tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post572224828184400540..comments2024-03-23T10:47:39.662-04:00Comments on Notes From Atlanta: Insults Africans and African Americans Hurl at Each OtherFarooq A. Kperogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-82598660222356462702020-06-21T13:39:19.283-04:002020-06-21T13:39:19.283-04:00Too much generalization here, Akata is used by Nig...Too much generalization here, Akata is used by Nigerians and not Africans from other parts of the continentAmadou Njiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619770593795235117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-37183020380729361892013-02-18T00:02:06.218-05:002013-02-18T00:02:06.218-05:00Thanks, La Vonda, for the insight. I appreciate it...Thanks, La Vonda, for the insight. I appreciate it. Obododinma,yes, I left out many things in the article because it was written for a newspaper that has a strict word limit. I will certainly consider a follow-up someday. Nice to know that you research ethnic slurs. I will be delighted to read your findings. Farooq A. Kperogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-51518017840276181852013-02-17T04:26:24.765-05:002013-02-17T04:26:24.765-05:00Farooq, nice article. Glad to have you as kindred ...Farooq, nice article. Glad to have you as kindred spirit. I have been doing research on intra- and inter-group derogatory labeling since 1999, approaching the inquiry from the angle of cultural semiotics, and have found this domain of scholarship really fascinating. It is also a risky field especially because some would rather view a researcher in my position as somebody who tries to make a name through bringing up a subject matter that ought to be suppressed, by so doing rousing prejudice, advertising it, and deepening divides. Anyway, one way of catering for the critique that one is trying to make a career at the expense of co-existence is to intervene and use the analysis of those labels to make statements about the engineering of inter-group relations and peace-building. You may consider writing a second installment of your lovely essay to reflect your critical intervention. Regards.Obododimma Ohahttp://x-pensiverrors.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-84374602334556044802013-02-16T20:22:35.568-05:002013-02-16T20:22:35.568-05:00Loved it! If you recall, I wrote something along ...Loved it! If you recall, I wrote something along the same lines. I'm glad that great minds are at last thinking alike. <br /><br />The expression, "jungle bunny" is not an African American invention. This is a blanket term Whites used on anyone who was Black. <br /><br />I have some other ones for you: bubu(s), monkey chasers, and I would like to add that Eddie Murphy created a HUGE insult against the generic African womanhood when he invented a character called, "zebra bitch (he thought if he went to Africa and found an "innocent" he would be free of losing half of his wealth via divorce)." <br /><br />If we could stop being so mean to each other maybe we could actually bridge a portion of the chasm between Africans and African Americans.<br /><br />Thank you again,<br /><br />La Vonda R. StaplesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473490708404828056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-34619168858253153032013-02-16T15:49:39.132-05:002013-02-16T15:49:39.132-05:00Very interesting column to read, seems most Africa...Very interesting column to read, seems most African American has forgotten their roots. They should try and emulates Brother El Hajj Abdulmalik Al Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) how he boldly associated, tour and makes Africa his ancestral root.<br />May allah Bless you on this column.Al Aminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943527510956752814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-11884032393068661412013-02-16T15:40:32.646-05:002013-02-16T15:40:32.646-05:00Got a couple of rap dictionaries at home – da slan...Got a couple of rap dictionaries at home – da slang is on the move and evolving so fast - methinks that you've left out a whole lot that you'll probably include in the follow-up on both the written and the spoken word?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgtcTVDcjH0<br /><br />Cornelius Hamelberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846438254581005701noreply@blogger.com