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Epiphany: This is the best thread ever, on this forum. Believe me, I 'fell' into it and went through all 42 pages on my phone. I will have to go through again with my laptop in the morning.

As someone born in the 70's, I am so familiar with almost all the topics.......and I am not ashamed to say that going down memory lane brought tears to my eyes.

Nigeria has really suffered especially when one can say that the days of old are far better than today!

HNosegbe: Naptu2, for that fantastic thread titled "Nigeria: The good, bad and ugly" or something like that...

solomonkane: Has to be Naptu, that dude is absolutely brilliant.

larride: Naptu2 for that wonderful thread Nigeria: The good, bad and ugly, he's not a tribal bigot like most on here so he has my voted, followed closely by Katz

Ishilove: I nominate naptu2, for creating and consistently updating one of the most infotaining and bigot free threads on nairaland. 'Nigeria: the good, the bad and the sexy', or something like that. If you haven't gone through that thread then you are greatly missing out.

samuelorija218: I cannot forget the 1st monthly political debate on the evils and good of "Nigerian Amalgamation" here on nairaland and how Katszumoto went historical with his points....kudos to the other contestant(Obinoscopy) too.

Likewise Gbawe, being vast in knowledge and ever ready to tackle the recklessness of Nigerian leaders.

But me, as someone that takes pleasure in History and the knowledge that comes with it;

I will humbly support and nominate NAPTU2 for that educative and informative thread titled, Nigeria: the Good, Bad, Beautiful and Ugly.

Hoping the best candidate win at the end of the day.

Aderostock: Naptu.2
Katz
Gbawe
Obinoscopy
Afam4eva, a bigot
Point.B, a bigot
I hereby nominate Naptu.2

firestar: [size=18pt][color=#005099] Naptu. [/color][/size]

Maxymilliano: I give it to NAPTU, his contributions so far is devoid of the usual rancour that characterize most of the discussions in this section.

anonimi: I nominate naptu2 for his photo-enhanced historical contributions to this section.
Three gbosas to him!!!

Ishilove: Gbosa! Gbosa!! GBOSAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

yuzedo: No I didn't..

For Verily verily I ask thee now, what shalt it profit thee to attend The Experience & continue wallowing in sin nigh immediately?"

People just go to The Experience to cause traffic, sell market, set P, & enjoy free show. Nobody dey reason Jesus AT ALL!

And if you think you went to "worship and praise", I challenge Adefarasin to put N200 gate fee next year, whether no be only am go attend him show. Sinners hate gate-fee die! And even MOG tithers don't have extra N200 to pay as gate fee after tithing all their money!

afam4eva: What are they rejecting? What seat do they currently occupy as a party? The constitution says that INEC should de-register parties that are wasting their time.

bandiejay: so na peak milk tin dem dey use ... eh eh eh SMH#

Ola one: Latinos aren't in Europe.

Ola one: The same way they see beyond skin colour in Middle East when they see competent blacks.

Naptu2, you disappointed me

Ola one: This thread is simply si.lly!

An Arab boy? White?


I give up. Black man black sense.



I have said it before: Every Nigerian needs to visit/live in Europe/North America . . at least for months. To get properly educated instead of all these senseless degrees. And get tamed . . . yeah, tamed!

From this thread, you already know NLanders who have seen the world. They know the difference between Arabs and Whites


White Nigerian? . .SMH

[size=14pt]Egyptian Immigrant Wants to be Reclassified as Black[/size]

By Aylin Zafar

Sept. 07, 2012

Anyone who’s ever filled out a census document or taken the SATs is familiar with that odd moment when you have to bubble in your racial classification. For many, the choices are confusing, limiting, and problematic. In the end, each person bubbles in what they best feel represents their identity. But when Mostafa Hefny immigrated to the United States from Egypt in 1978, he didn’t get a say in that decision.

“The government [interviewer] said, ‘You are now white,” Hefny told CBS Detroit.

Since the 1980s, CBS reports, Henfy has been fighting to have the U.S. government reclassify him as black, which is how he’s always seen himself. “My classification as a white man takes away my black pride, my black heritage and my strong black identity,” Henfy told the Detroit News.

Hefny, 61, filed a suit in 1997 against the U.S. government to be reclassified, but his case was dismissed. Hefny has also reached out to President Obama for help, writing him a letter on June 29, the Detroit News reports, as well as the Justice Department and the United Nations.

“I have been awarded, inadvertently, the negative effects of being black such as racial profiling, stereotypes and disenfranchisement due to my Negroid features. However, the legal demand of my racial classification of ‘white’ prevents me from receiving benefits established for black people, “ he told CBS. Hefny says he’s lost out on university teaching positions because they were positions designed for a minority and he did not qualify.

Currently, Directive 15 for the federal Office of Management and Budget Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity defines race by the following categories: Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black of African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific islander, White, Nonresident alien, Resident alien, and Race/ethnicity unknown.

“White” is defined as “a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa” — which is why the U.S. government classifies Hefny as such. However, the desgination for “Black or African American” applies to “a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.” According to CBS, Hefny says that he is descended from the Nubians, the ancient group of Egyptians from the northern part of Sudan and southern part of Egypt.

An article by Charles Whitaker in Ebony in 2002 entitled “Was Cleopatra Black?” explored this topic of racial classification in Egypt, and found that, among scholars, “discussions of Cleopatra’s race were so couched and so guarded that professors even fear engaging in the discussion publicly.”

“Cleopatra is one of those figures whose race often depends on the lens you use to view her,” Julia Perkins, associate directors of community programs for the Art Institute of Chicago told Ebony. Whitaker talked to various scholars who all found classifying Cleopatra to be “full of complexity, full of odd historical twists, and that there was no real, easy answer.” Her father’s mother may have been a concubine from Nubia, Whitaker writes, so that would make her African Egyptian.

Hefny also classifies himself as African Egyptian, and has co-founded The Association of Black Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Nubian Advocates to drum up support for his cause. He’s posted a petition online, and currently has collected 188 signatures.

Duduknight: I mean, since most governments around the world outlawed murder, human beings have been dying through natural causes and accidents.

ehie: when u have won the nobel price for literature,the have the right to shut soyinka up,otherwise ur words are just the sound of a barking puppy

cap28: never said he was guilty or responsible for anything - i just made an observation, besides if he were in his own country i doubt whether he would welcome the idea of a black man coming to live and prosper in his country .

Ishilove: The only tin that will be chopped dis xmas na ya money, and I will do the chopping

cap28: serve your country in which way? if anything nigeria has served him and his lebanese parents extremely well by providing them with an adopted home where they have been allowed to set up businesses that have enabled them to become rich and successful, do you think you can go to any arab country as a black man and be allowed to become rich and successful by the indigenous arabs?

cap28: by the way arabs hate blacks and look down on us - you will soon find out how "nigerian" this so called white nigerian really is when the time comes for him to get married, lets see if he will marry a black woman or a lebanese woman imported from his country.

arabs like him actually think they are white thats why he describes himself as a white nigerian - let him go to europe or america and call himself white and see what they will tell him.

big deal 007: Your frustration is beclouding ur judgment. It's not ur fault though na Naija condition. [b]
Your frustration is beclouding ur judgment. It's not ur fault though na Naija condition. Note he was born Nigeria and what else does one need to be a citizen? He's not an immigrant get that into your skull and the the post again this time with open mind. It's you and all those beefing this guy that have inferior complex. It is so hard for you to acknowledge a 'white' or 'Arab' person simply because you feel it will make you look inferior. It is in your mindset. If whites or Arabs celebrate blacks it is no big deal but if the other way round...it is complex. Black people I hail!

Ishilove: Sweerie, when are we reading your interview?

Ishilove: Abeg o, you want make Seun plus come baptise me with yam water?? Stay ya lane o!!

[size=14pt]Egyptian Immigrant Wants to be Reclassified as Black[/size]

By Aylin Zafar

Sept. 07, 2012

Anyone who’s ever filled out a census document or taken the SATs is familiar with that odd moment when you have to bubble in your racial classification. For many, the choices are confusing, limiting, and problematic. In the end, each person bubbles in what they best feel represents their identity. But when Mostafa Hefny immigrated to the United States from Egypt in 1978, he didn’t get a say in that decision.

“The government [interviewer] said, ‘You are now white,” Hefny told CBS Detroit.

Since the 1980s, CBS reports, Henfy has been fighting to have the U.S. government reclassify him as black, which is how he’s always seen himself. “My classification as a white man takes away my black pride, my black heritage and my strong black identity,” Henfy told the Detroit News.

Hefny, 61, filed a suit in 1997 against the U.S. government to be reclassified, but his case was dismissed. Hefny has also reached out to President Obama for help, writing him a letter on June 29, the Detroit News reports, as well as the Justice Department and the United Nations.

“I have been awarded, inadvertently, the negative effects of being black such as racial profiling, stereotypes and disenfranchisement due to my Negroid features. However, the legal demand of my racial classification of ‘white’ prevents me from receiving benefits established for black people, “ he told CBS. Hefny says he’s lost out on university teaching positions because they were positions designed for a minority and he did not qualify.

Currently, Directive 15 for the federal Office of Management and Budget Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity defines race by the following categories: Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black of African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific islander, White, Nonresident alien, Resident alien, and Race/ethnicity unknown.

“White” is defined as “a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa” — which is why the U.S. government classifies Hefny as such. However, the desgination for “Black or African American” applies to “a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.” According to CBS, Hefny says that he is descended from the Nubians, the ancient group of Egyptians from the northern part of Sudan and southern part of Egypt.

An article by Charles Whitaker in Ebony in 2002 entitled “Was Cleopatra Black?” explored this topic of racial classification in Egypt, and found that, among scholars, “discussions of Cleopatra’s race were so couched and so guarded that professors even fear engaging in the discussion publicly.”

“Cleopatra is one of those figures whose race often depends on the lens you use to view her,” Julia Perkins, associate directors of community programs for the Art Institute of Chicago told Ebony. Whitaker talked to various scholars who all found classifying Cleopatra to be “full of complexity, full of odd historical twists, and that there was no real, easy answer.” Her father’s mother may have been a concubine from Nubia, Whitaker writes, so that would make her African Egyptian.

Hefny also classifies himself as African Egyptian, and has co-founded The Association of Black Egyptian, Ethiopian, and Nubian Advocates to drum up support for his cause. He’s posted a petition online, and currently has collected 188 signatures.