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Meninmen:
"Adesina was accused by a group of unidentified whistleblowers of handing contracts to acquaintances and appointing relatives to strategic positions"

They never fail to disappoint. No matter how you work hard and please a Yoruba man in office, he will ALWAYS favour his fellow yoruba man over you.

That's the reason they Really don't see anything wrong with the nepotism Buhari exhibits everyday.

List of nigerians in afdb promoted to senior position or executive directors by adesina....
Wale Shonibare
Vincent Nmehielle
Chinelo Anohu
Chukwuma okonkwo

Now let me hear what u have to say now....
Fvcking mo.ron

If adesina leaves, another nigerian should replace him....

The allegations are just bizzare and ridiculous......
Allegation like giving too much loans to African countries....
They accused him of employing too many Nigerians....
They also said his right hand man is nigerian.....
Nigeria is the largest shareholder in afdb...not France....not America...
If not for the empty heads in abuja....afdb is a good tool to control other African countries.....

Adesina has done well to decentralised the operation of the bank, making it difficult for France to control it from Paris....
He may have his faults but what's going is simply corporate boardroom politics....
Everybody want their man in charge.....
Nigeria should maintain their stance....

These foreign countries can't do without africa.....
Call their bluffs...they will always come back....

@op
What's the name of the topical medication....
Some antifungal topical agents are off licence in children, but can still be prescribed anyway and they are safe in children....
Call the hospital and clarify....
Besides what exactly are they treating your for....
Most nappy rash can be managed with good hygiene and common barrier creams...

kingawothefirst:
Presidency in 2023 first, then we restructure on our own terms

So what happened if Yoruba don't clinch the 2023 presidency....
What next....

The present Yorubas, especially the political elites are becoming more pro-nigeria and this is very disturbing...
They have this delusion nigeria will exist forever.....

I think it's high time we Yorubas begin to think of our existence without nigeria....
There's no guarantee this country can survive the sword of Damocles hanging over it....
We are too divided and can only get worse....

The 2 things holding us together remain the oil and western powers....
Oil will soon become irrelevant and western power's interest in nigeria will dwindle.....

Besides, the upcoming youths from restive region will have less tolerance n patience for injustice meted to their regions all in the name of one Nigeria.....

The earlier we chart our future away from Nigeria, the better for us...
Less we get caught unaware......

People keep saying Yoruba elites are keeping quiet until they assume position of power in 2023...
Hmmmm....I pray this is true....
because as far as am concerned....
All Tinubu cares about is continuous flow of bullion van into his bourdillon compound viz a viz naija delta oil.....

pelicanbeau:
...your line has not been going through.

Sorry, its a foreign number....
+447712594134 and send WhatsApp message...

This Madagascar President is beginning to sound like Trump.....needless and baseless ranting all over the place...
Subject your COVID miracle cure to independent validation and lets see if it truly works....
South Africa has offered to test the drug for free.....
u dont expect people to start gulping madagascar herb because of cheap emotional blackmail....

when has it even become the role of Presidents to announce breakthrough drugs....
crazy Presidents everywhere....

Nefort:
Black Americans in the US were attacking Asians because of the Coronavirus. I think this is what made the Chinese act that way towards those Africans. Before the event happened many Africans have been visiting China and we don't hear anything about discrimination.

Anyway, don't blame the Chinese for taking advantage of you if you aren't smart. People will always take advantage of loopholes and it is up to you to be smart and cover up those loopholes of exploitation. So don't blame the Chinese of taking advantage of opportunities when they see one.

That's why I dont blame china for outsmarting the rest of the world.....
Chinese are smart people, those guys can sniff a loophole million of miles away and ruthlessly exploit you.....

But people shouldn't make it look like china is doing anyone a favour....
no they are not....
They are simply looking after themselves and their economy...
Other countries should be allowed to the same.....

for example, nigeria shouldn't be import dependent on china....consumer goods.
we should develop our own supply chain and manufacturing.....

pelicanbeau:
even if it a congo /mudu of rice I need it with my baby

How's your baby...

richard870:
Very silly comment. Kindly look around your house and count the number of made-in-china products you have there....start with your door-lock. I'm pretty sure by then you would know what you have gained from CHINA

Your statement should be 'what we lost to China'....

Nigerians were making door handles far back, until cheap imports from China flooded everywhere and our factories collapsed....
Industrialisation is the economic engine of any nation....
A country without manufacturing is either dead or dying....

Nigeria should do what's best for it...not what's best for China....
And what's best for Nigeria is to reduce our dependence on China imports n revive local production....
Think nigeria ...not China or america or whatever....

festacman:
If you don't know by now. Whatever I say won't appease you.

Come it off and be real....
Buhari has no leadership or management strength that qualifies him to be the president of a heterogeneous nation like nigeria....
His narrow mindedness, nepotism, cronyism, rigidity, disdain for rule of law n below par intelligence has resulted in a deeply divided Nigeria fractured along ethnic lines....
Nigerian had never been this tribal conscious since the civil war....
Thanks to buhari.....

festacman:
1. Femi Adesina's mention of Obasanjo's name is unnecessary, unprofessional and likely to generate avoidable controversy.

2. The truth is GIFT OF THE GAB is not Pres. Buhari's forte. It is only a big fool who would open up his flanks for unnecessary attacks by displaying his weaknesses rather then amplifying his strengths. That's the simple reason why Paul of defunct Psquare group would dance less and sing more in their heyday.

3. Having sworn to uphold the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, there is no where it is specified in the constitution the mode through the president should communicate to Nigerians. It is left to the president to decide. So Pres. Buhari has committed no constitutional breach by adopting address rather than interactive chat.

4. If eloquence during presidential chats is a key criteria for excellent leadership, then the past leaders wouldn't have left Nigeria as degenerated and violated inspite of our oil-rich status.

5. Most young Nigerians are too emotional and often do shadow-chasing, overlooking the substance. Suave and smooth talking leaders excite us and they smartly use our feel-good state to ride on us as they smile to foreign banks.

Ok then....
Pls tell us his strengths he can amplify.....

juman:
America deserve better president than trump and biden.

Seriously..... if those 2 are the best America can offer right now...
Then america is in big trouble.....
Already they 've lost the economic dominance to China....
But without a strong, intelligent n disciplined leader who can unite that deeply divided country....
Characters both trump n Biden lack....
I'm afraid dominance in other areas will gradually slip away in coming decades....

Conductor261:
If you had any sense... you'd have seen that I covered your epistle in less than five lines

I never knew I wasted my time educating an ignorant bigots...
Recalcitrant to learning....
I went through ur post on the topic n it's filled with insults against people with contrary opinion....
Says a lot about your upbringing.....

Conductor261:
If they're sincere... they'd have gotten the drink and started restricted use on volunteering patients and be telling us now about the efficacy as at yesterday...

So the president of a country came out n announced a miracle drug, and the rest of us should believe him because it's from africa.....
Is he a doctor or pharmacist....what gives him the authority to announce the efficacy of a new drug.....

Don't they have the drug regulatory and safety agency in Madagascar.....
Let the scientific community or the alternative medicine body come out and speak about the drug...not the president.....

I want to hear from producers of the herbal mixture......

What's the dose and dosage of the drug, for how long should we administer to patients.....
Or we should just keep drinking as many as possible until patients get better.....
What are the side effects to watch out for....
How long does it stay in the system b4 it's cleared and what's the toxicity level.....
Is it safe in children, elderly, or pregnant women....
Can we give it people with kidney problem, diabetes, or any other medical condition......
What group of people should avoid it....

What study has been done to validate it's efficacy among covid 19 patients.....
What's the ratio of those who drank the tea and got better and those that did not....
How long did it take them to improve......

That's what we want to know and the president of Madagascar isn't in any position to answer these questions.....
Instead he's complaining the world is ignoring his miracle cure....
Enough of PR or showmanship, we want answers.....

That was how Trump misled people by announcing chloroquine as the cure for corona only for people to come down with blindness......

This is about evidence based medicine and common sense.....
Not sensationalism.....

Btw.....
Madagascar isn't the only country with zero COVID-19 death.....
Rwanda, south Sudan, Seychelles, Mozambique, uganda, central Africa republic all have zero death.....
Cambodia, Dominica and Vietnam haven't recorded any death....so it's not an African thing.....

emmaodet:
Bro i understand you clearly and let us look at it this way -
If we say the african culture or setting is backward simply because a man has the ability to chase out the woman if she commits then same can be said about the western culture which is the opposite of african culture that it is a backward society that encourages and empower women to chase out men when they commit or Even when they didn't commit.
Atleast, you will agree with me that a woman can just pick up a phone and call the police, inform them that the hubby wants to kill her or molesting her and they will kick his ass out.
Please tell me, is there any difference between a man that can call his family to kick his wife out in nigeria and a wife that can call the police to kick her hubby out abroad? Am just flipping the scenario, same story but different players.
So if you agree nigerian culture is backward because the law is tilted towards men then you need to agree that the western culture is Backward and Archaic for tilting towards women, children and animals before men.
We shouldn't let the hate we have for nigeria becloud us.

The society should protect the weak and the vulnerable......
The justice system gives voice to victims and the helpless.....
Most domestic violence victims are women, NOT men....no matter how much u try to twist the narrative....

Its hard for single mothers anywhere in the world....Imagine if they are now left without any support.....
African patriarchal culture is evil and retrogressive....it should be challenged.....

Dedetwo:
Yari.ba do not give birth to the characters in Agbekoya any longer.

If u notice...
I didn't get involve in any diatribe involving your region.....
Am not from there n whatever happens there is of no interest to me......
Besides, the topic is about the long term goal of Yoruba people....
So I dont understand why u taking panadol for another's man headache....
Stay on your lane and mind your business....assuming u have one.......

Oladeji245:
apoodaa
mr jefue,dopemu alagbo.

the pension law in lagos for example is not stealing oo..its taking...
oloshi abunu dudu biti wereee
go to bourdilon today if dogs and soldiers will not throw u out..
oponu jatijati defending his oppresors..
dadandindin

Seriously, I can't wait for the moment nigeria will disintegrate.....
Then the fate of each region will be decide by their leaders....
That's when Tinubu and his bullion van messengers/puppets will be exposed as incompetent scammers and fraudsters....
Enriching their pockets at the expense of Yoruba people and it's resources.....
U just can't point to one unique or outstanding achievement of SW politicians in recent decades....
Instead all u see is proliferation of disgusting vices..
I think Yorubaland is ripe for another Agbekoya revolution......
We need to rid ourselves of these filthy men.....

Grayoso:
You are so stubborn and impervious to the lessons of history that shapes mind. Aside the reality that Tinubu has moved Lagos forward immensely from what he met, and in spite of one of the most ridiculous population explosions in modern world history today, look at his effort for the entire SW.

But for Tinubu it would be OBJ's gangster politics that would still be controlling the SW. You would have gangsters and killers becoming governors whereas Tinubu changed that status quote to deliver technocrats everywhere and usher in refined politicking that effectively put an end to the OBJ days of wanton assassinations and do-or-die politics that saw the SW labelled infamously as the "wild west".

Google is your friend brother. Use it expansively and not just for searching who Tonto Dike is 'climbing' or how much 'ice' and 'whips' Burna boy acquired this week.

Use this to find out if any other Yoruba stood to be counted in the dark days, to rescue us from
the PDP centrist doom OBJ was leading us towards, other than Tinubu alone.

It is an insult for a historically ignorant "lazy youth" like you to now hate blindly Tinubu in trendy Marlian 2020 because you don't have a clue about the concept of sacrificing for greater good.


You just want to trend oppressing whoever your icons are directing you to hate and beef rather than educate yourself about what is real and what is manufactured by selfish folks.

Tinubu is nothing but a greedy thief who doesn't know when to stop....
His era as the political leader of the Yoruba nation has been the worst dispensation in yoruba socioeconomic history....
All indices point to the fact that we beginning to lag behind and other regions are fast catching up.....

Tinubu lacked the qualities and principles of former Yoruba leaders like Awo, Jakande etc....
The achievement of baba kekere in lagos as gov in 4 yrs, is yet to be surpassed by 21year lacklustre and mediocre reign of tinubu and his bullion van messengers in Alausa.....

In as much there's general apathy for secession among Yorubas....
I think we should be begin to think of a Yorubaland without nigeria or oil money.....

Nigeria is a big fraud.....sooner or later, it will be exposed as a scam designed to be big but useless.....
And when that happens, the centre will crumble and every region will have to chart it's own destiny independent of Abuja....
I'm afraid we may be the least prepared region if that happens today.....

Yorubas will be treading a dangerous path if they become too obsessed with the nigerian project....just because of a possible yoruba president in 2023.....

Nigeria was never designed to be a progressive country....
We made a big mistake fighting for its unity in the past...
We shouldn't repeat the same mistake again....

9jaRealist:
Calling him Dr. Tedros “a quota system product” is straight-up racist bigotry...
Quit defending crass and crude bigotry - it only makes you look like a mentally-subservient self-hater!

For seemingly the zillionth time, WHO issued an alert on Covid in December LAST YEAR!
Some took it seriously and took aggressive measures, others played golf and dreamt dreamt of drinking bleach.

While not interested in the Right-Wing’s never-ending Cold War anti-“Communist” China BS...
The ENTIRE United Nations system has a One China policy and do not recognize Taiwan as an independent state.

Funny how Dr. Tedros was supposedly defending China’s actions...
When Dotard Trump publicly praised President Xi and China for its “transparency” and actions on Covid.

You may conveniently want to exclude Trump from this discourse...
But only the dishonest would pretend that it’s not his trying to shift blame from his incompetence that’s brought us here.

Please don’t be like the typical Trumpist...
Or you might end up being tempted to ingest bleach while shining a UV light up the keister! SMH
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I really don't understand your obsession with trump...
He's not responsible for Tedros failure....
This is not about Trump....his own incompetence and leadership failure should be called into question by Americans not the rest of the world....

CCP has no say in the running of taiwan.....
Their claim over Taiwan remain controversial.....
Most international organisation allow Taiwan participation as an observer status....
This is an expedient thing to do while staying neutral in the cross strait crisis.....

If there's an infection outbreak in Taiwan....
Would u prefer WHO work with Beijing or Taipei.....
If there's a plane crash disaster in Taiwan....
Would u allow ICAO investigators talk to China or Taiwan....
When it comes to things like this....we shouldn't allow sentiment becloud ur proper sense of judgement......

Taiwan had an observer seat in world health assembly until 2017.... when Tedros came n blocked it based on Beijing instruction.....

White supremacist or rednecks may exhibits bigotry or whatever.....
But we all know they are no better.....
I dont see how lazy people, living in trailer parks and drinking hypobleach can express opinions that will get me worried.....

We are all witness to the intelligence of white supremacists courtesy Donald trump.....
If not that America is too divided....that guy ought to be in jail by now.....
So i dont understands how what they write online bothers u.....
They living on the achievement of pastime, forgetting overtaking is allowed.....

This is about objectivity and what is right....
Tedros incompetence, erratic guessing game, coziness with China, and political correctness makes him a dangerous man if he continues as WHO DG....
He should quit...simple....

9jaRealist:
If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck...
Perhaps YOU are the “quota system product” at your job, but the WHO DG is not!

You apparently cannot help the racist bigotry that you have swallowed hook-line-and-sinker from your largely bigoted Right-Wing trolls (in the classic ”repeat after me” cram-and-regurgitate methodology that your colonial masters bequeathed upon you in the name of ‘education’), but the present WHO DG was elected by the entire member states from among several other candidates (including at least 3 Europeans), and there’s been absolutely NO suggestion (and of course absolutely NO evidence) that he was anything but eminently qualified. Furthermore, since his election in 2016 (almost 4 years ago), not a single person, organization nor country has even so much as ventured that he was doing anything but a competent (if not even outstanding) job - until the Dotard in the White House and his largely-bigoted Right-Wing Numpties.

Anyway, it’s one thing for bleach-guzzling right-wingers to spew their usual disgusting drivel...
But (to be brutally-honest) rather sad to see supposedly-educated Africans simply cramming-and-regurgitating same GARBAGE!
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Stop playing the racist card....it makes u look incompetent......

And pls this is not about trump....
If Americans are happy to swallow hypobleach based on Trump's instruction....
That's their headache....they will decide in November....
The rest of us didn't entrust trump with our health....
That responsibility falls on WHO n they failed woefully....

There's a reason why international organisation makes every effort to remain apolitical....
Being political n taking sides destroys trust....
WHO under this current leadership wouldn't have anything to do with taiwan....
U can't even mention the name during interview....
Yet the goof-head started ranting about taiwan n shouting racism when he was called out for his incompetence....

Pls don't be like Tedros or u end up like him....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPTFUH3kOU

Xisnin:
Does it matter who I am?
Or do we need an ID to comment on political issues?
The bold is the reason why the country has refused to progress.
You sound just like our clueless politicians saying nice things that people
wants to hear.
What does the bold means?
Please articulate your plans for Nigeria.
It is none of my business what US aims to do, but it must stop


Another emotional and empty statement. Who are the rest of the world that is hurting?
What the hell does opening up economy means, do you think you can compete with any
productive economy?
What assets is the Chinese government buying up everywhere?
Please list them.

It is up to each country to set its rule according to its preferences.


What special favors does it receive from WTO?
I suppose Nigeria is also enjoying those special favors from alleged father Christmas WTO
but it seems the results are invisible

For most of Nigeria and many other Africa's countries existence, the west is the major contractor for various projects.
Where are the technological blueprints written in English or French?
Where are the giant African construction companies who learned from the English?
Or are the Anglophone companies exempted from technology transfer requirements?

Our top indigenous Chinese manufacturer, Innoson learned from "Chinese manuals".
He must have been blind to not see the advantage of partnering with the English.

Many governors, especially from South East are sponsoring people to China to learn about
manufacturing, according to you, they must be stupid to not know that the Chinese will hide things from them
while the Anglophones will give them the full expo.


Can you be more specific, list the bad contracts that African governments are signing
and why they are bad.

How does this sound?
"I am broke but I want to dictate the terms of the infrastructure I want you to build for me
using a loan I will take from you. I want all the benefits(aside from the infrastructure I will get).
Better agree or I will contract the other people who will charge me 5 times of the money I don't
have at a higher interest rate."

I wonder why smart men like you are not in charge so you can give us magical deals that even nations with
real power cannot push through.

What people like you never do is give us an ideal example of a favorable contract.
I supposed it is very difficult to face real issues but talking is cheap.



We haven't forgotten the saints with a conscience who bought and shipped millions of people for plantation works.
It took years of war and many violent riots before they stopped being "benevolent" to their servants.
They don't even see their countrymen as equal to this day. Who else can break this record?

As to people working in Chinese factories, there is nothing unique about their situation.
They are unskilled and expendable workers who are treated badly regardless of their nationality.
Iphone is being made in China because Apple can get away with many violations in China
and Chinese workers are more "obedient" than their western counterparts.
Same with Bangladesh and Vietnam with their sweatshops.
But the westerners with a conscience don't mind using these products and pretend
to "see no evil" in the horrible conditions those workers are placed.

Those good people today are still here bribing government officials and running our oil industry.
Yet, no one seems to care to challenge the master's hold because they are "good" masters who
must be pampered.

Your answer is here....
https://www.nairaland.com/5813726/chinese-loan-only-drunkard-accept#88800255
A typical predatory attitude of China.....
Read it up Mr China man.....

Of course, I don't blame China for exploiting African nation or any nation whatsoever....
It's not China's responsibility to develop any other nation....

EVERY NATION SHOULD DO WHAT'S BEST FOR IT...NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR CHINA....

gasparpisciotta:
Truth be told, in spite of being blessed with human and natural resources, most African countries apart from a few, need massive investments on infrastructures to help drive growth.
But we remain poor because we are being ruled by vile, selfish, wicked and backward thinking(I’m short of words right now you can add yours) leaders who knows what to do but does otherwise.
Africa needs a massive revolution to be able to break the cycle of bad, ineffective governance.

I read Paul Kagame's article on African dependence on foreign loan...and it really got me thinking....
The truth is africa will never develop...so long as we look to foreigners for our financial or economic sustainance....

The present global economic n financial system was designed to benefit mainly western nations....
They may allow few other countries benefit from the arrangement for personal reasons.....viz a viz Singapore, south korea, taiwan, honk kong....

When globalisation n free trade came, China was smart enough to notice the loopholes in the deal n they exploited it ruthlessly....

Now lets get something clear....
Neither west nor China likes africa, and they will never give us any favourable terms....

We really need to look inward.....
We have the resources and Africans should develop its own infrasctural need....
Looking to China to build our roads n bridges is not sustainable on the long run....
The only thing we need from foreigners is technology transfer....
Let's insist on technology transfer during business transaction.....

What's lacking in Africa is technical skills n knowledge application....not money....
We can't develop an ecosystem where value is added to our resources.....

Lets forget about the loans...we don't need it....a borrower is always a slave to the lender...
we can print our own money if need be.....it's just a piece of paper....

Right now, African countries can't print money to meet its own need, because we depend on foreigners too much to get things done....
Of course, they won't accept our currency as a form of payment because it's useless to them.....
Therefore, let's work towards when foreign currency will also be useless to us....

Why should our people be subjected to perpetual poverty by selling our resources cheap.... just because we servicing a piece of paper called dollar or yuan.......

The new generation of Africans should think outside the box n create our own economic n financial system.....
That's the only way to true independence and wealth creation on the continent.....

Xisnin:
Empty rhetorics.

Bring out your plans and let us see who will support you.
The US is free to move manufacturing back to the US as long as they accept 2-3 times
price increase, insane subsidy, and heavier taxes which republicans have been fighting against
for years because it is against "capitalism".


It is funny how the so-called capitalists are stylishly blaming capitalism(free pricing) for their problems.
It will be funny to watch the so-called US capitalist economy gradually adopts socialist principles to fight economic war.
The US outcompetes other countries in Agriculture by subsidizing farmers but they don't
see problems with such.



The idea of the "west" is dead. Trump buried it with isolationism.

If Mitt is counting on the EU, he has missed it. The idea of the European army is being taken seriously for
the first time in history because the US showed that they can't be trusted through Trump.

The powerhouse of the EU is the liberals who are largely pacifist and won't accept a racist policy.

Is it the same west that Trumps referred to as parasites and continually bully and mock?
Trump and the UK are currently locked in an economic battle over drugs because Trump thinks
they are cheating American companies. Even Canada is not left out.
No one trusts the US leadership again, we are back to a multipolar world.

Are u Chinese...because u sound like one...
Every country should pursue what's best for it...not what's best for China....
America definitely isn't a saint but the article raise valid concerns.....

Chinese predatory n exploitative practice is hurting the rest of the world.....
Chinese wouldn't open up it's economy, yet goes around buying up assets everywhere....
Chinese keep claiming it's a developing economy (which is laughabe even to a toddler)...thereby getting special favours from WTO.....
Chinese will insist on technology transfer as a precondition to invest in china....but would write construction plan in Chinese letters, so that African engineers can't read or learn how to build infrastructures....
Trump methodology may be wrong but he's right to call out on China.....

African leaders can continue to sign away the destiny of the continent once again....
They won't open their eyes and use their brain to demand for favourable contracts....
But they should know Chinese are unforgiven and they lack conscience....
Servitude in the hand Chinese always end in gory tales....
Ask people working in Chinese factories....

Amhappy:
They had PPE. Got this info from a reliable source. Some people has collected query because of the death of this woman. A lot of big names were concerned hearing this kind of story from UNTH.

So what's the true story here....

Raalsalghul:
Sir,

Is this an inspiration to women out there?

Did u watch the video

GamalNasser:
And he didn't see it in January ..

He actually predicted a out global pandemic last year...

Fidelismaria:
change mustn't come from a particular gender

What are African women useful for?

Have u no shame.....
Men build civilisation not women....
Leave women out of it and discuss why African men are so weak and ineffectual.....

Hmmm....
Food for thought....

I don't get it....this thread is about sharing stories of being single mothers....challenges, experience and possible success.....
Nobody is talking about heroes or celebrating them....

Everybody knows the stigma attached with single motherhood....
These women have been badly beaten and humiliated....
Majority have zero self-esteem.....
They understand the burden associated with their status and the challenges it pose to their future...
So why come here and despise them again....

I just don't understand why Nigerians are full of bitterness and vile.....
Once u are down, they don't don't want u up....

Some nonsense women abusing single mothers are regular customers to abortion clinic....only God knows how many they've flushed out....

The men will go abroad and will give 2 arms and 2 legs just to marry a 40yr old single mother just bcks shes white...

Fvcking bunch of hypocrites....
Look at how they messed up the thread with their hypocrisy....