Ethnic baiting is gradually becoming a sport by people who you will otherwise think as intelligent. Had a debate about Radio Biafra on someone's wall and some people just chose to ignore my views as an individual but always referred to me as "You guys", "You people" or "Your people". I'm sure if a white person had referred to any of them as "You People" or "Your people" they will be screaming racism and trying to get the person sacked from work or even imprisoned.
Simply for being an Igbo person i was pre judged and stereotyped before people even tried to understand what point I was trying to make. Its quite unfortunate that a lot of Nigerians of all tribes are quick to notice when a person of a different race is being racist but are oblivious of their own bigotry when it comes to people of a different tribe
Ike Onwubuya
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