copied ds article from a chain mail in my mail box, so cant cite a reference. but read and enjoy:

Interesting article, Author unknown
>
> Introduction
>
> Once upon a time, over twenty-eight years ago, somewhere in Mogadishu,
> Somalia, a woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The child was given the
> name Mohammed.
>
> Three years earlier, in 1980, somewhere in Ghana, another woman gave birth
> to a healthy baby boy. The child was named Kweku.
>
> At the age of eight, Mohammed left Djibouti (where he was based after his
> birth) for England to join his father Mr. Farah who was based in the UK at
> the time. Likewise Kweku also came to England at the age of eleven in 1991.
>
> Life in England and Education:
>
> Mo (as he was later called) attended Feltham Community College in London
> where he struggled academically, but excelled athletically.
>
> Kweku on the other hand attended Ackworth School, a private boarding school
> where he excelled academically. He was appointed the Head Boy of the school
> in his final year. Kweku later attended the University of Nottingham, where
> he obtained a degree in e-commerce and digital business.
>
> Achievements
>
> After their education, their careers took different paths.
>
> Mo became a long distance runner specialising in the 5,000 metres and
> 10,000 metres races. At the commencement of his career, Mo was an average
> runner achieving an average placing of seventh in various races at the
> European and World Athletic Championships between 2005 and 2009.
>
> Three years after graduating from University, Kweku Adoboli secured a job
> at the blue chip Swiss investment bank UBS. Kweku was very hard-working and
> extremely intelligent. Within a couple of years of joining UBS in 2006, he
> rose through the ranks eventually attaining a position as a Director of ETF
> Trading, earning a seven digit pay packet. Kweku was well loved by his
> colleagues and was a star trader.
>
> What Kweku achieved in the trading room of UBS, Mo began to achieve on the
> racing tracks of Europe. Between 2009 and 2010, Mo Farah won three gold
> medals at the 3,000 metres, 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events of the
> European Athletics Championships.
>
> Worldwide Fame
>
> The year 2011 was a watershed year for these two hard-working Britons of
> African descent as the year brought them worldwide attention.
>
> At the 2011 World Athletics Championship, which took place in South Korea,
> Mo competed in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events. Mo won a silver
> medal at the 10,000 metres event and his crowning moment came on the 4th of
> September 2011 when he won the 5,000 metres race beating America's Bernard
> Lagat. By this feat, Mo Farah became the first British athlete to win a
> global gold medal at 5,000 metres and a medal over 10,000 metres.
>
> Exactly eleven days later on 15 September 2011, Kweku Adoboli was
> catapulted onto the world stage as it was revealed that he was alleged to
> have lost his employer $2bn as a result of a rogue trade. The amount lost by
> Kweku was the biggest loss ever accrued by a single trader in British
> financial history. Kweku made headline news all over the world and his face
> was adorned on the front pages of the tabloids, the broadsheets and the
> financial newspapers. Kweku was eventually arrested and has been charged
> with fraud. As at the time of writing, he is yet to be convicted.
>
> Analysis
>
> Mo and Kweku are both British citizens who have spent 70% and 64% of their
> lives respectively in England. They are also products of the British sports
> and financial institutions respectively in addition to the British
> educational system. Although they are of African descent, they are British
> by culture, citizenry and fame.
>
> However, at the peak of their fame, one notices an asymmetric treatment of
> their recognition as Britons. While most people have recognized Mo as
> British, the reverse is the case for Kweku who has been widely described as
> African.
>
> To illustrate my point, I highlight below references in the press to both
> Kweku and Mo at the peak of their fame:
>
> "04 September 2011 to 05 September 2011
>
> "Great Britain's Mo Farah crosses the finish line to win the 5,000m title
> at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu" - AP
>
> "Few British athletes have sacrificed more to win, and he was elated with
> what he had achieved" - Guardian
>
> "Mo Farah claims place among British all-time greats with World title
> triumph" - Daily Mirror
>
> "Brendan Foster believes Mo Farah is Britain's greatest ever long distance
> runner" - Daily Mail
>
> "'Patience, patience, patience'. Those were the last words of advice Mo
> Farah received from his American coach, Alberto Salazar, before he went to
> the start line for his 5,000 metres final. Britain must give thanks that the
> Londoner is a good listener" - Daily Telegraph
>
> "MO FARAH became the first Brit to win a global 5,000m title and then
> roared: 'Bring on 2012'"- The Sun
>
> And here are comments from a number of blogs:
>
> "well done for all in Britain"
>
> "Mo got the tactics just right in the 5k. Up there with the best of British
> distance running and a great guy."
>
> On Kweku (15 September 2011 to 16 September 2011)
>
> "From Ghana to the City: the rise of a trader who had it all"- The
> Telegraph
>
> "Adoboli, British-educated and of Ghanaian descent, did not enter pleas to
> the charges when they were set out at the magistrates court".- Guardian
>
> "The Ghanaian, who was privately educated in Britain and is the son of a
> retired UN worker, is accused of being responsible for the biggest loss ever
> accrued by a single trader based in London" - Daily Mail
>
> "Adoboli appeared before City of London Magistrates' Court this afternoon.
> During the fifteen minute hearing, the well-built Ghanaian was handed a
> tissue from the clerk as he wiped a tear away" - The Sun
>
> "Vickers, silver-haired and a knighted academic, is a far cry from the
> 31-year-old party-loving Adoboli of African origin. Still, they are in the
> spotlight this week and inextricably linked."- Business Standard
>
> "Educated at an exclusive school in a picturesque patch of English
> countryside, Ghana-born trader Kweku Adoboli was known to neighbours as a
> polite and well-dressed young man who mixed gruelling hours in London's
> financial district with a lavish social life in the capital's nightspots." -
> AP
>
> And here are comments from a number of blogs:
>
> "Thought so when I heard his name, looks Nigerian, fraud and scams are
> endemic to these people, I always used to tell my clients never accept
> payment from Nigeria except in hard cash."
>
> "The bank that trusts a Nigerian employee (Kweku Adoboli) with money is a
> bank that's about to go out of business rapidly."
>
> Conclusion
>
> As the saying goes, "success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan".
>
> Could this explain why Mo Farah is referred to as British while the public
> forgets his Somalian roots and why Kweku Adoboli is referred to as Ghanaian,
> Nigerian or African and his British affiliation is easily forgotten?
>
> Would Kweku have been referred to as Ghanaian and not British if he won the
> Nobel Prize for Economics? Would Kweku have been referred to as African and
> not British if he found the cure for cancer? Would Kweku have been referred
> to as Ghanaian born and not British if he won the Olympics 100 metres final?
>
> Or would Mo have been referred to as British and not Somali if he was found
> to be a terrorist? Would Mo have been referred to as British and not African
> if he failed a drug test? Would Mo have been referred to as British and not
> Somali born if he was a serial killer.
>
> It is time for Britons of African descent or Africans of British birth to
> be recognized as either Africans or Britons irrespective of success or
> failure, fame or notoriety, good or evil; after all, Brits of Jewish descent
> are recognized as Brits; Brits of Australian descent are recognized as
> Brits.
>