If the human species originated in Africa, does that mean that we all are African Americans?
Ultimately yes, and the real issue is CULTURE not race or skin color as the try to divide us over.
Some of the early humans stayed in Africa while others headed North. (Much further South was not possible until humans learned to build seagoing boats.) By moving out of the equatorial zone, those migrants had to adapt their individual actions and social structures to the challenges of different seasons. Without learning how to plan and warehouse for the winter you would not get very far as an early humanoid. That lead to the cultural virtue of delayed gratification for example.
At the same time, the decreasing sun irradiation in the Northern regions allowed a lesser permanent skin pigmentation to become survivable and people got 'whiter'. (Black skin is an effective protection against DNA damage from the sun's ultraviolet radiation. Similarly, sickle cell anemia is assumed to be another regional adaption to the threat of plasmodium malariae and therefore virtually non-existent in 'white' folks)
My supposed white privilege has nothing to do with skin color but a lot with the fact that a long lineage of my ancestors had to try harder and smarter in order to survive. That knowledge and resulting conventions were woven over millennia into the culture I grew up in. My personal 'privilege' was that my parents loved me enough to not allow me cutting any corners in life. 'Famous' response from my mom to my innovative ideas of avoiding work was "And what happens if everybody does that?".
The National Museum of African American History and Culture gets the salient points right but under the wrong heading of race and color.
If they would now honestly ask themselves what cultural values
- put a man on the moon
- food on everyone's table
- an iPhone in everyone's Gucci bag
- a welfare check into the pockets of the mentally, physically, or motivationally challenged
and which cultural values did NOT on this planet, then we would get a whole lot closer to progress in the right direction.
But if they prefer their next welfare payment determined and mailed out according to their ancestral values - then be my guest.
I spent a substantial amount of time and miles in Africa and while most folks there are delightful people with an enviable sense of authenticity and spontaneous joy it becomes apparent quickly that their core attitudes do not scale well towards complex societies. A central cultural tenet is "Inshalla" which means "if God will". In business terms: Not today, maybe tomorrow, maybe some other time, maybe never. Drives you fucking nuts when you get there from Germany. After a week, you lower your expectations accordingly by about 80%. Seriously, it took about 7 attempts to get a pair of equally stiff leaf springs made for our old-school Landrover and that only after I finally commandeered a forge, anvil, and hammer for a few hours. A leaf spring - not a gearbox, ECU, or Mars Lander. And don't get me started on the corruption on every level in their societies that is only matched by what you see here in democrat controlled cities.
Before my travels to Africa, my family hosted two black (like a diesel tailpipe) students from Nicaragua for several months. I moved into my brother's room and the two guests into my room. We had a great time with these truly foreign guys. Other than their color and some language challenges there were no significant differences. They came to our German culture in appreciation and with the goal to learn as much as possible and then apply this in their home country. Needless to say that they both succeeded materially and spiritually. In contrast, hateful envy coupled with excuses for laziness is extremely bad Karma.
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