Botham Jean's Family Creates A Scholarship In His Honor, But There's A Catch...

[jboldeniv]

At this point, Black Americans should primarily worry about themselves. Non-FBA blacks, for the most part, are only worried about themselves. This scholarship is ONLY for Carribean blacks. No one should have a problem with Black Americans getting reparations.

[jboldeniv]

At this point, Black Americans should primarily worry about themselves. Non-FBA blacks, for the most part, are only worried about themselves. This scholarship is ONLY for Carribean blacks. No one should have a problem with Black Americans getting reparations.

I also wanted to say that I have had experiences with blacks from other parts of the diaspora, and Africa. I didn't like the way that I was treated by them.

[KrisF]

I also wanted to say that I have had experiences with blacks from other parts of the diaspora, and Africa. I didn't like the way that I was treated by them.

It'd be great to learn more about your experiences because I'm from the UK for instance, but haven't heard many examples of what you're saying either here or in Africa. At present, the main thing I hear is that most groups treat black people from the US either like they're royalty or just the same as anyone else. Lol, I even remember Estelle working with Kanye to dedicate a song to our brothers across the pond (https://youtu.be/Ic5vxw3eijY).

Even when thinking back to my days in school when I'd play basketball in the park, if some of our people from the US wanted to play we'd all make sure we'd either rotate them on and off with our friends or to make sure we could rotate teams so they'd get the same amount of time on the court. So far the only times I've seen or heard good treatment not being what happened were in very specific situations, where there was more to the story/context of the event.

I've also been part of organisations like the UK's chapter of the 100 Black Men which has warm relations with the US's chapter and other chapters across the Diaspora, and they all work together to address topics that affect us all by working with our youth.

This is why it'd be good to hear more about your experiences so I could have a better reference point for what you're saying overall.

Thanks in advance

[KrisF]

At this point, Black Americans should primarily worry about themselves. Non-FBA blacks, for the most part, are only worried about themselves. This scholarship is ONLY for Carribean blacks. No one should have a problem with Black Americans getting reparations.

So I can better understand this overall, could you clarify what non-FBA means?

Thanks in advance

[jboldeniv]

Non-FBA means Non-Foundational Black American. I wanted to say, that I have absolutely nothing against blacks from other places around the world. If they are cool with American blacks, then I'm cool with them. Moving to California, it was really the first time that I encountered blacks from other parts of the diaspora. Maybe it's only like this where I live. As long as they don't have a problem with me, I don't have a problem with them.