cupidspearl
MVP
ive been noticing the really odd, harmful and negative views we have of each other.
I’ve noticed a lot of africans view black Europeans as very wealthy and have no clue the financial struggles faced in Europe. Like the Uk for example , it is more likely people with African sounding names have to send their cv’s in numerous of times, yet they think all African British people live lavishly.
Now it seems like an unprovoked statement but there are too many stories of things like; people in the uk sending money over to their chosen country in africa to build a house for retirement and then they arrive to find all the money is gone and there is no house in sight .
Someone I know had a situation where their father died and it was insisted he be buried next to his father in nigeria, convenientally he died in proximity to the designated area of burial but if he were to die here in the uk, it was expected the women I knew pay for him to be shipped over there. I thought maybe it was the contrast in economic climate but black people in the uk still tend to be in the lower percentile .
These skewed views truly annoy me because while having these prejudices they are simultaneously complaining about how everyone thinks Africans are poor and need water while acting deprived and all.
In addition there’s African Americans who do actually see Africans as poor and then there’s the Africans both from the continent in Europe who see African Americans as ghetto amd uneducated.
I’m simply trying to understand how especially in this age of internet we are so disengaged from each other and still carry the beliefs of white people.
Is it because we are so culturally different that we cannot properly relate to each other and no longer see the need to relate and converse as much.
Or maybe is it wholly the fault of the media since most of the knowledge we have of each other doesn’t come from physical interactions?
This is actually a genuine question by the way.
I’ve noticed a lot of africans view black Europeans as very wealthy and have no clue the financial struggles faced in Europe. Like the Uk for example , it is more likely people with African sounding names have to send their cv’s in numerous of times, yet they think all African British people live lavishly.
Now it seems like an unprovoked statement but there are too many stories of things like; people in the uk sending money over to their chosen country in africa to build a house for retirement and then they arrive to find all the money is gone and there is no house in sight .
Someone I know had a situation where their father died and it was insisted he be buried next to his father in nigeria, convenientally he died in proximity to the designated area of burial but if he were to die here in the uk, it was expected the women I knew pay for him to be shipped over there. I thought maybe it was the contrast in economic climate but black people in the uk still tend to be in the lower percentile .
These skewed views truly annoy me because while having these prejudices they are simultaneously complaining about how everyone thinks Africans are poor and need water while acting deprived and all.
In addition there’s African Americans who do actually see Africans as poor and then there’s the Africans both from the continent in Europe who see African Americans as ghetto amd uneducated.
I’m simply trying to understand how especially in this age of internet we are so disengaged from each other and still carry the beliefs of white people.
Is it because we are so culturally different that we cannot properly relate to each other and no longer see the need to relate and converse as much.
Or maybe is it wholly the fault of the media since most of the knowledge we have of each other doesn’t come from physical interactions?
This is actually a genuine question by the way.