Apparently, all it took for a stranger to decide I was a scammer was one word on my profile: Nigeria.
A few days ago, I replied to a random tweet by an American. Another person went through my profile, took a screenshot showing my account location as Nigeria, sent it to the tweet with the caption “We are tired of you,” and immediately blocked me.
That was it. Being Nigerian was apparently enough.
What makes it even more ridiculous is that I’m not hiding who I am. My real name is on my account. My real picture is my DP. My location isn’t hidden. Most of what I post is about Nigeria and things happening here.
So what exactly made me suspicious, other than my nationality?
Yes, Nigeria has scammers. So does virtually every country. But you cannot reduce an entire people to the worst actions of some of their citizens.
Being Nigerian is not evidence of fraud. My nationality shouldn't become a character reference, neither should my location become a criminal record. Interestingly, the comment I made has had over 17k likes.
Judge people by their actions, not by the flag beside their name. It’s sad that this still needs to be said.
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