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Our ship berths in ROME today.

One of the advantages of working onboard cruise ships is the fact that we practically wake up in new countries every morning. If you are not on duty and you are not in port manning, it is your lucky day. You can join thousands of guests on an adventure of the town usually in company of other crew members who are equally not on duty. Typically, you could be exploring the town in company of Americans, Asians, Europeans, Australians and even pacific islanders, all in a single trip.

It is a beautiful morning. As we settled down to eat in a restaurant overlooking the Colosseum, I could not but appreciate the rich and diverse culture displayed on the table. We had a white South African, two black South Africans, one Thai, two Filipinos, one Scottish, one Indian, one Malay and my humble self, a Naija boy, all settled to appreciate the best cuisine Rome had to offer before we scuttled back to the ship for ‘all onboard’ in less than three hours.
One habit we don’t encourage on cruise ships is browsing through the phone on the dining table. It is disrespectful of others and won’t encourage conversations as well as team bonding when you are busy with your phone. We meet people, hear about other cultures and make lifelong friends at dinner so your phone must not stand in the way. I broke the rule. A quick glance atmy twitter feed revealed that Chidimma, the Miss South African hopeful of Nigerian/Mozambican origin has finally withdrawn her participation from the beauty pageant. This generated a friendly conversation with my South African friends on the table. Expectedly, the white south African cared less.
Repeatedly, my South African friends kept telling me that I won’t appreciate the level of decadence Nigerians brought to their country. They stated that Nigerians introduced drugs to their youths and would bribe their Police to look away. They said they are not against hard working Nigerians thriving and contributing meaningfully to their country.


Unfortunately, the case of Chidimma does not support the hypothesis that they are not against hard working Nigerians even when they have genuine reasons for some of their agitations.
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Chidimma is someone you would classify as hard-working South African of Nigerian origin. Her only crime till they started investigating her was contesting against other South Africans that had no Nigerian blood in them. If Chidimma had no Nigerian blood, she would not be investigated so she is neither a criminal nor lazy. Therefore, it is safe to conclude she was persecuted based on her roots.
If it is true her mum, a Mozambican stole the identity of someone to register her birth, she should be punished as that is criminal. However, the very reason why they started fishing for evidence to disqualify her is her Nigerian blood and that is the basis for my submission. You started calling for her disqualification first because she is of Nigerian origin and went ahead to fish for evidence to nail her and label her family criminals. Therefore, her major sin is her Nigerian origin and if I must spell it correctly, that is clearly XENOPHOBIA. Surprisingly, her mum who is alleged to steal an identity to register her birth is Mozambican, but Nigerians are getting called criminals instead because Chidimma’s dad is Nigerian. Mozambicans have been relatively spared the barrage of insults that followed suit.


Chidimma can’t be absolved from all blame too. If you are contesting for Miss South Africa, you can’t surround yourself with only your Nigerian family and displayed Nigerian and Mozambican flags on your Instagram page at the detriment of the country you want to represent. There issomething called patriotism, many Nigerians don’t understand that. We disparage our country at the slightest provocation. We have made JAPA another blossoming career so citizens of other countries can’t understand why we abandon our country and call it all sorts of bad names at the slightest opportunity. Therefore, it may seem strange to Nigerians that South Africans are jealously protecting their national pride by insisting that someone that truly represents the rich culture of their country and appreciates it should be given the mantle to raise their national flag as Miss South Africa.


We need a more united Africa. However, if there is something I learnt by working among over one hundred nationalities worldwide, I learnt never to appear to be the wisest in the room. Nigerians should stop this delusion of grandeur that they are the smartest in Africa, that other African women are dying to date them, that South South Africans are lazy etc. If you are that smart, your country won’t be so challenged that the best way out for many Nigerian youths is JAPA. Creating an impression that you are wiser than others will make enemies for you and put you in the spotlight.

I wish Chidimma an opportunity greater than what she missed by this unfortunate incident.

Hmmmm. She is not to be blamed. Those side ensuring Nigerian part to greatness is truncated since independent and gravely hypocritically digging the death Nigeria severally and burning it again and again to ensure that it's remains are no more. They are to be blamed.

If you are known for hypocrisy, it's your side am talking about.

The irony of it is that a white woman eventually won it. Those SouthAfricans are clowns

A big lesson for Nigeria. You helped them fight the whites to stop apartheid. They eventually rejected you and crowned the same white as Miss South Africa. Fix your country and let everyone carry their cross

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https://tribuneonlineng.com/chidimma-vanessa-the-ugly-side-of-perceived-xenophobia-in-south-africa/


Our ship berths in ROME today.

One of the advantages of working onboard cruise ships is the fact that we practically wake up in new countries every morning. If you are not on duty and you are not in port manning, it is your lucky day. You can join thousands of guests on an adventure of the town usually in company of other crew members who are equally not on duty. Typically, you could be exploring the town in company of Americans, Asians, Europeans, Australians and even pacific islanders, all in a single trip.

It is a beautiful morning. As we settled down to eat in a restaurant overlooking the Colosseum, I could not but appreciate the rich and diverse culture displayed on the table. We had a white South African, two black South Africans, one Thai, two Filipinos, one Scottish, one Indian, one Malay and my humble self, a Naija boy, all settled to appreciate the best cuisine Rome had to offer before we scuttled back to the ship for ‘all onboard’ in less than three hours.
One habit we don’t encourage on cruise ships is browsing through the phone on the dining table. It is disrespectful of others and won’t encourage conversations as well as team bonding when you are busy with your phone. We meet people, hear about other cultures and make lifelong friends at dinner so your phone must not stand in the way. I broke the rule. A quick glance atmy twitter feed revealed that Chidimma, the Miss South African hopeful of Nigerian/Mozambican origin has finally withdrawn her participation from the beauty pageant. This generated a friendly conversation with my South African friends on the table. Expectedly, the white south African cared less.
Repeatedly, my South African friends kept telling me that I won’t appreciate the level of decadence Nigerians brought to their country. They stated that Nigerians introduced drugs to their youths and would bribe their Police to look away. They said they are not against hard working Nigerians thriving and contributing meaningfully to their country.


Unfortunately, the case of Chidimma does not support the hypothesis that they are not against hard working Nigerians even when they have genuine reasons for some of their agitations.
Ad
Chidimma is someone you would classify as hard-working South African of Nigerian origin. Her only crime till they started investigating her was contesting against other South Africans that had no Nigerian blood in them. If Chidimma had no Nigerian blood, she would not be investigated so she is neither a criminal nor lazy. Therefore, it is safe to conclude she was persecuted based on her roots.
If it is true her mum, a Mozambican stole the identity of someone to register her birth, she should be punished as that is criminal. However, the very reason why they started fishing for evidence to disqualify her is her Nigerian blood and that is the basis for my submission. You started calling for her disqualification first because she is of Nigerian origin and went ahead to fish for evidence to nail her and label her family criminals. Therefore, her major sin is her Nigerian origin and if I must spell it correctly, that is clearly XENOPHOBIA. Surprisingly, her mum who is alleged to steal an identity to register her birth is Mozambican, but Nigerians are getting called criminals instead because Chidimma’s dad is Nigerian. Mozambicans have been relatively spared the barrage of insults that followed suit.


Chidimma can’t be absolved from all blame too. If you are contesting for Miss South Africa, you can’t surround yourself with only your Nigerian family and displayed Nigerian and Mozambican flags on your Instagram page at the detriment of the country you want to represent. There issomething called patriotism, many Nigerians don’t understand that. We disparage our country at the slightest provocation. We have made JAPA another blossoming career so citizens of other countries can’t understand why we abandon our country and call it all sorts of bad names at the slightest opportunity. Therefore, it may seem strange to Nigerians that South Africans are jealously protecting their national pride by insisting that someone that truly represents the rich culture of their country and appreciates it should be given the mantle to raise their national flag as Miss South Africa.


We need a more united Africa. However, if there is something I learnt by working among over one hundred nationalities worldwide, I learnt never to appear to be the wisest in the room. Nigerians should stop this delusion of grandeur that they are the smartest in Africa, that other African women are dying to date them, that South South Africans are lazy etc. If you are that smart, your country won’t be so challenged that the best way out for many Nigerian youths is JAPA. Creating an impression that you are wiser than others will make enemies for you and put you in the spotlight.

I wish Chidimma an opportunity greater than what she missed by this unfortunate incident.

I agree with must of your highlights.

We should be calmin down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvt_EmU-0JY

helpee:
The irony of it is that a white woman eventually won it. Those SouthAfricans are clowns

A white South African

olomo ibo....go and lament directly to south africans....

beauty contest is bullshitt anyways....

I’m proud of South Africans. They did the right thing by pushing out that impostor. Miss SA should be the exclusive preserve of South Africans. All of us here will take the same position if a Ghanaian attempts to become Miss Nigeria. People must be proud to protect their culture, history and heritage from foreign invaders.

They are protecting their land, good one from south africans

I dont understand this wailing

You guys should rest abeg

Don't they have the right to do their things their way?

Aussie2doc:
A big lesson for Nigeria. You helped them fight the whites to stop apartheid. They eventually rejected you and crowned the same white as Miss South Africa. Fix your country and let everyone carry their cross

Your greedy & money-worshiping brothers flooded their lands with Cocaine and destroyed their people with drugs.

Why are you defending Nigeria when it is convenient for you? I thought your stupid peoples priority is to see the “Zoo Burn” ?

First remove the log in your eyes before attempting to remove the speck in your neighbors eyes.

The Nigerian International Passport has been desecrated & rendered useless worldwide due to the incessant crimes committed by your cursed brothers.

Foolish, dubious, despicable, loud-mouthed, cannibalistic, incestuous & criminally-minded lots!

ewedunamala:
Hmmmm. She is not to be blamed. Those side ensuring Nigerian part to greatness is truncated since independent and gravely hypocritically digging the death Nigeria severally and burning it again and again to ensure that it's remains are no more. They are to be blamed.

If you are known for hypocrisy, it's your side am talking about.

Senselessness

seunmsg:
I’m proud of South Africans. They did the right thing by pushing out that impostor. Miss SA should be the exclusive preserve of South Africans. All of us here will take the same position if a Ghanaian attempts to become Miss Nigeria. People must be proud to protect their culture, history and heritage from foreign invaders.

Chidimma Adetshina is as much South African as any one of them because she was born there.

So you want to tell me that you believe a white girl is more African than a black girl

The people claiming to be the "smartest in Africa" are lgb0s not Nigerians, address the problem as it should be.
The reason South Africans hàtè Nigerîàns is because of lgb0s.
The complaints coming from foreigners about Nigerians is attitude displayed by lgb0s even on NL here on daily basis.


With that said, that does not mean Nigerians introduced drugs in South Africa, there are containers of ships loaded with drugs coming from South American and docking in South Africa on daily basis, they are not h8ing South Americans because of that, there are South Americans operating metlabs in South Africa, have they hàtéd them because of that?
They hàté Nigeria, lgb0s contributed alot to this.
That's why they will leave their police force that accepts bribe to blame those who offer the bribes.
Personally, I don't care about what they do to Nigerians living in their country because those lgb0s, once they sneak in to south Africa, they will start posting to insuIt Nigeria, they will even use Rwanda to insuIt Nigeria but when the host country becomes hostile, they will expect Nigeria they have been insuIting to come to their aid.
For the records, stop giving South Africans unnecessary attention, they don't deserve our attention.

illicit:
A white South African

A white South African is descendant of those that ensIaved bIack South Africans, the trauma of that apartheid stiII run deep in their psychology.

JagabanB:
The people claiming to be the "smartest in Africa" are lgb0s not Nigerians, address the problem as it should be.
The reason South Africans hàtè Nigerîàns is because of lgb0s.
The complaints coming from foreigners about Nigerians is attitude displayed by lgb0s even on NL here on daily basis.


With that said, that does not mean Nigerians introduced drugs in South Africa, there are containers of ships loaded with drugs coming from South American and docking in South Africa on daily basis, they are not h8ing South Americans because of that, there are South Americans operating metlabs in South Africa, have they hàtéd them because of that?
They hàté Nigeria, lgb0s contributed alot to this.
That's why they will leave their police force that accepts bribe to blame those who offer the bribes.
Personally, I don't care about what they do to Nigerians living in their country because those lgb0s, once they sneak in to south Africa, they will start posting to insuIt Nigeria, they will even use Rwanda to insuIt Nigeria but when the host country becomes hostile, they will expect Nigeria they have been insuIting to come to their aid.
For the records, stop giving South Africans unnecessary attention, they don't deserve our attention.

I am inclined to agree with you especially as it relates to Igbo claiming to be smartest

You people should stop these nonsense and say the truth cos when you keep on ignoring the truth,progress will be stunted! Southafrica did their checks and realise it’s coming from the particular tribe in Nigeria thats notoriously known for dubious activity!A background where a 16 years old is bold enough to forge jamb result and was waiting to claim the prize for the best in a national exam! Imagine what an adult from there can perpetuate!

Aussie2doc:
I am inclined to agree with you especially as it relates to Igbo claiming to be smartest

lgb0s make that comment on daily basis.

numericalguy:
Chidimma Adetshina is as much South African as any one of them because she was born there.

So you want to tell me that you believe a white girl is more African than a black girl

lol. Her mother has now been charged for fraud. Her SA citizenship was acquired fraudulently.

ElohimShenRa:
Your greedy & money-worshiping brothers flooded their lands with Cocaine and destroyed their people with drugs.

Why are you defending Nigeria when it is convenient for you? I thought your stupid peoples priority is to see the “Zoo Burn” ?

First remove the log in your eyes before attempting to remove the speck in your neighbors eyes.

The Nigerian International Passport has been desecrated & rendered useless worldwide due to the incessant crimes committed by your cursed brothers.

Foolish, dubious, despicable, loud-mouthed, cannibalistic, incestuous & criminally-minded lots!

Very big lies, south Africa has a very big violent past because of their war against apartheid which created big problems of crime, drugs , prostitutions etc ,it has nothing absolutely to do with Igbos. Prior to now Petet Botha already analysed South Africa and the black race.

What happened in south Africa is purely a black man's mindset issues an has nothing to do with Igbos.

2 igbo ladies won 2024 olympic medals for a country in the middle east and United States and there was no issues about race or tribe or igbo. But in south Africa an Lagos because of closed mindset, they will always bewail the igbo man for their issues

seunmsg:
lol. Her mother has now been charged for fraud. Her SA citizenship was acquired fraudulently.

I take God beg you. Stop disgracing your generation on a social media.

You can charge her mother with anything but I have never seen where a mother's crime is visited on the child.

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina was born in 2001 in Soweto, South Africa and that is one of the criteria that is needed to be a South African.

Even the organisers later backtracked and are were saying Chidimma Adecthina was qualified to compete.

I will however not reply you anymore as it is clear you are just a troll.

ElohimShenRa:
Your greedy & money-worshiping brothers flooded their lands with Cocaine and destroyed their people with drugs.

Why are you defending Nigeria when it is convenient for you? I thought your stupid peoples priority is to see the “Zoo Burn” ?

First remove the log in your eyes before attempting to remove the speck in your neighbors eyes.

The Nigerian International Passport has been desecrated & rendered useless worldwide due to the incessant crimes committed by your cursed brothers.

Foolish, dubious, despicable, loud-mouthed, cannibalistic, incestuous & criminally-minded lots!

I am not Igbo. I am a bonafide Yoruba man. I don't have comment on other things you talked about

numericalguy:
I take God beg you. Stop disgracing your generation on a social media.

You can charge her mother with anything but I have never seen where a mother's crime is visited on the child.

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina was born in 2001 in Soweto, South Africa and that is one of the criteria that is needed to be a South African.

Even the organisers later backtracked and are were saying Chidimma Adecthina was qualified to compete.

I will however not reply you anymore as it is clear you are just a troll.

Was Chidimma born in SA before October 6,1995 or you did not read and understand what you posted and highlighted?

numericalguy:
I take God beg you. Stop disgracing your generation on a social media.

You can charge her mother with anything but I have never seen where a mother's crime is visited on the child.

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina was born in 2001 in Soweto, South Africa and that is one of the criteria that is needed to be a South African.

Even the organisers later backtracked and are were saying Chidimma Adecthina was qualified to compete.

I will however not reply you anymore as it is clear you are just a troll.

How old is Chidimma that she would be born before 1995?

Ok

seunmsg:
lol. Her mother has now been charged for fraud. Her SA citizenship was acquired fraudulently.

can you post the link where she "has been" charged for fraud?

helpee:
The irony of it is that a white woman eventually won it. Those SouthAfricans are clowns

Racists much. The white lady ancestors have been in South Africa for over 400 years.