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The issue is, 1) them cats look at me crazy when I tell them I'm not rocking that. I've worn enough of that as a child. 2) the reason why I make a big deal about being a ***** is because Africans don't like us, and it creates a fantasy in folks heads, dismissing the years of progress and culture we've FOUGHT and died for IN AMERICA. You love Africa so much? Bounce. Go there live there...straight up. I'm fighting for the people here, for my culture here. It's not about 'you can't be in our club' it's 'if you like their club, join them, we working over here'
Bruh, to your first point: that's more of a personal issue than anything else. I used to be in the mix with that "Ashe, brother" crowd, but I got those looks too once my views and manner of dressed started being considered "other" amongst them. All you can do is see them for the lames they are and keep it moving. People are people, and no matter what group your among there will be cool people who think for themselves and lames who need to label and categorize everything.
To your second point, I think the whole "Africans don't like us" thing holds A LOT of weight amongst our parent's generation and first generation immigrants of all races. You gotta look past that, though, because that's a result of conditioning. You don't have to deal with those folks anyway. The second and third generation, the cats our age who aren't in their own little self-hating bubble, those are the cats we can build with. And judging from this thread, blazersfan is definitely a cat we can build with.
I personally don't identify much with African culture, but that's only because I am too far removed from it, and it would feel disingenuous for me to do so when I don't even know what tribes my family came to Cuba from. Plus I have a bunch of other indigenous cultures in my bloodline with which I could choose to identify with as well. This all adds up to me as an African American man to learn about it ALL and decide for myself which amalgamation of my heritage i'd like to reflect through my own personal culture.
I mean, if you look at today's math, then knowledge of your culture brings power, right?
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