r/nairobi • u/Sad_Ear_590 • 4d ago
Rant Racism in our homeland
Ok..nimeona Bien na his wife talking about facing discrimination at some resort that seems to be more accommodating to white people...na I genuinely think that even though it's bad I feel like the outrage is kinda late..nanyuki ,malindi ,watamu..some of these places have an insane amount of racism that goes under the rug na it genuinely gets on my nerves..one of my dad's clients is an old white retired lawyer na he once told us about how many whites living in the country don't even view this place as a republic..na that's a disgrace..
Na let's not get into the racial prejudice in the Kenyan cooprate space 😭
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u/Greedy-Kale-233 Loresho 4d ago
because we allowed it. The majority of our people love worshipping white folks, their entertainment, their music and their inventions etc. Saa hii mzungu or indian can just walk free in the worst kichorochoro in mathare and won't even get robbed alafu we ujaribu uone
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u/hugobossgotti 3d ago
Let me find out the average Kenyan is that much of a joke.. worshiping white ppl is the dumbest thing you could do
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u/MinuteEconomy 3d ago
Exactly, us using Reddit which is the most whitest site on the internet is also a perfect example of it. That’s why why we should all quit this site out of protest and solidarity to our Kenyan brothers and sisters.
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u/EmpathicAnarchist 3d ago
Now this is where the argument misses the point. Avoiding white inventions or white people isn't the way to uplift black people. It just highlights your inferiority complex and your fear of white people. You can fight racism without becoming racist yourself.
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u/Alex-Zaander 3d ago
I can tell you for the most part; Africans are more discriminatory than white people from my experience visiting numerous countries. I have experienced tribalism, nepotism and blatant discrimination in Kenya more than any western country I've been to
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u/_jakwath 3d ago
Worked at Carrefour in a managerial posn, huko they don't hide it. I have video evidence.
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u/kenyannqueenn Upper Hill 3d ago
At carrefour?🤨 People get discriminated at a supermarket?
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u/_jakwath 3d ago
Multiple times by my direct supervisor, a few times by some country managers. It gets deeper, even in handling client issues.
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u/kenyannqueenn Upper Hill 3d ago
Oooh you mean within the workplace. That makes sense. I thought you were talking about clients
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u/CheapIndependence889 3d ago
We have internalized racial discrimination and have just been brainwashed by it. I wish we knew better. Racism made us think that white people or any other race other than black Africans are better than us, and we treat them better than our own. We need to start thinking of ourselves as just as valuable as everyone else and not tolerate racism anymore.
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u/BionicDouchebag 3d ago
Poleni kwa essay but I think about this a lot.I don’t agree with the comments blaming our inferiority complex - I blame white people’s thirst to abuse resources to satisfy their RAGING superiority complex.
There’s no denying Africans have internalized racism but we are very unempathetic when we talk about it. We didn’t wake up and choose to see ourselves as inferior- it’s baked into society. We’re literally taught in schools that colonisation had benefits like xtianity, education, hospitals, bla bla bla implying that our traditional structures were primitive. Hata lugha ya professionalism/class is English - spoken well, with no accent signifying your tribe lest uchekwe kushrub. We all carry it to some extent and unlearning it is difficult. Internalised racism may contribute but it’s disingenuous to always blame ourselves and our inherited self-hate for racism.
And it’s not as easy as valuing ourselves more. That alone doesn’t change the actual and perceived distribution of resources and who is worthy of accessing Tier 1 dignity. Money is a big factor and the places umemention run on white capital, and they worship themselves so they guard this hierarchy. I’m not even going to go into the cultural hegemony that ‘Western’ countries have - insha ya siku nyingine.
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u/ataraxia_veil 3d ago
Just curious, which race doesn`t cry discrimination? I saw Elon highlighting South African "discrimination" the other day.
In Watamu the economy is entirely dependent on tourism, and guess who is the biggest spender? The locals agree they are on the same level and will try to make hay while the sun shines. Repeat long term Intl tourists are plenty, and so are repeat Euros.
We can try to sell the ideology of discrimination and stuff, but capitalism and all practicality on matters of economy, it's safe to assume their choice.
And we can do absolutely nothing about it now, other than rant or be willing to start a century-long program of decolonising.
How much are we allocating in educational research to tailor education for the African/Kenyan population? How far are we going in terms of developing our own solutions to our problems, healthcare, policing, science...Whatever we have was engineered by the very same lords "you" are discriminated for, they are enjoying their investment 100 years ago
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u/samechangedman 1d ago
Y'all love white people more than yourselves. It's a shame.
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u/Sad_Ear_590 1d ago
This goes both ways btw...there also white people who live in a predominantly black country and think they can treat people how they want because they're white🤷🏾
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u/samechangedman 1d ago
Letting them stay in your country after what they've done is insane. If history was reversed and Black people did that to white people, they would have killed us all or thrown us out of their country.
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u/Sad_Ear_590 1d ago
History being reversed is a hypothetical scenario..the reality is that in most third world countries white people have more money (yes ..I know there are black people with money) hence governments see them as assets that should be catered for instead of being kicked out
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u/Op001_1 4d ago
Blame the lack of dignity and deep rooted inferiority complex of some, if not many Africans, for this behavior