However, most American Negroes are descended from the Bantu. These adopted agriculture about four thousand years ago, ...
Please allow me to correct or amend in this issue, since IMO it is important for a fervent racist like IM2, to understand his heritage and those of his self-declared brothers and sisters.
Bantu - is not a uniform ethnicity - but refers to a language group.
Bantu related dialects are only spoken in Southern Africa. E.g. Southern Angola, Namibia, SA, Botswana, Southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Southern Zambia. Those along the East-African coast upwards from Mozambique belong to the Nubian/Sudan language group, also termed Nilo-Saharan language family. Those Africans ranging along the coast from Senegal down to Northern Angola and into Zaire/Congo belong to the Kwa language group.
The predominant tribal groups in Southern Africa are the Ovambo, Shona, and Kaffir (they are also the same ethnic group) - Black intruders from the 16th century onward are the predominant tribes of the Zulu, Swazi and Ndebele (Matabele) - originally deriving from the Nubian/Sudan language group of the Masai (some 1000-2000 years ago and started moving in from today's Kenya/Tanzania- no one really knows for certain). The only fact recorded is that Europeans and Zulu's moved into Kaffir territory (tribal homeland) around the same time, thus colliding and warring with each other. Whilst the Zulu's declared themselves as the Masters of all Kaffir's).
Whilst the tribal groups of the Kwa language group practiced agriculture (actual crop-farming) The Kaffir group are predominately, if not solely pastoral - and it was the European settlers that introduced "crop farming" into this region, including tobacco and cotton. Plucking mushrooms and wild fruits can't be really considered as engaging towards agriculture.
The vast majority of IM2 people are from the Kwa language group (knowledgeable in agriculture) - and therefore being recognized
useful as slaves by their own kind, Arabs and Europeans. This does not exclude some Slave-hunters bringing in - capturing Bantu speakers - but extremely rare.
The Kwa language group can actually be considered as the intellectual, tribal elite, amongst the Sub-Saharan Africans. This is clearly shown in regards to the USA - since it is evident that Black Americans (aside from being intermixed with Whites) posses a higher degree of intelligence and social behavior - as compared to those of the Kaffir group. Therefore It would be absolutely wrong, to refer towards IM2 or non-Bantu speakers as Kaffir.
Due to the very primitive culture and sociological evolution of the Kaffir group - they were defined/recognized by Zulus, and Europeans as being rather dumb. Therefore the term, Kaffir European wording/Cafir Arab and Hispanic wording, were introduced into the Germanic, and Hispanic language group from the 17th century onward as a synonym for stupidity, or inability to comprehend basic issues, whilst the Arab version of Cafir refers only to being a non-Muslim Black.
This is the reason why Communist/Dictatorial, Genocidal, Murderous and Racist Zimbabwe and SA - implemented the law that forbids to use the term Kaffir. (if one uses it - one goes to jail).
E.g. Zulus, Swazi and Ndebele (Zulu group) also referred to other Bantu's as Kaffir during the European settlement period and during SA Apartheid period.
Almost every killing and murder in today's Zimbabwe and SA is in regards to the Zulu, Swasi, Ndebele group, and the Bantu Kaffir's, going at each other's throats. Independent of 20-30,000 Europeans (some figures go as high as 60,000), having been murdered since 1990. E.g. a Zulu in vast majority does not rob and murder another Zulu. It's this African tribal thingy.
And if one mentions and clarifies all this - IM2 people will inherently exellerate from a fervent racist, full out towards a mentally depraved racist. Citing totally irrelevant issues from 200 years ago, to make himself and lefty&libs feel better.