@uhhisuppose: I am specifically addressing creators bashing first generation Americans and accusing them of using his death to « fuel diaspora wars »for sharing their traumatic experiences being raised in the US in light of the tragic murder of Javits frimpong. May his soul rest in everlasting peace 🕊️. If you have the means to donate this is his go fund me in which they have raised 500k of the 700k they are asking for. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-javits-frimpongs-family #bullyingawareness #justiceforjarvis #ghanatok

lurkerdragon :

they are reacting like white ppl when we bring up the FACT of racism. acting just like them. why can’t they see it?

Lina :

Africans, DO NOT let them gaslight you from speaking about our experience. Speak loud and expose the hate and bullying we went through and our youth currently is going through. We will fight back!

🖤🅙🅔🅝🅨🅐🖤🖤🔱❤️🇺🇸 :

We've been bullied for a long time too, especially online, simply because our ancestors were sold into slavery and labeled as slaves. We've been told we're not real Africans because we were born in America. Our food gets called "slave food," and we're constantly reminded that we supposedly don't know where we come from. Some of y'all have even admitted that your parents raised you not to associate with us because they viewed Black Americans as bad people. We've been stereotyped as baby mamas, welfare queens, lazy, and everything else under the sun. Recently, we've seen numerous posts from non-Black people sharing how Black immigrants speak negatively about Black Americans to them, sometimes even expecting them to join in. So just like y'all have experienced bullying and disrespect, we have too. This isn't something that's only happening on one side. It goes both ways, and y'all can't gaslight us into believing that the disrespect is only wrong when it's directed at you. You can't expect us to sit back and accept insults, then turn around and call us bullies when we respond. If we're going to have a conversation about the disrespect between our communities, then we need to acknowledge ALL of it, not just the part that affects y'all.

✨Ka'Trell :

Real question? Why are you guys holding onto childhood "trauma" I got called everything in the book, especially with me being a tomboy & Always wear cowboy boots! I got called Megamind, African Booty scratcher, gorilla goose monkey, I had a favorite pair of shoes & I put gum in them thinking it would hold them together & kid's would say "you're shoes talking" I was picked on so much as a kid & it doesn't effect me as an adult! Kid's are Kid's & ya'll hv to let that shit go at some point fr

Carlos Marion :

And y’all not hollerin

sweetpotatopie :

im black American & unfortunately ignorance/xenophobia exist in America & other countries(some worse some not as bad) & even in the African American community we have this..but one of the most sad things about humans is that the most wicked among us ..tend to avoid accountability at all cause there is no point & pointing out any wrong&harm & these types of people do because in their mind all their messed up ways are right

corporatebj_ :

Instead of taking this time to learn from each other they wanna downplay the trauma smh

rosie 💗 :

I feel like im being gaslighted rn bc this is such a common experience among me, my siblings, and our African friends/cousins?! this can’t be a “coincidence”

zelda <3 :

the fact that SO MANY OF US have stories and they still will say its not that serious 😐

Samantha :

Thank you for saying this! They really don’t get it and they don’t want to!

Lila🪷 :

it hurts even more when the bullying comes from your own ppl. I cant relate to being an immigrant or child of immigrants, but being bullied because you’re different is something i can 10000% relate to. i was weird, quiet, introverted, and extremely socially awkward and i could never tell my parents because i was too ashamed to admit what was happening to me so i just suffered in silence, which im sure is also what Javits did as well

dayanacarmella :

Omg I moved here from Madagascar too

SharDelorez🖤🔱❤️‍🔥🇺🇸🪶 :

Jabreel :

But what if Jarvis murderers aren’t black Americans?

tyboldman_32 :

why are we turning a situation about a child's death into y'all's on pity party

bged99 :

Yall dont care about this young man, yall want to have a therapy session

yas :

Idk why I can’t see my comment reply’s anymore but let’s make things very clear. The bottom line is that a 15 year old boy died at the hands of 3 students regardless of their race or nationality this is a tragedy and speaks to the greater issues of bullying and gun violence we all face in America. We do not know who the assailants are and I am not pushing a narrative that African Americans are the cause of this. I am echoing the sentiment that being a first generation student of any background in America is a fearful and difficult experience. Many first generation students experience bullying based on their backgrounds and cultures. The only role the diaspora plays in this conversation in my opinion is to stand with one another and hold space for the hard conversations that come out of hard moments.

Larose_T 🇺🇸 :

The fact yall using this story to trauma bond, is pretty low thinking like eww

yas :

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-javits-frimpongs-family

shesagem__ :

Yes you are right cause I am also half black American but one thing I could say about my family is they are very Pan and African. They do not play that ignorant ass bullshit and the people in the comments talking about it doesn’t happen are the most ignorant people of our culture that I actually was never in community with and didn’t even know existed till TikTok.

Bizzy973 :

Foreigners went through the exact same thing other FBAs went through during school days in was rough nobody was off limits end of story

C_Rated :

Funny I'm Ghanaian and B.A. and I got the cold shoulder from the Ghanaian side then they had the nerve to get mad because I said fk.em and moved on with my B.A. side.

Elle the 🏴🇺🇸 :

You chose your side, save the words.

Guru :

Damn, what's wrong with Ghana?

bestlife :

Five out of four dentist set is a problem. Xenophobia is a problem.