Africans In The West, Stop Lying!!

I love barbecues. I love get-togethers. It's nice to unwind in the summer after a long work week. At one of these barbecues I went to, we were all Africans. And we were all laughing and talking about the ups and downs of the West, our hopes of turning Africa around, and how we dream of moving back home in the end (it's a dream!)

But during one of our heated conversations, someone steps out to make a phone call. He should not have stepped out. Most of us (West Africans), even when we step out to make/receive a phone call, the people we leave behind will still hear (not overhear) our loud voice. 

So this man is talking on the phone: "My brother, we are at a barbecue o. We are chopping life. We are eating. We are all happy. We do this everyday in the Summer. We eat, drink, laugh, talk."

Now, he wasn't entirely lying. Yes. We eat. We drink. We are happy (sometimes). My problem with his conversation is that he was exaggerating. And sometimes, when you over-exaggerate, you become a liar.

Africans in the West, please don’t lie to folks back home. The American dream is exactly what it is, it’s a dream. This is why I address the most ridiculous things I have heard people say about America, in my pilot webisode:

a. Every immigrant is rich.

b. There are no poor people in America

c. There is no dust in America (really???)

d. There are good jobs everywhere.

e. Everywhere is cold, and it snows constantly everywhere.

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Much love :)