HTP

""But anyway, African Americans collectively are the richest group of Africans in the world. And look at you. Look at your neighborhoods. Look at your ATTITUDES!!! Why should ANY Afrakan from anywhere respect African Americans?"
That last rhetoric question ticked me off. And the first one undermines the fact that they are the poorest group in America. Something that needs to be chamged."

It was part of the attitude I was assuming. Every now and then I will make statements that can be challenged to see if the person that I'm responding too can argue the their point intelligently and poignantly. Dyskotek made several "ignorant" statements throughout his post and when he said, "Africans don't like Americans," I was "inspired" to challenge him. I was assuming the role of an continental African/West Indian (who would say that they don't like African Americans) in order make Dyskotek think critically about his ideas/comments.

The word "richest" wasn't so much "ignorant" as it was "misleading" for the very reason that you pointed out. However the fact remains is that collectively African Americans have more "spending power" than any other group of Afrikans in the world. However within the system of capitalism, technically, "spending power" does not define what "rich" is. Being "rich" is define by one's "wealth" and/or "assets" something that African Americans are severely lacking.

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