doggedfighter:


It's not their making even most Nigerian born Nigerians rate abroad born Nigerians higher than themselves.



It's just it.



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Vision101:
Is abroad not rated higher than naija? So anything abroad too should be rated higher than naija.

FYI abroad nobi India oooo

Samantha123:
Why does it seems like Nigerians born abroad tend to look down on Nigerians born in Nigeria? I've noticed this mostly with some YouTubers on YouTube and it got me curious.

So, I was wondering if I could get more clarity from you guys.

Is it just me, or Nigerians born abroad look down on Nigerians born in Nigeria?

cooooooks:
It's not everyone, but it exists. Those who feel that way, have colonial mentality.

cooooooks:
It's not everyone, but it exists. Those who feel that way, have colonial mentality.

cooooooks:
It's not everyone, but it exists. Those who feel that way, have colonial mentality.

Samantha123:
But it's really sad that some people are ashamed of where they come from.

rickleye:


I disagree with calling it colonial mentality.

rickleye:


Wouldn’t you be ashamed
When you get harassed at the airport because you have 2 luggages.
Get stopped by police and have your phones searched because you look like a suspect.
Get told that you have to pay police 200,000 because you mistakenly attempted to pass a BRT lane.
Get pulled over wearing shades while driving while young and black.

Samantha123:
but it's still your country and all countries have got their own challanges..

rickleye:


Nah …. It isn’t . I blame my parents .. my father’s land is what the anthem says. It is why people are planing to leave or have left .
Samantha, not sure where you are but if you are able to visit and live in places like Florida or California etc you wonder kilode with Lagos and kidnappings , roads , infrastructure. Mindset at times . You can give someone appointments and can’t keep basic appointment because you could be stopped on the road passing through 6 check points because you have a back pack. ( this was something my cousin and I experienced that we had to pay a police officer just to escort us ) , traffic which no get head or tail . To everyone their own sha.

Samantha123:
But that doesn't mean when you're born abroad you must look down on your people back home.

I'm sure most Nigerians living in Nigeria wish they could do something to change the situation there.

rickleye:


Maybe I misunderstood. I don’t look down at my peers. Never! If one finds him or herself in such a position one is blessed and opportuned. but rather it appears that people look at those born abroad differently hence the Omo Ajebo or Tokunbo references. And the pressure of send us money or buy me a car or a tablet or this or that makes those snub their noses ( some) and look downward at times.

Samantha123:
But I think they should use their privieges to try and do something positive for their country.

Start something that's gonna benefit the community or get involved in politics in order try and make a better Nigeria.

The family and their billings would have to wait.

Guderian:


Shi!t doesnt work that way here

Samantha123:
But I think another issue is that most Nigerian parents who had their kids abroad hardly or never bring them home in Nigeria for visits.

Guderian:


U said it yourself .......

U sound so nigerian not south African.

Every instinct of mine is whispering that you're a 9ja girl

Samantha123:
But I think they should use their privieges to try and do something positive for their country.

Start something that's gonna benefit the community or get involved in politics in order try and make a better Nigeria.

The family and their billings would have to wait.

rickleye:


For the record I appreciate our healthy discussion without personal insults ��.
Only about 0.01% come abroad and make that kind of money . Plus it will surprise you that many would rather invest in a country that gave them that wealth and you can growth the wealth exponentially than somewhere else where the society is unpredictable.
Abroad the basic human necessities are provided at a cost here in 9 ja basic necessities don’t even exist.

Samantha123:
I don't like insults..

But you guys shouldn't give up on your country because there's always light at the end of the tunnel.

rickleye:


Dear nothings going to change.
It’s a pattern.
Do you realize that in 1984 we had regular power supply. The dollar was 1-1 Naira
Refinery NNPC worked
Streets were paved with asphalt
Population growth was in check.
Nigerian Airways was in air.
Roads and highways were lined.
There were no touts and Agberos.
There were no kidnappers or rapists in abundance.
I have been in and out of the country.
We lack a maintenance mentality.
There is no continuance culture .
We do not fix things we migrate .
All those edifices built will be harboured by squatters in 10 years.
Those who can’t bear are leaving and those of us that can will stay and hope.

Samantha123:
But I think the first big thing that you guys need to solve in Nigeria is the issue of tribalism.

If you guys can unite and be one voice, I'm telling you, things will start changing bit by bit..

The changes may not come quickly, but some improvements will start showing.

Akinola100:



No improvements for the past 6 decades, slow and gradual decay Samantha. Those who fled to other working countries are rejoicing, we here are just living to survive, forcing fake smiles on our faces to forget the torment. It's easy to give up here

Samantha123:
Don't give up, hang in there.

The beginning always has an end.

Akinola100:



Motivation is long dead ma'am.

But thank you �

Samantha123:
Why does it seems like Nigerians born abroad tend to look down on Nigerians born in Nigeria? I've noticed this mostly with some YouTubers on YouTube and it got me curious.

So, I was wondering if I could get more clarity from you guys.

Is it just me, or Nigerians born abroad look down on Nigerians born in Nigeria?

Samantha123:
But that doesn't mean that one must look down on his people back home.

Remember being born abroad does not mean you should denounce where you from.

HarlequinLekex:
Which home?
They were born there not here,it is where things are good for you you call home?
Identifying yourself as a nigerian anywhere in the world is a look down on its own.