I'm glad I don't feel this way. There is violence in the world. I am African American, and I feel safe. I don't fear the police. I don't watch television. I look at the positive things.

I'm 49, and I saw what the crack era did to our families and communities. Add to that what hip hop was, and then turned into gangster rap with oversexualized images of women, and selling/using drugs. The change happened quickly as well! There was definitely an agenda. Math Hoffa did an interview with Dres talking about this. One minute, we were afrocentric, and the next thugs. Young black men's images changed from that point forward in music, movies, and life. This is where the drastic changes happened!

Not everyone that lives in America has the stories you guys are describing. I grew up in a small town and the people on my block looked out for the children in the neighborhood. I think your lived experience depends on what kind of family you’re raised in.

@Oshay, I was born and raised in Cali, you ain't lying. Everything you said is so true. Most of what you said I experience daily, it's very stressful here. I hope to live a long life.

This is why I'll never let someone borrow my car again. My ex let her brother drive my car, and he ended up running from the police and tore my shit up. I was pissed ASF, especially when I found out he tried hiding my car at a car wash

Dr. Oshay, love the fact that you’re holding the mirror to Black folks.

Me and my family are most definitely relocating to the continent within the next year to year and a half. If need be, we will go sooner but that’s our timeline. We have to relocate home and unify.

It’s the system that was implemented in the community.

DEFINITELY WANT A PART 2 THIS WAS INSANEEEEE!🔥

As a 22 year old who was raised fairly traditionally in the south of the United States, I would’ve loved to sit in on this and elaborate on what this new generation of young black adults suffers from.

I was surprised to see Oshay as an expat. Btw bro you look really good these days, keep up that diet and fitness regimen. His show used to always be complaining about something and i see you actually did something about it, that’s commendable.

Love your work on this channel.

They are not talking about Africa; they're talking about America's corruption!

This was very interesting. Good points were made by all.

Children from 2 parent households are less likely to suffer from mental illness. Oshay is right. A lot of black America's problems stem from the breakdown of the family.

As a Bm I'm cool in America. I'll travel on a vacation, but I'm not interested in living in no developing countries anywhere in the World.

The music is a perfect example of how that system keeps the community in the condition it’s in. The amount of people (of other communities) that make money off of culture alone is eye opening. It continues to create jobs while the community continuously has its soul sucked out, willingly. Until people start to reevaluate their value system, nothing is going to change.

Love to be guest on your Podcast. I religiously like follow Wade Maya and This Podcast !!! Work behind the scenes in the Music Industry. Military Veteran. And looking to visit Uganda to finish writing my first biography of my life journey.

Great show. Watching from Minneapolis, Mn

Thank you for bringing this topic. America is very good at packaging itself really well to the rest of the world. This is a time for Ugandans and other nations on the African continent to educate themselves. As Joanita said, social media today is exposing what goes on in America and you better believe those pictures you see.

I am planning to move away from the United States of America. I am visiting Kenya 🇰🇪 in 2024...

Sacramento!! Oshay have me laughing this dude out of touch!! Great show guys

GREAT discussion Oshay! 🤔

The other key thing that happen was the filth that the rappers or hip hop play a role. Those that control the music industry wanted those ignorant rappers to tare our women and our people down.

This is scary oshay proves that some of the best of us are leaving.

Quite a very constructive show !! Great job oshay 💯

Right when our people was rising and becoming aware they drop in drugs we being ignorant and lust for money we help our enemy destroy our own. All the work put in to get a people to love themselves was lost

" CRABS DON'T BELONG IN A BARREL "......True: Tks. much.

He's absolutely right am here in Atlanta so I know

The law has given the child in AMERICA rights not to be discipline and as far as two parent started long before when the black family applied for Public assistance were not due to due to both parents being in home and so the father the head of the house decided to leave in order for his family to receive assistance and therefore the father was forced out the house and the government had routine visits to the blacks homes to ensure that the father wasn’t living there and most of the time visiting. The father rarely visited in fear of taking that Public assistance away and this system is this implemented until this day. I was employed for the county and have seen and heard eligibility workers deny plenty of families due to there male partner’s/husbands lived in the household. A very small percentage of whole black families are granted P unlicensed assistance for Census proposes. Please do more research on how the family has been constantly in this systematic whirlpool. Willie LYNCH couldn’t have said better a must read.

Big up to my GT brother 🇬🇾 he was spitting facts.

America is what you make it. If you love in a good neighborhood and stay out the streets you'll be alright.

Another perfect show. Kenganda is my fav podcast.

We gotta call out the missing men too...they don't have to be together but be in the kids life...

You guy are PREACHING true steps of DELIVERANCE & REDEMPTION 💯💥💥💥

Great show🎉❤🎉

Greetings 🙏 2 the Host panel and the Topic disclosure of what I sae as : Will the true America stand up and be recognized...

Greetings from Las Vegas. I’m from NYC. It’s dangerous here.

It depends on where you live, in America.

I don't like when ignorant people gloss over changes we have seen in America. Our history in this country should be discussed by people who are trained on it.

Black parents don’t invest in their children busy working and sending money back home or church I was doing the same thing my lovely son one day told me where were you always working: he was a good kid. I told him that he is a bread winner to look after his family took advantage of good education in England. Ugandan value is big deal

I DON'T GET INTO THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE ON EARTH WHERE YOU CAN SAY' PEACE AND SAFETY' WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU IN AMERICA CAN HAPPEN TO YOU ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! THE WORLD WON'T GET NO BETTER IF WE JUST LET IT BE!

Oshay came from a rough neighborhood...that is not all of America. California is known for violence.

First and foremost, Shout out to dj maintain for only speaking on his personal experience in america. Nothing more and nothing less. To speak on one of the problems is system laws have been passed that parents can't hold their own children accountable without going to jail. The community raising a children don't have a chance. Yes, its by design.

True all true mostly you gonna find jealousy anywhere you go though

We are in absolute peril. Also don’t tell anyone where you live.

This is the truth x 10 in chicago unfortunately.

Great topic. Great podcast keep it up #Afrikansuperstar

Regarding why the community does not involve themselves in keeping neighborhood children straight like back in the days. In my opinion it is do to number of reasons; however these two factors stick out in my mind: 1) The community we once knew no longer exist. Those who use to do well and stay in the community and viewed as role models no longer stay. As a result, in many neighborhoods you only have crabs in a bucket that are full of anger because they see a future they do not desire. 2) Drug culture; crack destroyed our communities the same way meth is currently destroying white suburban communities. 3)The destruction of the family and the lack of appreciation of the extended value. I may be way off base, but this is where I am for now.

Did you moved from America sourly on Black American or the suppression & oppression of the colonizers? Please read the Willie Lynch Letter this will explain why the black community is the way blacks in America are til this day.

Now I’m not giving up my guns in the states.

Oshay, Thank you for dealing with the Victimhood Concentrate! Which race has never had to heal? But they still successful!

If Trump is a clown, imagine what Biden is 🤣

The problem is Pan Africanism is lacking and black people especially in America do not currently have the discipline to push it and maintain it. Colourism, classism, gangsterism etc are rife among our people in America especially. It think the charge will most likely come from within Africa itself or the Caribbean. This generation of African Americans are too shallow and undisciplined.

But who created this dynamic?

Thank you for this podcast...FBA...B1

I don't hear you guys talking about the corruption in Africa? The war in the Congos ? The genocide in Ethopia ? The racism and black on black crime in South Africa? The Organ harvesting in Nigeria? The extreme poverty in Sudan and the killing for minerals in the Congo? Let FBA handle their own issues, and yall focus on Africa and the 500 billion that's sent to France 🇫🇷 every year from 14 African countries.

Welcome to America, Joanita, the land of guns and guns and guns. Yes, we hate each other. My roommate was lured by a girlfriend, a sister, to be smashed by a group of brothers. He returned home from hospital with a broken jaw and the girl, and her team went to jail.

It’s not only black people that can’t police themselves or lack standards. These issues are present in every community or racial group. Love the discussion, but you all need to unshackle your minds when talking about such things. Crime, teenagers having kids, violence is present in every community. I am not saying we can’t or shouldn’t do better. But it is unfair to act as if these issues are only present in our communities. I don’t know much, but I am sure we don’t have not cornered the market when it comes to negative behavior.

I live in California, USA, but I am from Norco, La. Norco is twenty-five miles west of New Orleans. I was born in New Orleans. I grew up in a beautiful Afro community. All the Afro communities in Louisiana during the late fifties, sixties and seventies did very well, and about 98% of homes had biological fathers with good decent jobs. My father was a truck driver getting paid every Friday. My community was doing very well back in those days. But after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, Louisiana begin to integrate the schools. Why do you think the Caucasians wanted integration?

Damn the girl can't relate at all 😂😂

17:52 If nobody has said it. The lady with the black is extremely smart and beautiful.

Y'all are over exaggerating like never before.

Brother Marriott told no lies.

Great convo.

I look forward to my first trip to Uganda this year soon. Maybe if Oshay team can reach out 2 me ?

The law changed in America where we couldn’t spank our children early 2000’s I believe.

My wife & I are looking to retire out of the US! Currently looking at Medellin and Costa Rica. Any other African countries I should look into?

Get those likes up folks👍🏾

I expect to see 100yts old and I'm black American.....I guess it depends on your environment...

i want to be on the podcast , please im in america how we going to do this

I love how these back to Africa discussions often pick the most dysfunctional Black Americans and diasporans to drive home certain points. This won’t help build anyone up and certainly not Africa. SOME of the expatriates are disillusioned , disaffected and/or maladjusted HUMAN BEINGS. There are many Black people in the diaspora who have been able to achieve, live safely and have success. It isnt always about racial persecution in the U.S. No place is perfect. Not even Africa.

That’s in every community. There are bad and good people in every community.

It’s more complex than everything that is being said on this show today. We are talking about the break down of the family and the impact of several 7 or 8 decades, to get to where things are right now! I mean over 75 to 80 years. Everyone does not live in the ghetto, but also it’s not simply the fought of the single mom! It’s about the impact of everyday racism and years and years of discrimination, oppression, aggression, self hatred, red lining, class issues, social issues, lack of inter city jobs, training, specific access to healthcare, decent housing, education, lack of extended family’s, lack of networking, proper nutrition, basic skills, elderly wisdom and higher costly education, black consciousness

Please pray for me. I am realizing that hell is on earth 🌎 I would like to leave the United States and find a place to die in peace. Thank you 😪

News flash, Everywhere is bad for us but I'd rather be here complaining than somewhere else struggling, FOR REAL! America is actually the "best worst" place for ANYONE! That's why people are literally and physically dying to come here. If I'd heard this same conversation 60, 70 years ago I'd probably be among the first on a one way trip to somewhere else without a second thought.

American is dangerous, but not more dangerous than Africa. I have so many friends from the Congo and other places that had to leave their country because of war. That doesn't happen in America.

Good discussion. Let me just summarize this. Y'all have had the opportunity to experience two sides of living in the broad sense. Most Africans still have experienced only one side which is just in Africa. These discussions will either strike so much fear in the enthusiast who wants to travel to the USA, or they will just not believe you. I am in the USA now and I have concluded every African should have the opportunity to travel. After that we tend to understand the reality of these situations being discussed here.

Thing is black Americans watch to much TV , get rid of it , and we listen to rap music for what, turn that off too , we shouldn’t define our culture by TV and music we r so much more than that , it’s all about entertainment instead of attainment

Stop the cap you can live comfortably here if you stop looking to fit in ; you have to create your own lain here .

I think the biggest difference between America and other countries in Africa is that Americans will talk openly about their issues but Africans are very protective about their country's images. For people that don't really study about international issues they may start to think that America is bad and everywhere else is very good. Most of the problems in America are down to where you live in America. Plus if we analyse black people by country, America would be by far the richest black country in world. America has also provided the world with the most influencial and successful black people in history.

Also the child welfare laws have changed. Kids have too many rights. Parents and community can't police the kids otherwise they would be accused of abuse.

Can I please be featured here on this topic 1 day

Oshay low key speaking like he don't understand why thigs are the way they are... I get where he's coming from but it just sounds like a lot of ignorance on his part... Cutting the other brother off and not even letting him speak... Downplaying the mental health issues in our community as well as white supremacy and the effect it has on us as a whole... Dude blaming black women like they alone make babies... And the disrespect you putting on your own ppl with no love in your heart is beyond me ..

Not all states in America have gangs. In Massachusetts, you might find it risky in the inner city, but for the most part, that is where it starts and ends. Oshay cannot speak for all of America and I wish he would stop doing so. Where he comes from has a Gang culture. For the most part, in the rest of America, an FBA is more likely to be killed by a cop than one another. Yt people in the midwest and the south are the real gun toters and yt children have been known to commit school or mass shootings. Blaming Foundational Black Americans for all the crime in America does Black people an injustice.

We had Black WALL STREET.

If you guys did not have America to put down what would you guys have to talk about ? Let talk about what we can do to make things better

Poor joanita having to listen to issues that only affect black people in the west

No disrespect to the brotha with the glasses but he wreaks of typical US liberal think that is unrealistic to the reality of things. One sided accountability, there's always something that we have to tackle BEFORE we focus on developing ourselves. I appreciate you giving a thorough breakdown of the state that we are in. While black ppl in America are getting inundated with everything leading them to self sabotage, making excuses is absolutely the most unhelpful thing that you can prescribe.

Great conversation

Please don’t generalize all Black/African Americans. We want the same things you guys want.

In guns we trust that's America

Please guys keep it positive , the converstion needs to be on what you guys are out there doing to build Africa , why leave the west to bring that baggage out there , lets talk about what the Diaspora should be bring to build Africa . Set the example don't follow it😕

I was born in the 70's, most black women in America can not cook. I have been able to cook better than most women I have dated, even my wife. The crazy part is the non-cooking females started in my mother's generation, in the 50's. Black men in America have learned to do it all at an early age.

Try living in Haiti 🇭🇹 for oneday, y'all don't know what problems is. You dudes are to comfortable

A lot of these teens can't leave on there own, or don't know how to leave. So they try to act hard to survive. It's up to the parents to get them out.

Keep in mind that the French had a lot of cooperation from Africans. Those collaboraters should also be sent back to France

he lost me when he tried to degrade trump. smh

Somebody in here misdirected the conversation but I’m here for it.

Please stop blaming everything on feminism it’s not true! Black women have held down black men for decades!!!!!!!! It’s more complex than that! 35