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Some of the most vocal pushback about Black Americans (and specifically Black Texans) being centered on Juneteenth came from Nigerian Americans. Honestly the whole thing gave me major Lu*vie-gate flashbacks. Major.This “well we all from Africa, y’all just don’t know your history”
is both dismissive and disgusting. Our history being descendants of enslaved people has been casually mocked on this platform on tweets with HIGH engagement.
You don’t get to disrespect an ethnic group (and Black Americans *are* an ethnic group) and then try to shoehorn yourselves in our history and spaces.
And reducing it all to “your from Africa, I’m from Africa so this is mine, too”. No. RESPECT CULTURAL BOUNDARIES.
In regards to the some of the Nigerian Americans who had issue with Black Americans having this day, you need to really unpack and work on whatever identity issues you have with being black in America. You don’t get to take out your “stuff” on Us.
If I, a Black American with southern roots not from TEXAS, knew that there was but so much space I could take up. If I can realize this than so can you. What this boils down to is disrespect.
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We will get nowhere as a race if respect isn’t on the table. Period. RESPECT CULTURAL BOUNDARIES.
Because some of y’all sounded like white people today and I’m not here for that bullshit AT ALL and I will call it out every time I see it.
And I sincerely appreciate the black diasporans who spoke up and reminded others that although we all can honor Juneteenth, this was not their day to be the focal point. It was seen and appreciated. Thank you 
