AInked_Nerd, I am very curious about the primary school program of Nigeria for example, What is included in the history teaching I guess u are taught history from an African point of view rather than the Eurocentric like we are taught in Europe. Like is it mainly Egypt, old African kingdoms tru the times, colonisation, independence, African wars and such? And Nigerian history and history of the tribes of Nigeria and neighbouring countries,

Since in Europe there is sadly not much more than European history. no African history in school except old Egypt.

People of sub-Saharan African heritage. That will be black people of USA, Caribbean, south America, the people living in Africa excluding Arabs Asians and whites, the children of the slaves brought to India and the Arab world and lastly all the Africans who themselves have been migrating from Africa and also their children,

The white wedding dress was popularised because of the wedding of queen Victoria of England. It became the new thing to have a white wedding dress, before people wore colors like red, blue yellow even black mm. First it was mainly the elite that embraced this new trend. It was just another way to show off, that the family of the bride was so wealthy that they could choose a white dress that is harder to clean and which could be ruined by any work or spill,

In Europe, the style of wedding dresses has always had the purpose to portrait as much status and wealth as possible. With expensive fabrics and big amounts of materials. The couple represented their whole family and if it was royal, even their whole country. The reason why queen Victoria choose white was because she wanted to use some lace she already owned. The colour of purity was actuallly BLUE!

White wedding dresses has no actual connection with virginity and purity. This idea is something people have just assumed later on.

Sorry I actually have seen a few that look fairly alright, a few but they just can't turn me on for some reason anyway, hmm

I would like to say that we are all Africans and we are all black. However a big part or the biggER part of the AAs would never identify themselves with Africans even though they r Africans themselves, isolated from their continent for a long time. This ignorance is widespread and generally I do not think AAs are taught in school about their history prior to America at all. Its only a minority that really take their time and they have to educate themselves.

Why do so many look down on Africans then? Well, Imagine being taught to hate yourself and your kind during more then 400 years. This is basically racism. Racism is deeply rooted in the American society and AAs are conditioned to dislike their own kind, to dislike dark skinned people, African hair, African Religions, African costumes, broad noses and anything and anyone that is typically African. European features dominate as the standard of beauty. Racism makes our people bleach and do surgery to escape who they are.

Africans, African-Americans and people with both African and other ancestry (European for example)WE ARE ALL BLACK! Black is a socially constructed marker that defines all people with African descent. We do not choose to be black, we are simply black because of everything that we have in common contra this racist world we live in where white people by birth have the upper hand because of practical and institutionalised racism that basically place people in order by the shades of our skin with the "white" on top of the pyramid and "black" at the bottom. If you look at the distribution of capital wealth, healthcare, education etc, you will see that it follow the same pattern. Even In Sweden where I live, people with African ancestry is twice as likely to commit suicide!. This is of course a product of the colonialization of the non-white world by Europeans and further the enslaving of Africans and not a product of African people being inferior by culture, costumes intelligence or anything else.

Now, why it still remains like this is because people with power do not willingly give it away. The whole system wants to uphold the status- quo and racism is very effective tool that does just that. Racism is as prominent now as ever, but not always obvious. As many ppl mentioned media bears a big responsibility in maintaining racist beliefs and prejudices between AAs and Africans. And animosity and conflict will continue until we wake up and stop buying this crap! We are not enemies we are actually struggling on the same side against the current world order.

I cannot really blame AAs, when I think of what their up against and I cannot blame Africans who share the same enemy. I even hear Africans who blame themselves and their nations for not being developed or run properly. How many African countries are truly independent from their former "masters/Colonialists " really? And have you forgot what happened and still happens to all African leaders that fight for REAL FREEDOM of their nations (Nkrumah, Lumumba mm.)? They where seen as a threat to the interests of USA and European nations and where ELIMINATED. USA and Europe do not want true freedom for Africa, they do not want to loose any influence, they want their oil, gold and diamonds to a unfairly low price. NEOCOLONIALISM!

This one goes out to ALL African Americans:

"You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected the image of Africa negatively. They projected Africa always in a negative light—jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized. And, naturally it was so negative, it was negative to you and me. And you and I began to hate it. We didn't want anybody to tell us anything about Africa, and much less call us an African. And in hating Africa and hating the Africans, we end up hating ourselves, without even realizing it.

Because you can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself. You show me one of those people over here who has been thoroughly brainwashed, who has a negative attitude toward Africa and I'll show you one who has a negative attitude toward himself. You can't have a positive attitude toward yourself and a negative attitude toward Africa at the same time,  To the same degree your understanding of and your attitude toward Africa becomes positive, you'll find that your understanding of and your attitude toward yourself will also become positive." - MALCOLM X

We need loads of education for both sides and I am grieved that African Americans own history is not common obligatory knowledge in their school, and that Schools in Africa do not teach the history of our brothers and sisters who where taken away to be sold in white America.

I would never consider a white woman even for dating. I just have a serious problem with how they look, I think they straight up OGLI! But that is just my personal preferences. We all have different taste