"The white man's greed benefits the white race; the black man's greed handicaps the black race.

"The white man knows he will not live forever. And so he'd rather do something to make his name live forever, and most times something his own people will forever benefit from. The black man does not have the death consciousness. He only lives for now. He daily rejects death in Jesus name. And so, in order to enjoy life to its full, he neglects the future and grabs the wealth meant for his brothers all to himself."

GreyLaw:
After so many years of pondering on both races, I finally and painfully came to the realisation that the White man is superior in mind.

For the Black race, capacity for abstract reasoning is a far-fetched thing; the Black man believes in the now and, thus, exists only therein.

We hate to hear this, but the evidence is all there to see. Like the OP opined, if it was the Black race that colonised the world, just like the Whites did, things right now would exist in a state of topsy-turvy.

Heck, the Black man actually ruled the world of old at some point, but what did he leave as relics, mementos and legacies to perpetuate his name and supremacy? Almost nothing! All this points to his innate short-sightedness and, I hate to say, near inferiority!

Man2utd:
What basically gives us joy is different, the black race gets joy from oppressing and killing of his brother, the white race gets joy in enriching others, you can imagine someone coming from a community where he has suffered deprivation all his life, and either luck or crookedness has access to resources, the first he will do is to try and recover for his year of suffering.

i wanna laugh up and down for that statement . History has shown whites are about that for their own race while exploiting other races even on their own land in their own countries
There is not 1 country they stepped in that they did not suppress, marginalize ,steal from the native of the land.

Nonaira1:
What a beautiful write up. I support wholeheartedly. One of the main reason I thank my parents for getting me out that zoo called Niggeria. The best gift ever given to me was opportunity to migrate out. If not for my parents and the love i have for igbo, I would have completely erased any existemce that traces me back to that pitiful excuse of a country.

ok but what brings u to nairaland?

SweetPuffPuff:
i wanna laugh up and down for that statement . History has shown whites are about that for their own race while exploiting other races even on their own land in their own countries
There is not 1 country they stepped in that they did not suppress, marginalize ,steal from the native of the land.

Man2utd:


They must have stolen the black mans brain, because even after our freedom and with so much resources, nothing seem to have changed...

SKhanmi:


I'll just like you to consider these 2 points.

1) If we exchanged positions with the whites at birth, they get our culture, lifestyle, environment & obsolete education ,Do you still think they would be more superior?.

2)Who's stories get to be taught as history? The loser's or the winner?,Whose legacies will be destroyed or suppressed? Where did our major sources of education especially about africa come from?.

If you believe all humans are equal, then given the right education or indoctrination without interference from saboteurs, the blacks would not have been so different. Else you're simply comparing a white god with a black monkey. Brain capacity is different.

SweetPuffPuff:
ok but what brings u to nairaland?

SweetPuffPuff:
@ the author .The Black race is not Nigeria. How can it be measured by What Nigeria has or hasnt done thus far?

@ this thread . Its useless and full of useless wailing. Got get yer pvc and vote better cuz sitting her on nairaland crying anout the supposed inferiority of yer race based of YER life in nigeria is not chaning anything for u!

Perfecttouch:
nigeria man
your father offends someone and what he does is tie him and his generation with juju
abeg what has his generation got to do with it？why cant u just deal with man alone？
you offend someone and the next thing is ,he no go better for your family,your generation ,your children unborn.
why？nigerians why？
agbero will tell u ,koni da fun iyalaya e,

okadaman will tell u my sweat will judge you

a pedestrian will tell u it shall not be well with u if u mistakenly splash water on them.
frustration is in the land but the level of curse,abuse,juju, anger issue hovering over this country is enough to tie the country down and stop it from making progress.
ABEG SHEY OYINBO SELF GET SWEAR WORDS？

GreyLaw:


I'm sorry my reply is coming late.

But why should we swap cultures and education with them? Is it not a sign of their superiority that the education and cultures they developed are seen to be better, and the main drivers of their excellence in every field of human endeavour?

You cannot bind a strong man in his house if you are not stronger. The White man came to Africa, colonised the Black race, and forced his language on upon him. Even till date, the White man's languages are the mainstay of the Black race. That, sir, is superiority at its best.

How many of our local languages have we updated to reflect the modern day realities of science and tech, or even arts? Yet, Armenians, Germans, the English, Lithuanians, and some other funny European tribes can proudly teach a six-year course in Medicine, or Engineering, in their languages!

Even the Orientals are better! Japanese people rough-handled the Koreans and Chinese, and it'll surprise you Japan colonised these people mercilessly. Yet, these people rose above their past and are challenging the West (including Japan).

The Black race has no excuse, for put the White man in Black Africa and he'll still do wonders.

A prime example: give America or any other developed country to the African born and bred Black man and he'll tear down the very fabrics of civilisation there.

Case study: for all the evils of apartheid in South Africa, yet, the White man gave her the economic and infrastructural developments she has today. After Mandela, what have Zuma, Mbeki and co done?

Like I said, the White man may not be a better human being per se, but he is far better in mind. His foresight, power of abstract reasoning and nation building are unparalled.

kay9:


Bro, God bless you!!

I have been singing this same song to my friends, my family, anybody that'll listen. There is something inherently wrong in the way that we - we Nigerians, we sub-Saharan Africans, we Black people - there is something very wrong in the way we think. We raise our children to think first and foremost for themselves. We celebrate wealth, power and strength, irrespective of how it is gotten - and we make mockery of the poor and weak. We practically hate to have anything to do with misfortune and hardship - "it is not my portion! i reject it in jesus name!".... and yet we want our society to get better. We dance and chorus to "if u no get money, hide your face!", so our youths do everything and anything to get that money... Well, news flash - we are the product of our own collective mindset.

We only celebrate wealth and power - so we have rich men who do everything in their power to remain rich and oppress the poor.

We believe the end justifies the means - so we have crooks and thieves and corrupt criminals in power... and we keep on singing their praises. Because in our eyes, they are successful, "dem don hammer", and if we praise them, emulate them and do as they do, we will "hammer" too.

We refuse to stand up for each other - so the police and military, mopol, sars, they shoot and kill and arrest with impunity, because they know an average Nigerian will never put his life on the line for another person - "never! make i die troway like dat?"

Those politicians, corrupt officials, government appointees and so on that embezzle billions, where did they come from? Did they fall down from heaven, or climb out of the ground?? Of course not! They are ALL ordinary Nigerians like me and you, they were born in Nigeria, grew up in Nigeria, and then joined their forebears in dragging Nigeria even further down - and when they are done, other ordinary Nigerians will replace them and do even worse. IT IS ALL IN OUR MINDS, AND UNTIL WE ALL DECIDE TO THINK FOR EACH OTHER FIRST, INSTEAD OF OURSELVES, NOTHING WILL CHANGE.

I have already made my own decision: I WILL BE DIFFERENT, AND I WILL RAISE MY CHILDREN TO BE DIFFERENT. I will raise them to be better than I was raised - to put justice, equity, and honesty before wealth and power.

The choice is ours: Stop complaining; just change yourself first.