Akata or Nigger? -- Question of the Day

uchiwali's QuickCapture Video - February 04, 2009, 10:20 AM

a rambling examination of why some africans from the continent insist on calling african americans by the racial slur 'akata'

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[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@cecinia23

Le terme n'est pas valorisant, quoi qu'on en dise.

Quant à être le chouchou des Africains, tu fais rire lol. Déjà tu n'es pas très cultivée, tes opinions semblent fortement biaisées et déconnectées de la réalité. Ca ne me gêne pas que tu te positionnes contre nos prises de position sur nos vidéos mais tes arguments sont souvent faibles et complètement farfelus

Good day to you Miss Haitian

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@cecinia23

Si je dis "ta gueule akata", tu vas me dire que c'est valoisant lol? Effectivement dans ce contexte-là, c'est dévalorisant. Force est de constater que le plus souvent, c'est pour rabaisser les Afro-américains, n'en déplaise à ceux qui affirment le contraire.

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@cecinia23

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[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@cecinia23

Quoi? Vous ne parlez aucune langue africaine (de manière courante) Je veux dire, il y a incontestablement en créole haïtien des termes et mots d'origine africaine par example. Au Brésil et à Cuba on trouve des traces lexicales de certaines langues africaines ou des vestiges sous forme de chants religieux. S'agissant du terme péjoratif "akata", cesse d'être aussi naïve. Tout dépend du sens que celui ou celle qui s'en sert lui confère ainsi que de la manière dont il est

[fuckfreshmen]

AKATA means "A cat that is not home" in Yoruba...basically it means "Africans that are not HOME aka AFRICA"

[cecinia23]

@PrinceNoirAmericain like us black from the caribbean speak are african language culture after slavery , i think that why they lil mad at your your get mad when they call your that but your call each other nigga but that ok im confuse. i hear different meaning of that word akata i dont think they mean it in a mean way they feel your white wash and need to learn more about your african roots more that all u dont see them mad at us caribbean we there fav.

[prettyinpinkxit]

akata means ghetto.. chill out bruh...

get outta your feelingssss.

[soul4u2nv]

It means a cat that doesn't live @home like a wild cat, tiz used 2 reference mostly African Americans as they are considered Africans by all but the fact that they don't live in Africa make them akata while those of us who live @home can be considered as Ologbo (cat).Its no different 4rm an African American calling his buddies"cat" d Yorubas recognize d fact that this is a cat that isn't @home.even africans that travel overseas r called Akata when they go back home...it ain offensive so chilout

[MonsieurMercredi]

@53Africa, your avatar is the same avatar used by a crazy African that follows me around Youtube making stupid comments about African-Americans. You seem to be using multiple avatars.

As far as your comment, regardless of how Nigerians see themselves, they are not viewed positively by other groups around the globe. Ask a Japanese how they view Nigerians. Ask a Chinese how they view Nigerians. Ask Ethiopians and many other groups how they view Nigerians; you'll get a negative perception.