GerogeI:


When I speak of peddlers am not talking of street peddlers, but drug transporters. Check statistics, a huge among of drugs distributed around the world transit from South America to West Africa and onward. Preferentially through airports that are considered less secure. An example within Nigeria is the new attention drug traffickers give to the New Enugu International airport which they consider less secure.

So maybe you do not know that transiting drugs through airports is a major career in Nigeria. An yes, the transporters are not the owners, just the mules. And the standard practice is to pass through weak airports and also abandon the bag if discovered. So it's highly likely the bag in question contained drugs.

As to your passport, the typical security person will keep in mind that it could be false, your look first probably identifies you as Nigerian.

Let's take the duty of protecour collective wealth and good image, it is worth a lot. Terming everything racisim is behaving like ostriches.

ferdyabu:

My mum is white and my dad is from Bonny island,Rivers state.I have experienced discrimination when I was living in Nigeria because they thought that I wasn't black enough or look exactly like them.

arabianights:



.............................."Nigeria's bads are similar to that of Hell Fire Kingdom.........


Thats too harsh...............One day, you will chew your words.

all4naija:
You must be mad! What has tribal marks got to do with this? Do you see where the Polish sh*ts complain about them rather than the bag and identifications?

madjune:


Obviously, you answer questions with questions and don't look very well...

Why ask if I am mad when you saw my name?

Take things calmly...racism abound in the western world.

Don't fuse so much over it...that's just the way we met it.

spiralwedge:


my brother, that's the bare truth.

and chewing my words ONE DAY? that's my prayer too.
I'm hopeful and optimistic for Naija, but I can't deny the fact.... (at least not after being to several other countries).

arabianights:


How comfortable are you there? lets be sincere.

spiralwedge:


every country has pros and cons.

the discussion is not about me.

I'm out. cheers

arabianights:




Na lie !!!! they adore half castes in that region.who are you fooling? may be your mum or dad offended them

all4naija:

You are a Nigerian. The people tend to like mixed race a lot but some can be discriminating at times. I am in your shoe as well. Human beings are terrible.

ferdyabu:

I was bullied several times and it wasn't funny.I remember going to Borokiri area in Port Harcourt alone to visit my cousin and I was robbed by some guys because I looked nothing like them.

jayriginal:


Its not discrimination if they had valid reasons for it and they were following security protocol. If they had no reasons for that other than the fact that he is black, then that is discrimination. How on earth you can conclude that the above is patronizing is beyond me. Keep sentiments aside please.

Bear in mind that they claimed to have video footage which the OP didnt get to see as he was told that he would miss his flight if they had to show it to him. Perhaps you expect them to hold up the flight for him (anything else would be discriminatory right?). As difficult as it might seem to believe, some people have a hard time telling black people apart (like some people have a hard time telling some Asians apart). Perhaps someone else ( a person of color) dropped a bag at the airport and they thought it was him and decided to check! Perhaps they just wanted to harass him for no reason. Either way, we do not know enough to conclude that it is racism.

At least the OP did not miss his flight. I missed mine but you dont hear me shout racism because I know the reason my passport was subjected to such intense scrutiny.

GerogeI:


An you also changed your looks from appearing Nigerian.lol

Let me make it simple. Some one abandoned a bag with drugs, the security are looking for the person fast. They zoom in on Nigerians, cause from experience Nigerians are majorly involved in transiting drugs. Shikina

pansophist:
It was before my departure, I was patiently queuing about to board a flight from Katowice (Poland) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) at 07.15 am. While waiting, I was approached by a male employee who asked me about an unknown baggage found somewhere around the airport, I courteously replied that its not mine and I suggested that he should make a public announcement about it before passengers began to board the aircraft. When it was my turn to board, I approached the passenger service assistant and gave him my ID and mobile boarding pass but to my dismayal, he explicitly stated that I will not be allowed to board while asking me to wait at the corner for his boss to handle the situation. He wouldn’t listen to my subsequent plea as he rudely separated me from the curiously observing queuers, as I waited for the arrival of his supposed boss.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged boss arrived and as expected, collected my ID and interrogated me with the same question asked by the previous vicenarian employee, I repeatedly told him that I knew nothing about the baggage but he wouldn’t accept this as the truth. He further claimed that I was caught on camera dropping the bag and he would release the video to me if I keep denying, I was amazingly shocked at such magnitude of lie against me. I ask if I could see the video, wondering if I was mistaken for someone else, He agreed to show me but inferred that I wont be able to board the flight because after the nitty-gritty, the plane would be late on arrival, then its was dawm on me that this is getting serious. I replied angrily that if I miss my flight, I would sue the legal-person(s) involved. On hearing this, he immediately facilitated my boarding and directed me to the boarding gate. I asked again if I could see the video where I was caught dropping the baggage but he refused and reminded me that I am delaying the flight, in an attempt to diverge my pending questions. I was vehemently mortified. As I entered the plane from the front door, I noticed the fear and irritation gripping the passengers due to my chagrin. I approached to my assigned seat number, the passenger next to me wanted to be sure if I should be sitting close to her, as she was scared. I have never been publicly humiliated to this extent before. Throughout the whole trip, I was filled with so much anger, being victimized, guilt, and disregard. I wondered why I was handpicked and accorded such degrading treatment; I strongly believed it’s because of my phenotypically dark skin as I am the only ''non white'' on the flight, since no public announcement was made to inform if someone misplaced the baggage.

I have been a denizen in Poland and I have never experienced such degrading treatment throughout my time there. This treatment created a deep hole in my heart and brought to my awareness the reserved prejudice deeply rooted in the heart of the airport workers who ganged up and treated me so unfairly due to my dark skin. It is expected of public workers to be competent with customer’s relation skills, especially in airport serving passengers from all parts of the world. This experience has made me unnecessarily sensitive as I was made to tacitly understand I would have to prove my innocence if I’m unluckily present in any mix-up situation, that I will be assumed guilty by default with the burden of proving myself innocent resting on me, that this experience is but a mere trigger of an existing presupposition. The most painful part is that my feelings were completely ignored and at the very least of my expectation, no apologies issued to the aggrieved.

I am writing this letter without prejudice, and all I ask for is that the necessary authorities should equip its employees with customer relationship skills and method in reaching coherent conclusions without subjecting anyone to an inhumane treatment, and also as a deterrent from this happening to subsequent passengers.

aim5:


Racism is intentionally preventing someone from getting employment because of their race. Or by intentionally not giving them a loan because of the color of their skin. Prejudice is just not liking them, and even if I was prejudice towards them, I'm not in any position to ruin their careers or livelihoods. Racism on the other hand, can have that effect. That's the difference.

ferdyabu:

How does my parents actions affect my relationship with people.I hate it when people just conclude things as if you have any clue about what it feels like to look different in a place like Nigeria.You can't go to some parts of the town without people looking at you like another creature.Maybe I will ask my dad or mum what they did to them.

DerMeister:
The stupidity is strong with this one!

Caspian22:
OP i might end up studying in poland sumday... Is the discrimination dat bad

arabianights:



Dont flatter your self. We have millions of half castes in Nigeria as well as very light skinned people that look white.
In your region, we have many half castes who dont even know their fathers ( this is very common).

I really doubt you are facing discrimination in your region or even Nigeria as a whole.With all due respect ,please check your attitude could be the reason.I dont know you, yes but one thing i doubt for sure is you being discriminated due to your colour.Not in Federal republic of Nigeria if anything, your region likes whites as well as half castes

euromilion:


My friend,
I've tried not to reply your comments,
But I couldn't.the guy talk about his experiences,and you kept argueing that he's lying,but you are still doing exactly the same thing which he's talking about.or do you not know that name callings are racism too,you've used the words half cast two or three times and oyibo once,and still Nigerians are not racist?.

arabianights:



https://www.nairaland.com/2540201/white-man-telling-us-truth

The topic pasted above is you right? you used the word "white man" yet you claim my using the word oyinbo is racist?

Subject to interpretation,my dear.Cheers and have a wonderful week ahead

euromilion:


What are you trying to say?first I never said am racist or not,beside everyone that knew me here,knows that my wife is white and my kids are mix race,so what are you trying to say?

Atmmachine:
My Nigga.
That's not even racism.
When you see a real racism, you won't be able to narrate your ordeal to anyone.
The just wanna see your ID & make sure you wasn't the one who dropped the bag.

otiigba1:
But i ve been to poland numerous times, never had any problems