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Nigeria might be a Black African country, but in many ways it operates as a white supremacist society. Nigerians, almost instinctively, place a premium on whiteness. Colonialism planted this seed long ago, teaching generations that Western ways, European standards, and white authority were inherently superior. That mindset never fully left, it lingers, subtle yet powerful, shaping values and behaviors. You see it when a white expatriate walks into Lagos or Abuja and is instantly granted higher pay, greater trust, and more respect than equally qualified (or even more qualified) Nigerians. You see it in the education system, where primary and secondary schools proudly market themselves as “British” or “American,” and where children who have never left Nigeria speak with foreign accents their parents treat as a status symbol. You see it in marriage preferences, in the reverence for foreign visitors, and in the casual dismissal of our own. An unconscious elevation of whiteness runs deep in the Nigerian psyche.