"In Senegal, we've kind of overcome the thought of slavery. We don't even think about it," said Akon. "Outside of that, people have lived and moved way beyond the slavery concept."

As far as America is concerned, he invites people to do the same.

"I think it's the art of just letting the past go and moving towards the future," he adds. "I think, in the U.S., they have this stigma of not letting go of the past and blaming the past on every mishap or disappointment. I think, as long as you hold onto that past, there's a lot of weight that you carry with you everywhere you go. It's hard to move forward and move fast when you got a weight on your back. You just gotta let it go."

He goes on to say that America is unlikely to take any steps towards reparations for Black Americans, noting that the country has shown that it's the least of their worries.

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senegal still pays colonial tax to france along with other west african nations

He does realize what Jim Crow laws were right?

Obtuse niggas act like the US didn’t try to basically keep black people enslaved for over a century more after slavery ended

America should move past 9/11

Kinda did

We’re still in the Middle East fighting

So no

What does this even mean

out

It’s showing how silly people sound when they say that type of stuff

Guess who invented

you JuSt GoTtA HaVE ThE RiGht MiNdSet BrO

His brother does work for Kanye

It’s always rich black people saying this

tbh as much as I like the idea of moving forward which I believe us black ppl should do, Im also of the notion that this is also something that we should never dismiss or forget.
Similar to how many jews continue to bring up the Holocaust

Move on sure, but can’t forget.

I am tired of slavery movies though. Black ppl have done more than that tbh.
give us more Hidden Figures, Waves, and etc

THIS

why are we still having these? who wants to be reminded of their people's enslavement and persecution for centuries?

How hard is it to be a famous black man and not stick your foot in your mouth

Look at this buffoon telling us we should move past something that’s clearly still effecting our day to day life in 2020. That’s easy to say when you’re rich living in a bubble. We can’t move past slavery until we’re properly compensated and the people in power stop being racist.

I knew something wasn’t right about this dude when he ran to do a song with that lace front wearing rain bow haired pedophile.

considering us normal people do it all the time...

Smfh. This is another case of Africans looking down on African Americans

kinda like america wants to put the focus on slavery so you forget the 150 years of persecutions that took place right after