Comments on: Are Ethiopians Racist?

By: EmpreZion

EmpreZion — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:43:12 +0000

here is an enlightenment of my personal observations after being around many of them also study the Ethiopians round there like minds … & yes they are highly prejudice…and against Darker skinned Blacks world wide … also they tend to favor the White European more…although I found they do not know they possess this behavior … the lighter ones use the same Cast system as the Indians ( which are their relatives too)it’s embedded in them unbeknownst to them.
No strong stance can come from these whom are out right instilled with this type of thinking…
they are not interested in the Reparation … damage which the bible caused with forgive & one love brain washing them over time.
over a time … my king left me for a white wombman & connection with the Reggae music … him not realizing I had even greater pull world wide…all African Bloods too! EmpreZion aka Wifiyah Hakim

By: des

des — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:45:18 +0000

Wow, can’t believe even the most stupid bartender, as Ethiopian as he might be, utter those words. I am Ethiopian and I know there is bunch of uninformed wanderers out there.

Ethiopia has been a closed down culture for 2000 years. With a swipe of Judaism, Christianity and Islam at some obscure past it then closed down around its rugged interior. Now the country is opening up, some Ethios have been venturing out in Africa and Europe for the last 200 years.

One thing is sure, Ethios can be awkward, shy and distant. This is so for everyone, white, black, Yellow, brown, etc… In Africa, Europe, Asia and America. Ethios see themselves as different and hard to understand. We think our ways are strange to others. We opt to keep it safe and inwards. Kind of like the Japanese.

Most Ethiopians I mingle with who lived here in the US for some time know the free air they breath is a result of crushed bones and spilled blood of African American souls. We feel indebted and stand inline with our Brothers for the African cause.

By: Ariel Aberra

Ariel Aberra — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:45:50 +0000

I am Ethiopian American and he probably asked you that because most Black American men I have met want to date everything but an African American woman. Just in the past month alone I have had about then Black American guys come up to me and they all start with “what are you mixed with?”. “Are you from the Islands? Your hair is pretty.” Sorry to sound racist but most Black American guys i’ve met only want to date white women, hispanic women, Asian women, Arab women or East African/East Indian looking women. You should do an article on why Black American men feel that they are too good to date and Black American woman. Why do Black men stop dating Black women the second they get some money?

By: GodBlessEthiopia

GodBlessEthiopia — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:05:37 +0000

Ethiopians aren’t all racist. But some (especially the older generation) tend to associate only with those of their ethnicity. It might be as a result of different cultural traditions and language barriers. Also a few assume that their women are the most beautiful in the world and every race is attracted to them. They feel threatened and believe that African American men would rather be with an Ethiopian female than be with someone of their own race. I bet that is what happened in your situation. Not all Ethiopians are the same, so don’t let one situation influence your overall opinion. I am Ethiopian and love African/African American/Black men. Every race is beautiful!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:03:18 +0000

As an African (Kenyan) this is expected behaviour from the Ethiopian community. Not all of course act like this, but many believe as the people Steve encountered. The irony of it all, is quite a number had to go through Kenya as refugees. Belief systems that will keep people down. I have had several try to make the distinction that they are not African!! Yet when people think of starving Africans Ethiopia is what they think of, not the “inferior” Kenya or Nigeria

By: Lyn

Lyn — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:06:00 +0000

I have an ethiopian co-worker and she said to me their people are special they abhor mix marriages and they even called other black african a slave.

By: EmpreZion

EmpreZion — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:45:26 +0000

My King was Ethiopian and treated me as a Queen and he respect Me and I respected him and we had opposite features and you know he deemed his to be of weak Genes and deemed mine features to be of the strong Genes. now you see the good sense he had? yall better know that all of africa be mighty and powerful! you know what he and i knew for sure Mama Africa be Powerful. oh i am from Niger Africa!

By: Russell Fig

Russell Fig — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:03:47 +0000

Ethiopiabs are racist towards other blacks if you look like them it helps. they call blcks who look like West Africans or black Americans a Baria which means slave.

In their own country they have Nilotic people with those features like the Southern Sudanese who live in Western Ethiopia and they are looked down on. If you were a black American who had the Semetic or Cushiatic look they woud accept you.

By: lily

lily — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:42:54 +0000

I HAVE COMMENTED ON THIS BF BUT WAN ADD THIS…WHAT IS RACIST ANY WAY ” TREATING OTHERS WHO ARENT THE SAME AS YOU DIFFERENTLY” dont we do that in our every day life…admite it or not we do wether wanting or not, bcs of setuations, depending on individuals, some might be visible some might not but still there and it will always be like that…although the level it gets might minimize time after time, country to country, state to state….
But everyone dont forget..how many different views this topic should have..I would like to focuse on why Mr Ivory brought this article up, is it to honestly know or to generalize every body as same? And if you have done generalized everyone same because of ur one encounter, what if that bartender has that one bad encounter that made him generalize every A American to be the same as well… if steve happen to generalize every one the same he is in the running for being racist as well!!! We Ethiopians have faults with in each other and towards others and A American have faults..we cant fix others with out fixing self!! AAmerican clean your image!! Ethiopians like the bartender and rest open ur minds…do on to others the same you want it to be done to you!!!

By: joe

joe — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:59:48 +0000

Topic title is misleading. Sure the bartender was an ass but surely, you did not come to that conclusion after one night. I expected some kinda experiment or some kinda general facts.

Through out grade school, I have seen and experienced un acceptance of African immigrants from the African American community but you don’t see me making a sweeping generalizations.

By: zol

zol — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:34:55 +0000

I thought he got one dummy bartender and it was a sad coincidence, I bet!

Otherwise, We are pretty sociable in most instances.
Please visit our restaurants quite regularly and you will end up being socialized!

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