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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1st gen west African here and sadly this is common. I found it much easier to get along or get accepted by other 1st gens (of any race) and White Americans than Black Americans. It was hard to accept at first because I [b]considered us all Black [/b]but thid was not reciprocated as I was constantly othered. This improved somewhat in high school and college but not really. I eventually found my people but they were mostly other 1st gen (Hispanics, Asians, Africans, European immigrants, etc.).

As long as your DD is happy and has a crew that is all that matters. Yes, it would be nice if we were all kumbaya and accepting of each other but the reality is you won’t always be everyone’s cup of tea and that will have to be ok. As you know and said, she should never force a friendship and this trend often continues to the work place as well, ime.

Wishing her the best. [/quote]

Well now you are seeing that this perception was incorrect. Africans have (multiple) cultures, African Americans have a culture. [/quote]

I would correct this and say Africans have (multiple) cultures. African Americans have (multiple) cultures. Sometimes the multiple African American culture conflict, and sometimes conflicting culture speak as though for a whole that others disagree it represents.

For example:

Call your black friends. They are not ok right now
Can you believe I’m getting calls from people just because I’m black they think I’m not ok right now? Who the heck thinks, “I better call my black friend. She might not be ok right now?”[/quote]

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