You DO have white people. You just don't have them directly. You have them in the form of the puppets that the west installs to run your countries for their own benefit. You have them in the form of the World Bank and the UN and other international organizations that use their economic and military power to force your governments to bend to their will. One of these days, you should contemplate how the richest real estate on planet earth with the most natural resources beneath the feet of its peoples manages to also be home to the poorest human beings on the planet. You can focus on whatever you like, you have white people... corrupting your governments and exploiting your natural resources.

@agro-valleyfarm7217

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Not a good reason-when the fascists Italians invaded Ethiopia TWICE was it your ethnicity the reason behind these caucasian attempt to colonize Ethiopia or was it because your'e ALL Afrikan (black). Know thyself. Why did the Queen of Sheba call herself black (Songs of Solomon 1 vs 5)??? Historically, Ethiopia was a term that applied to ALL of Afrika and meant " Land Of the Burnt Face People". Modern Ethiopia is NOT the same as Ethiopia of the past (antiquity).There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, "The Land Of The Burnt-Face People." You need to read these books written by your fellow Ethiopian historian Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan's: Black Man of the Nile, 1979, Africa: Mother of Western Civilization, 1976, and The African Origins of Major Western Religions, 1970., We The Black Jews (1996): Witness to the 'White Jewish Race' Myth, Volumes I & II (in One). Running and Running Away From Yourself-but you can't run away from yourself (Bob Marley, Running Away song). Changing one's name or nationality DOES NOT change one's IDENTITY.

@tyali84

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100% understand you.

@agro-valleyfarm7217

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That's why the enemy from outside have ALWAYS been able to manipulate you and promote division among as we have recently seen in the conflicts in Ethiopia. What does Ethiopia mean??? When the whiteman is dealing with you he doesn't see you in terms of ethnicity; ALL of you are put in the same bag and seen as black people. Take your blackness from out of the closet.

Dear Ethiopians, regardless of what you consider yourselves, our love and support for you is wreckless and deep. We will forever be proud of you. That will never change. ❤You can always count on us🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👌 #Staybeautiful.

@serpentserpent9308

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Kenyans, especially the Kikuyus, are bootlicker who suffer from an inferiority complex with non-blacks but are ready to fight other blacks in their country. They are proud to have been colonized and brag about the white queen on England becoming queen while vacationing at the Treetops. And while Africans at the time were moving in the direction Kwame Nkrumah and Ọbafẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀, passive Kikuyu-led Kenyans were inviting Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, represented the Queen of Kenya (i.e. Elizabeth II) at the independence celebrations in 1963 of their own country 🤔

@davidzelalem6645

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Oh much love my kenyan sister the Eastside Got love for each other ✊✊

@ewm4266

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Nasiume shout aki😂😂😂

@kushitefromrome5830

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Kenya in Oromo language means ours. . .atleast I heard, but I could be wrong

@maxa6453

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based on?

Are you black or ethiopian my i answer is i am ethiopian again if you ask me are you black or white my answer is i am black

@byzarabezu651

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Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@zeusapollo1576

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Thanks but what kids of Question is that ? You Ethiopian black or white??? Ethiopian in African soil African map

@Play-jv3oi

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Great

@badroad4610

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@@zeusapollo1576 geography has nothing to do with race and Africa is multi race content just like Asia

@vmoney65

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@@blackyweld5696 A better answer is that you are BOTH black AND Ethiopian.

Many Ethiopians, especially those born and raised in Ethiopia, will automatically tell you that they are Ethiopian first because they were never raised identifying with their skin color (black/white) because we don't have white. Ethiopians identify with their nationality. All they know is that they are Ethiopians who come from different ethnic background and religion. Ethiopians born in the US can tell you that they are definitely Ethiopian and black because here in the US, people are identified with skin color. Those who come from Ethiopia are mostly shocked to find out they are identified with their color until they learn the new concept. That mostly takes time. You, of all people, should know that this is the case. But no, you went on highlighting "I am not black". In your interviews, you were putting words in their mouth most of the time, which I highly believe was intentional. Obviously, if you ask them "are you black or Ethiopian?", they are most likely to say, "I am Ethiopian". That is because we have all skin colors in Ethiopia and that has never been our topic of discussion, when it comes to identity. They give you a passport for being Ethiopian and not for anything to do with your skin color. In many ways, you acted in a conniving nature. However, these people innocently believed you were acting in good faith, and they answered your questions accordingly. Very very proud of my people and my motherland! We keep strong despite such unforeseen obstacles! Believe me, I would have smelled your poisonous motive in a second and checked you if it was me. And the nerve to include these innocent little girls in your interview! Did you even have their parent's permission, or you just thought, well I have come so far, so why not take advantage of their naivety? Discussing African Issues and Embracing African heritage.....she says 😏

@elizabethzewdie4582

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Great well said!

@thefeyissa4767

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Very well constructed comment

@ethio_jokes

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Thank You.

@Zelazella1

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Not even many will tell you their Ethnic Group their clan or sun group before a color. Ethiopian first and always

@RushiiTUBE

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Don't mix things up. Being Ethiopian is not about a race but it is nationality so it has nothing to do with color. So basically you are trying to defend that idiot fucking guy who doesn't consider himself black. So the bottom line is Ethiopia is a home of black people whether you like it not. I came across some Ethiopians considering themselves as a white.

Am from ethiopia with solomonic dynasty but I am proud 100% black african

@hailehaile8229

11 ай бұрын

you cannot say any one black or white whatever you should call them with name of there ethnicity for more respect

@jamesbedukodjograham5508

4 ай бұрын

@@hailehaile8229 still Ethiopia is still a developing nation.

@Hally-ze9cu

27 күн бұрын

​@@jamesbedukodjograham5508What about your country is developed ?

I Love Ethiopian people they are very kind and loving.

@AfricanDominican

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Yes they are. I have had nothing but positive experiences with Ethiopians.

@Falkowski82

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Yes they are beatifull people orginal people and first nation of the bible. And i had many Ethiopian fruends and ethiopian gfs gorgeous culture. Rastafari

I’m Ethiopian born and raised in Ethiopia. I’m unapologetically and proudly BLACK! As African as any of my African brothers and sisters!

@Zelazella1

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Blacks doesn’t always equal African look at Libyans and Egyptians

@byzarabezu651

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Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@tigesttefera409

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OH look hypocrite are always everywhere, IF you are not ruled by white people why you identify yourself as a black ? What is wrong with you ? Check yourself again

@ariikwek7795

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@@Zelazella1 Most of Lybians And Egyptians are not real indigenous black Africans; they are Arabs from Asia

@ariikwek7795

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@HayatIt's a fact most of Northern Africans(Moroccans, Lybians, Tunisians, Egyptians, Algerians) are not real indigenous black Africans; they are invaders, colonialists, settlers, etc. from Asia. Yes there are still a few real indigenous black Africans in Northern Africa, but they're marginalized and massacred by those evil Arab invaders.

የዚህ ቪዲዮ title "ጥቁር አይደለሁም እኔ ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ" ይላል። አቅራቢዋ በጣም በቁጥር አነስተኛ የሆኑ ኢትዮጵያውያንን በመጠየቅ ሀሳባቸው የሁሉም ኢትዮጵያውያን አስመስላ በማቅረብ ከሌላው (በተለይ ከሌሎች አፍሪካውያንና አፍሪካን አሜሪካንስ) ህብረተሰብ ጋር በጣም ለማቃቃር/ለማጋጨት አስባ ያዘጋጀችው ነው። የልጅቱ አቀራረብ ከላይ ሲያዩት ቀና አላማ ያለው ቢመስልም ሲገለጥ መርዝ ነው። ተደጋጋሚ አሳሳች (deceiving) እና ያለቦታቸው የገቡ/የተተረጎሙ (out of context) ጥያቄዎችን እየጠየቀች ከፍ ሲልም አውቃ "እኛ ጥቁር አይደለንም ኢትዮጵያዊ ነን እንጂ" እንዲሉ ምርጫ የሚያሳጣ (corner የሚያደርግ) ንግግር/ጥያቄ (leading questions) እያቀረበች ወጥመድ ውስጥ የከተተቻቸው ሁኔታ የተስተዋለበት ነው። ኢትዮጵያ ስናድግ ጥቁርና ነጭ ልዩነት ሳይገባን ስለሆነ ያደግነው "ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ" እንላለን እንጂ "ጥቁር ነን" የሚለውን ቀድመን አናስበውም። ያላደግንበትን ሀሳብ ከየትም አናመጣውም። አሜሪካን አገር ስንመጣ ግን የጥቁርና የነጭ ልዩነት (የቆዳ ቀለም የማንነት መገለጫ ሆኖ) ገኖ የሚታይበት ስናገኘው ለብዙዋቻችን መጀመሪያ ላይ ያደናግራል። ለመልመድ ብዙ ጊዜ የሚፈጅባቸው ኢትዮጵያውያን አሉ። ኢትዮጵያዊ ነህ ወይስ ጥቁር ተብሎል ሁለት ምርጫ ሲሰጠው አንድ የዚህች ልጅ ተንኮል ያልገባው ወንድም "ኢትዮጵያዊ ነኝ" ቢል ምንም አይገርምም። ጥቁር ነህ ወይስ ነጭ ሲባል ኢሄ ሰው በእርግጠኝነት ጥቁር ነኝ ይላል። በአጠቃላይ ሙሉውን ቪዲዮዋን አይታችሁ ከሰጠቸው አርእስት ጋር ስታገናዝቡት ምን ያህል የኢትዮጵያውያንን ስም ልታጠፋ እንዳቀደች ትገነዘባላችሁ። ኢሄ ስራዋ (በተለይ ልጆችን እያካተተች ያሳየችበት መንገድ) ለልጆቻችን በጣም ጠንቅ ነው። ልጆቻችን ከተለያየ የህብረተሰብ ክፍል ጋር ይማራሉ። እኔ ልጄን እዚህ ቪድዮ ውስጥ አካታ ባገኛት ኖሮ ያለምንም ማንገራገር ለKZread አሳውቄ እንድታጠፋ ነበር የማስደርጋት። ከፍ ሲልም በሙሉ ቪዲዮውን ማሳገድ ነው። እነዚህ ልጆች ከ18 አመት በታች ናቸው። በማን ፈቃድ ነው እንደዚህ አይነት ስም አጥፊ መልእክት ያለው ቪዲዮ ውስጥ የለጠፈቻቸው? ቤተሰቦቻቸው ታውቃላችሁ? በቀላል የሚታይ ነገር አይደለም። ወደ ማጠናቀቂያው የጠየቀቻት ሴት (በዚህ አጋጣሚ በጣም ብርቱ ኢትዮጵያዊ በጣም ንቁ። I am so proud of you! You represented us beautifully! ❤) ስትጠይቃት "ክርስቲያኖች ናችሁ አይደል? ኢትዮጵያ በአብዛኛው ክርስቲያን ነው አይደል? ብሎ መጠየቅ ለምን አስፈለገ?? በዚህ አጋጣሚ "አዎ" መባል ፈልጋ/ሰፍ ብላ ካልሆነ በስተቀር። እህታችን ብልህ ስለሆነች "በመረጃ (data) የተደገውን ቁጥር አላውቅም ግን ብዙ ሙስሊም ኢትዮጵያውያንም አሉ" ብላ አፉዋን አዘጋቻት እንጂ አላማዋ ሌላ ነበር!! የፈለገ ብትሞክር ወጥመድ ውስጥ እንደማትገባላት ስትረዳ ነው የተለመደውን ሌሎቹን የዋህ ወንድሞች የጠየቀችውን "ጥቁር ወይስ ኢትዮጵያዊ" ጥያቄ ከመጠየቅ ተቆጠባ የማስመሰል ጥያቄ "ቡና አፈላል.... የመሳሰሉ" መጠየቅ የጀመረችው። ለማንኛውም ወገን እየተጠነቀቅን!

@Zemenmedia111

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ትክክል ልጅቷ አጀንዳ ተሰጥቷት ነው::አጠያየቋ ትክክል አይደለም ለምሳሌ አንድን ኬንያዊ ጥቁር ነህ ወይስ ኬኒያዊ ተብሎ ቢጠየቅ ሁለቱንም መሆኑንን ይገልፃል::ስለዚህ ሶስተኛ ምርጫ አልሰጠችም ከጅምሩ ጥያቄዋ ትክክል አይደለም ስለዚህ ይህ ቪዲዮ ሪፖርት ተደርጎ መጥፋት ያለበት ነው::በነገራችን ላይ ይህ ጥያቄ የሁሉም ሌሎች አፍሪካውያን ኢትዮጵያውያንን እናንተ ጥቁር ነን አትሉም በማለት ለኢትዮጵያ ትልቅ ጥላቻ አላቸው ከእነርሱም አልፎ ነጮቹም ይህንን ያውቁታል::ነገር ኢትዮጵያዊ በጥቁርነቱ የሚኮራ ህዝብ መሆኑን አልተረዱንም::ስለዚህ ይህ ሴራው ሌላ ነው::ለዚያም እኮ ነው የሀበሻ ልጆችን በተገኘው አጋጣሚ ይበቀሏቸዋል ማለትም በጏደኝነት በተለያየ ነገር ሁሉንም መጥቀስ አይቻልም::ስለዚህ መፍትሄው ልጆቻችሁን መንገር ማስተማር እንዲሁም ከሌሎች ጋር የሚያደርጉትን ግንኙነት በጥንቃቄ እንዲሆን መምከር ያስፈልጋል::በዩኒቨርስቲ ውስጥ በድንገት ፓሪ ጭፈራ ዶርም ውስጥ በተኙበት ሞተው የተገኙ ኢትዮጵያን ተማሪዎች ቁጥር ብዙ ነው::ከዚያ ሲጣራ አልኮል ጠጥታ የማታውቅ ልጅ ኦቨር ዶስ ተብሎ የህክምና ሪፖርት ይወጣል ነገር ግን እንደሚመስለኝ ሴራው የኢትዮጵያንንጥላቻ ነው::እባካችሁ ተጠንቀቁ በተለይ ካምፓስ ::

@abuhaile6517

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ትክክል ነህ ወንድም ! ይህ ነገር ከሌሎች አፍሪካዊ ወንድሞቻችን ጋር ሲያቃቅረን የቆየ ነው። ኢትዮጵያዊያን ጥቁር እንደሆኑ አያስቡም የሚል ስሞታ በተደጋጋሚ ሰምቻለሁ።

@Zemenmedia111

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@@abuhaile6517 ወንድሜ አፍሪካውያን ብቻ ሳይሆን ነጩም ህንዱም ቻይናና ስፓንሹም ይህንን በደንብ ጠንቀቀው ያውቃሉ::እኛ ነበርን የማናውቀው::ነገር ግን ቀንና ጊዜ ጠብቀው ይሰሩልናል ምንም ባላሰብነው መንገድ ለዚያም ነው ብዙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ችግር ሲገጥማቸው መቋቋም አይችሉም::

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@WinTW9

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. be tekkie

The problem is how you phrase the question. I'm black, but I'm also South African. If you ask me do I identify as black or South African, I'd genuinely be confused because the two are not mutually exclusive. So, when you ask someone who's from a culture that doesn't make the concept of race a big deal, they'll obviously identify stronger with the culture rather than race...

@maxa6453

Жыл бұрын

she seems not to know this

@titaniaxoxo6170

Жыл бұрын

Lol, why would a South African call themselves black???? That is strange We have Venda's, xhosa"s , Zulu 's etc BLACK IS A STATUS

@AnonymousanonymousA

Жыл бұрын

Is that not what they call a straw man argument

@AnonymousanonymousA

Жыл бұрын

Very devisuve by thr interviewer call herself and motives into question

@Mina.15

Жыл бұрын

Right

every Ethiopian I've met in the US has identified as black but it's understandable why Ethiopians in Ethiopia wouldn't (even though I've also met Ethiopians born and raised in Ethiopia who consider themselves black). Calling yourself black in Africa is sort of meaningless since it's a label that applies to nearly the entire continent. People in Asia don't really consider themselves Asian until they go to another part of the world. It's not because they don't think they're Asian, it's just not a useful identifier when you live on a continent full of people of your race.

@alittlewonderful

Жыл бұрын

THIS 👏

@Hawd

Жыл бұрын

They are just being nice or avoiding this long debate. For those of us from 🇸🇴🇩🇯🇪🇹🇪🇷, race is not colour.

@aquagal8645

Жыл бұрын

I am Ethiopian, living in the US, I identify as Ethiopian, not black...I don't allow others put me in the box for their convenience...I am Ethiopain from the continent of Africa..

@agro-valleyfarm7217

Жыл бұрын

It's the same thing with black people who are mentally enslaved-they are afraid to say that they are black or Afrikan and would rather identify themselves by some nationality etc.

@eddymartinez4224

Жыл бұрын

It is useful for unification purposes this why they are fighting so hard for the United States of Africa. Bless up!

I am Ethiopian. What is the matter of skin color? that's work for Europeans not for us

I am Ethiopian. When I was in Ethiopia I know my colors is black. We all black in Ethiopia, we are the same. I saw a couple of white peoples while I was in Ethiopia. When I was 15 moved to a full of white peoples. I know I am Ethiopian and I know my color is black but I know first I am human being. I see all races as equal. For me I don’t judge people by they color. I do love all human beings. But in America I learned a lot of things in my life. But when I was back home I was so innocent I didn’t know a lot of things about racism.

Black is a social construct, a racist one at that but not a real identity. We are Ethiopians, that's our nationality, sense of pride and heritage.

@la-ry1ms

Жыл бұрын

It is good Ethiopians and Somalis are poor otherwise they are simply too racist for barely noticeable differences in skin cilour

@la-ry1ms

Жыл бұрын

Racism is an economic construct by the way poor whites in South Africa live in shacks with black neighbours and their is no issue

@agro-valleyfarm7217

Жыл бұрын

Everything is a social construct-so what is the point

@weshela-in-chief

Жыл бұрын

@@agro-valleyfarm7217 This one's different since it's pushed on a group of people who never agreed to opt in. Another form of cultural dominance

@agro-valleyfarm7217

Жыл бұрын

Definition belongs to the definer-who are you and are you really who you say that you are-only colonized people don't know who they are. The last Emperor of Ethiopia ,Haile Selassie I didn't have a problem with identifying himself as a black person.

I am Kenyan and love Ethiopians...They can identify with whatever they want..Personally I have never seen it as a problem as long as you are not prejudice

@looolooo1709

Жыл бұрын

We ethiopian very proud of our blackness love Africa more than anyone in the content

@dreamon7306

Жыл бұрын

Thank you man.

@oromtitiwbo5078

Жыл бұрын

I love you Kenyans❤️🇪🇹🇰🇪

@marigoldan1

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for understanding 🙏

some fellow Africans misunderstand Ethiopians identifying themselves just as Ethiopian for not wanting to identify themselves as Africans..but the fact that Ethiopians have a long history of isolation(independence) means identifying oneself by colour doesn't come naturally....I remember back in early early 90s I went to south Africa when it was still uncommon for a black person to just walk in to white dominated cafes and Ethiopians would just walk in and order whatever they wish to the surprise of the black south Africans..the attitude is "why not" who are the white ?

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@abogida12

Жыл бұрын

100%

@fiorinaeskinder2211

Жыл бұрын

The question "are you black or Ethiopian?" Is itself flawed.

@fiorinaeskinder2211

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 Seriously? You don't see a flaw in a question That asks "are you a color or a nationality?" What am I supposed to respond? That I am not an Ethiopian but a color? That color supercedes my nationality? It would make more sense to ask "are you black, brown, or white?" We live in a continent that's the most diverse on our planet. But I'm seeing more and more people ( especially black Americans) trying to lump everyone into one box ( I know why they do this). There's a reason why they tailor their question in such a way. The people who responded by saying they're Ethiopian are not wrong. Imagine being offended because people chose nationality over a color label? That's what I see in the comments section.

@fiorinaeskinder2211

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 are you saying the Amazigh who have been in North Africa for thousands of years aren't Africans? What does such questions serve besides creating more division. It's because of such rhetorics I hear some pan Africans saying "we should wage war on North and the Horn of Africans and take their women because they aren't true black people." Africa is diverse. A Sudanese is neither culturally nor genetically similar to a Congolese. An Ethiopian isn't the same as a Nigerian. But we are all Africans despite these differences. It's better to respect and celebrate these differences rather than force everyone into one box and create unnecessary divisions.

I am from Ethiopia I am pure black And I am proud to call myself Black Africa

@MultiAyele

Жыл бұрын

Brother I'm from Ethiopian too , when Ethiopians identified as Ethiopian its doesn't mean they looking down black , pls ask black Americans if they're seen red boy or red girl .not exist right ? Then ask Ethiopians in Amharic " qeyu lij or qeywa lij " you know what I mean , also white people identified as white , are they really white color ? Just think about it..

@eg3549

Жыл бұрын

@Hayat so u r saying Gambelas are not Ethiopians ? So u have to be very dark to be called black?

@eg3549

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiAyeleyes actually a lot of Black ppl and even Africans have said to me Ethiopians don't consider themselves as black or African that think they r better. Because they talk to ppl like u. It's sad and embarrassing. Hizbachin enditela new yemitaregut kemanim anishalim. Tiqur sidib ayiselem

@MultiAyele

Жыл бұрын

@E G don't mixed African & black ...African isn't representing color..I didn't say we are not black of course we are , in Ethiopia my understanding is our color never be question , simply people identified as Ethiopian old day , now most of identified their tribe or ethnicity. We never have color problems much.

@eg3549

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiAyele as long as you say we r black, that's all. Thank u

I am Ethiopian and I'm not black or white i am Ethiopian we have our identification Ethiopian

I'm Somali from Ethiopia. I agree. We are our culture, ethnicity, tradition, nationality not COLOUR. The people are clearly black but black is not a race

@patrisio3

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 Why use a term that makes no sense as a race.? We don't hear people in East Asia running around talking about "we are yellow" or people in India saying "we belong to the brown race" or indigenous Americans saying "I am a man (or woman) of the red race". I don't follow what society says we should do or say (such as using black or white as races). I follow what makes technical sense (which society isn't always in line with). And using "black" for a mulatto who has dark yellow skin makes no technical (or common) sense at all.

@louiscreed4026

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 uh no it wasn't

@heruy8274

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 Give me a break. We are not literally the colour black. If you are Habäsa you better be proud of your own ethnic heritage as a Habäsa because you have nothing in common-ethnically, linguistically, and historically with so called black people. We are a dark-skinned people and we are Habäsa by blood.

@Lepua2009

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 african are not the only people with black skin, for your general knowledge.

@Lepua2009

Жыл бұрын

@@YekunoAmlak333 so if it's not about skin color then what's it about, culure, language, religion or what ?

You’re title is divisive, offensive and a click bait. Don’t use this beautiful culture and people to create drama. Thank you

@SoTired-Of-BS

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, it seems like she just did that. 😡

@kushitefromrome5830

Жыл бұрын

What ever. . .you were great and I m ethiopian

@theliberalthinker3308

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

@grumblydoore8551

Жыл бұрын

Ethiopians are not black tho. Sure you can say your skin is dark but black is a connotation and is more appropriate for west and south africans and specifically those who were taken as slaves to the US particularly from west side of Africa. I got offended when my well read South african friend told me i wasn’t black. But instead of being butthurt i researched it but i’ve also knew it all my life growing in Ethiopia. Ethiopians are not “black”

@ermygang

Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more with you comment.

Until I moved to London, I never really understood this black/ white concept and how big of an issue it is. We never have to identify ourselves as black as no one goes around and ask you if you are black in Ethiopia because we have never been colonised maybe dont understand the race issue like black Americans or other Africans who have been colonised. So I see why for some Ethiopians it's hard to answer this question so they always answer with no I am not black I am Ethiopian which gets fellow Africans offended, i was told by people i met at Uni, work and sharing houses that Ethiopian are racist that we see ourselves better than others. I was shocked because that is far from the truth. But there is only one race in the world. and that is a human race. We are first Ethiopian and then African. And we are proud African. Black African

@dahbajanman7044

Жыл бұрын

Stop the bull shit cause i'm from Barbados which is mostly black so there was no reason to say the obvious which is we're black but we know we're black. When i came to the USA i knew real quick i was black despite never calling myself black in a mostly black country.

@rahwa138

Жыл бұрын

That's not bullshit. it's a fact. People are unaware and uneducated, so educate them and move on. We are the most humble.kind, down to earth people you will ever meet, We just are not well educated on this subject. Especially, Eritea, as the country is very isolated, not so much knowledge on this subject, so yes, sadly, that's the truth 🤷‍♀️

@LZ-no3go

10 ай бұрын

@@rahwa138 We are just not black stop trying to force us to call ourselves that useless term we don't even look like them, even black people tell us we are not black in the west and now they complaining that we don't call ourself black? lol who cares we know our idenity we don't need to call ourself by a crayon.

@wonduxx5355

10 ай бұрын

@@dahbajanman7044Barbados and Ethiopia are not the same country. I would say Barbados is closer to Britain than Ethiopia when it comes culture and things of that sort.

@StopTheLiess

4 ай бұрын

@@dahbajanman7044you don’t have an ethnic name and you speak another group of people’s native language. This is not the same. You didn’t grow up in a country with no outside influence where no one in the country is calling you black but by your ethnic group.

I am a "white" person born and raised in USA, and I can say for a fact that i am met with mostly vitriol when i say that i am not "white", and that african americans are not "black". Its truly the downfall of our nation to label our people on such LITERAL black and white terms. Its comforting to know that the majority of Ethiopian peoples understand that the institution of race is merely based on an entitely fabricated social hierarchy, in which the "white" man is on top, and the "black" man is on bottom. God bless Ethiopia and it's people, regardless of ethnicity and/or religious background. I hope to visit someday.

@Sophia-angel

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much race was invented to make money and cause division instead of reinforcing it we really should just get rid of it especially in 🇺🇸 America. Why people wanna double down on all this millennia old racist scientifically debunked nonsense is beyond me

I’m from Ethiopia 💚💛❤️ 100% I’m proud of Black & Africa

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

Amesegenallo yene ihit.

@ariikwek7795

Жыл бұрын

@@Habesha_vlog-s Do research

@Goldniz

Жыл бұрын

@@Habesha_vlog-s because African is not a race … Ethiopia is in Africa, and it’s a country with black people. I’m confused by your confusion

@solomonmosazghi9980

Жыл бұрын

That is wonderful!

@ethiotube6379

Жыл бұрын

@@Goldniz no we are not black

Stupid question, off course we Ethiopian are black. The fact that some of us have light skin, it doesn’t mean we are not black.

@Play-jv3oi

Жыл бұрын

I think it is a stupy question too I am dominican

@anthonyloveanthonylove2159

Жыл бұрын

Say I don’t say we I personally am not a n

@Lionk-c4z

10 күн бұрын

Don’t say we but you can say I am black ….. there is no black rice

@Jean-jw4hw

2 күн бұрын

skin color is not the only thing than make a black person "black", facial features are more obvious

We Ethiopians consider ourselves as black and Ethiopian that guy is talking about himself. He is black and as the same time, he saying I am not black what a contradiction is it.

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input 👏

@eukatefuka8192

Жыл бұрын

Dont say we, just say I if u belive so! in my openion we are all Human beings, and we should start from that, then if u have something unique to have distinguished u r Ethiopian, tell me something u are expressing ur self as a black. Do u have one, say it! if u have something to show it is ur lifestile, culture .. that differs from others, not the color! we have mix of colors, then why black, if black is color!?

@pantherblack2968

Жыл бұрын

Black is not an identity u dumb ass!

@tplftigray1349

Жыл бұрын

speak for yourself

@Zelazella1

Жыл бұрын

Race is a socks contruct “Black” isn’t a real thing. What is Black Culture? Is there a “Black”? Country?

I am a proud Ethiopian! Stop referring to me as a skin color. This does not mean I do not acknowledge my African roots, however.

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

All good proud Ethiopian... just make sure if you come to America, whenever you apply for jobs or educational opportunities that you either check the "other" box or create your own box and label it "Ethiopian". Come to the "black" people you encounter here for *nothing* and take your chances with white people, their interests and their institutions.

@ariikwek7795

Жыл бұрын

So you're colorless right?

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

@@ariikwek7795 she doesn't want to be referred to by her skin color because she seeks to escape the impediments imposed against people of color in America and that undermines the reason she came here. If there were advantage in it, she'd change her tune. Why? Because she's an opportunist. What she is also telling you is that she's either of an elite class or trying to be of an elite class because the working classes universally understand the value of unity and solidarity. "Blackness" in America is like a labor union that is open to all people of African descent to join. The issue is that Ethiopians like the ones we are debating relate more closely to the management class than to the labor class. African Americans resent them for the same reasons they resent non-unionized workers-- because they still benefit from the union's victories while undermining the union's efforts. These particular Ethiopians don't want to join our labor union because they've sided with management since jump and feel that this is where the opportunities for their success lie.

@ariikwek7795

Жыл бұрын

@@vmoney65 I see they're really opportunists. But it's good we've now known them; I have now known their standing too. Traitors within a group/race of people and an enemy to a group/race are equal; they all contribute to the degradation of that group/race.

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

@@ariikwek7795 As I've said elsewhere, having traveled to Addis Ababa many times, although it looks like you are perceiving a racial issue, you're most likely perceiving a class issue. People from the working classes including Ethiopians recognize the value of unity and solidarity. These Ethiopians come only to eat (economically). Their own country wasn't feeding them enough to eat as much as they wanted, so they came here to America because in their minds, they were entitled to much more than their country could feed them. So most will celebrate being Ethiopian and will attend all kinds of Ethiopian cultural events, but they'll never go back. They'll die and be buried here... at least until Ethiopia has more to offer them than America. I'm working to retire in Ethiopia, I talk to my Ethiopian friends about joining me all the time. So far? No takers. According to the recent videos I've seen, it looks like Dr. Abiy is building Wakanda in East Africa so maybe that will change.

we don't have the concept of calling ourselves Black because race is a social construct created by Europeans. and we are an uncolonized nation and people. we only have the concept of ethnic group, tribe and skin tones. someone "black" would just be a dark skin Ethiopian, just like someone "brown", or "yellow/light" in our country. we don't have to identify by European terms like Black but we are Africans and that should be enough to respect and love each other thank you❤

@Falkowski82

Жыл бұрын

Amen

@truthdude8849

Жыл бұрын

African is a european term as well. Ethiopian is a mad made term as well. It all is.

@oromtitiwbo5078

Жыл бұрын

@@truthdude8849 a man made concept that does not exist locally in our country. you cannot expect us to think and act like Europeans or nations that lived under European colonial rule. which is why I just said we identify by ethnic group, tribe and culture locally. it is a simple concept to understand.

@bigmanrasta4389

Жыл бұрын

And who do you think created those borders that you respect ? Same Europeans, why refused to be called black and accept to be called Ethiopian? In spite of Ethiopia not been colonised, the borders were created by these wicked people. And the same people created the concept of colour and race, so why accept one and leave the other ? I need an answer please.

@Falkowski82

Жыл бұрын

@@bigmanrasta4389ca suffit ca suffit fire bun

Even your question is not really right my sister! They give you the right answer and remember if someone ask you are you Dominican or black then decide what you will answer you should have to proud of your country! Big up Your self love from Ethiopia Jah bless.

@bitaniyayanore8829

Жыл бұрын

What kind of question was that? Are you black or ethiopian?😏The question supposed to be "are you black or white"? Then you will hear the answer you want to hear.

@hannahanna1490

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I don't think she really understand the difference between race and nationality. She keeps asking ppl if they're black or Ethiopian....smh.

I am a proud Ethiopian and I am black. If you asked me that day I would have been happy to confirm that I am black and Ethiopian in the same interview I ha with you

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your input 👏

@eukatefuka8192

Жыл бұрын

What is black? is it color? or belief?

@ethioland4938

Жыл бұрын

@@eukatefuka8192 don't look stuipd.

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself ..

@sharjjahnaziz4122

Жыл бұрын

@@eukatefuka8192 That is true. It's hard to change people mind when they have been exposed to other cultures like the West via Television etc. We have been trying to get rid of the racist and oppressive word here in the United States for decades.

I’m from Alexandria Egypt I love Ethiopia

@negusofminjar8290

Жыл бұрын

We don't care about racist Arab Egypt. you guys are racist towards black African.

@StopTheLiess

4 ай бұрын

I love Egypt too 🇪🇬 ❤️

@loveabebe3790

2 ай бұрын

We love u too Egypt 🇪🇬

@user-ze7wx9zi8u

2 ай бұрын

@@loveabebe3790 Ethiopians are not black. Ethiopians have brown skin and are not black, and this is established in the Abyssinian civilization.

Sister the question is misleading and could easily be taken out of context. It would have been great if you inquired whether they identify as Ethiopian or African. Ethiopians consider themselves as a proud African Ethiopian. Skin color has no place in the Ethiopian psyche. Thanks for your great effort.

@RushiiTUBE

Жыл бұрын

And so if color has no place in Ethiopia, why do call people from Benshagul and Gambella "Shenkila"??

@ahahaha2204

Жыл бұрын

@@RushiiTUBE Do you know what the word "Shenkila" means?? If not STFU.

@makistoner3946

Жыл бұрын

@@RushiiTUBE we don’t

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@S.F157

Жыл бұрын

@@makistoner3946 a few Supremacist do though, no common you right.. but it still exist!

We Ethiopian people understand the word “black” in a different way, not what you think. That’s why one person in your interview said it depends on where you grow. If your grow up in Ethiopia, the meaning of black is different that is why they said I’m from Ethiopia. Of course if you grow up in US, we have been hearing color people black. Some people they misunderstood when Ethiopians say from Ethiopia, it doesn’t mean they don’t like black or they don’t like to be called black. That black word is not professional to be called; to name one as an example, it’s like black instead of African American.

@johnolaoluwa

Жыл бұрын

Why do you dance with your shoulders and shake your bursts? I'm curious.

@Axiom61

Жыл бұрын

@@johnolaoluwa Because it is one of our cultural dance called " Eskista " . It is an Amhara Tribe dance, one of the tribes found in Ethiopia. We have more than 80 tribes with different culture, language, dance, food, way of dressing .....

@johnolaoluwa

Жыл бұрын

@@Axiom61 Thanks for taking the time to explain. In West Africa, they shake bums.

@Axiom61

Жыл бұрын

@@johnolaoluwa Your welcome, yeah culture is different everywhere. That's what makes us unique and beautiful.

Thank you!!!!! I am so grateful I lived to see this video that explain why Ethiopians do not say I am black. Over 20 years I have been confronted by a young lady saying Ethiopians do not think they are black. I tried to explain the reason the same way these people in the video explained. Thank God for technology that exposes the reason. Ethiopians are proud African who fought against Western colonization and love their African brothers and sisters.

@jubilee203

Жыл бұрын

The word black is used in America to refer to Africans of Bantu heritage. So, it's true Ethiopians aren't black are not being asked to be. But don't volunteer to tell people that you're not black when you're not being asked to be. Bantus aren't going outta their way to say they're not Arab or Ethiopians. We're tired of being in the mouth of people we care little about. We Bantus only care about our Bantu people and our awesome diverse Bantu cultures in the Americas, Caribbean, and certainly the Bantu nations in Africa. We're a rich people in all front and we're not recruiting people to be 'black'. Leave us, our culture, our land to us!

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

So um, proud Ethiopian... did you know that it was a "black" American who founded the Ethiopian Air Force, as well as Ethiopian Airlines, and taught the first Ethiopian pilots how to fly? Did you know that when Musolini came back to finish in 1935 what Italy had started in 1896, that it was an African American who flew Haile Selassie around the country and provided him with aerial reports concerning Italy's troop movements? Did you know that it was African American "black" people that signed up by the thousands in their attempt to fight alongside Ethiopians against the Italians? John C. Robinson. Look it up. Do you know what Musolini saw when he invaded Ethiopia in 1935? A country full of BLACK PEOPLE. Do you know which African descendants were the FIRST to come to Ethiopia's assistance despite sanctions imposed on BOTH Ethiopia and Italy by the League of Nations? African American BLACK PEOPLE... but you can't understand why your historical benefactors, singularly responsible for your being able to take advantage of opportunities in America might be little miffed at you? TSK.

@Goldniz

Жыл бұрын

They are black just not African American, they can’t appropriate African American history because they have a history of their own

@losangelesmade1551

Жыл бұрын

Jubilee bro stop the cap, black refers to all black African people not just us black Bantus Somalis are black Ethiopian Tanzanian Kenyans all black what are you even saying. Now black Americans are generally a specific ethnic group.

@Goldniz

Жыл бұрын

@@VerbalWarrior162 Black Americans have white blood so what’s your point ? Aboriginal people from Australia are a different ethnic group than Africans… it still falls under the black umbrella. You guys go out of your way to deny over 80% of your dna. A white person from Italy and a white person from Russia have different background but they would never reject the fact that they are white. Only self hating people reject the majority of their blood to claim a drop of foreign blood

Here in African continent people are not considered black but they are considered African.

@Tashaten

Жыл бұрын

Well, in America, where I'm from, they call them black Africans

I am Ethiopian born, raised in Ethiopia, and I am proud to say I am Black.

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@daconfi1453

Жыл бұрын

Yeah bro this people are delusional

@zach4168

Жыл бұрын

@@daconfi1453 you are the delusional one you watch too much hollywood movies that's why, how could you refer to yourself as black in a country where white people don't exist?

@daconfi1453

Жыл бұрын

@@zach4168 because of the color of my skin is that so difficult to understand?

@zach4168

Жыл бұрын

@@daconfi1453 Do you think it's right to classify people based on color of skin?

I am so happy and proud of you guys, The question you answered about Ethiopian culture is Great😇♥️👌👍🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

As a African American is see Ethiopians as our brothers and sisters! I agree with the brothers response in this video! 💯 Ethiopians were able to keep their culture and traditions, us Africans Americans had ours stripped from us via slave trade but we’re finding our way back slowly but surely!

@kisha4040

10 ай бұрын

@rodweick2722 Black Americans are far removed from Africa. We have our own culture here in America.

@SHANNY13_96

8 ай бұрын

@@kisha4040 twerk?cuz if is twerk hell no that's not y'all culture y'all adapted from the slaves that when there wich ivory coast people the south people!!"

@cupidgal

7 ай бұрын

@@SHANNY13_96No it’s not twerk, read a book on Black American culture, you would be surprised smh

@SHANNY13_96

7 ай бұрын

@@cupidgal It's pu$$y Pop Then Twerk In Ivory coast They Call Mapouka In Cape Verde Where My Family Came From Is Mapu/Trakukadera=Throw Dat A$$ Up!!!"

Why do people want to associate with a colour instead of a culture? That’s what us Ethiopians don’t understand about Americans, never ever degrade yourself down to a simple colour you have a culture and a history that you shouldn’t throw away.

@Zeyede_Seyum

Жыл бұрын

በትክክል ☝️☝️

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

All good. Please keep that same energy when you apply for educational and job opportunities in America. When you see that fortune 500 company recruiting "black" people, make sure that you bypass that event and wait until they recruit Ethiopians or "other" people. Those of you attending HBCUs like Howard University or any of their peers on scholarships, please LEAVE and take your chances with white institutions because you're displacing "black" students. If you're truly not black and don't want to reduce yourself to a color, leave all those demeaning "black" opportunities alone and when racism comes for you, turn inward toward yourselves and your own institutions to fix it. HBCU = Historically BLACK Colleges and Universities.

@YourDad-te9fg

Жыл бұрын

@@vmoney65 lol we’ve faced racism all by ourselves to begin with nobody ever looked out for us, and we don’t need any handouts we’re respected and wanted for our skill basically everywhere anyone who knows Cushites knows our value you can either drop your weird self hating colonial mindset or completely dissociate with us.

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

​@@YourDad-te9fg Really? did Ethiopians found their own Air Force or Airlines? The answer to that would be... No. An African American did that. Did the Ethiopian community make it possible for all Africans to immigrate to America and participate in American society without fear of violence? That answer would also be... No. Again, the African American community did that. Y'all don't need handouts? Nobody every looked out for you? Really? Let me just warm up my singing voice-- Coy/and dekika: "We are the world! we are the children! we are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving! It's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives, it's true we'll make a better day just you and me..." Remember that? Remember when Ethiopia couldn't even FEED itself? I remember that... CLEARLY. I remember a lot of people including African Americans sending a lot of money to Ethiopia SPECIFICALLY to "look out" for Ethiopians. BTW, What color were most of the people featured in that music video? Ahem: BLACK... organized by black American Quincy Jones. Black African Americans organized and caused MILLIONS of dollars to flow to Ethiopia to "look out" for Ethiopians. Many years later and meanwhile...In America, Ethiopians in DC couldn't even get a section of DC renamed to "Little Ethiopia" without the help of African Americans (because we run the city council) Years ago ECDC director Abdul Kamus went to jail behind a bribery scandal behind taxis and Silver Spring replaced a lot of parking attendant jobs with ticketing machines because they were tired of Ethiopians stealing ticket fares. Even my Ethiopian friends joked about their countrymen majoring in Parkiology... but everybody wants you??? Are you sure about that? Check it: America is America. America is not Ethiopia. Y'all run nothing here but somehow y'all are respected for your skills and wanted EVERYWHERE? Oh, is THAT WHY THE LINE at the American embassy in Addis Ababa is so long (and yes I've been there to check in as an AMERICAN) and why they make y'all wait months to years for your interview appointments... because they value your skills and respect you so much? LOL. Here's a clue: That difficulty Ethiopians face at the American embassy in Addis they face because they are BLACK. How do I know this? Because every other BLACK country on Earth faces the same difficulties for the same reason. So if you don't think you're reduced to a color fine. GET YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS STUCK BACK IN ADDIS VISAS behind your "Ethiopian identity" and let us colonialized mindest African Americans know how that works out for you. The ECDC (Ethiopian Community Development Council) literally has nothing on the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) when it comes to service and accomplishments. That said, look man, I'm not EVEN putting this on Ethiopians as a whole. Working class Ethiopians like all working class people universally understand the value of solidarity and unity. Nope. This foolishness belongs to the vultures who come to America to eat their fill from carcasses that they didn't kill. You can cut the BS: y'all disassociate with "black" because you figure it will ingratiate you to the white people that you hope will improve your chances for success. Good luck with that... but we see you.

@PLATANITO829

Жыл бұрын

We Dominicans fully understand you guys. We have been in a constant argument with African Americans with this same subject we also finding extremely weird and unnecessary.

Am Ethiopian and I know that am African but I found that Ethiopian culture is way different than most African people traditions.

@RushiiTUBE

Жыл бұрын

But you are not black right?

@mercym1733

Жыл бұрын

@@RushiiTUBE am not black or white .. I don’t want to put my self in one category.

@RushiiTUBE

Жыл бұрын

@@mercym1733 of course

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@ariikwek7795

Жыл бұрын

Which difference?! Talking as if Ethiopians are angels?? Aren't they humans like other humans?

We are not black but we are Ethiopian, African. You get Ethiopian from each color. Black, light black, brown, light brown, light white, even pinkish. We’re diverse. Different build but we are African!!! Not identified as black!

@StopTheLiess

10 ай бұрын

why are you lying? There are no pink or white Ethiopians 😂

My dad is Venezuelan but black. In Venezuela, we use it to reference skin color in a very superficial almost descriptive kind of way. It's like asking a European if they identify as white. The reason it sounds strange is that a French person will hardly have anything in common with a Pole or a Greek, the same way a Dominican will hardly have anything in common with an Ethiopian. These categorizations only work regionally because of shared culture and experiences (i.e. Caribbean, East African, West African, North African, etc.). It sounds very very strange.

@BlitzOfTheReich

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelw8115 I live in Europe. I have lived in 5 European countries. Nobody identifies like that except for certain fringes. And even when they do, nationality takes precedence, which is my point. Think about it. European countries engaged in two major wars in the past 120+ years.

@BlitzOfTheReich

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelw8115 You lose an argument automatically when you call another person an imbecile. Even stating that European children take biology courses about race is ridiculous. Again, not everybody subscribes to the race-based model of the US. Also, where do you live in Europe and what race are you?

@BlitzOfTheReich

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelw8115 I can assure you that race is only taught as a historical fact in history class and not in biology. You seem unable to comprehend my arguments because you keep misunderstanding them and calling me an imbecile. I am stating that the argument for asking non-Americans about their race is strange. The only way it is used is just a descriptive trait. Americans treat race as if it is tied directly to ethnicity and one's very being.

@BlitzOfTheReich

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelw8115 I live in France too (in the country side to be specific). Yes, again people know the difference between a white and black person, but people do not use race in a literal sense. Can you stop calling me an imbecile please? Be nice. Nationality is treated as more important in regard to the African migrant crisis.

We know we are black, but we just love our homeland, culture, way of life, belief system, languages etc, so we identify as Ethiopian. We will prevail no matter how the West wants to destroy our culture to divide and conquer us.

@louiscreed4026

Жыл бұрын

actually, Europe's behind that.😑

@knowyourself3762

Жыл бұрын

You do understand that the Greeks gave you that name Ethiopian, which means black face. At the end of the day it is all Africa (Alkebulan) Ethiopia is located in Africa, therefore more Ethiopians need to identify themselves as African because the key to all of this is UNITY not separation and from being in Ethiopia there was a lot of separation among each other due to lack of education and not knowing who you truly are.

@itsallpointless

Жыл бұрын

You are middle eastern. Not black

@DirasatLanguage

Жыл бұрын

​@@itsallpointless 🤣

@knowyourself3762

Жыл бұрын

@@itsallpointless once again ignorance is bliss from lack of knowledge smh.... When you look at the northern region of tigray and some parts of Eritrea, they had mixed with Italians and Arabs, though there's pure Nubian Africans in Eritrea, my girl's mother is one, pure black African Nubian. And some tribes in tigray were able to not mix and to keep the African roots solid, but when you go to the heart of Amhara region, Gondar, Wollo, gojam, these are pure Africans, as well as the south region of Ethiopia, which are pure Africans, and the west region of Ethiopia are Oromo which are pure Africans. The east part of Ethiopia, Afaar, which are Somali, and they originally come from ancient Egypt, which are Africans, Harar and Dire Dawa, which some did mix with Arabs, though many there are pure black Africans as well. Dire Dawa are also Oromo. Please educate yourself on these things. Ethiopia is 95% pure African. When you leave outside of Addis Ababa, you will see that Ethiopians are pure Africans.

As an Ethiopian I can assure you that the term BLACK doesn’t carry the usual negative connotations the West imposes on the concept.

@lobsterbalelegesse9919

Жыл бұрын

That is from colonialism term which is fake concept. Ethiopian will say their country or tribe like Tigrinya.

@louiscreed4026

Жыл бұрын

actually, it does not only is it a status it's a lower one, but America wasn't where the color concept started it was actually Europe.

@victorkelley87

Жыл бұрын

@lobsterbale Legesse What does Ethiopia translate into English?

@lobsterbalelegesse9919

Жыл бұрын

@@victorkelley87 That doesn't mean anything, 1st of all it is GREEK for burnt face meaning the original Cush people we call Nilotes who are not even brown but charcoal skinned. In the 1930's Abyssinia was name changed to Ethiopia.

@victorkelley87

Жыл бұрын

@lobsterbale Legesse But Ethiopians call themselves Ethiopian, which means burnt face, which denotes their color. So it does mean something. They don't say they are Abysinians they say they are Ethiopians. Are you trying to say these people are wrong? So it does mean something.

Black is a color, anybody who has an eye can tell colors but that doesn’t mean that’s who you are. Being an Ethiopian is not about color. Come on people!

So much love in here! Love to the Ethiopian people 💚💛❤ Endet Nachu

@framhermanntanoh5852

Жыл бұрын

12 Thus, in the garden, Adam should have the interpretation, the revelation that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that was there was not a tree like the one of Revelation 22:1-2 but the serpent. That is to say, some religious leaders. It is the tree of theology. Do you understand that? Every Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, evangelical or Branhamist leader is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Very well! That's it. 13 The Lord Jesus Christ is therefore the tree of Revelation 22:1-2 with the twelve fruits and whose leaves are the miraculous virtue to heal the nations. You see?

By the way Ethiopian people are so beautiful and those little girls sharing about their culture just put a huge smile on my face.

@abunezena

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sis

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven. An African who is closer to 100% African has wider nose bones and the bones near the mouth stick out more. They have a Eurasian skeletal form.

@Islanddreamer430

Жыл бұрын

@@regulus7181 I would love to try Ethiopian food one day. ❤️

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

@TwinMommySoRayaAfricans have no history. Semites have the most history in Africa.

@StopTheLiess

10 ай бұрын

No Somalis are Cush. Tigray, Amhara, Gurage, and Hararri are semitic. You're full of misinformation. We live in higlands why would we look like lowland people. @@VerbalWarrior162

I'm born & raised in Ethiopia still living in Ethiopia i always call my self black that's how my parent & my community raise me my nationality is Ethiopian but by race i'm black n i'm proud of it 🖤💯

I say the same thing I’m not black I’m African cause I was born there 🤷🏾‍♀️

We Ethiopians will not allow westerns to give us names black because they knew us when they tried to colonize us We gave them the answer proud to be the capital city of Africa which call Ethiopia.... We African we don't accept colour categories because you will find all colours in Ethiopia

@thdoom81

3 ай бұрын

then why do you say barya

@loveabebe3790

2 ай бұрын

Am ethiopian and am not black cause we ethiopians have different features than black ppl do and when this European say black it's not only abt colors they also mean tht slave and we ethiopians weren't slave so we aren't black we are ethiopians.

The question by itself wrong. Black or Ethiopian? Black or Kenyan, Black or Nigerian? … are you asking the race or the origin? I’m an Ethiopian. Everybody understands when I say Ethiopian, I’m referring my origin/citizenship not my race. Off course I’m black. Whether I have light skin, brown skin or dark skin, or I was born in America, Europe, Asia or in Africa it doesn’t change who I’m, generally categorized as black. But your question gives a sense of as if Ethiopians doesn’t consider as African. Which is non sense. Please correct it.

If you ask an Ethiopian the shade of their skin, he/she will tell you of course black. But if you ask him her/ his identity they say Ethiopian

Am Ethiopian i am Black and proudly to be black

# AM A VERY BLACK ⚫ PERSON, VERY PROUDE OF MY COLOR AND MY SELF , THE SAME TIME AN ETHIOPIAN !

@dawitjenbere9329

Жыл бұрын

I am ethiopia handsome light skin soft hair I am not black. I don't want anyone call me black. I respect black people

From America and I love Ethiopian people whatever you may call yourselves. We cheer for you here no matter what European media tells you. We know your story and your struggle and again we cheer you on. 1 love. 🖤💪🏿🖤💪🏿🖤💪🏿

@Axiom61

2 ай бұрын

We need more people like you. ❤ from Ethiopia

Robel put it very intelligently. All these names, be it black, negro, African American, were imposed on to us. We never chose any of them. The saddest thing about this is that we accept them and carry on. We never examine what these terms are intended for. Thank you Robel

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

He definitely gave us something to thing about...

@youaremyjoy2

Жыл бұрын

You are black regardless

@binkdawg9436

Жыл бұрын

Negro are diff from african

@tmarcel1594

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaelw8115 Lol, you are missing the point. You see, white people call themselves white. Did you call yourself black? They named you black, Nigro, African American etc and you did not dispute any of it. Instead, you repeated after them and called yourself black. That is a slave mentality!

@tmarcel1594

Жыл бұрын

Is that all you have to say to prove your point? I am sorry for you. I am assuming you are either a child or someone who has not been to school. Read, read, read to become a better person.

We don’t have color problem, we don’t know we are black or white most people using colure for discrimination we don’t

9 Ether BLACKNESS is DIVINE and powerful!!! Before it was light there was pure BLACKNESS!!! As an Black american woman ,I love it that I came from blackness like the famous song by James Brown (Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud)!!!

They are right! The don't have to narrow their heritage to a color just because that's what people want. They should be very proud because they know their heritage. I know a lot of them. I admire them and Africa Americans should get over it. When they go to Europe, Ethiopians are considered black, but they can be whatever they want to be. They have a beautiful Afro- Asiatic culture.

@ditocerto

Жыл бұрын

Such childish comments. Go read a book dude.

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

In America, "black" is essentially a labor union that is free for all people of African descent to join. Black people resent Ethiopians who refuse to join the "black union" for the same reason that Unions resent non-union workers-- They benefit from the victories of the unions while undermining their efforts to achieve those victories. The Ethiopians who don't want to identify as black tend not to be from the working class, but rather come from the elite classes. As a result, they are more likely to side with management over labor. Working class people universally understand the value of solidarity and unity. The Ethiopians in this video don't get it because they choose not to.

My understanding was that the western usage of the term "black" was that a lot of people of African descent in the west do not 100% know what their ethnic origins are. In the US I know it's due in large part because of the transatlantic slave trade, but even some immigrant children a few generations removed slowly lose their original ethnic identity.

እኛ ጥቁር አይደለንም የምንለው ከለራችን ችግርስላልፈጠረብን ነው ይህንን መጠበቅ አለብን :: ለኛ ነጭና ጥቁር ልዩነቱን ስለማናቅና ስለማንቀብል ነው::

@minilk1888

Жыл бұрын

You're Right 💚💛❤

@asmaraabreha1877

Жыл бұрын

በራሰክ ከለር ለምን ኣትኮራም አይደለሁም ካልክ ታፈራልኽ ማለት ነው

@thetruthalwayswins340

Жыл бұрын

@@asmaraabreha1877 exactly tebarke

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@minilk1888

Жыл бұрын

@@asmaraabreha1877 የኔ color እኮ ጥቁር ስላልሆነ ነው::እና ደግሞ I'm not INK okay but, I Always proud for my Idintity never ever ashamed who I am......

The reason behind some Dominicans saying they are not black is different from the Ethiopian context.

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

You have a point. I will tackle this in another video.

i am not black i am ETHIOPIAN

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.

Yes we are not Black, we are Ethiopians and We are a proud African as well. We don't refer ourselves as Black, because Black is a label that is created by the white people to divide peoples by their skin color. You see color is not actually a problem in Ethiopia or Africa as a whole because we have all the colors. Which makes it beautyful and diverse.

@Roseau112

8 ай бұрын

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@Zem u nailed it I hope everyone READS YOUR COMMENT,we all need just to be educated, I am born African American and I love all my different cultures of blacks, so at the end of the day America sees us all as BLACKS, ONE LOVE TO ALL.

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@wisdommasterreviews4712

Жыл бұрын

What is a born African American?

@anthonyloveanthonylove2159

Жыл бұрын

Well you are black from west Africa we Ethiopians originated from different we look nothing like you

@pearlanthony577

Жыл бұрын

Still Blacks….smh

@pearlanthony577

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyloveanthonylove2159 still black smk

Yes we are not black we are Ethiopia ...habisha community....he is right

@itsallpointless

Жыл бұрын

finally, a woman with a brain. You are 100% correct.

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.

@lilyberhanuassefa854

Жыл бұрын

@@VerbalWarrior162 I don't know about Somalian......they are habisha community.....Somalian they are kuse .....of course Eritrean and Ethiopia they are semantic

@ariikwek7795

2 ай бұрын

@@itsallpointless A brainless woman 😂

I am Ethiopian for sure I am black 🖤. What else I could be? White, brown or yellow. Not I am proud to be Ethiopian and black 🖤.

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.

I'm second generation Jamaican American when growing up I thought Black was a phenotype categorization (some people believe and insist it is a genotype) that also included Melanesian Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals,"whats considered now biracial people",etc. And was an informal categorization. Then all of a sudden it got politicalized and got turned into an "Ethnicity"??????? Ethnicity is community that traces back to an independent nation present or in the past. I do not believe Black or White is an ethnicity it only describes what a person looks like. I think that is were the confusion lies. I do believe all the people you interviewed would be categorized under the Black phenotype categories. I think those categories are real based on the discrimination we all have in favor towards people we deem similar to us and is a hint to the way we socialize. But I agree that the creation of strict biological races (genotype) and color as an ethnicity was originally a white supremist invention that many extremist social justice rights are just as much responsible for endorsing.

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.

First of all, if you ask me this silly question "are you black or Ethiopian?" I'm going to answer Ethiopian. My ancestors didn't fight colonialism and sacrifice their lives only for me to abandon my nationality and adopt whatever politically correct term is imposed on me by foreigners. Second, Africa is genetically, culturally, and linguistically very diverse. Just as an Indian and a Japanese are not the same people, an Ethiopian and a Nigerian aren't the same ( but you'd never see Asians asking each other such questions). To acknowledge this difference isn't racist, it's a mere fact supported by science. So just as Africa is diverse, Ethiopia is a diverse country consisting of people with different genetic make up and skin tones. For instance, my mom was a very light skinned woman with long straight hair. On the other hand, I have medium brown skin with very curly hair ( thanks to dad). So, we are very diverse but we are all Ethiopians. We can either pretend to be color blind and pretend these differences don't exist ( which is impossible), or we can acknowledge and celebrate our differences and work together for the sake of our continent. Because this task of shaming anyone who doesn't accept your preferred label will only create friction.

@sidex4

Жыл бұрын

Lol....all Asians are still referred to as yellow....irrespective of where they come from.

@henoksamuel1106

Жыл бұрын

@@sidex4 not true

@zach4168

Жыл бұрын

@@sidex4 Do you refer an Arab, Russian or Indian as Asian or yellow? lol but they live in Asia ryt, Just because someone lives in Africa it doesn't mean they should identify as African or black North Africans tend to refer themselves as Arabs rather than African , white South Africans are Africans but not black, and Ethiopians, Somalis and Eriterians have their own way.

@heruy8274

Жыл бұрын

@@sidex4 Only east Asians were refered to as yellow by Westerners but they don't and have never refered themselves as yellow.

@sidex4

Жыл бұрын

@@zach4168 whether you like it or not, you belong to one of these Classification of races.....its either you're white, Black, yellow or brown......we all know that whites are Caucasians.....so find where you belong amongst the rest.

we are Ethiopian. not black.

@abdumiftah7063

Жыл бұрын

So you are whit?😂

@loveabebe3790

2 ай бұрын

True we are not black we r unique nations

@RudePoi

Ай бұрын

If Ur Not Black Who The fuck Are U ???

@Beepbeepbeepbe

Ай бұрын

I mean you ain’t wrong. Ethiopians are closer related to Arabs and Europeans than they are west African

@missdaydreamss

25 күн бұрын

No they're not. Wtf ​@@Beepbeepbeepbe

I think what makes Ethiopia difference is the fact that it’s the only African country that’s never been colonized they don’t have any outside influence that’s why they don’t have the black and white thing all they know is their nationality and they are very proud of it which is a good thing for people in Africa the rest of the African communities should learn from them

I enjoyed this video. One thing I learned is people do not to personify what global media dictates being black means. It is a made up concept by the media, Africans who lived in their own countries have a strong sense of their own culture they will not agree and relate to this globally portrayed concept being black means. Being black and linking that with the state of the African continent belittles the Richness of every culture in that continent. This is why North Africans and Egyptians hasten to identify with being Arab or carving Middle Eastern image of their cultures. So in the end, this is a competitive world and people will identify what suits best with their interest.

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it!

I Loved everything what The last gurl said./እመቤት ..ደርባቢት❤❤/ our ambassador.

Well listen, this Nigerian/Yoruba at work told me this same thing. I realized that *some* people from Africa, feel this way because they consider "Black" to be a western term, more or less black people from the Caribbean and Latin America see only ADOS/FBA to be "Black". My Latino ex told me this he said "We consider black people to mean African-Americans"

@dravidianking1298

Жыл бұрын

Yea I’m Caribbean and “Black” was seen as a slur for a long time because of the way the white colonizers used it, eventually it was seen as a term for Americans and now they embrace it. Before they would prefer to be called Africans even though they weren’t in Africa anymore.

I'm ethiopian proud to be African

I think the confusion come with the meaning . When people say “black”, a lot of people think black-American or African American . I’m Haitian but when I was younger , I said “no I’m not black, I’m Haitian” . I said this because in Haiti you don’t go by skin color you go by nationality. In haiti you say where are you from , in America they say “what are you “ .

Great video. Very educational.

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 👏

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@hanatirk4375

Жыл бұрын

This is not educational, its stupid video

We are ethioian!!! God bless emama Ethiopia🙏🙏

Exactly 💯💯💯! What the first guy said, only African Americans classified themselves as a color, instead to a nationality. Even brown melanated people classified themselves as black.

Ethiopian people are beautiful,I once had a co- workers in dubai back 2014.They are goodlooking..😊

@user-dn7cd9qd9j

Жыл бұрын

thank you❤

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven.

Please we are proud blackAfricans don’t try confuse us .

@mocua2910

Жыл бұрын

👍🏿

@anthonyloveanthonylove2159

Жыл бұрын

Say I don’t say we am not a black

@human8454

Жыл бұрын

We are not black

What?I am Ethiopian and I am 100% black.

@itsallpointless

Жыл бұрын

you are probably middle eastern. Not black.

@VerbalWarrior162

Жыл бұрын

Somalis, Ethiopians, and Eritreans have Semitic DNA. It is already scientifically proven. An African who is closer to 100% African has wider nose bones and the bones near the mouth stick out more. They have a Eurasian skeletal form

Coming from a Black American I envy how united and prideful these people are, I wish I could say the same for our people

@originaleverythingelseisca5977

Жыл бұрын

We are pretty together please stop with that narrative. It just not true

@bettyboopsie9836

Жыл бұрын

Please keep your low self esteem to yourself, I'm BA, and damn proud of it.

@jasonbilly5247

Жыл бұрын

@@bettyboopsie9836 Yeah it's my opinion lol but thanks for being disrespectful and proving my point

@jasonbilly5247

Жыл бұрын

@@originaleverythingelseisca5977 No we're not stop lying to yourself that's not how things get better

@LICKMYNYNE

Жыл бұрын

We used to be, after the 70s, our communities went to shit

I appreciate this discussion.

Keep it real my Habesha brothers and sisters.

It's like you want them to reject their nationality and accept a color label. A more sensible question would be "are you black or white?" But even that's not an accurate description of people ( it's a western thing). Within Ethiopia there are people with jet black skin to lightest skin but most are different shades of brown. Genetically also average Ethiopians have about 40 - 50% Eurasian genetics admixture, and the rest is Horn African genes. A Sri Lankan and Chinese aren't the same. Similarly an Ethiopian and a Congolese aren't the same. Our differences aren't an opinion, they're a fact. but we are all Africans.

Even though as Africans we may identify ourselves via our countries and ethnicities. We have to admit there's a negative connotation with using the term "black" and I've noticed that a lot especially with East Africans. When i was college i was personally told by a former Somali Ethiopian friend "I'm not black. You guys are." another one told me they are "Arab" and I think they knew what they meant and that's not my first time being told that by a fellow East Africans. Personally, I know the concept of black isn't lost on africans...I think there's an understanding of what black is and it's negative and I know many who don't want to associate themselves with. So as a result I don't think there has been an extensive conversation on race because it's always seen in an American context.. But anyway that's my take. I grew up knowing the term black is a race identifier not an identifier of skin tone. My understanding of why ethiopians don't use the term black to identify themselves is because they were never colonized. The British and French and Dutch made sure the rest of Africa know they are "black"..

@absolute7250

Жыл бұрын

Yeah didn’t the Ethiopians make a deal with them or something. Kinda sold them out I think

Great stuff! Love this!

We Ethiopians use a term red or black we don’t use colour white that’s why people considers me as red in my language (Keyo )

Who in Africa identifies as black? Like what country just says there black

@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth

Жыл бұрын

The United States of America does. But to clear things up here. The people who were oppressed in the Americas are actually Hebrew Israelites from the 12 Tribes of Israel!

First and foremost your question is 'are you black or Ethiopian' definitely we are Ethiopian not black we can't compare our country with anything even with our color don't compare it like that ofcourse we are proud not colonized African there is black Ethiopian around South part of Ethiopia but blackness can't define Ethiopia only ethiopianizm define us so for the question I'm not white ...no africa is not black we are a light for the world 🥰

A few confused people do not represent the whole country. You have to increase your sample size. Even the premise is incorrect. Black is a shade of skin color that is obvious on first impressions if you are not blind. The question should be do you believe that you are genetically African. Maybe some are getting confused by the question of trying to assign a subjective attribute to which they don’t see themselves as.

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself

@jusplay7309

Жыл бұрын

@Regulus no bro the world does not revolve around the USA. When one says black they are not referring to a small subset of people with African genetics located in the US. That is a very acutely inadequate way of thinking. When one says black one is referring to the outwardly perceived phenotype of a person. If you are in the US what you say may hold true. For instance black culture, black food or black music is in specific reference to the African American heritage. As for your statement on Ethiopians denying that they are African I am basically saying what you are. What this man being interviewed said is not representative of the whole of Ethiopia but a subset of ill informed people. As an Ethiopian myself I have met number of people who share this sentiment but again its not representative of the population in general.

I am an Ethiopian, this guy is mistaken. We Ethiopians are proud black Africans. We are the symbol of all black people by defeating colonialists for the first time at the battle of Adwa north 🇪🇹 Ethiopia in 1896! Long live Ethiopia !!!

@Zeyede_Seyum

Жыл бұрын

1888 ☝️☝️

@lobsterbalelegesse9919

Жыл бұрын

Israelites not Ham like the other Africans.

@Play-jv3oi

Жыл бұрын

No only you, The Haitians are more brutals As they were drinking Chicken blood and Goat blood to get demons to defeat Napoleon, they decapitated all colonizers, It is call the haitian revolution, it was done in 82 years earlier. It was heroic and brutal like any other war ever since they were blowing the enemy from the inside with the devil spirits.

@tankiebot704

Жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself

@Asnakech100

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeyede_Seyum 1888 is Ethiopian calendar! You better use 1896 GC my friend!

Asking a black Ethiopian if they're Ethiopian or black is like asking a Kenyan woman if she's Kenyan or a woman. It's possible to be both. I've also never in my life met an Ethiopian who vehemently denied being black as if it were a plague like some people from DR do. Say, "Hey black brother" to an Ethiopian as opposed to a Dominican and look at the difference in response. That's why Dominicans get the heat.

@dablaccseaproductions5279

Жыл бұрын

Bro I’m Afro-Caribbean and an Ethiopian cab driver asked my family if we were Ethiopian 😂 I think Somalis are more comparable to people from DR in this regard, some of them would rather associate with Arabs. The term Ethiopia was referring to a much bigger landmass than Cush, actually the whole of Africa. When Greeks coined the term it meant “the burnt faced people”

@canelli141

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%, it is like saying a black american is not a gringo or when someone say yankee go home they are not including black americans, do not even understand why she calls her channel African Dominican and also trying to put down I Am Marwa and his sister on her channel and her other channel/ OMG AFRICA DIASPORA CHANNEL?

@dahbajanman7044

Жыл бұрын

That's a horrible analogy as west Africans who are also very tribal don't have the problem saying black. Nigeria is far more diverse thans Ethiopia, but they would tell you they're black is you ask and never hide behind their tribe.

@nytoaddis76

3 ай бұрын

@@dahbajanman7044 Interesting point. You will be surprised though at the number of black skinned Africans who do not identify as Black. For example, I have heard South Sudanese nilotes look themselves differently from Bantus.

@thdoom81

3 ай бұрын

the thing is...mosyt africans are divided but usually we share common culture..ethiopians, somalians and north africans don't see themselves as negro and actually look down and have words for us..no other african country has racist words like slave for africans except those countries i mentioned

These people have a lot in common with Indians 🇮🇳. Lots of them even look like Indians. There seems to be a connection between the two nations. I have to research this. America is a society where silly things like skin color take prominence. It is something that has to be exorcist from the minds of people. Especially Americans !

I see you are still on the Job ... Love the Video Thanks ... !!!!!

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro ❤️👏 and you're welcome. I appreciate your love and support 👏

Most “African Americans” don’t know what else to say other than “black”. They don’t know with absolute certainty what tribe or ethnic group to claim from Africa, Africa is very large with many ethnic groups, tribes and languages and they do not know which ethnic group they are originally from. It could have a sense of playing a guessing game as to which one do they think they are from and that is not a good place to be in, no one wants to be guessing when it comes to their culture and ethnicity. All I have spoken to say that “black” really means that they do not know what tribe or culture they actually originated from in Africa and or that “Africa Americans”/ “black” people are a mixture of multiple ethnic groups in Africa and do not know what they originally were. What do we say they should do just pick an African ethnic group that they like and just identify as it moving forward? Many I have spoken with said that they don’t want to be guessing like that and the uncertainty may feel like they are just trying and or pretending to be something that they are not absolutely certain of being.

OMG the dmv area esp Maryland has so many Ethiopians sis filmed this in downtown silver spring 😂😂good content 👏🏾

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👏

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

The relationship between AA and EA is probably worst in DMV.

@Zeyede_Seyum

Жыл бұрын

@@vmoney65 really please tell me more

@vmoney65

Жыл бұрын

​@@Zeyede_Seyum Anyone who has ever been to the American embassy in Addis Ababa knows that it is exceedingly difficult to get a VISA to come to the United States as a visitor, let alone as a student or an employee. It's a bar set high enough that in general, with the exception of spouses and DV recipients, only the elite classes of Ethiopians can surmount it because of the non-trivial resources required. As a result, the Ethiopians that African Americans tend to encounter professionally in places like DC are opportunists. As proud of Ethiopians as they may be, they tend to keep to themselves in America as an ethnic group just as they would keep to themselves in Ethiopia as a socio-economic class. "Black" in America is essentially a labor union that is open to all African descended immigrants to join. African Americans resent non-black identifying Ethiopians for the same reasons Unions resent non-union workers: They benefit from the victories of the union while undermining the efforts of the union to secure those victories. Washington DC is the power center of the United States and as a result, most of the Ethiopian immigrants can be found here. As a huge population of non-union workers, it creates problems between them and the greater African American community. The resentment plays out in several ways from Ethiopians discriminating against African Americans socially to African Americans discriminating against Ethiopians economically and politically. Each community regularly attempts to stab the other where they think it will hurt most whether its the Ethiopian community denying African Americans social acceptance treating them as outsiders or the African American community denying Ethiopians the opportunities and access to power that comprise the reasons they came to America for in the first place. IMO, the carnage is worst in the DMV area. In my area Hampton Roads about 3 hrs south of DC, it's a little different in part because the Ethiopian population is much smaller here and because through people like myself and others, it works more intimately (and productively) with the African American community. When one of my Ethiopian friends opened a convenience store in a lower income black neighborhood, the neighborhood actually protected his store in part because of his relationship as a black person relating to other black people. They gave him business and protection from crime. The Indian owned gas station around the corner which did not have that relationship with the surrounding neighborhood suffered from the lack of both. As close as I am to the Ethiopian community in my own area... Muslims, Protestants, and Orthodox... Gurages, Amharas, and Oromos mainly, I can testify that it often saddens me that each community allows its ignorance of the other to sabotage the success that both could enjoy if they were more willing to learn from one another and work together. This video is a stark reminder. Most interesting to me is that I find it ironic that any African American should have to potentially lecture Amharas and other Ethiopians of the value of solidarity and unity. As Ethiopians yourselves, your people should understand better than most that had they not embraced these values, had the Oromo, the Amhara, the Tigray and others not put aside their rivalries, their country _would_ have been colonized, if not in 1896, definitely in 1935. Had they failed to unite, like the South African Zulu and Xhosa, they would have found themselves as serategna in their own country. Interestingly enough, I don't usually have to have these conversations with older generation Ethiopians. Perhaps they remember their history better or perhaps they are old enough or have lived in America long enough to remember the struggles of black people in the 1960s and 1970s fondly and with respect. This very well be a problem of the younger generations intoxicated with opportunism and too infected by consumerism to be anything other than narcissistic. I've stood in the middle of Edna mall in Addis with Ethiopian friends and family and even I can see the Diaspora Ethiopians coming a mile away... it doesn't necessarily make them bad people I've seen them treat their countrymen with every bit as much disdain as any African American that might reach out to them. That said, I'll conclude with this: There is no one group of black people (and I said black) that is large or powerful enough to overcome the challenges that we face AS black people by ourselves. White people divided Africa and Africans from one another for a reason. It is conversely the same reason that our communities should be finding ways to work together instead of against one another... and like it or not, it starts (at least in America) with joining our labor union.

hey i saw your video in accident and I live in Ethiopia, some friends who lived in USA came to Ethiopia for holidays and start argument about this issue, here in Ethiopia we say we are Ethiopians and Africans, but never put a skin set as an identifier, i am Ethiopian and am not black, don't have black skin and I don't understand how they generalize everyone's unique color and try to sort it out according to their content, that doesn't work here.

@AfricanDominican

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@samsong6746

Жыл бұрын

Minilk Tequre seww.. you are black... this issue bothers only amhara tribe n tigri tribe..because you came from Arabia...like let's be honest in Amhata society light skin or fair skin with white futures like straight nose thin lips are how you see buty..but the feature of Africans are black skin..big lips wide nose... thats why they hide themself in the I'm "Ethiopian" . Now go ask gumez if they are black...debub...Oromo..all black skinned with black features.

I am an Ethiopian and I'm proudly Black! The question is nonsense for most of Ethiopians!

@byzarabezu651

Жыл бұрын

Black & White word is created by the colonizers themself