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Ada

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Ada

@ada_akpala

Youtuber, commentator, speaker, writer

Joined May 2014

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Ada
@ada_akpala
May 10, 2022
It's not black pain, it's pain. It's not black joy, it's joy. It's not black love, it's love. It's not black hair, it's hair. It's not black trauma, it's trauma. It's not a black life, it's a life. I think it's time to abandon separatist language and thought.
Ada
@ada_akpala
Sep 12, 2021
This is what happens when you think English is the only language on the planet. This is what happens when ignorance meets wokeness. This is what happens.
Ada
@ada_akpala
May 23, 2023
"I'm a black male doing things.. that's why there's an uproar" No honey, you're a moron who doesn't seem to get that entering someone's home without permission is a crime, not a joke. There actually needs to be more pushback on certain types of pranks; it's getting out of hand.
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Ada
@ada_akpala
Sep 17, 2023
A white lady once complimented my hair. I was at a local Jazz festival with my husband. I had 30-inch braids at the time. I didn't consider it to be racist or some kind of egregious social faux pas; I simply smiled, thanked her for the compliment, and we carried on enjoying the
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Ada
@ada_akpala
Jul 14, 2021
I was asked if Racism is getting worse. My answer is no. Racism is not worse. The problem is that the definition of racism has expanded. There are no longer any boundaries. Racism used to mean very specific things, now it means nothing.... or rather.... now it means everything..
Ada
@ada_akpala
Nov 14, 2023
Being proud to be British, loving this country or caring about the future of this country is not "a white thing" Nah, I love this country too and honestly if people don't like it then WHY don't they just leave? I've said it before and I'll say it again, telling someone who
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Ada
@ada_akpala
Oct 1, 2023
You can compliment my hairstyle. You can ask where I'm really from. You can mispronounce my name. You can tell me I speak articulately. Life's way too short to be so insecure.... to take compliments as insults, or to misconstrue genuine curiosity as malicious intent.
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Ada
@ada_akpala
Feb 13, 2022
For a world that is allegedly so anti-black, it's odd that any chance to identify solely as black, people take it. I always thought privilege was in whiteness & everyone apparently wants to be in that club. However this idea doesn't seem so consistent with what occurs in reality
Ada
@ada_akpala
Sep 11, 2022
Sorry what country is this?
Ada
@ada_akpala
Sep 16, 2022
John Boyega saying he dates only black women isn't a problem. Double standards are a problem. If a white actor said they only dated white women, many would not defend his right to have "preferences," they would call him racist. The rules have to stay consistent, that's all.
Ada
@ada_akpala
Jul 24, 2021
Is there racism in Britain? Yes. Is Britain a Racist country? No. Is there racism in America? Yes. Is America a racist country? No. This shouldn't be controversial.
Ada
@ada_akpala
Jul 26, 2021
My biggest battle is not racism, it is constantly having to justify that my thoughts are mine and not me trying to do a white person's bidding. My biggest battle is not defending my skin colour to racists but my own authentic thoughts to so called anti-racists.
Ada
@ada_akpala
Sep 11, 2022
Replying to @ada_akpala
It would have been more believable if it read; "I'm white, I'm straight, I'm a man. My country hates me.... and insists that I am the root of all problems past and present"
Ada
@ada_akpala
May 4, 2021
As a black woman, I do not see the "white man" as my problem... If the white man is my problem, then only the white man can be my solution... You can't pay me enough money to subscribe to such a self limiting ideology.