Why Do Blacks Often Refer to Themselves as......

[Ralph_Kirk]

Originally Posted by phetaroi

But, in terms of history, in ancient history of many regions of the world the concept of a king or queen was quite different than our sense of it today. You can go back in Thai history, for example, and find kings and queens whose territories were about the size of a current county in the United States.

A city-state or thereabouts. Very very common.

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To those not familiar with all this.

Among some Afrocentric minded Black-Americans there has developed this view that Blacks had kings and queens in our African past. So many Blacks in America have associated themselves with these kings and queens even though like I said earlier most of our African ancestors were probably farmers and fishermen.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by calipoppy

And with that ^^^ post, you have earned your place on my ignore list. Congrats.

I'm honored.

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Reggae artist Linton Kwesi Johnson responds to this.

PART OF THE REASONING BEHIND THIS IS TO INSTILL A SENSE OF PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THAT THEIR ANCESTORS WERE KINGS AND QUEENS AND NOT JUST SLAVES THAT WERE BROUGHT OVER HERE.


Yes, that's alright. But once you've done that, where do you go from there? You can't tell the children that all of us were kings and queens because if there were kings and queens then they must have ruled over somebody else...

Linton Kwesi Johnson interview

[soletaire]

I personally never understood why whites in the U.S. media always obsess over the king and queens of England...like, you dont see them keep track of the kings and queens of any other country outside of England. There are no news reports when the rulers of an African or Asian nation gives birth to an heir/heiress...but whenever a new member of "the" royal family in England (as if theyre the only royal family that matters) is born suddenly the U.S. media drops everything and switches to round the clock coverage of it, as though some sort of supreme being has been born that is somehow more important than the heirs born to any other nation. I realize England is our most powerful ally, but their royal family shouldnt dominate the news in America anymoreso than any other country's royal family.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by soletaire

I personally never understood why whites in the U.S. media always obsess over the king and queens of England...like, you dont see them keep track of the kings and queens of any other country outside of England. There are no news reports when the rulers of an African or Asian nation gives birth to an heir/heiress...but whenever a new member of "the" royal family in England (as if theyre the only royal family that matters) is born suddenly the U.S. media drops everything and switches to round the clock coverage of it, as though some sort of supreme being has been born.

The British lineage once ruled over the U.S. That's why.

[mtl1]

It's because they were and still would be all kings and queens but for "white racism/supremacy" .

They scapegoat whites not only for everything 'bad" that happens under the sun but everything they can imagine that didn't even actually happen .