A heartfelt story trended about a woman quietly paying for a man’s groceries after his card declined and his kids began returning items to the shelf. The act was praised for its pure generosity—no camera, no applause—just kindness and sincere prayers. Then came a comment loaded with stereotypes: “Can never be a Nigerian lady. Those ones?”
This is the danger of prejudice disguised as banter. It dismisses real Nigerian women who show compassion daily without documentation. Comments like this promote harmful generalizations, discourage unity, and make kindness seem foreign to our identity. Empathy has no nationality, and generosity shouldn’t be questioned through bias.
The real red flag? Assuming the worst about a group, even when the story is about the best of humanity.
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