I recently talked to a lady i got to know a few years back and we got to the Relationship aspect of the gist, i could see a certain radiation in her eyes when she talked for minutes unending about the guy she currently dates. she said he is cute,cultured,treats her right,Blah blah blah(though along the line i found out he aint interested about marriage,smokes like a loco and has baby-mama drama) and finally wen i had a chance to talk i just asked her if he was White?.....she paused for some seconds and said sometin like Sam....how did u know?,i told her simple,we here dont appreciate what is ours,even when its the best for us(challenge me if am wrong pls)n yet we label ourselves bad.Same goes for a naija man that will beat his naija wife for no just reason or cos he is tooo drunk to differenciate her from a punching bag he uses for his boxing training,the irony of this is that if that same Nigerian man had a white lady as a wife,he wont dare beat his 'OYINBO'wife even when he is over drunk or halucinatingor isnt isnt that true?

this is not just a relationship thing,i was watching an episode of a singing reality show currently on TV,i noticed a certain pattern with the judges during the auditioning stages. when a competitor comes on stage and says he came from britain, Amarica or elsewher for the competition, he is given a straight YES for an average or below average performance whereas when a competitor comes from a state within Nigeria and even gives a better performance,he is given an outright NO.

Same goes for sports,business,products,goods and the likes.......

Now my question is why do we Nigerians undervalue our fellow Nigerians

We are niggas, thats how we do things

thats why we are undeveloped

Plarp: We are niggas, thats how we do things

thats why we are undeveloped

is underdevelopment d problem?

luvable sam: is underdevelopment d problem?

No, i dont think so... i think it may be something deeper than that. These same stupid mentalities are what caused africa to be underdeveloped in the first place.

im just waiting for more ppl to comment so i can talk deeper about the issue at hand...

Plarp: No, i dont think so... i think it may be something deeper than that. These same stupid mentalities are what caused africa to be underdeveloped in the first place.

im just waiting for more ppl to comment so i can talk deeper about the issue at hand...

gat u......buh it suprises me wen pple still behave as such after all dis years of independence from colonialism

Dondav: True

tanx man

Conversely, other nations are now valuing Nigeria/Nigerians far better than they had in the past. (Just for the oil/beautiful people? stay tuned and find out)

Flytefalls: Conversely, other nations are now valuing Nigeria/Nigerians far better than they had in the past. (Just for the oil/beautiful people? stay tuned and find out)

where are u from?

luvable sam: where are u from?

Must we go there . I'm foreign, currently UK

Flytefalls:
Must we go there . I'm foreign, currently UK

guessed so cos i saw a picture of u around d effel tower in paris on ur profile,besides a couple of non Nigerians like u appreciate us here but i tink we undervalue ourselves here

luvable sam: guessed so cos i saw a picture of u around d effel tower in paris on ur profile,besides a couple of non Nigerians like u appreciate us here but i tink we undervalue ourselves here

I love Nigerians . I wouldn't say Nigerians undervalued themselves. Nigerian pride is common knowledge!

Flytefalls:
I love Nigerians . I wouldn't say Nigerians undervalued themselves. Nigerian pride is common knowledge!

i know u do obviously......so u in london ain it?

luvable sam: i know u do obviously......so u in london ain it?

Haha! Adorable_Sam, don't derail your own thread.

Flytefalls:
Haha! Adorable_Sam, don't derail your own thread.

hmmmmn u av even derailed further with a change in my username......back to topic guys

Dondav: True

it is my brother n am so becoming distrbed about the trend

We have this slave mentality, we use our master as a standard even if the master does not know a bit of such thing.
We seems to take oders mentally from our mental master.

seunfly: We have this slave mentality, we use our master as a standard even if the master does no know a bit of such thing.
We seems to take oders mentaly from our mental master.

Dint c some of these comments till today. Just funny

Flytefalls:
Must we go there . I'm foreign, currently UK

I'm alien , currently krypton

Inferiority complex goes hand in hand with poverty, real talk! Watch those who value others more than their own, or ashamed to be associated with Nigeria, they are usually poor or from a poor background.

50calibre: Inferiority complex goes hand in hand with poverty, real talk! Watch those who value others more than their own, or ashamed to be associated with Nigeria, they are usually poor or from a poor background.

U really raised a diff angle to the issue.

Does the background of a person matter in such matters?

luvable sam:
U really raised a diff angle to the issue.

Does the background of a person matter in such matters?

Absolutely!! Poverty plays a very large role in most of the choices people make. It all comes down to poverty or illiteracy.