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Travel / Re: Being Black In Berlin/germany by 5gee: 11:00am On May 05, 2020 |
Please permit me to weigh in on the issue of racism. I have lived in the UK for almost 10 years now. I have not experienced open racism. The most open, in my opinion has been people refusing to sit near me on trains unless it's a busy service, which I tend to like in the sense that I get to stretch my legs and wriggle around as I like. What I can say is prevalent is institutional racism. In my opinion this is worse because it is hard to prove. If someone abuses you racially, you can reprt to the police and you will most certainly get justice if you have your evidence but in an institution when you are passed over for promotion or not given the raise you deserve then they can attribute several reasons to it. Sometimes you even question whether it is due to racism or something else. I have had my boss sing my praises to the high heavens but not matched that financially or even in sending me on training. A Nigeria I worked with kept saying the guy is a racist but I did not see reason. Eventually when it was time for redundancy, I was deemed not to have the required experience to work on the project available and so had to go. Mind you from day one in the company, I was doing the work of a senior and sometimes principal engineer even as a graduate and they were charging clients sometime about £80ph for my services while paying me as a graduate. All my appraisals were "exceeded expectation". Every year I will ask for training and be told either I "do not need it" or "there's not enough budget". A friend of mine also told me about his experience at his company (A global renowned financial giant) where they had a ranking of performance of employees and consistently in the top 5 were at least 3 Nigerians but when it came to bonuses, they will give excuses on why they didn't get big bonuses, often saying although they did very well on the job but scored low when it came to behavioral aspect and people skills. What that effectively meant was that they either don't go out to eat with them or perhaps licked their asses. The Nigerian that did was rewarded. On one occasion, a person that reported to him was moved to another team as lead and bought back to his team to be his lead. It is tough to accept sometimes. You see a lot of Nigerians as contractors in the UK, I believe it is mostly because they feel they have little chance of getting to the top management level and so going contract is the best way of making more money that they otherwise will not earn as staff and avoiding office politics altogether. Contractor - do your job, go home and you get paid your agreed rate, no need to bother about subjective appraisal. They will hire you because you know your job and when your contract ends, you move on o the next or if you have gathered enough money, start a business, buy properties, send your children to good schools, go on holidays. jesmond3945:Tribalism is different @ Kenn55. At least you can find your tribesman too to help you or there is your tribesman too who is tribalistic. Someone talked about Adoke, each state in Nigeria has a Minister and must also be represented in various agencies so tribalists will favour almost every tribe in Nigeria. On the issue of BAME doctors/health workers, I believe there are several contributory factors to the disproportionate number of deaths which may not necessarily be due to racism. My theory is that 1. There are a higher proportion of BAME health workers in the NHS than White when compared to the population and these people are more likely to put their life on the line while on duty than their white counterparts. There were reports on some white doctors abandoning their jobs for fear og COVID-19. 2. Lifestyle - Our lifestyle, especially the food we eat is not healthy. An average Nigerian will want to eat eba and other starcy and oily food but not put in the corresponding exercise in to mitigate the effects. our forefathers ate these kinds of food because they lived an active life. They went to the farms and burn off all the excess calories and ate less processed food but we the younger ones just want to eat and sit behind a computer. The whites are generally careful about unhealthy diet and take exercise serious. In London during lunch time, I see a lot of white people jugging and rarely see blacks doing same (me inclusive). There are other factors as well. 25 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by 5gee: 9:58am On Apr 15, 2020 |
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Fashion / Re: ₦1.8Million: Handbag Made From Child's Spine, Alligator Tongue Up For Sale(Pic) by 5gee: 5:56pm On Apr 13, 2020 |
The maker does not seem to have any conscience. This is immoral in my opinion. We should not try to make money at any cost. I am sure some money bag will still buy it. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Celebrities / Re: Funke Akindele, Husband Found Guilty, To Serve 14 Days Community Service by 5gee: 3:26pm On Apr 06, 2020 |
Nice one Lagos state government. Way to go. |
Politics / Re: COVID-19: Buhari Approves Recruitment Of 774,000 Nigerians by 5gee: 3:20pm On Apr 06, 2020 |
Less than N77000 on average per person. The amount is too small except if they expect them to work for just 2 months. But I wonder what they'll achieve in that period. |
Politics / Re: 3 Coronavirus Cases Linked To Governor El-Rufa’s Staff In Kaduna by 5gee: 9:56am On Apr 06, 2020 |
OBelz:Please stop spreading ignorance. How will taking these increase the pH of your blood and cells? |
Politics / Re: 5G: Dino Melaye Says They Are Threatening Him by 5gee: 3:44pm On Apr 05, 2020 |
kemzy036:To what end? who is he in the larger scheme of things related to global technology development and deployment? He has just exposed how dumb he is and instead of backing down he is trying to fortify his position to his gullible followers. 24 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Soldiers Hail Chadian Army On Their Way To Attack Boko Haram (Video) by 5gee: 3:03pm On Apr 05, 2020 |
DebbieBianca:How do we know they are Nigerian soldiers? |
Health / Re: 5G Network: Can It Cause Cancer or COVID-19? by 5gee: 2:01pm On Apr 05, 2020 |
mrphysics:Decent explanation. The sad part is the propagation of these conspiracy theories by Pastors and some supposedly learned people. |
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