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[quote author=naija_diva link=topic=113234.msg1978439#msg1978439 date=1203534271]that's true but it goes the same way for other people as well.

but i guess it also has to do with your location and the people around you because here in Maryland, we have a big nigerian population in comparison to where you are in bouston. if you are in a place where there is not that much cultural diveristy, you are going to tend to blend in with the rest but if your in a place where people are proud of who they are and where they come form, then it makes you want to be proud of where you come from too.[/quote]That's not true. Who told u there're not much Nigerians here?? There are tons of them, trust me. I may
not know them but i do see a lot of 'em when i attend naija parties and am wonderin' 'so all these
Nigerians live in boston??" By the way, that has nothin' to do with knowin' ur roots/culture. One shld be proud
of their culture whether they're in the midst of their people or strangers.


[quote author=naija_diva link=topic=113234.msg1978551#msg1978551 date=1203536306]if you are embacing your roots because you have to or your parents force you, then i don't call it "embracing". its just you doing what your parents tell you to do.[/quote]exactly!!

[quote author=naija_diva link=topic=113234.msg1978408#msg1978408 date=1203533845]I don't know what naija folks you live around but where i live, most africans i run into are nigerians, whether born here or there and they love naija dish and embrace their naija roots. as for the other africans around here like the sierra leoneans, i love them and all, but they are a total sell out.[/quote]They do embrace their roots because they have to(or that's what i think) by greetin' elders at parties which
is mostly because their parents are there but on the real, they don't eat naija food. am talkin' from experience
Cuz i have these cousins----5 of 'em, only one of 'em eats naija food once in a while, d rest just don't care.u see??

tpia:
so in what way does the food eaten or not eaten by a Nigerian you don't know, affect you personally?

and who told you the food people abroad know as Chinese, is the exact same food actually eaten in China?

get your facts straight.

You've never met Chinese, Italians, Irish, Polish or any other nationality who don't speak their parents' languages?

For some even their parents don't speak their own languages. Does Obama speak his father's language? Did JFK speak Gaelic? have you heard Guilani speaking italian?What is the percentage of Americans who actually speak their grandparents or greatgrandparents original languages? Not counting Hispanics.

Continue taking panadol for other people's headache.

am not saying people shouldnt practice their culture. But no need to abuse anyone for whatever level of culture they're comfortable with. sheesh. Just do your own for your own self and whoever agrees with you, and keep moving. Everybody doesnt have to be the same.

Jeez, to be honest, that was really immature. Aren't we havin a discussion here?? what u mean by if it affects me personally?/
That was just a response to the topic just as what u wrote was YOUR response to d topic.
I don't have to meet all Asians to make whatever comment i want to make. And actually, i've never met one who cannot speak
his/her language. Talkin' bout Obama not speakin' his father's language, did u bother to check the circumstances surroundin'
that?/ Obama, for one, did not grow up with his father, so where on earth would he have learnt d language, from his white mother??
And once again, i am not makin' it personal problem just as my comment shouldn't be your personal problem either.

[quote author=naija_diva link=topic=113234.msg1978128#msg1978128 date=1203529936]What chinese/asians are you talking about? Just because they still speak chinese doesn't mean they are perserving it. A lot of them forget that they are asians as soon as they step foot out of Asia.[/quote]Girl, i gotta disagree with you on that one. At least you know they speak their language.
Find a Nigerian who just stepped foot out of naija a year ago to live in the states,they
'Americanize' more than the Americans themselves.Asian people do not only speak their language
but they also eat their food. Most Nigerians i've met who were born here don't eat no naija
dish save for Rice, which is not much of a Naija dish Cuz lots of people eat those. This does
not apply to Nigerians alone but people from other countries. They go 'I was born here so
am an American'. That's total BS.