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aribisala0:
What is Osu?

That is an Ibo thing

The problem is not about slavery but social class


It is very difficult for Black Africans to get US visa

Those that do tend to come from Middle class or rich backgrounds
In contrast many Black Americans ome from a ghetto background

We have ghetto folk in Nigeria but many don't make it to America

So it is like comparing people from Ikoyi to Idi Araba not in terms of wealth but mindset

Many Black Americans are from single parent households become sexually active young and have babies early we have the same In Nigeria not in the GRAs

So the education level of Nigerians in the US is very high not because we are special but because our best people get visa mostly

Not saying it's about slavery....but caste is also a factor give rise to the superiority complex. Don't many Whites also come from ghetto background? ...and be on "Welfare," ...and be drug addicts? ...and are from single households? ...lots of stereotyping in comment and that's the root of the problem ...ignorance

Most "ghetto people" do not get visa because they can't afford the application fee ...and cannot meet the requirements. The high education level of Nigerians is not based on the best people getting visa... but the opportunity to excel which they didn't have at home. You're equating brightness with social class....ghetto people are full ... middle class and upper class people are brilliant. Is it not these brilliant wealthy people running the country into the gutter? They are the ones always schooling abroad...have all the opportunity to be brilliant...but maybe...maybe for a few exceptions ...they generally do not shine...if ..mif they graduate. Check the background of most who are really brilliant....ghetto background.

Originalsly:
Not saying it's about slavery....but caste is also a factor give rise to the superiority complex. Don't many Whites also come from ghetto background? ...and be on "Welfare," ...and be drug addicts? ...and are from single households? ...lots of stereotyping in comment and that's the root of the problem ...ignorance

Most "ghetto people" do not get visa because they can't afford the application fee ...and cannot meet the requirements. The high education level of Nigerians is not based on the best people getting visa... but the opportunity to excel which they didn't have at home. You're equating brightness with social class....ghetto people are full ... middle class and upper class people are brilliant. Is it not these brilliant wealthy people running the country into the gutter? They are the ones always schooling abroad...have all the opportunity to be brilliant...but maybe...maybe for a few exceptions ...they generally do not shine...if ..mif they graduate. Check the background of most who are really brilliant....ghetto background.

It has absolutely nothing to do with caste unless you have that mindset before leaving home
Being educated at university does not mean you are bright. It often just requires focus hardworking and family programming
I literally do not know anyone in my secondary school that did not go to university the only 2 went to NDA not about being bright but who you grow up around. Nigerian in the US have graduates all around them and that is part of being the best export
We don't see that in Orile or Ilasamaja

Africans get on a lot better with Jamaicans and other so called slave descendants from Brazil Haiti etc Yoruba don't think like that
Liberia Sierra Leone and Lagos is populated by many slave families
Rhodes,Moloney, Cole,Smith,Williams Coker Savage Doherty,Da Silva George Randle, Crowther,Bucknor, Jones, Vera Cruz are well known Lagos Island slave descendants

The same is true in Calabar and Rivers State

Jamaicans have a lot in common with us and are less like African Americans
Truth is African Americans are now very westernised and individualistic with a very violent disposition
It is this violence that makes them unpredictable and makes many Africans avoid them
The average African has a plan or mission in America whilst the African American just wants to spend money and enjoy
There is a specific problem with African Americans especially those from the North and or ghetto
Slavery ended later in the South of the USA but many Africans report better relationships with people from the South

Back home there is class snobbery between elites and ghetto people based on money and status

aribisala0:
The relationship did not start in your life time perhaps you should research how it evolved over time
I.am curious about this US in Canada who are you talking about
Who is this US that looked down on East African what group are you referring to

US in this case refers to Nigerians.

GboyegaD:
US in this case refers to Nigerians.

okay but the thread is about " Africans"

Black Americans tend to think Africa is a country and their boycott is for anyone that is African they are not exempting anyone

Node911:
Psychologically, anything black has been defeated.

Inferiority complex and superiority over others.

I’m proud to be black anyway, my creator made no mistake.

If I ask you" what about black suits" you say that's an exception. Keep shifting the goal post

THUNDER4real:
Joke of a century, boycott ko, boycotting ni. Black Americans need Africans more than we need them.

Really.

You need African Americans more than they need you.

You are in their country

oloriooko:
there's nothing like black americans, please point of correction, they are african americans
boycott as much as you can, the businesses will keep thriving right before their eyes and nothing can be done about it

but on the other hand, owners of these businesses must honestly look into the reasons for the boycott and make moves to correct and improve their services

The concept of African American was a political decision.

They were first called negro, coloured,and then African Americans and soon black Americans.

They are black Americans and have nothing to do with Africa except that they came from there just like Whites who came from Europe

Originalsly:
Not saying it's about slavery....but caste is also a factor give rise to the superiority complex. Don't many Whites also come from ghetto background? ...and be on "Welfare," ...and be drug addicts? ...and are from single households? ...lots of stereotyping in comment and that's the root of the problem ...ignorance

Most "ghetto people" do not get visa because they can't afford the application fee ...and cannot meet the requirements. The high education level of Nigerians is not based on the best people getting visa... but the opportunity to excel which they didn't have at home. You're equating brightness with social class....ghetto people are full ... middle class and upper class people are brilliant. Is it not these brilliant wealthy people running the country into the gutter? They are the ones always schooling abroad...have all the opportunity to be brilliant...but maybe...maybe for a few exceptions ...they generally do not shine...if ..mif they graduate. Check the background of most who are really brilliant....ghetto background.

what aribisala0 means is that its Nigerians with money that can afford to travel to U:S:A and most Nigerians that have money to go to the U:S:A are usually university graduates..

in Nigeria, most of the people that can travel to the U:S:A have already excelled in Nigeria so its not the opportunity to excel but the opportunity to earn in a better currency that drives them.

most Nigerians who are brilliant do not come from ghetto backgrounds...

motymop:
Really.

You need African Americans more than they need you.

You are in their country

yinmu

owobokiri:
Our Ronu brothers will soon manage to find a way to blame the igbos for this.. They are now most probably trying to measure the quantity of Igbo vs Ronu businesses that may be effected so as to know where to throw in their propaganda support..
Lol
Maybe Africans in America should learn to "respect their hosts" and stay wherever the Oba or Balle of Brooklyn tells them to stay.
America is not a "No mans land", you all should stop "developing' it.. Ndi African developers..
The irony..

How do we defend this comparison now?

aribisala0:
It has absolutely nothing to do with caste unless you have that mindset before leaving home
Being educated at university does not mean you are bright. It often just requires focus hardworking and family programming
I literally do not know anyone in my secondary school that did not go to university the only 2 went to NDA not about being bright but who you grow up around. Nigerian in the US have graduates all around them and that is part of being the best export
We don't see that in Orile or Ilasamaja

Africans get on a lot better with Jamaicans and other so called slave descendants from Brazil Haiti etc Yoruba don't think like that
Liberia Sierra Leone and Lagos is populated by many slave families
Rhodes,Moloney, Cole,Smith,Williams Coker Savage Doherty,Da Silva George Randle, Crowther,Bucknor, Jones, Vera Cruz are well known Lagos Island slave descendants

The same is true in Calabar and Rivers State

Jamaicans have a lot in common with us and are less like African Americans
Truth is African Americans are now very westernised and individualistic with a very violent disposition
It is this violence that makes them unpredictable and makes many Africans avoid them
The average African has a plan or mission in America whilst the African American just wants to spend money and enjoy
There is a specific problem with African Americans especially those from the North and or ghetto
Slavery ended later in the South of the USA but many Africans report better relationships with people from the South

Back home there is class snobbery between elites and ghetto people based on money and status

There is no returnee descendants in calabar. Every Efik person can trace his or root to the 10th generation.
Be guided!

Skydivine:
There is no returnee descendants in calabar. Every Efik person can trace his or root to the 10th generation.
Be guided!

obviously you are

Results of cultural differences and influences

deltateam:
My first reaction was laughter.



Do Black Americans short circuit memory? They forgotten their black African ancestry and how their ancestors were bundled into ships as slaves chained in underground pits.

Oh Africa redeem yourselves from mental slavery. Instead of addressing the issue, they are shooting themselves in the legs.

How then can they expect better treatment from the whites?

But this exactly is the root cause of the hate. They blame your forefathers for conniving with the slave trader to sell their forefathers. It is considered an unforgettable act. So, the African immigrants are seen as offsprings of the perpetrators of that act.
The present mode is in retaliation to all of that. Just the way it is said In local parlance “ dem don finally catch you for their domot “ . So, you are expected to behave and act in a subordinate subservient manner. Don’t “show yourself for here “ kind of attitude. African immigrations are often being watched, you go to a place, everyone expects you to do the greetings first. Sometimes, they don’t even respond when you say hi or the greeting of the time of the day. It’s that bad!
You ask of anything , they turn it around and say you are being rude. Sometimes one would even wonder if it has something to do with the tone of voice .
Nothing you as an African immigrant impresses them. It’s even worse when you are in higher higher position of authority. You are being looked at in a condescending manner.
It’s more than a revenge, it’s a rage.

aribisala0:
obviously you are

If you don’t know a thing, it’s better to not say it, especially in a public discuss. Can you mention just one family name in Calabar that is a descendant of returnee slave?
Just one!

Skydivine:
If you don’t know a thing, it’s better to not say it, especially in a public discuss. Can you mention just one family name in Calabar that is a descendant of returnee slave?
Just one!

Freedman

aribisala0:
Freedman

Freedman is a Calabar family name? Your are a joke.

Skydivine:
Freedman is a Calabar family name? Your are a joke.

Is it possible to disagree politely?
You asked for a name I gave you one

Your mouth no big pass my own

Definitely there were a group of returnee slaves in Calabar calling themselves Black Englishmen

aribisala0:
Is it possible to disagree politely?
You asked for a name I gave you one

Your mouth no big pass my own

Definitely there were a group of returnee slaves in Calabar calling themselves Black Englishmen

You started the insult. Go back and check your responds.
Also, it’s an insult to try to rewrite the history of a group you know nothing about.
Then I asked you a simple question, and your answer was “Freedman”

Have you ever seen or heard of any Calabar person with family name “Freedman” ?

Now you have come up with another one “ Black Englishman” If I ask you for a family name now, you will say it’s an insult.

Skydivine:
You started the insult. Go back and check your responds.
Also, it’s an insult to try to rewrite the history of a group you know nothing about.
Then I asked you a simple question, and your answer was “Freedman”

Have you ever seen or heard of any Calabar person with family name “Freedman” ?

You are blocked no time

Rubbish!
Rubbish!!
Rubbish!!!
She is commanding them to Boycott African stores as the Commander-in- Chief of all African Americans. Meanwhile, how many African Americans visit African stores in the U.S.
She should check the statistics before boycotting before she becomes negligible.
This victim mentality is getting too much.
Always spreading hate even when people are forging ahead successfully.
Go and work

aribisala0:
You are blocked no time

Don’t write what you are not sure of next time on a public forum.
You can hid,, for all I care!

Once again.

The black man is just not wired to engineer viable, successful and sustainable societies.

Of all the peoples on this earth it was the negro that became the signpost for slavery despite the fact that no territory on earth has escaped vanquishing in all antiquity.

JibolaUsman:
Kemi is badmouthing Nigeria because Nigerian men messed up. When you hear a woman badmouthing a country the men are not playing their role. Imagine going to Kenya and all the women are very friendly and some women allow you to have fun at a cheap rate you will start shouting that country is the best in the world. When Nigerian men and leaders are not greedy but as Yaraduah said servant leaders then people will sing or praise

What is this thing saying?

Ewedegubbler:
Black Americans and South Africans. Two purveyors of nonsense amongst the black race. What’s thejr population sef?

I am a black South African and let me pronounce it from my diaphragm - I SUPPORT THE BOYCOTT and I hope it carries on beyond August.It should be a new normal.How's that "stay away from akata" talk paying out?

RaptorX:
They always have this energy for African immigrants that they don't have for white people, if you see how bad they talk about Africans on social media but Africans will be encouraging them to come "home" when most of them don't even consider themselves Africans. They see Africans as taking away opportunities meant for them, they are just like the one's in South Africa just that America's rule of law prevents them from acting out like the Southies.

What do you mean they don't have energy for whites? What was the civil rights movement about then? Black Americans dismantled Jim Crow with no help from outside,and they are a minority while most Africans can't even face few corrupt politicians that made your lives living hell.

I support this boycott.Let it carry on beyond August.✊✊✊

Very unfortunate, the blacks in America have been so damaged mentally beyond repair. They have taken the bait set by their oppressors. What will they gain by fighting their fellow brethren? Nothing.
Boycotting African businesses does nothing to the Africans.

Those who need their services will seek them, the black Americans only reinforce the image portrayed for them as gangsters, drug dealers and prostitutes.

motymop:
Really.

You need African Americans more than they need you.

You are in their country

On the contrary the black Americans need Africans, they re just being manipulated to think Africans are the cause of their problems, they forget about migrants from other continents who receive govt subsidies and assistance.

DiamondsAreFore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY1gzxx0cgw?si=BjuDjbA64IAWVMM9



https://eurweb.com/2025/african-braiding-salon-boycott/

Self hate is a real thing.