"I am sorry but if you are a white man you don't get to define what racism is" : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #newsnight pic.twitter.com/J3qjk62aYr— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 11, 2016
Saturday, 12 November 2016
"I am sorry but if you are a white man you don't get to define what racism is" : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Just luv dis woman
Looool apt!It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
Oh! Chimamanda is a blessing to Africa. She is one of the best things to have come out of Nigeria
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She's very wrong there in my humble opinion. Everyone can experience racism regardless of colour. It just so happens that it's the majority race or ethnic group in any given society that tends to perpetuate the crime.
Yes and if you're ibo your don't get to define what being tribalist is...
Chimamanda you're just as discriminatory as a racist white man...discriminating against your fellow Nigerian cos he / she is not ibo
Bigot like you calling the kettle black...
Ok, what does that mean? Where's the rest of the story?
D world shuld get ready for dis man
She ironically made a racist comment. She is a racist.
She's so full of herself. Pompous human being.
You no sabi read... She said the rest of the story is in the video, if you no get data to watch video, just keep moving... Hian
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Hmmnnnn
of course she right...only a black man can define what racism is...it doesnt apply to them it apply to the blacks...
it simply means a black person is more likely to "experience" racism than a white person hence how can you define what you haven't experienced?
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This girl is a bigger bigot than Trump. Imagine a white guy saying that based on your skin colour you can define a word. Let's do like Michael Jackson and look at the man in the mirror.
Ok
She's right though bc only Blacks knows what they pass thru in the hands of dem Whites.
It's means unless you have a lived experience of racism, you don't get to tell people, who have faced it all their lives, what it means.
It means if you're not a woman, you don't get to tell her what to do with her body.
If you're not gay, you don't get to tell gay people what you think is wrong with them.
If you're not an expert, or experienced, you don't get to tell people who have more experience than you, what you think.
We live in a world, where everyone wants to have an opinion, when they don't have a clue.
This is why America now has a racist, sexist, homophobic, religiously intolerant mentalist in the presidency.
It means everyone that isn't a white man, should be very worried, because it was men like this, that messed up the world in the first place, with all forms of deception and corruption that we suffer from.
So, when they try to tell us what they think the world is, we have to take it with a pinch of salt. Because, they address liars.
On point...
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may b she's trying to say a white man does nt v a taste of the suffering of those who are discriminated v in other words a white man can't define racism
@Anonymous 12/11/2016 1:17PM: People like you should not even be allowed to comment on this blog in the first place. It's a shame you're able to do so.What's the connection between your dumb statement and the issue at hand about Trump being a racist.
Personally,She's right. A white cannot define racism especially when he's not fully aware of the actions his kind take towards individuals of other skin colours. I don't believe Trump is a racist although he has made some absurd statements which has motivated a lot of racists in the U.S. What I expect him as a leader to do now is be more direct in his speeches denouncing the need for any form of anger, hatred, or racial remarks simply for the country and the world to move forward. The first victory speech he gave is a start but more has to be said
she's right joor
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Thats racist.
Chimamanda please dont join the racist gang.
Racism dos not have todo with whether u r black or white, you can be black andd racist and this your statement is racist
What an epic response, until one experiences racism one Wldnt be able to explain racism! #LuyaAmanda
Thank you. At least someone with sence.
Very lame of her.
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She even made a racist statement
She even made a racist statement
Why nobody told her own uncle to be an african booty scratcher
Stfu pls chimamanda and stick to being a novelist
A white man is entitled to an opinion, if bitches can flap their gums and he fought for that right
They would still be using nail clippers to rip your clitoris off if not of the struggles the white man fought for
I swear i hate the dumb bitch for this
Do you know trump said that about the judge because it was fucking true
No one has to be pc for you liberal fuckwits
Chimamanda needs to apologize for this statement. That was so pompous of her. We all need to remember that it was white men who defined racism and fought against it initially. They spilled their blood in the American civil war because of black men. How can she ever say that? It's really unfair.
If you are going to call her names why don't you donit under your name? She is not hiding. She's out in the open. Try that.
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Her statement was completely wrong
What does she mean by "white man". that is racist on its own.
And who says races other than blacks do not suffer racism one way or the other?
She needs to be more measured in her statements.
Pls that's a very dumb statement. Dnt whites too experience racism? Haven't some of them also face what blacks and others skin colours experience. Jonathan cheban, Kim's best friend shared a video on instagram showing a white guy being beaten badly cos trump won election. If that isn't racism I wonder what that is.
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Pls that's a very dumb statement. Dnt whites too experience racism? Haven't some of them also face what blacks and others skin colours experience. Jonathan cheban, Kim's best friend shared a video on instagram showing a white guy being beaten badly cos trump won election. If that isn't racism I wonder what that is.
Long Live LIB
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We all know that technically sexism applies to both men and women. But is it really men who have to worry about sexism in this world? It's the white male that defined races in terms of what is different from white. And while a white person can be victim of racism is he really the person that has to worry about it in this world? If he isn't, how can he then be the person to define it when he has little or no experience of what it means? That is what Chimamanda is saying. But her interlocutor would insist on telling her what racism is. He might even tell her what sexism and misogyny are as well.
Really Femi?
I watch the full discussion last night onBBC2 and I was super proud of this lady . Good to be a Nigerian.
I watched it live on BBC. I was disapponted at her comments. She sounded very racist.
She's just arrogant!
Pixie dust check your spelling. You should've paid more attention in class because Chimamanda did.
The racism in America is same as tribalism in Nigeria. It's a human thing. It won't end today, it didn't start today. Use Buhari as a case study.
I watched it live on BBC. The gentleman was only reacting to the moderator's comment that "Trump the KKK candidate.....has won' His point was that KKK is very marginal to the victory. Chimanda, in reponse,went out of line by her statement. I was disappointed she got it twisted as all Clinton supporters.She came out really biased and out of line. Yet people will clap for her.
Jealous of her. Try and be on CNN at least.
Why be so jealous of her? Try and get featured on CNN at least.
Keep your mouth shut, do you know how people like Martin Luther Jnr fought for freedom? Do you know the story of Nelson Mandela? What Whiteman shed blood for the fight against racism? Keep making blunders. Do you know how many Negro blood that was shed in the streets of Alabama? Because social media has emerged, everybody now hides behind their Nokia 3310 and write rubbish.
Keep your mouth shut, do you know how people like Martin Luther Jnr fought for freedom? Do you know the story of Nelson Mandela? What Whiteman shed blood for the fight against racism? Keep making blunders. Do you know how many Negro blood that was shed in the streets of Alabama? Because social media has emerged, everybody now hides behind their Nokia 3310 and write rubbish.
Keep your mouth shut, do you know how people like Martin Luther Jnr fought for freedom? Do you know the story of Nelson Mandela? What Whiteman shed blood for the fight against racism? Keep making blunders. Do you know how many Negro blood that was shed in the streets of Alabama? Because social media has emerged, everybody now hides behind their Nokia 3310 and write rubbish.
She made a racist comment...
I rather have sense than sence. Cos it's obvious you guys have clouded your si-called sence with jealousy and hatred
Yep!,She really did messed up. I root for Chimamanda, but these days She seems to be fishing in waters that she's not accustomed to.Stay off politics. I was surprise that as a writer she cannot articulate her argument without insulting the man.
Just one person coming under anonymous to antagonize Chimamanda. Why so Jealous? She's made in life. Try and be somebody and achieve half of what she has achieved,and stop using multiple ids and anonymous to express your anger and jealousy. Chimamanda You go girl, you're right, white people don't know anything about racism because they've not felt it.
Chimamanda is being racist...and that's bad...she's using up her emotion's to judge...She's so wrong here
Chimamanda is being racist...and that's bad...she's using up her emotion's to judge...She's so wrong here
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Thank you. Jesus christ. So many blind bats here spitting crap. You Cant beat a kid to correct another. She made a racist comment indirectly, and I'm surprised many choose to ignore this. I am a black man, but that fact shouldn't make me blind to the truth. If we all (blacks) put hands to label the white man as being racist. That action in itself is being racist hence we are the same thing we label/prosecute others with. Sigh.
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