WHY ARE NIGERIANS QUICK TO CONDEMN ALL THINGS NIGERIAN? I have been taking a few training courses in the past few weeks and I have had different instructors; one Nigerian, one white American. During a short break a few days ago, a couple of "lunch mates" decided it would be really cool to trash the Nigerian facilitator and sing about how great an instructor the white guy was. There was talk of how many of them would have made "A" grades in school if they had had him as their instructor. Then I asked "what is the basis of this comparism"? "Because he is white" , they replied. I felt like I had been knocked over the head with a hoe!!
Why does a person's skin colour have to be a basis for judgement on intelligence and efficiency? You are either good at what you do or you are not, be you black,white,green,orange or magenta!! I am no racist, but I don't hear any white people saying blacks are better than they are so why on earth do many Nigerians blindly jump to the conclusion that the white skin makes for a better person than the black skin? I like the black instructor's methods as much as the white instructor's, and if any comparisms were to be made, I'd like to think we could be wise enough to make those comparisms based on genuine substance.
This is just one case out of hundreds that I have witnessed. What is the cause of this seeming lack of value for ones' self Nigerians have? Do we blame this on our "leaders" ? On ourselves? On Nigeria? It kills me to see and hear these things especially from people who could be considered literate and "enlightened". A little reagard and self respect goes a long way. I have come to realise that people will call you what you wish them to call you. If you call your dog Bingo, Bingo all your neighbours shall call it. If you call yourself "Valueless", Valueless your neighbours shall call you!
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