After an American woman celebrated her younger Nigerian husband two months after their marriage — proudly stating that they are still together, happy, and he isn’t going anywhere — hateful comments began to flood in. One particularly nasty remark read, “Mr Uzor pad lock dey inside big ocean already,” suggesting that the husband had spiritually tied or controlled his wife to keep her.
This comment is both offensive and ignorant. It reduces a genuine relationship to superstition and insults the couple’s happiness. Such remarks reflect deep-seated prejudice against cross-cultural relationships and reveal how some people struggle to accept love that doesn’t fit their stereotypes.
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