Emmanuel Acho Criticized For Saying He Doesn’t Have ‘Generational Trauma’ Like Black Americans Because He’s Nigerian
The former NFL player, who is born from Nigerian parents, is being slammed for saying he doesn’t have “generational trauma” like other Black people in America.
“When white people say, ‘Well, racism doesn’t exist,’ I know why they say that. Because I’ve been in them rooms when they’re saying that,” Acho said on the podcast. “When I kick it with Black people and they’re like, ‘All white people are racist,’ I know why you’re saying that. All the while, I have the privilege and luxury of not having generational trauma, because my parents were born in Nigeria. So my method is removing some of the sting, because I don’t have that sting, and trying to deliver it in a manner that people can receive it.”