I’m from Canada but I’ve seen a huge influx in diaspora wars across all social media sights and I’m confused. I thought that this was something that only happens in chronically online spaces with ignorant people but so many have been contributing towards the hatred that it feels like it’s happening in real life.
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Yes. I roomed with a Nigerian-American woman and I'm AA also W African but far removed for obv reasons. There were alot of underhanded comments made unfortunately. I had never known anyone directly from Africa and was thrilled, she had some past negative experiences and perceptions of AAs and it just created a semi toxic dynamic. I stayed a year and moved out of her home, though i wish i could have stayed.
I’m so sorry. As a Nigerian woman that’s unacceptable. I’ve never gotten the concept of having a bad experience with people in your past and then stereotyping the whole group of millions of people to be like that. Again, I’m sorry that happened to you
Its all good, I was ignorant to there even being a diaspora war. i thought we were all Black so it was automatic vibes lol a friend of mine warned me, shes AA and an ex close friend of hers from directly from Africa (forgot which country specifically) and i guess they had some issues. I just took it as nah thats just them and not that common but i learned. im still open to meeting more people from the motherland i just look at it more of what could happen again not necessarily it automatically will.
fwiw i deal with colorism and bias from my own too so every group has their thing
For real. There’s a lot of colorism amongst Africans especially those who aren’t living in the motherland. I think it mostly comes from the inherent truth that the lighter your skin is= the better your treated and the Eurocentric beauty standards they have been fed since childhood.
Its very confusing tbh. in my case, im brown skinned/medium tone but i have been told by a variety of people i don't have AA features or that i look mixed. I have only ever identified as Black/AA and kept my hair in box braids/AA styles. I also speak English, Spanish and Portuguese. My family only speaks English, i had to constantly tell my roommate I am not Afro Latina, beautiful culture and people but thats just not what I am. I am predominantly black, my parents are black, grandparents are black etc. It was really odd. She spoke multiple languages too so i assumed she would get that speaking a language doesnt change your ethnicity but it was a constant thing with her lol