Solidarity seems to be a hard concept to grasp, especially when you have geographical, ethnic and institutional boundaries preventing you from truly understanding the plight of people from different demography. We find ourselves squabbling over petty differences like skin color, nationality, and religion.

What comes to mind when you think the cultural and racial difference is of course the dynamics between the black and white race. Especially if you consider all that is going on right now. But as seen on Twitter today, we were given yet another glimpse of the tension that exists within the black community.

Black Americans don’t give a shit about Africans. The sooner you understand, the better.

— Chemical Brother ? (@chemicalbrodar) June 23, 2020

Black Americans fighting racism but discriminating Africans <<<

— Seekthelordfirst (@MorrisBaker_) June 23, 2020

Whether African-American or African, our different realities still hinder us from true integration. As black people, we find ourselves facing discrimination from all angles.

Whites are racist to African Americans.
African Americans are racist to Africans.
Africans are xenophobic towards each other.
Nigerians are tribalists. https://t.co/9yi52Cwu9Y

— Ichie Bullion (@principe_viii) June 23, 2020

An average black American thinks all africans live in huts, fights past lions and Tigers to get to school

— S.T.E.V.E (@official_stieve) June 23, 2020

I remember when an African American said I used the money that the UN sent for food and malaria medications for weaves and makeup ???.

— Lisa (@Adaolis_a) June 23, 2020

Even within the same region, you can still find these disparities. The slightest differences cause unnecessary feuds and the black race suffers the most from this. This is common place among the different tribes in Nigeria, and/or with the different religions practiced in Nigeria. And even within the same religion, there are denominations that divide us even further.

There always seems to be a reason why people just can’t get along and these reasons are clogs in the wheel of progress, here in Africa and all other parts of the world.

On Twitter today, an African-American woman made an insensitive remark on the state of technology in Africa, specifically the WiFi.

I’m not about to argue with an African that WiFi gone be off soon https://t.co/spFslbCekH

— . (@itsmirfreestyle) June 23, 2020

 

Since then, Africans have gone on a tirade, stressing that in spite of using our voices to join the African-American struggles and protests against discrimination in our own way, it is a sad development that ‘Black Americans’ don’t care about Africans.

Black Americans understand what racism means until it’s time to attack Africans. Bloody hypocrites

— AJ | Adonai ? (Vol 2) (@mrmanheree) June 23, 2020

The way whites are to Black Americans, is the same way Black Americans are to Africans

Them no rate us at all

— Obong Roviel ? (@ObongRoviel) June 23, 2020

Africans are niggers to black Americans

— The Igbo Wolf (@TheIgboWolf) June 23, 2020

Conversations in the trend got so heated that a number of insensitive tweets were put out, degrading the death and brutality of African-Americans at the hands of racist policemen.

Black Americans look down on Africans because they’ve got unlimited WiFi and get to play golf when they’re old. But here in Africa we only kneel when praying to our God, can’t say the same about them though.

— IRREPLACEABLE (@Laxix6) June 23, 2020

Omo if anyone carries cardboard in the name of protesting for George Floyd in this Lagos I really hope our police beats up every single one of you, since you don’t have sense. Ode.

— Vonn (@_E_vonn) May 31, 2020