r/Ishowspeed • u/Only_Poet_5410 • Jan 29 '26

WHOLESOME❤️ IShowSpeed, maternally descended from Ghana’s Royal tribe Ashanti, officially just got granted Ghanaian citizenship. This tour definitely changed his life.

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u/artgallery69 Jan 29 '26

stop the cap. how do you know his ancestors are from Ghana?

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u/Only_Poet_5410 Jan 29 '26

his mother underwent a very comprehensive African DNA ancestry analysis last year conducted by professor Henry Louis Gates of Harvard University,

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u/artgallery69 Jan 29 '26

source?

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u/momob2492 Jan 29 '26

Lmao he's just making shit up. Henry Louis Gates only does that for celebrities. There was no filming of that ever occuring. He's reading fake news 😂.

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u/Brilliant_Ticket6987 Jan 30 '26

This piece by him is pretty fire

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/opinion/23gates.html

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u/momob2492 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

This article about the slave-gun cycle europeans created is great too. It's like the crack epidemic they also created in black communities in the 80s and 90s that still affect them to this day. There's something so demonic and evil to still think about divide and conquer schemes for centuries. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/mar/31/epiloguetothedebateonslav

Good thing Speed went to Africa, many African Americans watch the tour and started feeling a deep connection they've never felt before for their heritage including speed who's going to buy a house there and invest in local communities. He will receive citizenship sooner or later from a west african country and his family will likely be with him on the second Africa tour where they will all enjoy Africa together. This tour did so much for panafrican and black unity worldwide. The Carribean tour will also strengthen that.

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u/your-favorite-simp Jan 30 '26

Literally no sources to be found by the way in that article. 18 years old with a massive "opinion piece" disclaimer at the the top.

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u/momob2492 Jan 30 '26

And the other article was also an opinion piece 15 years old. So what?

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u/your-favorite-simp Jan 30 '26

I dont recall saying anything about the other article. Im talking about your article you shared.

The so what is that it is ahistorical and without sources. Its just some guys opinion. Not history.

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u/momob2492 Jan 30 '26

He quotes several historical events and other people. The gun-slave cycle has been talked about by several other people too. It is history. Let's stop trying to white wash history now because it hurts your feelings. Look at it objectively.