Derek Fordjour

I also wish that there was like a place that if you come from an African country, you could go like learn black history before you engage with society.

I also wish that there was like a place that if you come from an African country, you could go like learn black history before you engage with society.

Well, because what it means to be a black immigrant, as we're seeing at this time, I mean, this statement now has lots of weight. You also have the double burden of understanding racial politics, right? So you don't just enter. It's a bit like you enter a game in action when you are an African-American when you come to America. But you have on a jersey and you're on a side and you're losing.

Well, because what it means to be a black immigrant, as we're seeing at this time, I mean, this statement now has lots of weight. You also have the double burden of understanding racial politics, right? So you don't just enter. It's a bit like you enter a game in action when you are an African-American when you come to America. But you have on a jersey and you're on a side and you're losing.

And the refs are really mean.

And the refs are really mean.

But, like, don't get hit. Like, balls are flying. So... But nobody explains, you know, the history, the game. Yeah.

But, like, don't get hit. Like, balls are flying. So... But nobody explains, you know, the history, the game. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Wrong group.

Wrong group.

Oh, this is great.

Oh, this is great.

Yeah, I can see it already.

Yeah, I can see it already.

You know, when I hear that, I hear the tragedy in a few ways. One, that blackness is flattened to just black. because it's quite heterogeneous. There's a lot of mix inside of that. We know this. Even as a West African and a South African, there's worlds of difference. So it's kind of absurd to fit it all in the first place to black. So that's one tragic thing.

You know, when I hear that, I hear the tragedy in a few ways. One, that blackness is flattened to just black. because it's quite heterogeneous. There's a lot of mix inside of that. We know this. Even as a West African and a South African, there's worlds of difference. So it's kind of absurd to fit it all in the first place to black. So that's one tragic thing.

The other is the splintering that happens and then the potential tensions that arise. Yeah. which are not always the case. Everybody's kind of happy when they have their own place. But it never absolves you from the unfortunate necessity that you must advocate collectively. Yes, because you are oppressed collectively. That's right.

The other is the splintering that happens and then the potential tensions that arise. Yeah. which are not always the case. Everybody's kind of happy when they have their own place. But it never absolves you from the unfortunate necessity that you must advocate collectively. Yes, because you are oppressed collectively. That's right.