These
are our kids. We say the future belongs to them. Do these kids really
look like they're ready for what tomorrow will bring? It's not just our
boys who dress like this and think not about the future. The nothing-to-write-home-about skimpy dressing of our daughters only leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
Now, before you start pointing at the picture and shouting "They're not
Africans, they're African Americans," let me be quick to remind you
that I have seen a whole lot of African youth dress in worse ways than
this in Lagos, Umuahia, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Abuja, etc and what have
you.
The African American youth blame all their woes on
slavery. In Africa, we blame our kids' (who, by the way, know nothing
about slavery) own problems on "Uwa Nmebi."
When are we gonna
quit blaming the white man for all our shortcomings and begin to teach
our young men and women aright, with a view to preparing for a better
tomorrow for our generations to come? Whatever happened to the popular
Nigerian saying "If you wanna be a millionaire, think like a
millionaire?"
Parents, start being parents again biko!