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Now people will actually start to see what I mean when I say rihanna is ugly.

computergeek:
Does this guy use charcoal for face powder?
But anyways, he's fairer than NwaAmaikpe...

It's not by force to bleach. Whether you accept it or not you are black you can bleach or tone all you want still doesn't change the fact you are African. You should admire his originality.

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Serves to prove how our minds can do amazing things

chccho:
Hiss go n eat shit with your Chrysler

You are just a stupid broke ass dude. Nothing much in being broke a smart dude don't stay broke permanently however your stupidity will guarantee you remain broke. Most of these gentlemen you are comfortable insulting behind your keyboard for correcting your ignorance can actually help your life.

That's right. Many of us went to boys boarding school we did not turn out gay.

erico2k2:
Bross that motor conversion cost more than N2million,it is well .

Still a good bargain if done well.

Spoke

Selling value for money

More here.
https://listwand.com/2016/05/7-little-facts-atlantic-slave-trade/

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SOCIETY & CULTURE
5 Signs That Shows You May Still Be Suffering From Mental Slavery
BY ANELE · PUBLISHED MAY 21, 2017 · UPDATED MAY 21, 2017



Although slavery has been abolished for centuries now and many African countries granted their independence.. However, no outside actions can remove the massive emotional and psychological damage that occurred as a result of the colonization of Africa. remains with modern-day Africans today...

Mental slavery in Africa

More than a slave not owning his/her body, mental slavery has a deadly grip on the mind of Africans, and other third world countries today, ans this makes it very dangerous as it has the potential of doing more damage to a people in the long run.

​Yet many African descendants are in denial of the long-lasting affects of the traumatically brutal institution.

Dr. Amos Wilson (February 23,1941 – January 14, 1995), a former Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York, would argue that only a systematic correction in consciousness can help Black people, who were taught to think as slaves, to truly escape bondage. In one of his lectures, the renowned author who penned books such as “The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child,” posed five simple questions to those who believe otherwise.

If Wilson’s questions are answered truthfully, they reveal the slave mindset still within most of us.

Below are 5 Signs That Shows You May Still Be Suffering From Mental Slavery

***This article is no opinion piece. Rather, it is information opening up buried facts…

1. You Don't/can't Speak Your Indigenous Language
Language is critical to the expression of culture because it’s a means by which the values, beliefs and customs of a people are communicated. You cannot separate language from a tribe or culture, neither will you separate a tribe or culture from a language. If you manage to separate a tribe from their language, you will destroy their culture in the long run. Language infact is the center of any culture. and if people forget their native tongue, they lose an important aspect of their culture and a piece of who they are.
That's exactly what the slave masters and colonialists did. They made sure they destroyed our languages by banning it while putting their own languages as our official language and forcing us to acquire knowledge with it.

2. What name do you Answer to?
During colonization, by way of converting them to christians, Africans were baptized, and adopting an English name was compulsory. (This practice is still being carried out till today, why? I don't know).


See also: Intellectual slavery: iinformation west dont want know must read

The sad thing about this practice above is that in Africa today, there are people who are so brainwashed that rather than answer to the traditional name given to them, names that recorded who they were and where they were from, they've chosen to answer only to their English names. Thereby abandoning something so precious, something linking them to their land. disconnecting themselves from a heritage and history that dated back much further than that of their colonizers.

3. What Food Do You Eat
What food do you prefer eating? How do you eat it?
Presently, there are Africans who only eat foreign delicacies because they think their very own indigenous delicacies are far too inferior, too local for them… and there are some who although consume their local delicacies, cant do so without insulting their heritage.. this are the ones (the mental slaves) that eat fufu, garri with spoon and fork…

Mental slavery

.4. What God Do You Pray To?
The Christian pope, Nicholas V sanctioned the enslavement and Christianization of Black people. In the process, African's were forced to abandon their own Religions, concept of god and basically their spiritual systems and to adopt the European God.

Today many of the fears and negative feelings we have towards the spiritual systems of our ancestors are a direct result of the anti-African ideology that was taught and harshly enforced on our fathers.

One of the most egregious acts committed by the white supremacist system of religious thought was the formation of the image of a white man as the ‘son’ of God. This white male image, which is referred to as Christ and worshipped by many Black people around the world today, helps to foster a belief that implies that the. white man is perfect, good, supreme and the only source of blessings.

5. What Kind of Clothes Do You Wear?
Fashion has always played an important role in our African culture. The styles and patterns of our clothing often held spiritual and mythical significance.

In addition, some of the most beautiful garments in the world were crafted by the hands of African weavers.

Africans have held on to their instinct for elaborate fashion, but for many of us traditional African clothing is as strange and undesirable as Europeans perceived it hundreds of years ago. Instead, we are loyal to clothing brands originating from outside our local communities…




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Mouthgag:
You can continue arguing with your keypad

#mouthgagged

Mouthgag:
Why are Christians so hypocritical, wicked and greedy?

In other words you admit you guys are violent. Now this is exactly my point. Why are you spoiling for a fight? I asked an innocent question. All i am getting is insults. If i asked that same question to christians, the shallow mindes ones will throw jabs but atleast by now one sane christian would try to explain and perhaps try to let me see i am wrong. But you guys are just violent why?

Selling

smithbidy:
Are you sure your ancestors were in heaven to see how your foolishness has grown in recent time. Well it may be a trait in the family. Just pitying your destiny, no talk say I no talk my own sha.

My ancestors has nothing to do with the question, judging from the gibberish you typed i wonder who is foolish and please Dont pity my destiny. Just help me understand, why are Moslems so violent? Seriously.

Why are Moslems so violent.

The7th:
Once again Gazzuzz, Sorry about those words during the call, they were made out of fury, never meant to hurt you or anyone. Thanks for understanding.

Wow you are a real man. Learn from this and become wiser.

frbona:
so why giving him 400?

I don't know. I am working with facts from OP. And there was never any mention of him giving me any 500, never

frbona:
the 400 you gave him was the change after he paid wt 500, check again

Op never mentioned the debtor paid 500. That's the trick.

TeamLeader:
Your 500# fell from your pocket, and the person that picked it happens to owe you 100#, so the person gives you the 100# from the 500# and you gave him 400# change.

How much did you lose in total??�

You lost 900
Very simple let me explain
500 fell from your pocket = loss
Person picked it and owing 100 = 100 loss
You now gave the dude 400 =loss
Never mentioned the debtor gave me the fallen 500. Instead I gave the dude 400.
Total loss = 100+500+400 =1000

Ps: adding the 100 received will make total loss 900

She has all the physical attributes predominantly in dark skinned women.

You people should stop posting trash on the internet for money. Please !!!

Mr integrity my foot.

Of course apple sets the standard others copy or try to beat. Problem is their products are overpriced

One of those hard to come by welcome development. Kudos NCC.

kellybaba:
Please do you know any country in black Africa (with all the wealth under their soils) that is advanced in any facet of life or at least has conquered the basic needs of existence to majority of its citizens (let me not say all citizens?) ?

There is no such country that wasn't colonized And there way of life disrupted.

Bamibello:
Ranting? slowpoke. I dont need to have a stake in his business to give him business advice. It's entirely up to him to take it as an insult or make amends and improve on his way of doing business. As for you..you shd probably improve on the used 5kva stabilizer you sell too..maybe I wld give you advice by then. You can start improving by selling cars on the "world class car sales sites" you talked about.

Lolz, me i dont know why a grown man could be so upset by 3:am in the morning from a car advert on nairaland that the OP simply asked to be contacted for price. ok lets assume i sell stabilizer for a living so your definition of improvement is selling things that are more expensive. Ode. Continue begging for whom to advice i mean lay your frustrations on on nairaland and may be You will be relieved, who knows it might even help you sleep.

deedeedee1:
Nobody hate black people. They are just viewed as inferior. Black people are believed to be closer to Apes. I wonder why I rarely see Asians complain about racism. The whites believe Asians are more intelligent than they are. Japan, China, South Korea, and even North Korea are technologically advanced. Their countries are extremely rich. The Asians have immense love for their culture and language. There is no respect for the black man at all. You want to know why? Because Africa, the origin of the black man is ensnared in famine, poverty, and underdevelopment. Another reason for this is because they created the countries we live in and we rever their language at the expense of ours. We must accept the fact that for black people to regarded and respected by other races, we must build Africa. But how can we build Africa when we have country like Nigeria that is filled with tribalism, hate, religion intolerance and killings? We should split Nigeria so that tribes that are compatible can live and grow together. The only way police brutality against African-Americans will stop is when we begin to have our Japan, China and Singapore in Africa. That is when the 'superior' whites will give Africans and her descendants respect.
This is my take

You can not be more correct

Opinionated:
By Dr Aroms Aigbehi

One day, my wife and I were travelling from Miami, Florida to Cape Coral, Florida, USA. We had to drive through US 75. That road is Long and lonely, with very few petrol stations. Remember not to fall asleep because the road is straight , as if someone used a laser beam to measure it.

If you miss the last patrol station before the long straight you are in trouble when you run out. Because you will get stuck halfway at the Alligator Alley. You will find out soon enough why they call it the Alligator Alley.

The car was running low on gas, as the Americans would call it. ( I will further call it petrol.) So I decided to stop and ask if someone knows how far the next petrol station was. Because, I could only make another 40 miles with what I had. If it was too far from it I would rather go back to Miami to refill because I don’t like alligators.

So, we came to this nature reserve area and there were lots of people there. I felt safe. I parked the car, left my wife in the car and I walked about 100 meters away where other cars were parked. I saw two ladies and decided to ask them. I approached their car and immediately they spotted me they roll up the car windows and warned me to stay away from them. They were very scared and locked the doors of the car and drove off immediately.

Guess what? They drove to the other side of the park 100 meters away and parked next to my car with my wife sitting inside. There they felt safe because now they were three white women there. Remember the saying, there is safety in numbers.

I later found a man who politely told me that the next petrol station was just 10 miles away. So, I thanked him very much and started moving back to my car and these two women were right next to it..

Now, I was thinking, I hope these women don’t decide to shoot me to protect themselves from this ‘Black maniac’. I was trying to signal my wife to come out of the car at least to pretend she knew me, so the other women stay calm, but she was too busy with her magazine that she didn’t see my act of desperation. Now, I was thinking. I have protected you all my life, at last you have the chance to save me and you are reading a magazine.

Luckily, as I got closer the women thought the place was getting too dangerous and they drove away leaving my poor wife there to face the black maniac alone. When I got into the car, my wife said she didn’t notice anything.

Lesson Learned

No matter what you have achieved in life, as long as you are a Black man you remain a suspicious character and someone people have to watch out for. Except of course you are Barack Obama or Kofi Annan or maybe Denzel Washington. What is the difference? Everybody knows these men. They know they are not hooligans but not many people know me in Florida, for them I am just another Black man.

Primal instinct says, Black man is dangerous, RUN. That is not the time to figure out if the dude is Barack Obama or Kofi Annan, because then the same women would have come out of the car for an autograph. That is what you do when you get home. Then you feel regret. In the heat of the moment they must have been thinking, what a stupid and dangerous Black man? And I was thinking, some stupid White women? Actually, I thought we were all victims of circumstances. I wonder what ever happened to these women in the past. It was hurtful, but that is one of the realities of life.

I can just imagine their story in the next Tupperware meeting about how they escaped death on the US 75 from Miami to Naples from a manic black rapist.

Whether you like it or not, black people have a reputation, an image. It is that reputation that makes people to disrespect us. Not necessarily due to our colour. If we were green with the same reputation we would still get the same treatment. Then it will be the green people who did it.

Anytime, you see someone cheating, lying, doing corruption and other vices that is now the order of the day in Africa. Say something, do something. Remember, if you don’t, you are a party to creating the environment of disrespect black people face daily, whether for a job interview, or at the airport or at the restaurant. It is the same thing. We are being disrespected all over the world, no matter how rich you are. If you have a degree from Nigeria, they say it’s fake. I wonder why?

The transformation of the Black race must start with Nigerians because ONE of every SIX black person in the world is a Nigerian. So, we don’t have a cheating Nigerian, no, a cheating black man, Not a corrupt Nigerian, no, a corrupt black man, etc. You know how we can tell if someone is an Igbo man and the other is a Yoruba? White people can’t do that. In Europe and America Black is Black.

In Europe you don’t have corrupt White man, no, you have a corrupt politicians and a stealing dentist. Why, because the society don’t accept these vices and in Africa we accept them, and celebrate the people. That is why we are all labeled as such. We respect thieves, corrupt people and high level hooligans too much. So, we have branded ourselves to be such. Birds of the same feathers flock together they say.

No normal people sell their own people as slaves, Loot everything that belongs to everyone and bring it to other nations to develop themselves, steal food donated to their refugees, allow their citizens to live in disease and squalor. No, nobody that does that gets respected. The only different is, because the other people don’t know you personally, the only thing they see first is your colour and they base their judgement on that.

Yes, I know, it is wrong and I am not condoning discrimination but remember, if a lion is pursuing you, that is not the time to find out if it is a trained circus lion or one that escaped from the local zoo.

It’s time we hold ourselves to a higher moral and ethical standards. It is only by doing this the black race will ever gain respect from the world.

Source: Opinions.Ng

You have a point but my disappointment is that you allowed the actions of two paranoid unknown white skinned american women to inspire this write up. And more sadly they made you look down on yourself and people. Yes Africa and Africans are always protrayed in bad light. But from your write up that area or route seems not to have the best of security. The women might have heard stories about the area same as you. Same way you were security conscious of the surrounding by going the extra length to making sure you have enough gas so as to not get stranded in that area in as much as that area is dominated by white skinned folks is same way they became security conscious on sighting a male approaching them in that area. May be it was your appearance some people just naturally have a bad mean appearance or maybe they were just being paranoid or maybe they saw a dark skinned man. But you opted for the later. They might have acted same if a menacing white skinned male was approaching them. Or they might have acted differently if a very good looking young dark skinned male approached or a dark skinned priest approached. I am sure you wouldn't have come up with this write up. if similar actions were taken by 2 dark skinned women. Which then begs the question "are you being racist against yourself?" We as a dark skinned people must not succumb to seeing ourselves the way people of other race sees us. There is absolutely nothing wrong with us. Africans are indeed wonderful people. If the wrong set of people assume power and deny their people food, quality education and basic human amenities no matter the race of people they would find themselves exactly if not worse than africa. same way their are notorious african american neighbourhoods and a person whether white or dark skinned becomes security conscious at the sight of a dark skinned man when they are in those neighbourhood is same way there are notorious white american neighbourhoods and a white or dark skinned person becomes security conscious on sighting a white skinned man in that neighbourhood . The difference is the notorious african neighbourhood is over publicized and blown out of proportion.

TEYA:
Africa is a mess yet he should leave Africa and "expand his horizon"? You want to know what "Naija mentality" is? Ok I will tell you! When Buhari is accused of performing poorly and you hear people saying "It's the wailers wailing because they are out of power", that's naija mentality. When the Senate president is accused of corrupt practices, and you hear people saying "oh, is he the only thief? Why not attack the rest, and they go for Olisa Metuh, and you hear them say "Buhari is only attacking him because he is igbo". Then Buhari goes for Dasuki and you hear them saying "oh Buhari is only going for him because Dasuki was part of the coup plotters that ousted Buhari in the 80s, that is "Nigerian mentality". When an African (Anas) in his bid to cleanse an africa that even you admit is in a mess is told by you and people like you to "expand his horizon", that is "Naija mentality" - having some silly conspiracy theory on why a criminal is confronted or having an excuse on why he should not be confronted. Why don't you carry out investigative journalism on areas that Anas has not covered? Mr. "HORIZON EXPANDER"!

I am sorry you do not understand what I said it's not actually your fault. The fact you subconsciously started talking about buhari has to some extent shown the state of your mind. The fact that you completely ignored i said i support the referee shows you lack the ability to reason logically and hold a common sense convo. Anyway just so you know All these things you wrote trying to justify your "african mentality" happens everywhere there are human beings in the earth and human beings have friends and foes. stop degrading your self you are not as bad as the media portrays you.

TEYA:
Bringing your yeye naija mentality here? Why should they not focus on Africa? Shebi you guys agree with Trump that Africa is a shīt hole? Anass will help you clean it.

What is naija mentality please stop being derogatory to yourself or fellow humans, same nigerians are always best behaved and always excell in other climes. it is obvious Africa is a mess. Assuming you think right you will also know Africa's vice is the main focus of International media. Or who do you think are the inventors of match fixing? I support the journalist action in trying to expose few bad eggs. I am merely saying he should not be myopic and expand his horizon.

I prefer the looks of The Infiniti fx 35 (03-08) to the newer ones.