Black Star Shining
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 9:31AM 
So everybody & their mommy is asking me who I'm rooting for in today's US v Ghana match. There is no right answer to that question! lol My dad called me yesterday w/ the argument that he needs a visa to go to Accra, but he doesn't need one to go to Manhattan. So that wise old man born & bred in Ghana is rooting for...yup you guessed it USA!!
Once my pops made this declaration my Auntie & I spent about 3mins hurling partisan invective at him. It reminded me of the intra-familial divide during the Obama v Clinton primary. My sister & I were early on the Hope train, while our foks were convinced that Hillary was "The One."
Well we know how that turned out.
I'm broadcasting in an hour & will be watching the first half of the match online before racing to get to the local pub where fans of all stripes will be raising pure heck! And I will be there, loud & proud rooting for GHANA!!!
No it's not because I'm not patriotic, and it's not because I don't love the stars n stripes. But when I took my citizenship they said I had to renounce all foreign princes & potentates. They didn't say anything about soccer teams...
I ain't never showed love to another potentate. I'm Obama all the way! lol But it's times like this when you get to meet the REAL Africans. I'm talking about the ones that eat fufu & palmnut soup son. Hawaii is sunny and all, but it ain't the same - don't let the birthers fool you. Everybody knows real Africans live in the Bronx (though I still rep BK all the way)!
The greatest irony is that Ghanaians LOVE the USA! And most Americans who know anything about it LOVE Ghana! The flag above is one that was designed for Obama's first visit to Africa as President, and where did he go? GHANA. And he loved it.
So here we are, brothers & sisters in a house divided. I usually give Team USA full dap in all sports. But until the US gets rid of these laws that prevent people like me from being President, I'm a' keep a special place on the football field for the African skies under which I was born.
Today Ghana represents Africa's last World Cup hope for the next four years. In the first World Cup on African soil, we are the only African team to advance past the opening round. So as always let me say God Bless the USA. But may God make the Black Stars shine BRIGHTER today! :)
GO GHANA!!
D.N.A
Africa, Black Stars, Ghana, Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Soccer, USA, World Cup
Reader Comments (6)
I would really luv 2 c US 2 advance 2 the finals, they proved that they ar the Best. M African I have no choice 2 support The black stars. If they don't US ALL THE WAY. Tired of south american and european teams winning this world cup.
"They didn't say anything about soccer teams." is the kind of logic a seven year old would use.
You're not the first to root against the USA team in favor of a team of their ancestry. Ask most Mexican-Americans. The question is have you always supported the Black Stars? Do you follow every Ghana campaign at the African Cup of Nations? Or did you see that Ghana was playing today and decide to make a point?
@Ntembie Black Stars REPRESENTED yesterday! I love Team USA but they have to stop conceding goals early in the match. I think USA will be significantly improved come 2014. The country is finally starting to get behind the team. But Ghana made Africa proud for REAL yesterday!
@george I've always had quite a respect for seven year olds. It's those officious lil eight year olds that piss me off...
@Beau it's funny I turned on my TV yesterday and noticed Ghana has a team! Had to pull out all the stops. :)
Well, your passionate support definitely helped Ghana soar to the top in that match, Derrick, and may it take them all the way. A little birdie told me, by the way, that, for all your father's pro-USA rhetoric, he and your mom were ordering the Ghanaian players about through the t.v. screen and were ecstatic when they won. It's wonderful that they and you believe in the U.S. of A., but it's also great that none of you have forgotten where you come from, that you continue to support the uplift of a nation that needs you.
DNA,
E ti sein? You are giving as much as you are getting on this page...you irritation with 8 officious 8 years olds , I find very , very funny....funny enough I dont remeber feeling like a seven year old when I was actually seven.
Take care and God's guidance in ever course you chart.
Kofidele
PS: Nuff respect from Accra Ghana