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Rising is hard

One wouldn’t expect this of letting go of fluff

Why is it so hard?

Rape and Joke: two words that don’t belong together

Magatte

My personal goal is for Africans to be respected around the world before I die. While we Africans can certainly blame slavery, colonialism, racism, etc. for our troubles, if we want to be respected we need to be worthy of respect. We need to be exemplary human beings.

Recently a Nigerian comedian made a joke about dating white women vs. dating African women which ended with a “joke” about raping the African woman. The joke was tasteless and stupid, and the comedian has apologized.

But the fact that he would think this way, and that others would laugh about it, shows that rape culture is all too alive and well in Nigeria. I don’t know how this man was raised, but I was raised to believe that men should respect women and that, above all, they should not violate women. Moreover, around the world women are reclaiming their rights as…

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tims will bring the baby outta any man – Photographer Unknown

Still seeking out the original author of this photo to give him credit for it. The photograph is not one of my works.