₦airaland Forum

IGBOPRINCE:
even the same thing with me. I served 2 to 3weeks ban just because I mention my new country.
That period I even had the time to concentrate on other things rather than commenting here.
I nearly forgot about nairaland during my ban period.

Some people like noblezone, pezienza,biafraking and lolzzz maybe serving their bans by now.

I hardly see their comments though. It s well

I would have created tons and tons of names but I think its usless and also I noticed to much kids and unintelligible peeps here ..so I am stuck with this name


Ban doesn't change it and I will always talk about Biafra ..who cares if they ban

I can't wish away millions of my people that died 67-70

We have technically defeated boko haram by the association of propaganda conmen


Boowoo

KidStranglehold:
I'm doing this because Nigerians on this site do it ALL THE TIME to boost about how much better they are doing in the states than AAs. Yes it is unfair which is why you should check some posters on here to stop doing it. Again this is the reason I made this thread to get rid of this shrewd thinking.



Yes I agree. That means stop comparing successful Nigerian immigrants who are small in population size to the AAs who are obviously in poverty while ignoring the AAs with a stable lifestyle like those in the south.



He was actually a doctor and I think from Lagos. I agree that no one should go by what one individual said. But I'm just saying that a lot of Nigerians I seen at my college seem to come from well off families. Again just my experience. Same with some Indians I know. Which is why I think some people over-exaggerate this rags to riches concept for immigrants. But I will be admit that I seen some working hard Nigerians outside of college that do not come from well of families.

Now you are specific ..you said college that I seems to agree but others are basically I economic migrants and they are there to better their lives

But African American ain't taking the American dream

TO BUTTRESS MY EARLIER POSTULATIONS....READ ON



The general stereotypes are that African-Americans are lazy and complacent. They have nobody but themselves to blame for massive educational and socio-economical gaps that have placed African-American children at a severe disadvantage.

African immigrants, on the other hand, are destined for success, so the stereotype goes. They appreciate hard work and family values all while their families are back home swinging through dense forests in nothing but loincloths and sleeping in small huts.

The tensions derive from years of misunderstandings, stereotypes perpetuated by mainstream media, and a lack of an open and honest discussion on the relationships between African-Americans and Africans.

Nigerian-born immigrant and blogger Luvvie Ajayi took to Twitter to discuss the tension between African-Americans and African immigrants back in January, when she tried to explain the word “akata.”



The word is used by many Nigerians to refer to Black Americans. However, the word actually translates to “wild animal.”
“The word epitomizes the terrible stereotypes that Africans have about African-Americans. But many young Africans don’t know what it MEANS,” Luvvie explained. “They use it because they’ve heard it being used so casually that many don’t know that it’s derogatory. Passed down prejudice.”
Luvvie explained that many Africans who come to the U.S. are not educated on the history of slavery and how in America there’s still “400 years of damage folks still gotta fix.”

“But I want Black folks in the U.S. not to hate us for the ignorance we carry,” Luvvie tweeted. “It’s from our lack of knowing. Teach us.”
Gerald A. Montgomery of AtlanticRock.com says there is ignorance on the other side as well.
According to Montgomery, some African-Americans view African immigrants as “pompous peacocks,” who are “enjoying the freedoms of earlier generations of so-called Negroes” who were “fire-hosed, jailed, even lynched” for the opportunities that Africans in America now benefit from. Those views are just as ignorant, he maintains.


http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/04/05/ivy-league-success-story-refueled-tensions-africans-african-americans/

KidStranglehold:
Then post studies debunking the ones I posted. When many recent studies states Asians and Indians who come to the USA already come from well-off families.

We can ignore this all we want.

The truth about Asian Americans' success (it's not what you think)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/opinions/lee-immigration-ethnic-capital/

Asian Americans and the 'model minority' myth
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0123-wu-chua-model-minority-chinese-20140123-story.html

The Growing Poverty Crisis That Everyone Is Ignoring
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2015/09/26/3705261/asian-american-poverty/

And like I said Mexicans are no better of than AAs. Do you even live in the states?

One thing is posting studies and another thing is telling you what I'ls on ground ..I am an igbo man and I am African ..I am telling you what is applicable here not studies

IGBOPRINCE:
this mallam ,why re you spamming my mention

Get thee behind me..onye abbboki biko..

Cc tonychristopher ? Re you free from ban?

My dear I have been off and on ban sometime I even get tired of posting and whenever my ban commences or elapsed I don't even know

Money on my mind ...Bleep ban bro

musicwriter:
Honestly, it will be hard for him to fathom those Indians, Nigerians, Pakistanis, and Mexicans he sees as having rich background actually came to the US poor.

Exactly.. . he has refused to understand that if those are rich and he claimed ..why the hell are they in states..they should be balling in their respective countries

The immigrants came to USA for American dream and they are mostly poor

Fulaman198:
I agree with you mostly. I won't also ignore the racial barriers that are intact within the U.S. government because it does exist. There are a lot of hidden racial-based nonsense that occurs in the United States that can not be ignored, but African Americans do need to try to make that push towards Math/Science over Entertainment. African Americans need to realise that whites only see them as entertainment (music, sports, etc. etc.).They should steer themselves away from that and pursue something that will be far more beneficial to them in the long run.

I know many African Americans will hate me for saying that, but that's just the truth.

But you said a known fact and global truth

When they want to do anything scientific immigration in UN or USA they will pick an African American to sign and dance ..but how many African American are making scientific and research based presentation on their finding.. Very few

Check out ivy league and gifted children schools

The stats are there

KidStranglehold:
Good posts.

But the answers you presented were already answered in the OP. Especially one for Indians. I have not seen any poor Indians, Pakistanis or Nigerians come here. And I have many cool Indian friends who were quite well off back home. As for Mexicans most struggle just as much as African-Americans and too take part in "thug culture".

Put I will give you Nigerians a point in that you guys are literally around the world opening shop and starting business, which I believe AA's should start doing. And also you guys practice group economics.

You made a mention of group economics thats nice ..why don't African American copy it..even in ivy league schools African students with Asian counterparts top it all what you seen are more African American kids either dropping out of on scholarship based on theomur basket ball playing prowess not Intellectual

musicwriter:
What you provided are not concrete reasons why you African-Americans shouldn't be wealthy like every other American.

You made me really annoyed by saying "you never see poor Indians, Pakistanis or Nigerians come here". Well, for your information, I have a brother living in Maryland. He came to the US on his own funding (like 80% of Nigerians in US) came. Nobody gave him a dime!. He finished secondary school and came there in 1984. I don't know what else he did as a job, but I know at a point he was a security man (gate keeper) and from that to a cab driver. I don't want to bore you with his history, but today you know what he do?. He's into real estate. Lives in his own house there in Maryland, have house in Texas, and few other places as at the time we communicated. He have also acquired real estate over here. This's my own brother. If you want to ask here on Nairaland you'll hear similar "grass to grace" stories.

As a matter of fact, one of the richest man in Africa also worked as a cab driver in the US. His name Mike Adenuga, google it. He own a telecom company, something like AT & T, Verizon. He came to the US poor!. Again, 80% of the people you see came to the US without money. You can ask the whole of Nairaland to confirm this claim, because we should know that not you. Still, I think I'm being gracious with that 80% figure.

NB: Still I'm not disputing the US system is not rigged against African-Americans.

I'd think that the guy won't understand it .that an African comes to USA to hutsle and make money and better his life but the average American black is OK with been the next Micheal Jordan or lil Wayne or something

Fulaman198:
Poor people in India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, Ghana, Senegal, etc. etc. don't believe in remaining poor. The average Nigerian if given the opportunity do whatever they can to get educated and rise above socio-economical barriers. I'll give an example. My grandfather was not rich, even by Fulani standards he didn't own much cattle, but when a parent can, they choose to give their children the best education they can get even if it will be tough on them financially.

In Nigerian culture(s), parents are measured by the success of their children. Thus, parents are willing to do anything they can even if they do not have the financial institution to do it, to send their children to the best educational facilities that their money can afford.

One thing about education is that if you excel in an Engineering field be it Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, etc. you will definitely not remain in the lower class. You will move up to solid middle class at the very least.

One thing I noticed about the African American Community in the United States (and you can correct me if I'm wrong) is that the parents do not encourage their children to partake in sciences, maths and engineering. Their parents push them more towards sports and athletics. Being someone with quite a background in computing and mathematics, I can tell you with the utmost certainty that less than .00000000001% ever become professional athletes.

This is what I have been trying to let them understand.. The African American are jolly good fellow with their ebonucs and rap music sagging their pants and speaking wanna gonna ..wearing big chains without any impact ....that's scientifically speaking always blaming slavery for their woes forgetting that they are in a better environment to excel ...just look at African ,Chinese and Mexican immigrants.. They are doing much better than the

The truth must be said

Fulaman198:
Sure I'm willing to be anyone's friend here on NL.

But hope that you are not like the average Muslim that can kill the infidel as was directed

If not


You are my friend.. I always have this aversion to been close to most Muslim because if that infidel killing and jyzra tax or something

Ikechu12781:
Honestly when will Igbo learn to STOP HELPING THAT ZOO. just when?

Their economy is falling, they run to ABA made, the ABA made they used to insult, to help them

The rest of the world refuse to help them in securing weapons to help them fight BH, they ran to innosun.

During their fuel scarcity, it was an Igbo man that came to save them


When the f2k will you people learn to stop helping a useless zoo that does not like you. Just when? It's always SE too that always willing to throw their necks out for that village. The rest of us are smart enough to ignore them. I'm still trying to figure out when SE will learn from their history. when will you learn? JUST WHEN?

Nwanne m na anioma ..udi ndi dika gi na ugomba bu madu

Eziokwu ka ikwuru.. Mana ka anyi zi fa nkali

johnmartus:
fake company fake innoson everything about them is fake Aba made come to my mind i dont know what they celebrating?

Pls sir. Keep your high bp kits handy

You might need them considering the way you are going

Know2020:
Your gift of ingenuity is the major reason they don't want you to go home. Imagine a black country manufacturing aircraft parts for all African countries at half the price of western countries. Those against your emergence are bigger than we think, and are afraid of another Japan in Africa.

That's why the aborted the 1967 fiasco.. They said they can't afford another Japan in Africa

zikIPE:
Hello people,
As I was enjoying my facebook today, I got a notification asking me to help translate the English language to Igbo. now, that brings about a whole new set of problems which include the absence of an Igbo equivalent for like. The Igbo people 'LOVE', we do not 'LIKE'. another problem being the absence of a single word representing 'comment'. sure, there's an Igbo phrase for comment, but to the best of my knowledge, there's no single word for it.
so, basically, the Igbo Language on my facebook is written in English....at least, for now. if you're Igbo and have any suggestions on Igbo words to use as replacement for English words on facebook, feel free to contribute
cc: bigfrancis21 odumchi

Like can be translated to oma
Comment should be okwu
Post should be tinye or dewe
Share should be kesaa

Know2020:
Oh lord...I just love Igbo people. Always coming to the resue of Nigeria. We must appreciate this people!

Thank lord you have noticed our impact ..but we still wanna go home ...maybe there will be bilateral trade relations later ....then diplomatic and military relations after

Fulaman198:
I am sorry but that's untrue. Why? The population of Nigerians in the United States is unknown...Why again? It's because of the way your stupid census in the United States works. If you are Nigerian you can't mark that you are Nigerian, you can only mark that you are Black/African-American which pisses me off.

That's a fact

Fulaman198:
I see just as many insults if not more directed at Northerners (this includes both Hausa and Fulani) than Igbos.

I'll give you an example. Ab0ki (can't type the o because the word is filtered) means friend in the Hausa language, yet because of how many ethnic bigots have overused and over-abused the word in a profane manner towards people of the Northern region of Nigeria, the word has been deemed as a bad word even though it's not.

Every ethnic group takes insults, it's just up to you not to visit the forums that insult these ethnic groups. In the past, I used to see a lot of negative and disgusting posts about Fulani people, I stopped going to them because the end result was just me getting angry at the insults and almost losing my temper.

No one likes to see their respective ethnic group being insulted, but in the every day life of Nigeria, what we see online is not often what we experience in the real world. Believe me! You just have to develop a strong stomach for the immature and unwelcoming behaviour of some people on NL. If you also see a post that you do not like, kindly report it as it violates these rules:

2. Don't abuse, bully, deliberately insult/provoke, fight, or wish harm to Nairaland members OR THEIR TRIBES.
3. Don't threaten, support or DEFEND violent acts against any person, tribe, race, animals, or group (e.g. rape).

I have a feeling that your a nice dude ..your the second Fulani friend I know the first one is very matured. .nice Muslim ..drinks vodka, have a modern view to Islam and he is dedicated Muslim and a Fulani man ..he calls a spade a spade


You seems to be like him..maybe we can be friends

Fulaman198:
Make no mistake, every ethnic group is insulted on Nairaland it's not just Igbos. Let's not be blinded into thinking it's just our own specific ethnic group. Do you know how many Fulani insults I see on here everyday? Yah thought so.

I will give you simple experiment

Gibto nairaland search ...type igbo

Then later type other tribes

Compare the results

Journey man...

Where are the zoombies and sai Baba crooners


We now have president at large

Aka absentee bubu

Globe trotting bubu..hope he goes with his kunu and gworo


I feel very vindicated ....

jashar:
No offence oooo..... I'm trying to wrap my head over the meaning of what you just posted. it's not entering.
So, appreciating ones spouse makes them cheap or what?

No dearie..it doesn't but too much of everything you know

There should be moderation


Wishing you the best

Loisemm:
Lolz. I am from Akwa ibom and I am proudly married to a Yoruba man. We are going on strong and honestly I am very glad I married Him ( I still told Him this morning). I think it depends on the individual. Is he or she someone you can love or already love? Is he or shr faithful, kind, intelligent, Godly, hard working? Does your family accept him/her and vice versa? We made sure we had our families consent and He was my kind of 'ideal' man ( he had 90% of all the qualities I wanted/ listed in my list- yes, I had a list and the tribe he comes from was not in my list. lolz). So there u go. Like my Hubby will say when I ask him where say a particular Green eagles footballer comes from. He will reply- He is a Nigerian! lolz. We are Nigerians first before Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa etc. The only tribe I could not marry from personally is Hausa cos of the diff in religion. Though if he were a great hausa christian, I MAY not hv minded.

Nice ..but as a man stop cheapening yourself by telling the man how you are glad he married you..that statement has a way of puncturing your worth as a woman

A man should be head over heals on a woman not the other way round


Don't make the dude look at you that he did you a favour

Take this from a married man

But keep appreciating him but don't diminish your value mbok

Masterclass32:
You're so on point like point and kill. Na your side I dey for this matter.

Its preferable for people to marry their kind - and we can still achieve one Nigeria(before someone tells me that inter-tribal relationships promote unity).

Inter tribal marriages doesn't promote any unity....that's a fact

One thing I hate about inter tribal marriages is that it tends to makes the offsprings of these union confused

If you ask a child from an igbo father and Yoruba mother where are you from..the response you get I's this ...my father is igbo and my mother Yoruba

The child forgets that automatically you are from the place your father is

Secondly there seems to be intimidation ..like when you marry an igbo woman ..by default you will likely be on the side of your mum ...

Look at yemi alade..she is a Yoruba with igbo mum but from her doings and her kind of music even association she is tilting and tilts towards igbo...don't be surprised if she marries an igbo man

But if you find love in anytribe go for it...one thing about marriage is that love is not enough ...there are greater things than love such as compatibility et al

So that had I known won't come at last

But women when you are getting older and with bad history if marrying from another tribe will help the situation

I support it

WhoRUDeceiving:
Well said, most of Buhari's appointments should not be a surprise. Do you hear that some people from Kachikwu's area are saying that they are not Igbo, and came from Bini or Yoruba or the Moon, or that Okowa doesn't belong to "Biafra"? Do you know that Okorocha and Amaechi spent public funds to campaign for those that staged coups and could not pay salaries or complete projects in their state?

Did you see the folks in Abia state dancing because the SC upheld a party that raped the state for 16 years as "victor" so that the rape can continue?

And for the Southwest, what where they afraid of another term for an Ijaw man as President, when OBJ did not do much in 8 years time. Among things, the completion of an International airport in Enugu and seaport in Akwa Ibom and the financial implications that holds.

And I don do them for eyes like film

Where is ugomba and that boy hopeathand

I will advise people to alwyas marry their kind ....to avoid stories that touch

But if you find love elsehwere pls make it work

Happy valentines

Angelberry:
If they were not caught you won't accept the fact that every tribe have bad eggs among them.

Igbo land is not saints naa

Meanwhile it might be immigrants but the facts is that congee is a natural thing

peter042:
Yes it happen today, i saw when their are been carried by wheel-ballow to the hospital, The man is a butcher @ ogige market nsukka i know the man's shop. I will post the pic of the event later.

Pls do

scofieldsimba:
Enugu On Fire Today As Married Woman Co Join With Her Lover..

Wonders shall never seize..

Today at Nsukka, I saw people gathered in front of Bishop Shanahan Teaching hospital Nsukka.m

When I enquired what happened, I was told that a married woman and her lover were mysteriously joined together for hours. They were brought to the hospital to see if they could be saparated..

Those at Nsukka can comfirm the info..

I am highly impressed here ..is the toto magnetic that the prick got stuck

Did they stone them?

They should stone them

This is unigbotic

Oh another igbo advisor and adviser has opined

Advice your peep first

But let's face the thread ...you don't blame those that see African American that way ..have you been to Bronx, Compton and Brooklyn.. These are black neighborhood and one thing I have noticed about the blacks in USA is that the African American is more of a violent and low thinking individual

They have become complacent in the socialist and walfarist America that you see the high crime and disunited family life ..it is not them all but it is not all.

The Nigerians came to USA for greener pastures and American dream and they understand where they are coming from and they have a focus bit the African American is content with sagging ,doing drugs and raps so they forget intellectual puruit apart from music and basketball ...even with the whole money they make in basketball they blow it

The evidences are clear

They should stop blaming it on slavery ...at least Nigerians have proved that blacks are not low intellectually from Philip emeagwali to chinua Achebe to others making their mark in sciences


So I think that what we see in America about the niggers as they call themselves are real

Have you seen the movie MENACE 2 SOCIETY....that's a good American black neighborhood