obowunmi:

Ragdollz baby, how are you ?

Imari:

Just from the media here in the U.S. hearing someone is "Nigerian",  scammer immediately comes to mind.  I never knew of such until a few years back NBC Dateline did a program about the scammers and their main feature was on Nigerians focusing on Houston and San Antonio Texas.

Then there was recently the case of the daycare where children lost their lives, upon finding that the owner was Nigerian the comments section in the articles online was geared toward disparaging Nigerians as scam artists and little else.

Also, I have plenty of pics of my Nigerian Sweetie and when those outside of my family ask about him and I say he's Nigerian some have said "scammer".

pleep:

people always assume I'm 'jamaican or somethin' whenever I tell them I'm not, they just forget a few days Later and call me 'jamaican dude again'

lol. yeah just ignorant folks.
they dont know better that's all.

Yield:


Sad, but true. But I think any informed person would know that just because they've heard stories about Nigerians and scamming, doesn't mean every other Nigerian out there does it too. I wouldn't want to be involved with anyone who's prejudiced and narrow-minded like that anyway, so if I meet someone and upon hearing I'm Nigerian he decides to walk, he can do just that. No wahala.  =p

Man which country are ya'll in that nigerians have such a bad reputation?

A lot of them claim to be Jamo to 'get ignorant American chicks' who sadly but true

for the most part think, once you are black with an accent you are Jamaican.

Thirst4Lif:

This is not true! American women DO NOT think when a Black man has an accent he's

automatically Jamaican.   A Jamaican accent sounds totally different from that of an African!

SO PLEASE JUST SPEAK FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR IGNORANT FRIENDS!

Lmao. ok. If you say so. But do know I am NOT asking you. I am TELLING you. I will provide proof to calm you down if necessary. Not a lot of Americans have had the ability or interest to travel abroad or are interested in learning to differentiate the different groups. Some think Africa is a country and that Jamaica is in Africa. I am half American and been here all my life I don't think I need to lie on my own people.I NEVER said all of them anyway I said 'for the most part' and just like Pleep said, a lot of ppl even after having been explained the difference to, will STILL see someone again and make the same mistake of calling them Jamo. It's not Just Africans who go through this but also other islanders who actually have so many groups preaching 'The Caribbean is bigger than just Jamaica' and this my friend is for a reason. Some Africans are too proud to be called Jamaican so they represent their countries to the FULLEST and others go to Jamaican parties actually TRYING to speak patois and dress like the Jamos with NO intention of explaining where they are really from (If you live on the Est Coast of the US especially in the Virginia, Carolinas, ATL and Miami you see this VERY often!) So speak of your OWN experience and fly off.

@Inked pathetic indeed!   

@Chima good point.