Is it just me or does it seem like our parents are extra tribalistic especially when it comes to marriage?..
A friend of mine has a serious relationship with a guy from Rivers..She's yoruba, Ondo precisely..Her parents said she'll never marry from the east that it must be her tribe. I was astounded only to go home to gist about it,thinking my parents would see it as creating walls and disunity as I'm seeing, only for them to share the same point of view as ma friends parents . meaning I will have such issues too.
Ogun is this,Imo is that, Calabar has this, Kebbi has that, bayelsa this, Benin that..Why? Is it really true we must judge ourselves as individuals according to tribe?

When it comes to tribalism, you can't beat the EAST and the WEST!
They deserve each other!

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Welcome to the real world, where stereotyping is the order of the day
Unfortunate, but it is what it is. You can try and change it though, by raising your brood to judge people as humans and individuals first and foremost.
It's sad that most oldies in the previous generations are a lost cause, don't even bother trying to convince them. Just do what it's in your heart to do, make your choices and get ready to live with the consequences regardless.

And that is how they ruined Nigeria with all their bitterness.
As if there are no demonic marriages inside their own ethnic groups.
I hope there are no girls still falling for such scare tactics in 2015. There are 7 billion people in the world and a woman would restrict finding her happiness in one tiny fraction of humans? Rubbish.
Any girl that falls for such scare tactics in 2015, should be slapped.

eyinjuege:
Welcome to the real world, where stereotyping is the order of the day
Unfortunate, but it is what it is. You can try and change it though, by raising your brood to judge people as humans and individuals first and foremost.
It's sad that most oldies in the previous generations are a lost cause, don't even bother trying to convince them. Just do what it's in your heart to do, make your choices and get ready to live with the consequences regardless.

Serious lost cause. I have never understood restricting your love life to your village, lmao.

eyinjuege:
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It's sad that most oldies in the previous generations are a lost cause, don't even bother trying to convince them.

Even the young folks are not left out. A colleague of mine will always hit out at me with derogatory slurs. Instead of getting angry, I immediately switch to my native dialect and laugh out loud. And this is someone whose first cousin is from another tribe and a celebrity. Smh for some humans.

KanwuliaJara:
When it comes to tribalism, you can't beat the EAST and the WEST!
They deserve each other!

And the North?

IndianaJay:


And the North?

Not as bad as those TWO!

@kanwuliajara

At op, the younger generation is worse and myopic. Brainwashed by their parents, they are often naive especially if they are not born n bred in either Lag or Abuja.

Kanwulia discriminates too, especially against Yoruba.

Now to add my own stereotyping, Ondo generally discriminates, even against their Yoruba kinsmen. So dont just go there. Ondo or Ekiti rarely marry from Ogun and Lagos states.. They are civilization apart from one another.