Phil Cosby

@MrCoolion @bAnthonYsr You dont want to shit on us but you just attempted to. Or make light of the situation, which is even worse. If you had proof you'd show it. That shit is unacceptable. Our morality isn't the same as theirs

@bAnthonYsr I can but I don’t really want to shit on us, I’m just saying let’s not act Holier than thou 🤔 there’s plenty out there.

Who would make this a thing⁉️🙄

You can’t prove otherwise. Most of these claims are inferred. Those rhythms and patterns aren’t unique to Africa. Africa can be credited for some instruments and broad influence, but that’s not the same as proving direct origin. If Africa is really the root of so much music formed outside the continent, where is the continental music that actually sounds like it?

@Soulful1865 Can’t argue with empty heads

“Jamaica is not a black country” - Chinese/ Jamaican lady fumes

@Darren76780228 @DetroitBabalawo They swear by those reference populations

@DetroitBabalawo Those DNA things are utter bullshit. DNA doesn’t have a nationality

Idris Elba discusses his DNA results 🧬🧬

@Sayitpop It doesn't look good but it doesn't look horrible

Woman kept it real and told the man to let go of his hair after he said hers looked nice but was fake.The man took accountability: “I’m wrong for that. I apologize.”

@Big_Tee1011 @LASHYBILLS It may be. But you gotta take what comes with giving him his karma

@LASHYBILLS What type of man was he before he got sick? This just may be his karma 🤷🏾‍♀️

A man attempts to return his elderly neighbor, who is wearing only a shirt and a soaked diaper, to his home…only to have the caretaker force him to walk in the opposite direction.

@Bae4DaDay @BlackAndNative1 When our ancestors left there weren't any countries to be from. All due respect 🙏🏿

@BlackAndNative1 Descendants of slaves are mixed with African, white, Native American… and no one of for sure which African country our original ancestors were from or which British country our othe ancestors were from… we ARE actually American descendants.

THESE PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS?‼️🤔

@johnflinstone99 @BlackAndNative1 Our ancestors were trafficked from West and Central Africa. There's no country to say they were taken from because there weren't any. New tribes were formed and some were wiped out. Some merged. Trying to tie your ancestry to a group there today would be inaccurate.

@BlackAndNative1 If you posted this dumb shit on TikTok, it’ll probably be taken down for misinformation. There are many British people of African descent, who don’t know their heritage either because of slavery too.

@faye40k @BlackAndNative1 Our ancestors were trafficked from West and Central Africa. There's no country to say they were taken from because there weren't any. New tribes were formed and some were wiped out. Some merged. Trying to tie your ancestry to a group there today would be inaccurate.

@BlackAndNative1 For the vast majority of Black Americans, our ancestral roots were completely severed. When we say that we don't know, we mean it. Slave masters did not tell their slaves where they were from. The children of slaves remained as their parents did not know. It's not complicated.

@BigShannon79 @BlackAndNative1 Our ancestors were trafficked from West and Central Africa. There's no country to say they were taken from because there weren't any. New tribes were formed and some were wiped out. Some merged. Trying to tie your ancestry to a group there today would be inaccurate.

@BlackAndNative1 NO THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO!!!! People really do not know how bad American slavery was! We literally do not know where we came from! We were stripped of all of that! And then given some white mans last name.

We're not from an African country. The countries came later. How can you be from Nigeria when there wasn't a Nigeria when your ancestors left? And it's not like the Africans established these borders and made these countries. Europeans colonized them. It's a whole different continent from when your ancestors were there. Accept West and Central African ancestry and keep it at that.

The differnce between black people in the UK and black Americans is that we have been in this country since its founding. We’re so removed from Africa, we literally dont know what country in Africa we’re from. We dont have a Congolese or Nigerian grandpa. We are not the grandchildren of immigrants; we are the grandchildren of Americans.

@jokatabs @BlackAndNative1 How can a DNA test tell you where you're from when the countries in Africa came after the 🇺🇸? Those countries didn't exist. We're from 🇺🇸

@BlackAndNative1 Bro, they bred them for 400 years! How would they know unless they did a DNA ancestry test!? 😢

@BenTasini @Trumpsawanka @Sachinettiyil They don't actually have sex in sex scenes.

@Trumpsawanka @Sachinettiyil This is gonna blow your mind, but they don’t actually murder people on set. They do actually kiss each other tho 🤦‍♂️😆

Neil McDonough, a devout Catholic actor known for his refusal to do kissing or sex scenes out of respect for his wife, Ruvé, recently made a rare exception—but with a twist. In his latest film, the script called for a kiss at the end, so McDonough convinced his wife to play the role of the woman he kisses. That way, he could stay true to both the character and his convictions. The couple, who have five children together, made the creative decision to preserve his long-standing vow while honoring the demands of the story. McDonough has previously paid a steep price for his moral stance. In 2010, he lost a $1 million role on the ABC show Scoundrels after refusing to perform sex scenes with actress Virginia Madsen. “They said, ‘You have to do it, or you're fired.’ I said, ‘Then fire me,’ and they did,” he recalled. “I was blackballed for two years. I couldn’t find work, and because of that, I lost my big beautiful house in L.A., my shiny Mercedes, everything—including my confidence. It was crushing. People saw me as some kind of religious fanatic. But for me, it was just about doing what I believed was right. And above all, I love my wife. As I’ve said a million times—these lips are meant for one woman.”

Europe has stronger continuity. Even though borders changed, there was generally more continuity in the populations. Africa’s continuity relies more on ethnic groups. The populations DNA connects me to are already broad, and then the test ties them to a modern country that didn’t exist when my ancestors left Africa. None of that serves as a reliable, precise root.

That’s not really a strong rebuttal, because you’re still focusing on modern political borders, while genetics doesn’t work on borders at all. Yes, many African borders were shaped during the Scramble for Africa but that’s irrelevant to DNA. Genetic studies track populations and ancestry clusters, not countries. The same applies to Europe. Modern European countries also didn’t exist in their current form centuries ago borders shifted constantly. But no one argues that Europeans today have “no real roots” because of that. So when DNA tests point to regions like West or Central Africa, they’re not saying “you’re from a modern country” they’re identifying genetic continuity with populations from those regions over time. Calling that “too broad to be roots” doesn’t really make sense, because all ancestry gets broader the further back you go. That doesn’t make it meaningless it just means you’re looking at deeper history.

Most Black Americans primarily descend from West and Central African populations due to the transatlantic slave trade. Genetic studies consistently show that the average African American has majority African ancestry, with a smaller proportion of European ancestry, largely linked to historical power imbalances during slavery. While some African Americans do have Native American ancestry, research indicates that this percentage is typically quite low across the population. Large-scale genetic analyses have found that Native American ancestry in African Americans averages around 1% or less, although this can vary by region and individual family history. The idea that most Black Americans are primarily descended from Native Americans isn’t supported by historical records or genetic evidence. However, it’s still important to acknowledge that identity can be complex, and some families do have genuine Native American lineage.

A lot of the ethnic groups in Africa have their own starting points even though people existed before them. But you want us to go even further back and treat generic African ancestry as our root, even though it’s too broad and vague to be useful. I have genuine love for all my ancestors. But the American ones are my roots. Also we had an ethnogenesis. We're a different people now.

I actually think what you’re saying about identity being formed in America is valid. Black Americans are a distinct people shaped by generations of history there no disagreement. But calling your pre-American ancestry “too vague to be a real root” doesn’t really hold up. You’ve already taken a DNA test, so you know your ancestry isn’t random it connects to specific regions and populations in West and Central Africa. Just because time has passed or records are incomplete doesn’t mean those roots suddenly become meaningless. By that logic, anyone whose history goes back far enough would have “no real roots,” which isn’t how ancestry works. And I’ll be honest it’s a bit strange to completely dismiss that side of your history when those were people who existed, lived, and had their own cultures before the Transatlantic Slave Trade. They didn’t choose to leave they were taken. So it’s not about replacing your American identity it’s about recognising that your history didn’t start at enslavement. That’s just one chapter, not the beginning of your entire story.

@SNE2471 That's a weak comparison. Europe had countries established when Africa didn't. And Africa's borders were established by colonizers. With no regard to who they lumped together or split apart. So yea, its much different. That continuity its picking up is too broad to use for roots

@98dmx Saying the “root people are gone” is like saying Europeans today have no connection to ancient Europeans because borders changed. That’s not how genetics works. Populations evolve, but there’s still continuity and that’s exactly what DNA tests are picking up.

The disconnect is that you’re treating our ancestry before America as more grounding than the people who actually formed us here. Yes, there were people before them. But our enslaved ancestors here are our beginning as a distinct people. They are our foundation. Anything before them is too vague and broken to serve as a real root. There’s no benefit in grounding ourselves in generic African ancestry.

@98dmx You’re right about identity being built in America. But ancestry doesn’t disappear just because generations pass. Both can be true culturally American, ancestrally West/Central African.

@SNE2471 "Where your roots are from"? They're from HERE. Our ancestors were trafficked from West and Central Africa, but the modern countries people try to map us to came later. Assigning borders from today to people taken centuries earlier is misleading. That research

Yes you are from America you lot have been their for generations but to totally disregard your roots and where more than half your DNA comes from is totally sad I would advise all black Americans to do 23andme just to get a gist where your roots are from and research about where your from

@Sharkb_tch @Arty3112 @washghost1 I shut my eyes and then paused it. Opened my eyes, I could faintly see it

@Arty3112 @washghost1 Must be a skill issue. I can see it just fine.

This one messed with my head. I completely lost visual of it once I paused it