l Was Mocked At U.S College For Being Black -Singer, Davido Recounts His Experience With Racism

Nigerian music star, David Adeleke also known as Davido says he was mocked by white students while studying in the United States of America over his race.

The award-winning singer brought the revelation to light in an interview with recording artist organisers of the Grammy Awards, wherein he reflected on some of his experiences with racism.

He said he was often the butt of racial jokes due to his colour at the college which is dominated by whites.

“It’s crazy, because I’m from both America and Africa, so I know how both sides think. I went to school in Alabama. I went to college at 15. I was very young. And Alabama was a predominantly white state,” he said.

“So being an African kid in a university where it’s 13% black people, it’s amazing. It’s not easy. I had to learn a lot of the things when I was like, “Yo, why you look at me like that?” And not even just being black, being African. They used to ask me questions like, “Yo, how’d you get to America?” I’m like, “What you mean? I came on a plane.” “Oh, y’all got airports?

“It’s crazy because like I said, I grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, this was when I was 15, 16, so I’ve always understood like, yo, this is going to happen. You know what I’m saying? Sometimes just because of the color of your skin, you might not get a lot of honesty from somebody. You feel me? So it was just crazy.”

The ‘OBO’ crooner, however, said while attention has been majorly on racial attacks against blacks by whites, there is need also to look into inherent hatred among blacks.

“The other way I look at it, we’re screaming Black Lives Matter, right? But we killing ourselves too. So the conversation is both sided, it goes both ways,” he said.

He went on to commend the fact that the narrative about Africa has been changing for good, adding that many Americans now crave to visit the continent.

“Now every American wants to go to Africa. Everybody wants to know where they’re from. So it’s good to see the transition from not being appreciated, to being appreciated right now. Even with fashion. You got designers that making African print fashion, so it’s not only music. The culture is being felt everywhere,” he added.

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Posted: at 25-08-2020 07:38 AM (3 years ago) | Hero

'BLACK LIVES MATTER' IS NOT A SLOGAN FOR AFRICA AS A CONTINENT...THOSE SHOUTING THERE HAVE MISPLACED PRIORITIES BECAUSE WHAT IS FACING THEM IS NOT POLICE BRUTALITY OR RACISM, IT IS WAR!!!! HUNGER, POVERTY, CRIME, BACKWARDNESS IN EVERYTHING...STILL THEY WILL COMPETE WITH THEMSELVES FOR SHOWING OFF GUCCI. 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' IS FOR COUNTRIES WHERE BLACKS ARE MINORITIES AND NOT EQUALLY TREATED WITH OTHERS BECAUSE THERE IS LAW AND IT IS RESPECTED.

Posted: at 25-08-2020 09:07 AM (3 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Alabama is full of whites in America.

Posted: at 25-08-2020 09:49 AM (3 years ago) | Hero

Your are not a normal being. Your brain works in reverse. I don't comment here but I read comments and in all of them, you are just a write off. You should be here at all. People comment intelligently but the reverse is your case. You should bury your head in shame.

Posted: at 25-08-2020 12:25 PM (3 years ago) | Upcoming