Sometimes I wonder why we are in the same country. At times I feel it is natural. Yes, it is natural to hold a prejudice(s) against a person / people but I think the only constant thing in life is change meaning we can change.



One thing I discover is that we still intermarry in spite of the caustic attack on each other's tribe. Such union can eternally head to the rocks if any of the couple is one of those who hold these prejudices. It might make forgiveness difficult in marriage.


Who knows perhaps the Zulu land king learned the discrimination / segregation art from us and found a good reason for the remarks that led to xenophobia.




Let's discuss why this is becoming an alarming trend and how we can change it.
Remember, we are in the season of change.

I am from the South/South and was born and bred in the West.

No Yoruba person has ever tried to Cheat/Con/Scam me all my life, but anytime I come across an Ibo Man they are always looking for ways to play a fast one on you.

One just tried to sale me a fake property here on Nairaland(more on that later)STAY CLEAR OF ANY IBO MAN ON NAIRALAND PROPERTY SECTION.

The OP got it wrong when he mentioned the Yoruba's only, as the rightful topic should have been WHY DO NIGERIAN'S DISTRUST THE IBO PEOPLE TOO MUCH? and the answer lies within the ibo's themselves. They should look inward and TRY to look and embrace the definition of HONESTY HONESTY HONESTY.

You cannot give a THIEF your money to keep for you and that is why an IBO MAN will never be the President of a ONE NIGERIA, they are criminals and that includes their preachers.

I will take sides with the Yoruba's and Hausa's any day against the IBO'S as I don't see myself associating with Ritualists, thieves, illiterates, petty traders and very dishonest bunch. The Reason the Ibo's lost the Civil war was that the South refused to side with them, as they had eyes for OUR OIL ALONE, just imagine all the Southern OIL controlled by one or two illiterates from Nnewi. That would have been painful.

I will bash the IBO RACE online, I will Bash the IBO RACE in person.

JUST ONE IS ALL I ASK OF, JUST SHOW ME ONE HONEST PERSON FROM THE EASTERN PART OF NIGERIA.

Is it not an insult that you cannot even find ONE honest person in a tribe?

iboes jealousy of Yoruba superiority is the cause of the problems...simple...

Thats why I love hausas. They are relatively easy going. Yorubas and Igbos are just self centered and egoistic.

Yoruba and igbo attack each other due to the fact that we are yet to find the NON existing common groud

Eshinwaju:
iboes jealousy of Yoruba superiority is the cause of the problems...simple...

How can we change it? It will be dangerous for our children to grow up and learn this from us.

Eshinwaju:
iboes jealousy of Yoruba superiority is the cause of the problems...simple...

Be reasonable please

Ibo will kill both parents for money....period.

The question is: How do you get along with a group of folks that will discard their parents for dough?

Na only for nairaland I dey see am
Offline we share a lot in common. My neighbor is ibo and she's the sweetest person I have seen my entire life.
Yoruba's and Ibo's still do intermarry and live peacefully together.

By the way, the Hausa people too despise the ibos, much more than Yorubas... for the same reason (too hungry for money)

d best thing is to give them Biafra....let dem go back to their land.... ...people r tired... ....until I came to 9raland...I never knew their hate was this bad...even now when I meet and relate to iboes in real life......i now look at them differently but pretend... ......these people have too much hate in their heart....

zomby:
Ibo will kill both parents for money....period.

The question is: How do you get along with a group of folks that will discard their parents for dough?

You are part of the problem. Who have you seen that has done such? Do not base your believe on hearsay.

Eshinwaju:
d best thing is to give them Biafra....let dem go back to their land.... ...people r tired... ....until I came to 9raland...I never knew their hate was this bad...even now when I meet and relate to iboes in real life......i now look at them differently but pretend... ......these people have too much hate in their heart....

You see now? That's exactly what I meant. The prejudice you picked from NL modified your perception of your fellow citizens and it's likely you can tell your younger one and the cycle continues. If your Igbo friend now wrongs you, you can find it hard to forgive.



I implore Seun to find a way of discouraging hate on this noble forum.

Eshinwaju:
iboes jealousy of Yoruba superiority is the cause of the problems...simple...

Obviously, you lied....
An Igbo Man being Jealous?
Lazy Man excuse...
Igbos believe in their Self-creativity....

remsonik:
Na only for nairaland I dey see am
Offline we share a lot in common. My neighbor is ibo and she's the sweetest person I have seen my entire life.
Yoruba's and Ibo's still do intermarry and live peacefully together.

Exactly! I don't know why Nairaland should be different.

Eshinwaju:
d best thing is to give them Biafra....let dem go back to their land.... ...people r tired... ....until I came to 9raland...I never knew their hate was this bad...even now when I meet and relate to iboes in real life......i now look at them differently but pretend... ......these people have too much hate in their heart....

The same Biafra that Awolowo was afraid of?
By God's grace, the Igbos controls this country Economically.

zomby:
By the way, the Hausa people too despise the ibos, much more than Yorubas... for the same reason (too hungry for money)

Lazy Man's excuse....

Eshinwaju:
d best thing is to give them Biafra....let dem go back to their land.... ...people r tired... ....until I came to 9raland...I never knew their hate was this bad...even now when I meet and relate to iboes in real life......i now look at them differently but pretend... ......these people have too much hate in their heart....

Not nice at all. You should learn to judge a person by his character, not tribe. You were not born with hate; you learnt it so you can change. What will you teach your children?

zomby:
Ibo will kill both parents for money....period.

The question is: How do you get along with a group of folks that will discard their parents for dough?

Yorubas and their JUJU mentality...
Igbos are trying to booms this country economy like that of China, but som JUJU-AFRICAN mentality is bringing Naija back....

Macelliot7:

The same Biafra that Awolowo was afraid of?
By God's grace, the Igbos controls this country Economically.

With comments like this Yoruba need to introduce anti igbo courses from JSS1 to SSS3! Was indifferent before but not anymore.....though am not interested in the online things

remsonik:
Na only for nairaland I dey see am
Offline we share a lot in common. My neighbor is ibo and she's the sweetest person I have seen my entire life.
Yoruba's and Ibo's still do intermarry and live peacefully together.

Only on Nairaland? Perhaps because NL is a faceless forum and people speak up their minds without restrictions. Remember if you want to know who a man truly is, give him power, money or monitor him in his privacy.

A Yoruba Prophet prophesied that "Aba will be the new China of Africa." STOP HATING Out of 200+ ethnic groups.... When you hear "Naija made" it is Igbos.... Nothing Like Yoruba-made, Hausa-made, Fulani-made.... Igbos are Creative.... Thanks be to God....

Hmmmmnn

The inferiority complex of the Igbos makes them become lousy like a 4ft man in the mist of 8fters.

Macelliot7:

Yorubas and their JUJU mentality...
Igbos are trying to booms this country economy like that of China, but som JUJU-AFRICAN mentality is bringing Naija back....

How do you know? What is your empirical evidence?

Chinua Achebe referred to it as," Tribal smallmindedness". Its soo chidish

It makes me scared most times when I come online and read comments people write against each other. The funny thing is, in my immediate environment, these two tribes move on well but online, am amazed at the hate. I sometimes wonder how we can hate each other so much and still shout 'racism' and 'xenophobia' to other countries doing the same to us. During the whole xenophobia saga, I read a post here on nairaland where someone said they should keep killing the igbos in South Africa. This blew my mind and am like 'people like thie exist?'. Please even though we can't love each other, let's tolerate and train our children to be better than we are. #oneNigeria

Macelliot7:
A Yoruba Prophet prophesied that "Aba will be the new China of Africa."
STOP HATING
Out of 200+ ethnic groups.... When you hear "Naija made" it is Igbos....
Nothing Like Yoruba-made, Hausa-made, Fulani-made....
Igbos are Creative....
Thanks be to God....

That will be after all the Igbo have migrated to Lagos and Ogun right? If China was deserted like the east no one will hear about them. You better stop your ranting and start learning from your master. The Yorubas. Ode.

nationwide1:



How do you know? What is your empirical evidence?

I hv interacted with many Yorubas in reality....
An Average yoruba guy believes that 90% of Rich people are involved in ritualism(Ogun owo/Ogu ego).

inviix:


Illusion of the highest order.

Name one rated billionaire ibo man. Even abokis get billionaires. Na only mouth and false sense of opulence una get.

Google is your friend.
It's a fact...
Even the largest Markets in South-west is dominated by Igbos....

Macelliot7:

Obviously, you lied....
An Igbo Man being Jealous?
Lazy Man excuse...
Igbos believe in their Self-creativity....

Story....then go n create in onitsha and aba. Leave Yorubaland alone. Pests....

tbae:
It makes me scared most times when I come online and read comments people write against each other. The funny thing is, in my immediate environment, these two tribes move on well but online, am amazed at the hate. I sometimes wonder how we can hate each other so much and still shout 'racism' and 'xenophobia' to other countries doing the same to us. During the whole xenophobia saga, I read a post here on nairaland where someone said they should keep killing the igbos in South Africa. This blew my mind and am like 'people like thie exist?'. Please even though we can't love each other, let's tolerate and train our children to be better than we are. #oneNigeria

My dream too- let it end with us. Let our children not learn this from us. If they learn it, one day, they will divide Nigeria even after we are gone.