FBA - Foundational Black Americans (lineage-based designation that specifically refers to the over 43 million Black Americans who are direct descendants of the Freedmen—the formerly enslaved Black people who were emancipated in the United States. This lineage represents a unique and unbroken connection to the foundational builders of this nation.)

This whole ADOS/FBA versus Africans/Caribbean thing has been a whole thing for a minute. After Shaboozey's grammy speech about immigrants built this country that many felt was erasing the direct work that enslaved black americans did (which imo seems...a bit misguided considering didn't we all come off the boa..nvrmind lmao)

What yall think about this s***? Cause to me, as I guess an "FBA" (the farthest my family tree has gone back to is the Carolinas, Florida, and Georgia, we Geechee Gullah ass niggas frfr) this s*** seems a bit just annoying and hella divisive and most of all counterproductive to any sense of movement.

Proudly being like "fuck pan-africanism" just feels like a slap and a spit in the face of our ancestors from the diaspora including the states that fully believed in a united front between the land and the states.

Yall think these arguments are needed?

Is this just an FBI divide and conquer co-opt type s*** headed by Tariq?

Or is it just a bunch of niggas' trauma response to some problematic Africans dissing them back in the day?

usually this s*** wouldn't urk me but the homie's throwing a black history art show literally highlighting fashion from all the places of blackness (including african americans) and a small vocal group of these niggas are f***ing flipping out online because some of the fashion dares to have dashikis and kente cloth in em.

To be as blunt as possible, how else are repatriations to be paid to the descendants of American slavery if theres no way to distinguish who from who

That’s the only reason I’d co-sign any Ados agenda

All I know is Tariq must not be the leader or advocate of any legitimate movement.

BRO TRAUMATIZED NIGGAS DO NOT EVER DO THEY F***ING RESEARCH BEFORE JOINING A CULT BRO THIS NIGGA BEEN A GRIFTER FOR DECADES

This country would sooner collapse then give black people reparations

True but to even start the conversation let’s make sure we get the details right

The government doesnt care to differentiate bruh their racist😂😂

problem some mossad s*** as well.

This attitude holds us back. Everytime we propose something we stop because we just say “the white man gonna destroy it anyway”

My response to that is, "nigga everybody was f***ed up in the game."

Eventually if you go back far enough it's gonna get to the boat.

The reason I always assumed reparations would always be difficult was just...because I don't think these crackers even have enough or wouldn't amount to enough.

Like the Queen Mother Audley Moore proposal of 500 trillion in damages for 25 million descendants back in 1962 is (imo) still underselling to me.

reparations wouldnt work in the sense them niggas even saying. Literally we are talking about trillions owed to the descendants of slaves

i see both sides and i know exactly why them niggas wanna be fba

Hundreds of thousands of holocaust survivors rightfully got their reparations.

Hundreds of thousands is still a fraction of millions, I just don't think there's a money value big enough.

The FBA agenda is a psyop bro. The American government is planning to recolonize africa and their having online bots promote African Americans hating Africa

Truly.

i wouldve took killing all slave master and confederate generals back then

i think also african americans specifically have been disrespected by everyone, even their disapora brothers and sisters for far too long

and honestly, for what african americans have done vs how were treated, i don't judge someone for going insane FBA. do i think they bugging yes but also we as a people need more recognition on us having a culture (the most influential one on earth) and despite not knowing where we came from (even though at this point i 1000% consider america home and think its the country my people built because they did) we have been able to move mountains

in reality this is all fueled by white people on twitter starting diaspora wars

All I can say is I get it

I think there should be a sense of self awareness of being labeled "African-american" is kind of loaded atp and that there should be a distinction of the ethnic differences

lol nah we can find out

Africa is gonna become an industrial power in the next hundred years and these dumbasses want delineation

my great grandparents was share croppers and we got the jewish slave owner last name to prove it

Kai Cenat saying black Americans have no culture made me xenophobic

The hatred and denial of their African roots is pure ignorance and self hatred.
That’s really what keeps me away from them