"no we cut down trees while we're walking" pwahahaha.. iv been asked stupid questions like that before. "so do you wear clothes?" "do you have cars back in Africa?" smh. the levels of ignorance!
When i came to the U.S, people asked me questions like; "is this the first time that your'e wearing shoes?", "did you come here in a boat?" " have you killed a lion before?", " How did you learn how to speak English?" Most of the time, i just laugh on the inside when they ask me these silly questions.
Africans are AFRICAN. Its an ethnicity. you never have to go there to be african.
Does a Asian person have to go to Asia to be Asian? Does a Caucasian have to go to the caucus mountains to be Caucasian? As you can see your logic is flawed.
I am going to give you two words to look up.
"Ethnicity" & "Nationality"
You are getting the two confused and your education is not help you.
YOU are Caucasian have you ever been to the Caucus mountains? No, but you are still Caucasian,
You are the very definition of a idiot. I dont even think you looked up ANYTHING before you prepped to open your mouth. It is to be expected of such a lowly person though.
He is not FROM the continent of Africa. He is Caucasian. This means he is FROM the caucus mountains.
I am from Africa therefor I am African. A Asian person is FROM Asia and therefore they would be asian.
The COUNTRY he is in is what gives him his NATIONALITY. HIS FAMILY/GENES is what gives him his Ethnicity/Race
AFRICA IS a continent as you said. INSIDE of Africa there ARE countries. His nationality is whatever country he resides in. Therefore he is NOT "African" He is South African. The difference is SA IS a country and NOT a ethnicity. His ethnicity is Caucasian. So he can say he is South African but NOT African.
@coolking93 it is pointless to argue stuff like that. if he is from america, he isn't african if he is black unless he was born in africa. he is african-american or afro-american or the unpopular negroe (still it would be american-negroe) like i would be native-irish-english-african american if i wanted to be picky. i wonder if he realizes not all black people come from africa? (mr unda--next time say "what is this bridge you speak of"... )
Everybody is hating so bad on Americans, but honestly, it's not our fault we don't know much about your countries when we have never been told anything about it besides what we hear in the news and stuff like that. It's not really ignorance, it's pretty much the only thing that the less educated half of our population know.
@ShutTheHellUpNavi lmao what you just said is absolutely silly. Americans who ask question like that are ignorant & how about doing some research and educating yourself to get out of that predicament instead of blaming it on the news.
@fineguh Duh all of those questions are absolutely ridiculous. I just meant in general. And what I meant was that most people don't want to sit around researching when they can continue their petty little lives without ever having to learn.
once i was asked if we had paved roads and i said "yes, we had a very nice intricate highway system in the belgian congo in the 1950's"...but then i remembered all the paved roads went away when we gave the country back to the baboon one handed lazy black sambos'..my bad
from cali and met alot of africans from all ways of life and the demigraphics in this country really put a horrible stereotype on americans, and i apologize for a small percentage of our nations ignorance
So a girl I considered a friend asked m to years ago "do yu live in huts nd stuff?" I went off on her ass.... We still friends now nd I do love Americans bt sumtimes the ignorance pisses me off..nd whenver we get asked something similar mi friends and I go off on them with thick ass African accents....lols...seriously tho we dnt take things lyk tht lightly
@ayomidehope As an Afram I can tell you that American ignorance is HUGE, When they hear about Africa they never hear the positive things, nor do they hear that Africans are the new model minority. The only Americans that know positive things about Africans are Aframs from the Mid and Upper classes and also the well traveled. Even lower class Aframs can be ignorant about it, because in our public schools they teach nothing about anyone except the West.
You do realise that no one actually asks these questions unless they are mentally retarded, if so, to a certain extent. Btw no im not American, im Australian, and no, people dont ask me if i ride kangaroos...
@Raman152 honesty australia and africa are pretty darn different. the way they show australia in america is not the way they show africa here u know? so i would hope that nobody has ever asked u if u ride kangaroos lol :P
@Raman152 lol nooo actually people do and i think Australia and Africa are very different. they dont show Australia in the same way they show Africa u know? so it would be completely horrible if someone did ask if u ride kangaroos lol
Well, American schools don't really teach us about the rest of the world or at least not anything modern. Television doesn't do a good job either, actually it's to blame for those dumb questions. I think cartoons mainly and national geographics for only showing African tribes... IDK
@ExperimenterFarewell first of all africa isnt a country its a continent. lets just correct that. second, every major african city in each country has roads. EVERYONE. think im lying, find out yourself. ignorance kills the world. lets work together to stop it.
@ExperimenterFarewell its not a country to begin with.its not all that poor the Rich:poor ratio, is like america as well for example DC looks good near white house but looks like a 3rd world country once you move out.
@ExperimenterFarewell Thank u very much for commenting. U have just proven the point this video was trying to make. Let me quote what u typed: WELL AFRICA IS A PRETTY POOR cOUntRY........... AFRICA A PRETTY POOR COunTRY...........AFRICA + cOuNtRY . Is it? Amazing! Well, thank u for giving us a visible example of the ignorance people have towards Africa.
Someone asked me how long it took to learn english. Idiot! We were an english colony.I asked them how come they cannot speak english. The girl said. We do. I said not very well.
so true. I had someone ask me how did I get here. Told her by plan. She disagreed bc we dont have plans in South Africa. I laughed and told her she was right. I swam across the oceans. DOM KOPS!
The first stupid question an American asked me was, "Do you speak African?" Others even asked, "How come you speak English?", and "Why don't you look African?"
My responses:
Africa has more than two thousand languages, none of which is called African.
(continued) Most African countries have English, French, Arabic or Portuguese as their official language; they also have a major African language (e.g. Swahili, Lingala, Hausa, Wolof, Twi) as the defacto national language; and people from various parts of each country have their own native dialects (e.g. Bassa, Ga, Mandingo, Mende). Basically, most Africans are multi-lingual (I speak English, Kolokwa, and some Gbandi).
@Gonblen93 see for some reason i cant even argue with you. probably mostly because you dont have an argument. you just called me a nigger. im not angry. i dont find it derogatory. as for the word bitch i strongly doubt i am a female dog. if thats your slander then i REALLY think you could do better.
@Gonblen93 actually i didnt migrate. i consider my stay in the us an opportunity to better my country nigeria. im here to gain an education and then take it back with me to nigeria. so dont worry, in a couple of years ill be back to my as you put it "retarded traditions country". also if i were you i would fix my grammar AND THEN put up an argument to slander me.
@MrUndacovabrova you have water! >8-O is that new?! i am not sorry people ask you... i worked with lots of people from africa & the dumbass crap they asked me would boggle the mind.. but i never held against them,they were new to this country. BTW some americans DO have lions for pets. google tippi hendren (sp?)& black market wild animals in america. a couple of years ago a drug dealer's tiger ate him. if u can feed it some american will 1 have it as a pet. :-D
@judyluvsnoel the reason they ask can be more understandable. they come to a new land, one they've only heard overexaggerated stories about. they have to ask questions that may seem stupid to better understand the cultural shift. and as for the animal thing people dont ask if i have a lion as a pet because its commonplace in society. they ask because im african and stereotypically we live hand in hand with these creatures. i still hold steadfast their stupidity.
@MrUndacovabrova lol. i think it is STUPIDER (sp?) is that americans actually have tigers and lions for pets... but actually they are safer than the aligator which is much more popular in florida. i think the world news only broadcasts what makes cultures and countries look stupid. tho japan tho is always shown as genius and amazing but unfortunately they were forced to prove to prove to everyone this year and they shamed us all.
hey do you listen to the parlotones? (is that a stupid ?).
@MrUndacovabrova lol. i think it is STUPIDER (sp?) is that americans actually have tigers and lions for pets... but actually they are safer than the aligator which is much more popular in florida. i think the world news only broadcasts what makes cultures and countries look stupid. tho japan tho is always shown as genius and amazing but unfortunately they were forced to prove to prove to everyone this year and they shamed us all. hey do you listen to the parlotones? (is that a stupid ?).
Good video....a classmate in GRADUATE school asked me what high school is like in Kenya...I said it depends. I went to a high school that had tonnes of whites and indians...and then he asks me....were they on an exchange program...I was like -next time I go to Kenya..why not ride with me....there are white kenyans..people need to travel. quit going to florida for vacation go to the East African Coast and you will never go to any American beach....ignorance ignorance...
@ffnasez the beaches are obviously nice as they are in such a remote place they are clean, its getting to them thats the problem, without getting ambushed.
whoever you are, you are obviously ignorant about africa. africans are not only black, they are white, arabic, taureg. black africans are mainly from central africa, u need to go to school.
OMFG! You must be kidding me with what you're saying. A black person born in Europe is not European? A white person born in Africa is not African? This is beyond ignorance. How will that be in Brazil, where we have all colors? Who is Brazilian, then? No one? You have to learn more and open your mind!
This video is kinda true to what most Americans ask African, Im from South east Africa myself and i must say that when i came to America, ive been worned out by all the ignorant questions, some Americans dont ask ignorant quests though coz they ACTUALLY take the time to read and learn about the true Africa, but to those who still do,i think its either on purpose to be offensive,or they just werent educated about Africa..coz maybe they dont take it seriously & negative media coverage is to blame
As an American, I find this halarious. I have to say, before I became friends with someone from South Africa I was pretty ignorant on the country as well, but not to the "mud hut" and "elephants to school" level, lol. We are pretty uneducated on Africa in its entirety (not just SA). Culture and geography. Just the other day I asked my grandmother if she'd ever go back to Africa and she was arguing with me saying she'd never been to that continent....
These questions are born in the inaccurate stereotypical media portrayal of foreign countries. These aren't things we've been taught in school. These are things we've seen on TV or the News. People make all sorts of assumptions based on what they've seen or heard on television or radio. Movies especially are to blame. Don't worry, though. Alot of Americans also think that everyone in Australia has a kangaroo for a pet. Or that there are panda bears in your backyard if you live in China.
I don't think Americans are not taught those things about Africa (I'm a first-generation American from Zim). We arent taught anything about Africa, and people don't care to find out, so they make random inferences based on random TV shows and charity commercials. But at the same time, things go both ways. I believe most Africans have a very distorted view of America as well... Our view is definitely more ignorant however...
I lived in South Africa for 1 year, and I was surprised at all the strange and sometimes stupid questions I got from them about America. It's all in good fun. South Africans are funny people, especially when they are stoned.
i have been in the states for a year now and i know not all americans are stupid... but i do get asked a lot of stupid qquestions from time to time and we're allowed to be humourous about it! no offence to any americans!!! its an amazing country
you all need to get educated, and stop stereotyping people from the U.S. Sure, there are really stupid people here, but don't you have that every where? We also have some of the most brilliant people as well. So please don't assume all Americans are stupid, because it is really offensive. I don't label all WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS AS RACIST, so don't label all American people as ignorant.
i have 2 lions.. africans dont have cars we ride our elephants and rhinos 2 skool. our skool is on a huge tree house with wooden elevators. on special days we have a talking gorilla teach us how 2 climb trees. thats wat i always say if they ask me.
in my first week in America I told someone I was from South Africa... he responded with: "so are you British or Australian?".. thats when i shook my head and walked away
americans are so dumb its unbelievable lol, a dr in america could ask a question like all the one u just put out. Or wait are happy to be free from all the hunger and famine er no, people dont move to america bcos they want freedom, cause there are lots of americans in africa living too.
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fuck u!! ur just jelous cause america is the best country and the best army!! fuckin bitch! get a fuckin life! and stop talkin shit about other countries!! fucken nigga
This is just the truth its ok, every 1 else on the planet apart from the americans accept this fact but thats ok. u suck lick ass u pussy all u can do is rant. But u know ur stupid. U probably thought iraq was in africa and that people rode tigers in africa. U dumb bitch educate urself. AND STOP BEING SO IGNORANT. FUCK U AND ALL STUPID AMERICANS, WHICH IS ALOT OF AMERICANS.
george bush IS a moron!!! fuck! i despise him!! Apart from stupid questions americans ask south africans, GEORGE BUSH is probably one of the biggest reasons that most people think Americans are idiots...i loathe him!!
I don't hate all Americans. I just wish all you European(white/thieves/slave owners) to take their flat asses back to Europe. Oh wait your in South Africa. Well you don't belong in that country either. Get the Fuct out. lol At all the white people dieing in South Africa since Mandela came into office.
I was born in Israel and my (American) parents moved to Cape Town when I was a baby. We moved to America when I was 15 and and was shocked at how clueless Americans were. I was at the finest private school in the city, and not only got asked absurdly stupid questions from fellow students, but from teachers as well. I was years ahead of the other kids.
Americans aren't stupid they're just grossly undereducated. The average Soweto minibus driver knows more about the world than most Yanks.
hahaha shot man that was awesome but its so true someone asked me do i eat normal food and i said yeah but my fav is scraps from the lions mmmhhh raw meat LMFAO they took me seriously
man, gringos r such idiots. just because u live in a place where there's a lot of trees and stuff, does not mean you live in the 1400's. it's like my country. they think that we over here live in little huts and dress in rags and still walk around barefoot. and as far as I'm concerned, the Americas is not just the US, but also Canada, Mexico, and all of Latinamerica, including the Caribbean, and they think that they r the only americans. they should call themselves unitedstatetians or something.
u could have been. i mean there are ppl who are mixed that look like an ordinary white person then they do mixed, or black. genetics is something else u know.
white people give me the laugh that i have been waiting for i mean you have no culture that is why you all have to travel to other countries and adopt other people's ways of living i mean look at america it was stolen from the native americans you all did not buy it but you all are quick to put others in jail for stealing what about you all does the rules not apply to you? well i guess not
My cousin asked me the same questions when she came to visit me and I lived one State away from her in the same Country. She thought we had horses w/buggies and outhouses. Come on it is totally natural to conceptualize Africa as being an exotic place, yes? Much like the Amazon or life down under. How pissy people get over silly questions.
Yeah, I see your point. I had a great time with my cousin... I told her methane gas blew up the outhouse - so she'd have to find a bush or some tree to go behind. It was great! I tell you, ignorance makes a person far too malluable. Anyway, if people were shocked I could drive a car and flush a toilet - I'd get a little cranky too. We're fed a HUGE doses of BS here in the west. Sorry to say, we mostly swallow it. =(
and another thing this vid is stupid the only ppl that ask stupid questions about africa are uncle toms and crackers real black ppl know about their true history not the crap you all try and teach in your stupid schools
LOL you are funny man 'get out of our country ... skanky white trash' I dont know what they teach you in second class schools AKA American, But I bet I will drop with tears LOL
yeah and i bet you would not last in africa or the middleeast you were casted out of the true two continents so it is understandable that you are bitter about it
get out of our countries krakk3rz oh lordi lordi 3i3 kun knot spell that is for you crackers that think all blacks are stupid you are the ones that took our diamonds and gold and all our riches so hang yourselves you skanky white trashes
i'm south african and i work in direct sales i England. you will not believe how many yank ask you those stuff, i was even asked if i was sent over to the uk to learn english...
haha dis fokken oulik die. immigrated to america from south africa, i get the same questions. "why arent you black?"
american tend to ask alot about like tigers... dom fokken poese, tigers live in asia.
the question that really pisses me off though is "do you speak african?" afrikaans is a dutch based language, with the grammar resembling the Indonesians (kitchen dutch). the continent of africa has hundreds of languages. i might as well ask you " do you speak north american?"
That is funny. really. I'm an American and I'm sure people ask questions like this. I wouldn't be surprised. (I work retail... I've heard it all) Keep making me laugh. cheers!
yeah yanks do say some stupid shit alright lol. It's like "um hang on isn't New Zealand a suburb of Syndey Australia?" and "Where's Old Zealand?" and the probably think we have special pedestrian crossings for sheep in our cities lamo.
top 5 questions any1 from the 'civilized world' asks us;
-have you got a pet lion
-do you walk around in animal skins
-do you live in huts
-what tribe are you part of
-(if ur on msn, skype etc)are you black
lol, people in england are worse, they r convinced we use old computers and dont know what a ps1 is, and they cant beleive most of us speak good english lol
hey man! i feel u ! first i was gettin' mad but now i just smile and respond w/ sacarsm...like do u wear clothes? i'm like nooo...clothes r just too tight 4 a person whose use to wear cassava leave..lol and theey beleive...is Kinshasa in south Dakota? im like ok...not that far..they're dumb!
who asks you if you ride elephants in England? Why would you even entertain such a question. Quit trying to relate, we all know you have roads, no lions, no elephants, wear clothes, and have every amenity that the USA has. You just pay a little more for gas and have a different form of government. quit trying to fabricate the sigma of not living in a developed nation. By the way, "cus" is not a word.
aint you a little bitch,,,he was just trying to show how ignorant sone people are--you dumb ass,i am a south african in europe and i get that sometimes,i went to england last month and yeah some one asked ir i used to ride an elephant to school,so there you go,,SKANK.and by the wasy;;;'its written-coz not cus and its a swager--a word you use when having informal chat with your peer,,we have lions and all--just not in our backyards roaming and all,,K?
"no we cut down trees while we're walking" pwahahaha.. iv been asked stupid questions like that before. "so do you wear clothes?" "do you have cars back in Africa?" smh. the levels of ignorance!
salcherie 2 weeks ago
When i came to the U.S, people asked me questions like; "is this the first time that your'e wearing shoes?", "did you come here in a boat?" " have you killed a lion before?", " How did you learn how to speak English?" Most of the time, i just laugh on the inside when they ask me these silly questions.
pinkpantheragent007 5 months ago
@pinkpantheragent007 -.-
Please tell me you're jocking,PLEASE!
VICTORIA81369 1 week ago
HAHA FUNNY SHIT MAN FUCK I HATE IGNORANT AMERICAN ASSHOLES
MrJamescreswick 5 months ago
My mum has that terrible accent aswell. Thank god she put me in an english school! It has to be the single worst accent in the whole world!!!!!
LTsimon612 5 months ago
@jmwizkid
Africans are AFRICAN. Its an ethnicity. you never have to go there to be african.
Does a Asian person have to go to Asia to be Asian? Does a Caucasian have to go to the caucus mountains to be Caucasian? As you can see your logic is flawed.
I am going to give you two words to look up.
"Ethnicity" & "Nationality"
You are getting the two confused and your education is not help you.
YOU are Caucasian have you ever been to the Caucus mountains? No, but you are still Caucasian,
TheAncientX 6 months ago
@jmwizkid
This is first grade stuff. So tell me...How far are you in the education system?
TheAncientX 7 months ago
@jmwizki
You are the very definition of a idiot. I dont even think you looked up ANYTHING before you prepped to open your mouth. It is to be expected of such a lowly person though.
He is not FROM the continent of Africa. He is Caucasian. This means he is FROM the caucus mountains.
I am from Africa therefor I am African. A Asian person is FROM Asia and therefore they would be asian.
The COUNTRY he is in is what gives him his NATIONALITY. HIS FAMILY/GENES is what gives him his Ethnicity/Race
TheAncientX 7 months ago
@TheAncientX so then, genius, what do you call people living on the African continent?
coolking93 7 months ago
@coolking93
Is that a real question?
AFRICA IS a continent as you said. INSIDE of Africa there ARE countries. His nationality is whatever country he resides in. Therefore he is NOT "African" He is South African. The difference is SA IS a country and NOT a ethnicity. His ethnicity is Caucasian. So he can say he is South African but NOT African.
TheAncientX 7 months ago
@TheAncientX Yeah you right, im south african as a nationality, but not african as ethnicity or race.
MegaWhiteafrican 6 months ago
@coolking93 it is pointless to argue stuff like that. if he is from america, he isn't african if he is black unless he was born in africa. he is african-american or afro-american or the unpopular negroe (still it would be american-negroe) like i would be native-irish-english-african american if i wanted to be picky. i wonder if he realizes not all black people come from africa? (mr unda--next time say "what is this bridge you speak of"... )
judyluvsnoel 6 months ago
Ok...I need to correct you.
YOU are NOT African. YOU are Caucasian.
WHITE AND BLACK are NOT races. African and Caucasian are.
ALSO do not confuse your nationality with your ethnicity (race).
Your Ethnicity is Caucasian but your nationality is South African. NOT to be confused with AFRICAN.
African
Asian
Caucasian
Those are "races".
So please be more specific in your title so it does not appear that YOU are African.
TheAncientX 7 months ago
I'm american and I wouldn't ask those questions becuse they are stupid.
eclipselover100 8 months ago
Are you from Durban?
09feb1992 9 months ago
Everybody is hating so bad on Americans, but honestly, it's not our fault we don't know much about your countries when we have never been told anything about it besides what we hear in the news and stuff like that. It's not really ignorance, it's pretty much the only thing that the less educated half of our population know.
So, forgive us.
ShutTheHellUpNavi 9 months ago
@ShutTheHellUpNavi lmao what you just said is absolutely silly. Americans who ask question like that are ignorant & how about doing some research and educating yourself to get out of that predicament instead of blaming it on the news.
fineguh 9 months ago
@fineguh Duh all of those questions are absolutely ridiculous. I just meant in general. And what I meant was that most people don't want to sit around researching when they can continue their petty little lives without ever having to learn.
ShutTheHellUpNavi 8 months ago
once i was asked if we had paved roads and i said "yes, we had a very nice intricate highway system in the belgian congo in the 1950's"...but then i remembered all the paved roads went away when we gave the country back to the baboon one handed lazy black sambos'..my bad
belgiancongowasgreat 10 months ago
U CUTE
TheFantasyRide 11 months ago
from cali and met alot of africans from all ways of life and the demigraphics in this country really put a horrible stereotype on americans, and i apologize for a small percentage of our nations ignorance
chrisbedford209 1 year ago 2
I'm sure not only Americans ask these questions.
alonzo9772 1 year ago
So a girl I considered a friend asked m to years ago "do yu live in huts nd stuff?" I went off on her ass.... We still friends now nd I do love Americans bt sumtimes the ignorance pisses me off..nd whenver we get asked something similar mi friends and I go off on them with thick ass African accents....lols...seriously tho we dnt take things lyk tht lightly
ayomidehope 1 year ago
@ayomidehope As an Afram I can tell you that American ignorance is HUGE, When they hear about Africa they never hear the positive things, nor do they hear that Africans are the new model minority. The only Americans that know positive things about Africans are Aframs from the Mid and Upper classes and also the well traveled. Even lower class Aframs can be ignorant about it, because in our public schools they teach nothing about anyone except the West.
StTigray1 1 year ago
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roxorman3647 1 year ago
This was so funny! We should all take a field trip! Nice job dude posting this.
callmesan17 1 year ago
The most annoying question ever is "Do you speak english"
putover111 1 year ago
You do realise that no one actually asks these questions unless they are mentally retarded, if so, to a certain extent. Btw no im not American, im Australian, and no, people dont ask me if i ride kangaroos...
Raman152 1 year ago
@Raman152 when i went to USA evry1 asked if i rode a kangaroo to skewl and i said yer and i hav a crocodile in my bak yard and they believed me
crabbypati1 1 year ago
@Raman152 honesty australia and africa are pretty darn different. the way they show australia in america is not the way they show africa here u know? so i would hope that nobody has ever asked u if u ride kangaroos lol :P
Naijagirl22 8 months ago
@Raman152 lol nooo actually people do and i think Australia and Africa are very different. they dont show Australia in the same way they show Africa u know? so it would be completely horrible if someone did ask if u ride kangaroos lol
Naijagirl22 8 months ago
Well, American schools don't really teach us about the rest of the world or at least not anything modern. Television doesn't do a good job either, actually it's to blame for those dumb questions. I think cartoons mainly and national geographics for only showing African tribes... IDK
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ExperimenterFarewell 1 year ago
@ExperimenterFarewell first of all africa isnt a country its a continent. lets just correct that. second, every major african city in each country has roads. EVERYONE. think im lying, find out yourself. ignorance kills the world. lets work together to stop it.
MrUndacovabrova 1 year ago
@ExperimenterFarewell its not a country to begin with.its not all that poor the Rich:poor ratio, is like america as well for example DC looks good near white house but looks like a 3rd world country once you move out.
DopeWunder 1 year ago
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kindomofghana 1 year ago
@ExperimenterFarewell Thank u very much for commenting. U have just proven the point this video was trying to make. Let me quote what u typed: WELL AFRICA IS A PRETTY POOR cOUntRY........... AFRICA A PRETTY POOR COunTRY...........AFRICA + cOuNtRY . Is it? Amazing! Well, thank u for giving us a visible example of the ignorance people have towards Africa.
kindomofghana 1 year ago
@kindomofghana Sure, no problem!
ExperimenterFarewell 1 year ago
@ExperimenterFarewell Sure, no problem!
ExperimenterFarewell 1 year ago
do you have roads?....NO we fly everywhere stupid americans
simbakafiri 1 year ago
@simbakafiri Just because people are American does not make the stupid. Judging someones race/location shows how stupid YOU really are. Yes?
mastareptile 1 year ago
@mastareptile americans are retards...including you reatard
simbakafiri 1 year ago
Someone asked me how long it took to learn english. Idiot! We were an english colony.I asked them how come they cannot speak english. The girl said. We do. I said not very well.
sibusiso06 1 year ago
so true. I had someone ask me how did I get here. Told her by plan. She disagreed bc we dont have plans in South Africa. I laughed and told her she was right. I swam across the oceans. DOM KOPS!
sibusiso06 1 year ago
@sibusiso06
oh my goodness no she did not disagree with you flying, no body can be that damn stupid but i could be wrong.
tanio12 1 year ago
@tanio12
No she was that dumb. I wish people like that could wear a sign that says "I am Globally Challenged!" so we can avoid them.
sibusiso06 1 year ago
The first stupid question an American asked me was, "Do you speak African?" Others even asked, "How come you speak English?", and "Why don't you look African?"
My responses:
Africa has more than two thousand languages, none of which is called African.
LabeerehnGbanna 1 year ago
(continued) Most African countries have English, French, Arabic or Portuguese as their official language; they also have a major African language (e.g. Swahili, Lingala, Hausa, Wolof, Twi) as the defacto national language; and people from various parts of each country have their own native dialects (e.g. Bassa, Ga, Mandingo, Mende). Basically, most Africans are multi-lingual (I speak English, Kolokwa, and some Gbandi).
LabeerehnGbanna 1 year ago
(continued) The Africans you see don't look "African" because most Africans don't look what you think Africans look like.
LabeerehnGbanna 1 year ago
(continued) The Africans you see don't look "African" because most Africans don't look like what you think Africans look like.
LabeerehnGbanna 1 year ago
lol
MrRedFredSaid 1 year ago
Yeah there's too many people who automatically think all Africans are black, which is not true o.o
NuclearSharkhead 1 year ago
a girl in my school asked me if there are bridges in africa.. (im nigerian)
no smartass, we fight piranas and get our clothes wet everyday just to get across the water (INSERT FACEPALM HERE)
MrUndacovabrova 1 year ago 16
@MrUndacovabrova
your still a nigger bitch!
Gonblen93 1 year ago
@Gonblen93 see for some reason i cant even argue with you. probably mostly because you dont have an argument. you just called me a nigger. im not angry. i dont find it derogatory. as for the word bitch i strongly doubt i am a female dog. if thats your slander then i REALLY think you could do better.
MrUndacovabrova 1 year ago
@MrUndacovabrova
still you are stupid nigger who migrated from his retarded traditions country and now he sucks his fathers cock and mothers pussy...
Gonblen93 1 year ago
@Gonblen93 actually i didnt migrate. i consider my stay in the us an opportunity to better my country nigeria. im here to gain an education and then take it back with me to nigeria. so dont worry, in a couple of years ill be back to my as you put it "retarded traditions country". also if i were you i would fix my grammar AND THEN put up an argument to slander me.
MrUndacovabrova 1 year ago
@MrUndacovabrova you have water! >8-O is that new?! i am not sorry people ask you... i worked with lots of people from africa & the dumbass crap they asked me would boggle the mind.. but i never held against them,they were new to this country. BTW some americans DO have lions for pets. google tippi hendren (sp?)& black market wild animals in america. a couple of years ago a drug dealer's tiger ate him. if u can feed it some american will 1 have it as a pet. :-D
judyluvsnoel 6 months ago
@judyluvsnoel the reason they ask can be more understandable. they come to a new land, one they've only heard overexaggerated stories about. they have to ask questions that may seem stupid to better understand the cultural shift. and as for the animal thing people dont ask if i have a lion as a pet because its commonplace in society. they ask because im african and stereotypically we live hand in hand with these creatures. i still hold steadfast their stupidity.
MrUndacovabrova 6 months ago
@MrUndacovabrova lol. i think it is STUPIDER (sp?) is that americans actually have tigers and lions for pets... but actually they are safer than the aligator which is much more popular in florida. i think the world news only broadcasts what makes cultures and countries look stupid. tho japan tho is always shown as genius and amazing but unfortunately they were forced to prove to prove to everyone this year and they shamed us all.
hey do you listen to the parlotones? (is that a stupid ?).
judyluvsnoel 6 months ago
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@MrUndacovabrova lol. i think it is STUPIDER (sp?) is that americans actually have tigers and lions for pets... but actually they are safer than the aligator which is much more popular in florida. i think the world news only broadcasts what makes cultures and countries look stupid. tho japan tho is always shown as genius and amazing but unfortunately they were forced to prove to prove to everyone this year and they shamed us all. hey do you listen to the parlotones? (is that a stupid ?).
judyluvsnoel 6 months ago
Q: How long have you been in California?
A: 6 months.
Q: Wow! And you can speak English so well!
A: What can I say - I'm a frikken genius ;-)
nirvana1017 1 year ago 2
kon beter gewees het...
ettermagog 1 year ago
wow.... just.... wow.
resonantdave 2 years ago
I'm sorry for all the ignorant questions people have asked you.
444Riku 2 years ago 7
Your African when it suits you, sincerely I'm not buying into that BS.
tekenareuben 2 years ago
They also ask me why i am white, are my parents black, if i lived in huts
BERNIE0484 2 years ago
Q: you see lions in you're backyard?
A:Yeh we run out and choke them to death, then we make some nice lion stew
BERNIE0484 2 years ago
i'm gonna write that one down..lol
trina252 2 years ago
@BERNIE0484 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
VICTORIA81369 1 week ago
accent
TBPerkins 2 years ago
LOL, Love the SA acent
TBPerkins 2 years ago
Haha! So true. I'm from North Africa. People will look straight into my white face and ask me if something went wrong.
nope.
us rare breed of white africans ACTUALLY exist...
manikas325 2 years ago 2
i mean ethnicaly african. just like a black person born in europe is not european
Kingtunice 2 years ago
Good video....a classmate in GRADUATE school asked me what high school is like in Kenya...I said it depends. I went to a high school that had tonnes of whites and indians...and then he asks me....were they on an exchange program...I was like -next time I go to Kenya..why not ride with me....there are white kenyans..people need to travel. quit going to florida for vacation go to the East African Coast and you will never go to any American beach....ignorance ignorance...
ffnasez 2 years ago
@ffnasez the beaches are obviously nice as they are in such a remote place they are clean, its getting to them thats the problem, without getting ambushed.
liveforevermaybe 1 year ago
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whoa white boy u are not african....
Kingtunice 2 years ago
you are from where you're born
nlytend1 2 years ago 2
you couldn't have said it better
ekspertti1 2 years ago 2
whoever you are, you are obviously ignorant about africa. africans are not only black, they are white, arabic, taureg. black africans are mainly from central africa, u need to go to school.
theInvigorate 2 years ago 2
im talking about ethnic africans.
Kingtunice 2 years ago
OMFG! You must be kidding me with what you're saying. A black person born in Europe is not European? A white person born in Africa is not African? This is beyond ignorance. How will that be in Brazil, where we have all colors? Who is Brazilian, then? No one? You have to learn more and open your mind!
NighttimeBird 2 years ago 3
black africans are from all over africa.
peacemakerandrebel 2 years ago
This video is kinda true to what most Americans ask African, Im from South east Africa myself and i must say that when i came to America, ive been worned out by all the ignorant questions, some Americans dont ask ignorant quests though coz they ACTUALLY take the time to read and learn about the true Africa, but to those who still do,i think its either on purpose to be offensive,or they just werent educated about Africa..coz maybe they dont take it seriously & negative media coverage is to blame
sapulene 2 years ago
LOVE IT!!!!!
Teranga21 2 years ago
As an American, I find this halarious. I have to say, before I became friends with someone from South Africa I was pretty ignorant on the country as well, but not to the "mud hut" and "elephants to school" level, lol. We are pretty uneducated on Africa in its entirety (not just SA). Culture and geography. Just the other day I asked my grandmother if she'd ever go back to Africa and she was arguing with me saying she'd never been to that continent....
She just got back from Egypt. *Facepalm*
amandamarielynn 2 years ago
These questions are born in the inaccurate stereotypical media portrayal of foreign countries. These aren't things we've been taught in school. These are things we've seen on TV or the News. People make all sorts of assumptions based on what they've seen or heard on television or radio. Movies especially are to blame. Don't worry, though. Alot of Americans also think that everyone in Australia has a kangaroo for a pet. Or that there are panda bears in your backyard if you live in China.
Chikafan20 2 years ago
I don't think Americans are not taught those things about Africa (I'm a first-generation American from Zim). We arent taught anything about Africa, and people don't care to find out, so they make random inferences based on random TV shows and charity commercials. But at the same time, things go both ways. I believe most Africans have a very distorted view of America as well... Our view is definitely more ignorant however...
Kaylinerst3663 2 years ago 2
lmao, the sad part is there is Americans that think that... *rolls eyes*
Neotanium 2 years ago
ok...so... in America, all people are taught that everyone on the continent of Africa is:
1) BLACK
2) HAS AIDS
3) IS STARVING
4) LIVE IN MUD HUTS/SHACKS
.............
Although the above may apply to some people in Africa, it definitely does not apply to all people there.
Americans just need to be informed properly about other cultures in the world so they stop asking stupid questions!!!
DOES ANYONE ELSE AGREE???
kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago 2
ha ha .. do you live in a mud hut ?
why arent you black if your african ?
how are you on a computer ?
and so on lol
samerelivinitup 2 years ago
i can barely understand ur accent.
rumbuoy 2 years ago
I lived in South Africa for 1 year, and I was surprised at all the strange and sometimes stupid questions I got from them about America. It's all in good fun. South Africans are funny people, especially when they are stoned.
sotozstori 2 years ago
i have been in the states for a year now and i know not all americans are stupid... but i do get asked a lot of stupid qquestions from time to time and we're allowed to be humourous about it! no offence to any americans!!! its an amazing country
rvanderspuy 2 years ago
you all need to get educated, and stop stereotyping people from the U.S. Sure, there are really stupid people here, but don't you have that every where? We also have some of the most brilliant people as well. So please don't assume all Americans are stupid, because it is really offensive. I don't label all WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS AS RACIST, so don't label all American people as ignorant.
kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
i have 2 lions.. africans dont have cars we ride our elephants and rhinos 2 skool. our skool is on a huge tree house with wooden elevators. on special days we have a talking gorilla teach us how 2 climb trees. thats wat i always say if they ask me.
reymynam3 2 years ago 2
@reymynam3 AHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
VICTORIA81369 1 week ago
in my first week in America I told someone I was from South Africa... he responded with: "so are you British or Australian?".. thats when i shook my head and walked away
rvanderspuy 2 years ago
americans are so dumb its unbelievable lol, a dr in america could ask a question like all the one u just put out. Or wait are happy to be free from all the hunger and famine er no, people dont move to america bcos they want freedom, cause there are lots of americans in africa living too.
sguardian870 2 years ago
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fuck u!! ur just jelous cause america is the best country and the best army!! fuckin bitch! get a fuckin life! and stop talkin shit about other countries!! fucken nigga
rumbuoy 2 years ago
This is just the truth its ok, every 1 else on the planet apart from the americans accept this fact but thats ok. u suck lick ass u pussy all u can do is rant. But u know ur stupid. U probably thought iraq was in africa and that people rode tigers in africa. U dumb bitch educate urself. AND STOP BEING SO IGNORANT. FUCK U AND ALL STUPID AMERICANS, WHICH IS ALOT OF AMERICANS.
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lilmizztypist 1 year ago
Americans are NOT stupid!! Oh wait.. We Elected George W. Bush?? Twice??!!
never mind...
randy95023 2 years ago
george bush is a fuckin idiot!! well i cant vote, so im not to blame. lolz
rumbuoy 2 years ago
george bush IS a moron!!! fuck! i despise him!! Apart from stupid questions americans ask south africans, GEORGE BUSH is probably one of the biggest reasons that most people think Americans are idiots...i loathe him!!
kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
yea i know!!! fuckin messed up the economy!! asshole. cause of him i now have bad education!! we are all praying that obama cab fix this crap
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kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
pshht americans are not stupid there just really really dumb
jubilant23 2 years ago
I don't hate all Americans. I just wish all you European(white/thieves/slave owners) to take their flat asses back to Europe. Oh wait your in South Africa. Well you don't belong in that country either. Get the Fuct out. lol At all the white people dieing in South Africa since Mandela came into office.
dscottn101 2 years ago
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kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
@dscottn101 POES
moonshine8603 1 year ago
don't think all Americans are stupid lol. I have friends from South Africa
coolsteven2 2 years ago
you have to be an twit to ask those questions.
hlblade57 2 years ago
1. Oh, so you know what a hamburger is?
2. But.. but... you're... white!
3. You mean there's Coca-Cola in Africa?
4. Why don't you make clicking sounds when you talk (at which point I bust out my best Xhosa! swear words!)
5. Your family owned a CHEVROLET?
6. So you didn't have a pet monkey/lion/tiger/giraffe?
7. Sorry, I just assumed you didn't know what a baskeball was...
hnorky 2 years ago 11
"You mean there's Coca-Cola in Africa?"
Obviously they've never seen The Gods Must Be Crazy.
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hnorky 2 years ago
I was born in Israel and my (American) parents moved to Cape Town when I was a baby. We moved to America when I was 15 and and was shocked at how clueless Americans were. I was at the finest private school in the city, and not only got asked absurdly stupid questions from fellow students, but from teachers as well. I was years ahead of the other kids.
Americans aren't stupid they're just grossly undereducated. The average Soweto minibus driver knows more about the world than most Yanks.
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kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
someone from American?? hahaha typical...
rvanderspuy 2 years ago
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kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
and when as a black african dont fit to stereotypes they seem to get offended,seriously.dumb americans!!
huricaneherb 2 years ago
hahaha shot man that was awesome but its so true someone asked me do i eat normal food and i said yeah but my fav is scraps from the lions mmmhhh raw meat LMFAO they took me seriously
emolurv101 2 years ago
hahah thay ask me the same questions... americans are weird
DarkMindedllamas 2 years ago
LOL...very funny...but...not all Americans are that dumb!
jacquelin10 2 years ago
yes they are =|
DarkMindedllamas 2 years ago
haha i think its funny how every1 thinks were stupid. Americans are actually intelligent! :) yeahhhhh
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kimberlymikesh12 2 years ago
exactly how a typical conversation goes...... :))
fantasnix 3 years ago
man, gringos r such idiots. just because u live in a place where there's a lot of trees and stuff, does not mean you live in the 1400's. it's like my country. they think that we over here live in little huts and dress in rags and still walk around barefoot. and as far as I'm concerned, the Americas is not just the US, but also Canada, Mexico, and all of Latinamerica, including the Caribbean, and they think that they r the only americans. they should call themselves unitedstatetians or something.
Kairi1416 3 years ago
haha i love this im south african i live in the uk and they ask me if i live in a mud hut and stuff and ask me why im white =/ haha lol !
angelgal9 3 years ago
hahahahaha...i no the feeling! they r soooooooooo funnneee...some one asked me if i'm BLACK!!!!!!!! bt i hv a white skin n all!
Bushgypsy 3 years ago
u could have been. i mean there are ppl who are mixed that look like an ordinary white person then they do mixed, or black. genetics is something else u know.
AKATRiLL09 3 years ago
white people give me the laugh that i have been waiting for i mean you have no culture that is why you all have to travel to other countries and adopt other people's ways of living i mean look at america it was stolen from the native americans you all did not buy it but you all are quick to put others in jail for stealing what about you all does the rules not apply to you? well i guess not
billk18 3 years ago
My cousin asked me the same questions when she came to visit me and I lived one State away from her in the same Country. She thought we had horses w/buggies and outhouses. Come on it is totally natural to conceptualize Africa as being an exotic place, yes? Much like the Amazon or life down under. How pissy people get over silly questions.
BeanGene 3 years ago
its beyond silly it almost becomes insulting, oh you speak english do you know how to use a toilet here is how you tunr on a light...lol
Fuzzbabby 2 years ago
Yeah, I see your point. I had a great time with my cousin... I told her methane gas blew up the outhouse - so she'd have to find a bush or some tree to go behind. It was great! I tell you, ignorance makes a person far too malluable. Anyway, if people were shocked I could drive a car and flush a toilet - I'd get a little cranky too. We're fed a HUGE doses of BS here in the west. Sorry to say, we mostly swallow it. =(
BeanGene 2 years ago
and another thing this vid is stupid the only ppl that ask stupid questions about africa are uncle toms and crackers real black ppl know about their true history not the crap you all try and teach in your stupid schools
billk18 3 years ago
LOL you are funny man 'get out of our country ... skanky white trash' I dont know what they teach you in second class schools AKA American, But I bet I will drop with tears LOL
str34twizeII 3 years ago
yeah and i bet you would not last in africa or the middleeast you were casted out of the true two continents so it is understandable that you are bitter about it
billk18 3 years ago
get out of our countries krakk3rz oh lordi lordi 3i3 kun knot spell that is for you crackers that think all blacks are stupid you are the ones that took our diamonds and gold and all our riches so hang yourselves you skanky white trashes
billk18 3 years ago
because you where to retarded to get them yourselfs!!
Bergwagter 3 years ago
i hope your kids and momma die bitch
dewege101 3 years ago
sadly i am not an african but a south african bleh idiot
DeadWabbitPopsickles 3 years ago
i'm south african and i work in direct sales i England. you will not believe how many yank ask you those stuff, i was even asked if i was sent over to the uk to learn english...
the funniest one i ever heard was
Q: If your South African how did you get here?
A: I came by plane..
Q: you have planes in south africa????
FenrirSama 3 years ago 3
haha dis fokken oulik die. immigrated to america from south africa, i get the same questions. "why arent you black?"
american tend to ask alot about like tigers... dom fokken poese, tigers live in asia.
the question that really pisses me off though is "do you speak african?" afrikaans is a dutch based language, with the grammar resembling the Indonesians (kitchen dutch). the continent of africa has hundreds of languages. i might as well ask you " do you speak north american?"
pmalherbe 3 years ago
lol dude you are flippin hilarious!!!!! love it!!!
buzzbox08 3 years ago
That is funny. really. I'm an American and I'm sure people ask questions like this. I wouldn't be surprised. (I work retail... I've heard it all) Keep making me laugh. cheers!
gurdy56 3 years ago
Zimbabwe!! lmao
Christiaan956 3 years ago
oh lol. I mean't lmao not lamo, ha laughing my off.
Q. "Are you on Crack!?"
A. "Yeah it looks like I am, that's what happens to footpaths after a while, why do you ask? You can stand on it if you like"
acidspoodie 3 years ago
yeah yanks do say some stupid shit alright lol. It's like "um hang on isn't New Zealand a suburb of Syndey Australia?" and "Where's Old Zealand?" and the probably think we have special pedestrian crossings for sheep in our cities lamo.
acidspoodie 3 years ago
man i'm so depressed Africans don't ride elephants to school. all i've ever known is a lie. .... now off to mcdonald's to shoot some stuff. ;)
becht13 3 years ago
So Africans DON'T ride elephants? Well damn.
tux0beliver 3 years ago 2
top 5 questions any1 from the 'civilized world' asks us;
-have you got a pet lion
-do you walk around in animal skins
-do you live in huts
-what tribe are you part of
-(if ur on msn, skype etc)are you black
lol, people in england are worse, they r convinced we use old computers and dont know what a ps1 is, and they cant beleive most of us speak good english lol
funny vid, sums them up well haha!
acetorben 3 years ago
-have you got a pet Irakie?
-do you live in huts -no in trailers.
-what tribe are you part of? Fanatic Americans?
oraste 3 years ago
soz, im probly being reeeeeely dum, i dont get this?
acetorben 3 years ago
hey man! i feel u ! first i was gettin' mad but now i just smile and respond w/ sacarsm...like do u wear clothes? i'm like nooo...clothes r just too tight 4 a person whose use to wear cassava leave..lol and theey beleive...is Kinshasa in south Dakota? im like ok...not that far..they're dumb!
MJmylove01 4 years ago
i knw exactlly how u feel once i was chatten to an american chick on facebook and she was fucking supprised i had a computer
Tearjerker1234 4 years ago
haha thats funny... but sad. we're so geographically challlenged.
Misslcon 4 years ago
i was there with you at wwe
leon1660 4 years ago
LMFAO Oh man, I was soooooo expecting the "are you black' one lol Great video I'm subscribing. :D
NCKyle1980 4 years ago
Very true. It is kind of irritating at times but then again, what can you do.....Use it as a teachable moment....
wintrowag 4 years ago
lol- so true i get these kind of questions in England too. i tend to just go along with them tho cus i find it more fun that way!
BubblegumGirl07 4 years ago
who asks you if you ride elephants in England? Why would you even entertain such a question. Quit trying to relate, we all know you have roads, no lions, no elephants, wear clothes, and have every amenity that the USA has. You just pay a little more for gas and have a different form of government. quit trying to fabricate the sigma of not living in a developed nation. By the way, "cus" is not a word.
smbarz 3 years ago
aint you a little bitch,,,he was just trying to show how ignorant sone people are--you dumb ass,i am a south african in europe and i get that sometimes,i went to england last month and yeah some one asked ir i used to ride an elephant to school,so there you go,,SKANK.and by the wasy;;;'its written-coz not cus and its a swager--a word you use when having informal chat with your peer,,we have lions and all--just not in our backyards roaming and all,,K?
godfreylr 3 years ago 2
LOL! hi 5:)
rupert993 4 years ago
hey ppls!! pls comment and rate the video!!
coolking93 4 years ago
hey man, no fanmatastic lol
turtle199 4 years ago
Ohh yeah I know exactly what u mean dude,
here in Australia we ride Kangaroos to school, Australia is also a 3rd world country
Steven2690 4 years ago