She might honestly not know about "Diva." She refers back to "Delta."

"Your name is Toby, what's your name?" lashes whip
"Kunta Kente" barely an utterance
"Massa gave you a name, it's a nice name and you are going to take it" lashes more whips
"Kunta Kente" barely an utterance, again
"What's your name?" lashes more whips, as Kunte Kente falls to the ground...
"Toby" barely audible
"Ey, that's a good [expletive deleted]..."


What we think when you say to us that we have no connection to Africa...

Thanks for exacting your psychological determinants upon us! We sho do appreciate it Massa!!! :)

african traditions, just like any other, were often formed to cope with our environment or increase our chances of reproduction. similar to evolution. as such, we'll see similarities and differences among practices and traditions in not just human, but all species.

That's a good point.

You will forget about Africa, I say!!!

Come again?

answering this statement....

Oh, we're back to him again.

Well, can you explain how you answered that question, then? Or maybe begin by explaining how you interpreted his question? Please.

This is true. Even though we all have our own national/local philanthropic endeavors, our organizations focus more on helping the individual become a better man or better woman. Which, IMO, there is nothing wrong with. IFC/NPC is different from NPHC/MCG which is fine.

Just out of curiosity, who helped LUL be founded? I know the connection between SLB and Phi Beta Sigma but I don't know about LUL.

See, if I were a member of an NPHC org, this would bother me. (This and the fact that other minority or culturally based orgs are copying the traditions).

Yeah, stepping/strolling/calls/etc might be cool and, sure, they're a great recruitment tool. But it seems like everyone copying them is doing so just to be cool and they don't understand the meaning/significance of their traditions.

Nah, I think everyone knows that BGLOs started stepping/strolling/calls/etc.

That's one of the reasons why LTA, to me, is the best sorority for hispanic women. You guys seem to have your own traditions and not copy what the other orgs are doing just to be cool.

I have a mothership connection you would NEVER understand... ;)

I am totally lost on these comments, too? :confused:

Unless he was literally saying...show me African tradition A (and of course, "African" is that generally African like 98% of people who live in Africa and consider themselves Africans practice it, or specific, like a specific tribe in Africa) that is seen (without mutation) in Europe, Asian, South America, then of course, we won't be able to exactly give him the examples. But, I feel that the gist of a lot of our "traditions" and and cultural norms and practices stem from coping with the environment or upping our chances of passing on our genes. As such, if you look at migration or environmental similarities and differences across the world, you would be able to track the similarities and differences of african tradition among other cultures (and vice-versa).

For example, you could say that show me the tradition in other parts of where where FGM is also practiced. You probably couldn't, but if you look at the under reason (to keep girls from having sex before their husbands, or to keep wives from cheating on their husbands), and you will see similar practices in many other places of the world (keeping a woman completely clothed, foot binding, etc).

No, TOBY!!!! Noooooooo!!!! :p

*****

I am probably really late on this but I'm happy to have found some African, Carribean, and African Diasporic networking sites that add to the cross-continent connections between us.

I think that's what he was requesting and we could give him examples if we didn't think we'd be trying to "prove" something to a moron. ;)

LOL :D

Just let your SOUL GLO!!!
 

Soul Glo...

:D

There go those African traditions! :p