The American actor Jai White talks about the negative reaction to the visit of Ghana

Animations of Sunday, January 20th, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-01-20

American actor and martial artist Michael Jai White, recently conductor at Akwamu, reacted to the negative comments that flooded his social media relations after his visit to Ghana.

The American actor, Boris Kodjoe and other Black Hollywood celebrities recently traveled to Ghana for the Full Circle Festival, chaired by the office of His Excellency President Akufo-Addo and presented by the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Business Development and the Office of Diaspora Affairs.

During the tour, Michael Jai White received the Nana Akoto III Odopon stool title and posted it on his social network data to share the good news.

As a result, some people commented negatively on his message by having him write an article about his visit to Ghana and why blacks should kiss their ancestors.

Read below his complete statement

During the recent pilgrimage to Ghana, I shared with friends a new title given to me by the king of Akwamu. There have been some interesting negative reactions from the black community.

Although the positives far outweigh the negatives, today I choose to focus on the negatives because I think it is very useful to study this state of mind to provide moments conducive to learning.

We Black Americans have been raised to hate our people and ourselves. Self deprivation is deeply embedded in our subconscious. We have comforted ourselves by calling ourselves derogatory names and sabotaging our own progress because we are convinced that we are unworthy of the same things as whites or other nations. When Jews visit the Holocaust Museum or Israel, or Irish and Italian Americans travel to their home country, there is no negative reaction from their communities and communities outside. Ask yourself:

WHY ARE THERE ALWAYS A RETURN OF OUR OWN BLACK COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE PILGRAMS OF OUR EARTH?

This is not just other blacks; he brings comments from other communities that mysteriously seem to have the right to play too!

"Negative comments like; "Who do these Ni'ers think they are? They celebrate slavery! Africans were also accomplices of slavery! This is just a pub shot! They just want attention! etc. "Why all this hate? Why do people care so much? It's as if we had threatened them … AND WE HAVE! We threatened them, as well as other blacks, to think us better, so to themselves!

We black Americans are ABSOLUTELY thinking negatively about being connected to our homeland because that is how we were conditioned to think! We are SUPPOSED to think; Africa was only slavery when only a very small part of the continent was even involved in the slave trade. We are AFFECTED to see Africa primarily as "hungry people and jungles".

We can call ourselves African Americans, but we are really disconnected from Africa. I say WE because I am not excluded! I thought "my people" came from South Carolina, what I see now, is as stupid as a Chinese man who says his people are from Ohio! I followed my heritage South Carolina was only a small part of my people's journey that started in Ghana, a place that had kings long before Europe had theirs. For me, being surrounded by Akwamu's King Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III is far more relevant than if I were ennobled by Queen Elizabeth, whose royal lineage does not go back so far. Ghana is the eighth African country I have visited. They have all been incredibly beautiful, with clbady and highly educated people who speak more languages ​​than us.

Those of us who felt "somehow" can perhaps begin to direct their anger at these orchestrators who made you hate who you are – those who would find comfort in hating you and your own people. would find it threatening to unite you with your people in solidarity. I believe that the original culprits have been dead for a long time, but their policies are alive and well. Please, ask yourself; if Mark Wahlberg or Ben Affleck returned to their heritage site, would that interest you? They have a country that loves them and kisses them. WE HAVE AN ENTIRE CONTINENT WHO LOVES AND WE EMBRACE!

In Africa, a voice commands him to look around him. The voice: "Do you see negroes?" He answers softly "No". The voice: "Do you know why, because there is none?" – Richard Pryor.