Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - A Nigerian man has gone on X to narrate what happened when he laughed off a white patient's racist words.
He shared the story while reacting to
a tweet by an X user that reads: "I discovered a life hack by accident. A
relative insulted me, and I missed it. I just kept being nice to him, so he
insulted me again. He ended up stopping the conversation to let me know I was
supposed to be insulted. It bothered him that I didn't react. You know
what…?"
The Nigerian man, who is based abroad
quoted the tweet and wrote: "A white patient called me a 'nigga' and I
burst into laughter. He then repeated it and I laughed harder. He asked why I
wasn’t offended and I said that I’m Nigerian.
"He then asked me to go back to
my country on the monkey boat I came on. I found that funny too and laughed
some more. He asked why and I said that I came on an airplane
"I always remember the interaction
because by the time I walked away, he was very offended by my laughter and that
I wasn’t offended. I learned a lesson that day.
He continued: "On a different day,
another patient said something to me and I carried on. So, a colleague
interrupted and apologised on behalf of the patient. I was told that what the
patient said was racist and the patient was told off.
"I always remember this because I didn’t even know that the statement was racist. If my colleague isn’t interrupted, I would have carried on without knowing that I was supposed to be offended by the racism."
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