Attitudes towards Africa

I’ve only had reddit for about five days, but i’ve been browsing the posts from this sub, going back about three months.

Can someone explain why you guys don’t seem to want to be associated with Africa, or even feel a sense of belonging with us? I understand we’re different groups of people, but we’re all black and you guys ancestry traces back to Africa. I was surprised to see that some Caribbeans believe they would have more in common with a white british person.

Also, I’m Ugandan, and back home we adore Caribbean people, especially Jamaicans. They look like we do and we see cultural similarities between ours and theirs; the caribbean in general is almost seen as an extension of Africa. We see you guys as brothers and next to kin.

I live in the UK and i’m aware of the tension between Caribbeans and Africans, but I thought all that was left in the past? We share a race, we share culture, we have historical ties to eachother, why can’t we all just get a long?