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How I Became Black in America
The Atlantic ^ | March 2023 | Chimamanda Adichie

Posted on 04/11/2024 12:30:44 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

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To: Thank You Rush

The Mickey Mouse looking “pigtails” or whatever you want to call them are especially lame.


21 posted on 04/11/2024 1:27:55 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: NorthMountain
This strangely named individual came to these United States of America (invented by Whitemen) on an airplane (invented by Whitemen), writes in English (a language of Whitemen), on the internet (invented by Whitemen), and has the damnable temerity to complain about Whitemen.

And whites are the ones that abolished slavery in her homeland of Nigeria for literally the first time in its history.

But let's not get caught up in the left's black vs white narrative. The #1 things that recent white history brings to the table to make so many improvements in the past few centuries comes from our First and Second Great Awakenings. The left's attempts to undermine whites are really about undermining those of us who are still clinging bitterly to our Bibles (typed in my best Obama voice). They know that the worst that can happen to the left's power is if us Christians can push through another great awakening.

Don't be surprised if the next awakening has a lot of blacks and hispanics along with whites. Part of recognizing that is to recognize that the media is lying to us whites indirectly when it lies to blacks directly. Us whites hear the messages given to blacks that there's a white supremacist hiding under every bed, making us wonder how many blacks believe it. Do those blacks exist? Absolutely. Are those blacks the majority? I dunno. We've had reason to doubt fake movements that the media trumped up like everyone was part of it, only for us to learn it was just a loud few.

My suggestion is if you know blacks personally who are Christian in more than just name (they live it like they mean it), get to know them well enough to encourage each other to stick to Jesus like glue. The more blacks get to know whites who are good character and aren't racists, the easier it is for them to ignore the lying media's message that all whites are out to get them. If you feel like I'm preaching at you, I promise I say the same thing to the blacks in my circle of influence (I go to a church that's probably 70% black).

22 posted on 04/11/2024 1:29:05 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Abortionist kill blacks.


23 posted on 04/11/2024 1:32:08 PM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: Rummyfan
Most Nigerians come here and work. And generally have a low opinion of American born African-Americans. In my experience at least.

Agreed. It's also been my experience that blacks born and raised in Africa before they move here enjoy swimming as much as whites do. LOL

24 posted on 04/11/2024 1:32:27 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Blacks kill blacks.


25 posted on 04/11/2024 1:32:47 PM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“ But notice that “whiteness” is lowercased but a few sentences later she writes a capitalized “Blackness”.”

It’s possible Atlantic editor did that.

I see she’s being attacked as trans-phobic for not being insane.


26 posted on 04/11/2024 1:36:10 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan
It’s possible Atlantic editor did that.

Maybe, but she's responsible for proofreading her work and since this article is from last year it's on her as she set the standard.
27 posted on 04/11/2024 1:49:24 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: FreedomNotSafety

I have a neighbor who is of Indian ancestry, but grew up in Louisiana. Knows Bobby Jindal. Speaks well-educated Southern English. Is more Southern than half the people in North Atlanta.


28 posted on 04/11/2024 1:58:17 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Shortly after the Black American George Floyd was murdered by a White police officer...

Total lies and misinformation.


29 posted on 04/11/2024 2:35:12 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
...George Floyd was murdered by a White police officer...

I read no further.

Plus, the authoress of this pile of moldering fecal matter is a nit-witted moron.

30 posted on 04/11/2024 4:23:52 PM PDT by Snake Skin Sonny (My loathing of democrats knows no bounds. The world would be a better place without them.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
To be Black in America was to feel bulldozed by the weight of history and stereotypes, to know that race was always a possible reason, or cause, or explanation for the big and small interactions that make up our fragile lives. To be Black was to realize that it was impossible for people to approach one another with the simple wonder of being human, without the specter of race lying somewhere in the shadows. To be Black was to feel, in different circumstances, frustration, anger, irritation, and wry amusement.
Sadly overall true, under the ideology of the Left.

Related: Voices of Concern, Voices of Hope: Experiences of African Immigrants in Detroit Invisible Sojouners [2007: culture vs. color: USA black culture vs African(revealing)

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/Koelschpaper.pdf

31 posted on 04/11/2024 5:25:38 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Another useless article in that leftist rag that pretends to be intellectual.


32 posted on 04/11/2024 6:07:09 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Delusionary people should not be given power over normal people.)
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright of postcolonial feminist literature. …

Wikipedia
The USSR-inspired rhetoric is baked in.
33 posted on 04/11/2024 10:23:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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34 posted on 04/12/2024 5:30:09 AM PDT by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam)
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