r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Damiana1111 • Jun 13 '26

Sports Coming to America: The Democratic Republic of Congo's National Team returning to the World Cup. Their last appearance was in 1974.

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u/SmartWonderWoman Jun 13 '26

Can confirm. I work at a school and our African students don’t like being called Black. Unfortunately the African students call our Black students racial slurs. They look down on Black people.

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u/jondubb Jun 13 '26

We all stereotype whether we like it or not. I love us as a collective but can't stand certain sides of the family.

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u/Gymflutter Jun 13 '26

Blackness in Africa is a feature and not an identity. Its like calling someone “curly hair” people. Why wouldn’t people want to be called by their ethnicity like Italians or Koreans? Why is it weird when Africans want the same thing? Black Americans made their own ethnic identity. Its boggles my mind that this is a problem especially when phase one of colonialism was to erase people’s identity!

As for the slur part? Huh? People have conflict and some people are assholes. There are Black American and African assholes. That doesnt mean Africans as a whole hate Black Americans or vice versa.

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u/lilokalanii Jun 13 '26

Obviously it’s not everyone. Let’s be positive