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My Egyptian friend corrected me
My Egyptian friend who is of Arab descent corrected me to use the phrase “African representatives at the World Cup” rather than collectivizing North African teams as African teams. The distinction is that by invoking representative you assume they may be not African as in not black but still be African. The same way of swim teams in Kenya, South Africa or the Ugandan long distance runner who are white donning these countries flags. In his mind, African equates blackness. Personally nothing wrong with that. But Africa is more complex than blackness even as it is a majority black place. I just don’t understand why folks feel jittery with owning Africa and blackness in terms of identity narratives.
As a Kenyan travelling in euorope, I also met a Tunisian fast food store owner in sierragumines France who didn’t know where Kenya is or whether it is a country. Nice dude. Just didn’t know. Never been taught.
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My Egyptian friend who is of Arab descent corrected me to use the phrase “African representatives at the World Cup” rather than collectivizing North African teams as African teams. The distinction is that by invoking representative you assume they may be not African as in not black but still be African. The same way of swim teams in Kenya, South Africa or the Ugandan long distance runner who are white donning these countries flags. In his mind, African equates blackness. Personally nothing wrong with that. But Africa is more complex than blackness even as it is a majority black place. I just don’t understand why folks feel jittery with owning Africa and blackness in terms of identity narratives.
As a Kenyan travelling in euorope, I also met a Tunisian fast food store owner in sierragumines France who didn’t know where Kenya is or whether it is a country. Nice dude. Just didn’t know. Never been taught.
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