By God, I have stayed at the posh part of all the African countries I have been to, and one common denominator I have observed here and in all these places is that there's a group of superior minded people with this selfish belief that anything that's great should be run by them and theirs alone. So they create social circles that will help them work the system, and to make so much whilst working so less.
They make it seem as if whatever they do or say represents the choicest there is, and as if none other than them and theirs is worthy of reward or high rating... the disadvantaged amongst them will be like: "dont envy these people, they'll reap what they sow." But that's why they get very far in life because what they sow are "right" connections and an economic apartheid.
They'll create settlements that they'll Hollywoodise, and any elevator that takes them up there will never be sent back down for anyone but theirs. If you're a commoner and want to be around them, you gotta be willing to be a doormat, or be hired to do their lawns, dishes, laundries and drool over their jewelries... and don't even expect them to know you by your birth name.
Ironically, you'll see them all over the place bashing on white supremacy, or talking strategies on reducing poverty in Africa. How cute? Tell you what - none of those strategies will construct the poor; you gotta make yourself. Go against the odds, educate yourself, work on your attitude, break out of that inherited social position, climb the social ladder and create a new ID like it's nobody's monopoly. It's not gonna be easy, but one day, you'll say it was definitely worth the try.
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