Just Realized Something About Francis Ngannou

[chuckleknuckle]

Staying in France for a short time and obtaining a passport doesn't make him French.

A dog born in a stable isn't a horse...

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

If he wins his match against Stipe he will be the first modern African American HW champion and the first African American champion since the late great Kevin Randleman. War Francis Ngannou and props to the African Americans representing the HW division.

Discuss.

I totally agree, but what you said was quite dark.

Let me clarify.. first African American champ since Randleman. War Ngannou!

 

[Thaijitsu612]

Africa is a continent, America is a country.

So why don't we say African - North American as they are both continents?

Why do we say African American at all? What do we call white guys from Africa who became American citizens?

 

[Bjjpitbull8]

African American




Francis Ngannou (born September 5, 1986) is a Cameroonian-French professional mixed martial artist competing in the heavyweightdivision of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is currently ranked the No. 1 contender by UFC and ESPN as of December 17, 2017.[2]


Francis Ngannou

Ngannou in 2017.
Born September 5, 1986 (age 31)
Batié, Cameroon
Other names The Predator
Nationality Cameroonian
French
Height


Cameroon (/ˌkæməˈruːn/; French: Cameroun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean.

 

[truthisfreedom]

Stipe gonna send this boy back to the sand trucks.

Stipe for sleep soon.

 

[fractal]

So was GSP the first Canadian American, and Bisping the first British American champ?

 

[DWAYNEAMERICA]

Stipe for sleep soon.

Nah, Ngannou was fast tracked before he was ready.

He's going to get easily outclassed and beaten.

Stipe may be a boring dud to watch, but he's a startling better fighter than Ngannou.

 

[Necromantic]

??
You mean French African?

Sorry, black people are all african americans now, how about you be a little more politically correct you damn nazi!

 

[Ah Man]

Why do we say African American at all? What do we call white guys from Africa who became American citizens?

There's actually a lot of history behind the designation "African American," which stems from the deliberate attempts by slavers to make it harder for slaves to organize by mixing up people from different areas, and as such communities from specific African countries could not form and former customs—let's say—changed more rapidly. Instead, a syncretism was formed among slave populations, a new culture which melded different African cultures, and this is what African American tends to refer to. In certain academic disciplines, African American specifically refers to the descendants of slaves. More recent immigrants are referred to by their country, so even were he to become an American, Ngannou would be Cameroonian American, not African American. Of course, this distinction is typically ignored in the common parlance, although it's not rare to hear recent immigrants referred to in this manner.

However, it would be very common to refer to white guys from Africa in this manner, Kenyan American, South African American, Zimbabwean American, etc. Not so different from Irish American or Italian American, for example.

 

[truthisfreedom]

Nah, Ngannou was fast tracked before he was ready.

He's going to get easily outclassed and beaten.

Stipe may be a boring dud to watch, but he's a startling better fighter than Ngannou.

Sleep soon.

 

[agibmxmma]

If he wins his match against Stipe he will be the first modern African American HW champion and the first African American champion since the late great Kevin Randleman. War Francis Ngannou and props to the African Americans representing the HW division.

Discuss.

He isn't African American though..

 

[lenbiasgoat]

I think he will just be the first african champ

 

[hot carl]

TS either doesn't understand what nationality means or thinks that African American is a race. Either way, a total fail.

Lol

Ts probably also thinks that Cain is Mexican.

 

[TrueFightFan]

If he wins his match against Stipe he will be the first modern African American HW champion and the first African American champion since the late great Kevin Randleman. War Francis Ngannou and props to the African Americans representing the HW division.

Discuss.

Did I just step into the fucking twilight zone? What the fuck did I miss?

 

[IloveTHIS]

Hilarious thread

 

[surgeyou1]

Nah, Ngannou was fast tracked before he was ready.

He's going to get easily outclassed and beaten.

Stipe may be a boring dud to watch, but he's a startling better fighter than Ngannou.

Fast tracked? He just KO'd Overeem without breaking a sweat and HW division is shallow as fuck.

 

[Thaijitsu612]

There's actually a lot of history behind the designation "African American," which stems from the deliberate attempts by slavers to make it harder for slaves to organize by mixing up people from different areas, and as such communities from specific African countries could not form and former customs—let's say—changed more rapidly. Instead, a syncretism was formed among slave populations, a new culture which melded different African cultures, and this is what African American tends to refer to. In certain academic disciplines, African American specifically refers to the descendants of slaves. More recent immigrants are referred to by their country, so even were he to become an American, Ngannou would be Cameroonian American, not African American. Of course, this distinction is typically ignored in the common parlance, although it's not rare to hear recent immigrants referred to in this manner.

However, it would be very common to refer to white guys from Africa in this manner, Kenyan American, South African American, Zimbabwean American, etc. Not so different from Irish American or Italian American, for example.

And where is this all so common? Because in the USA the only common use of African American is in reference to black people. Plain and simple. And it's meant to be politically correcy.

I have never heard someone called Kenyan American or Zimbabwean anerican.

No matter where white people are from they are rarely addressed as Irish it Italian American or whatever.

The only true common uses in the USA are African American = any black people and Latin American = any Hispanic people. It's stupid.

 

[ChinaMMABlog]

UFC is a 'merican organization, he is part of that org. It works out

incorrect.

UFC is just as Irish and Italian (and now Jewish) as it is American. UFC flyweight champ Nicco Montano is the only true American on the roster. Everyone else is some kind of immigrant, colonial offspring, or foreigner.

 

[j123]

incorrect.

UFC is just as Irish and Italian (and now Jewish) as it is American. UFC flyweight champ Nicco Montano is the only true American on the roster. Everyone else is some kind of immigrant, colonial offspring, or foreigner.

So Ngannou is an Afrikkan eye-talian Jewish Leprechaun... cool

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

He is explosive. That is all that matters....