Black people are black people, right? No matter where we are, we have the same traditions, experiences, knowledge and culture – don’t we? Or, do we?

UK Blacks have fundamental differences to our white counterparts. A UK Black would almost always moisturize freshly bathed skin, even males. This isn’t necessarily so for our white counterparts.

Where does the term “nappy” originate? In the UK, we use the term instead of the word diaper.

Why are African-Americans called ‘African’ Americans? They are black people – what, besides their blackness, do they have in common with Africans?

Black people in America have longer hair than us and nicer complexions because they can get hold of the better products for their skin and hair.

African-Americans have a true sense of identity because they are ‘American’ and proud to be American. They aren’t like us. They are in a country they feel they belong in and they are more patriotic than we are.

African Americans don’t season their food

Did African Americans want to go to war with Iraq?

African Americans can’t act West Indian

African-Americans have better food than we do, they have things like gumbo and jambalaya.

This entry is part 11 of 22 in the series Black-to-BlackBased on a small survey that was done in the UK, Xina has composed a list of questions for African-Americans.  Please feel free to comment and let us know your thoughts.
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African Americans are lazier than West Indians and Blacks in other countries.

African Americans have very good specialist products. Excellent hair products, excellent black TV programs, fantastic music comes from black Americans too. If you are black and want to find something appealing to black people, the States is the place to be.

A black middle class has been established in the States for far longer than it has been over here. They are very far ahead of us in that respect, but they have been over there for four hundred years, we have been here for fifty.

The West Indians that choose to go to Canada or the States instead of England got far more for their hard work than their UK counterparts.