Ghanians Practice The Same White Supremacy & Xenophobia Seen in the United States

In every car I'm a passenger in I have to battle myself and decide if I want my Ghanian friend to be stopped and harassed by the police or immigration. Perhaps I will sit in the back and pretend to be an Uber or Bolt customer. Even when it is a Bolt or Uber ride, they'll stop the driver if they don't see thier phone mounted on the dash.

On my way to Ho, Ghana I have my camera out to take photos of the bridge, I see the bridge often but I want a photo. The immigration officer is the 4th person to stop the vehicle I was riding in, Yaw had to pay the police off already. The police who threatened me to wear a 'nose mask' it is not a nose mask either but I dare to correct the angry woman that put her evil face into the car.

They took Yaw the rear seat passenger and my fiance at the time out of the car, they made him pay money to let us go. No law in Ghana at the time said you had to wear a mask in a car with people you live with. By the way I placed the mask on my face and they told Yaw since I am white and it was Easter that he had to give them money.

Who cares though they bully me thinking I am a White person, a White American so I don't need respect. They think I have money too as they heard my accent. But can't tell I'm a Black woman from America.

This was my life for 2 years, where snatching your phone is popular God forbid they snatch my bag with the passport. I have to carry it every time I leave the house. They ask for your passport often, immigration and Ghana police. They want to check your stamp so they can take money from you, money they don't deserve because they aren't working in the immigration office they are walking on the streets of Accra.

Even when you have a residency permit and a Ghana card they want to see your passport. Ghana IGP always claims that they tell the police to stop doing this because they never stop. You can't film them because the threats of violence and the intimidation is right in your face.

The xenophobia in Ghana is choking and when I say this to darker skinned Americans they laugh. They won't believe you because they have the party line, Ghanians are so welcoming and nice. If this were true then why are lighter skinned people being harassed. Why are lighter skinned Blacks from America being told to go back to our countries.

Same for Nigerians, South Africans and other West Africans from the neighboring countries? A man from Chad said that Ghanians are 'hypocrites' because of their behavior. They always say one thing and behave another way.

Much like American White racists they cling to their religious beliefs and will use that to 'prove' that they're good people. Despite Islam and Christianity being the only two religions most of the country accepts and within the two they spout hatred for one another.

Despite over 23,000 new HIV cases in 6 months from careless sexual habits, where married men have sidechicks and baby mommas outside of their marriages. There are 100,000 street children and a strong rape culture that has never been touched by the Ministry of Health of government.

The xenophobia is much like the mentality of White American racists, when they speak of Mexico. It's the same when Ghanians speak of Nigeria, South Africa and other nations. However Africans don't seem to complain unless it is a Western country or Black Americans, never when the hatred is coming from Ghanians or Ghana.

Ghanians don't see being xenophobic to Nigerians as an issue, when I asked "because they're troublesome ooo!" Then there is every Ghanian that has one story about how a Nigerian was mean to them, or heard that from a friend.

Then many have a story as well of an African in America being mistreated by Black Americans. So what! Black Americans are mistreated by White Americians, even being murdered.

No, that doesn't matter to them because they also know of an African that has been treated badly and Ghanians are the politest people in Africa. This is also what they say and you can't debate them or you are rude and wrong.

Ghana tourism is pushing for more Black Americans to relocate to Ghana, they want the money. They want those to invest and then find out later how bad life can be for you later. The American embassy won't do anything about the treatment of Blacks either, once I emailed them and I was told to return to America. Simple reply return to America if you don't feel safe, it wasn't even a paragraph.

Ghanians will hold onto their belief that Ghanians aren't violent or harmful to foreigners. Watch the video below and see what you think: You can read the comments under the video and Ghanians saying that they deserve to be treated poorly because 'WE' Africans are treated poorly in Europe & other countries. Yet no western country issues statements to the Ghana government about colorism and xenophobia.

The Nigerian government threatened to report Ghana over xenophobic attacks towards Nigerian nationals. The housing discrimination and employment discrimination is still active and it is almost 2023. Nigerians have to pack themselves into shared housing because they are often refused rentals because of Ghanian owners.

The vaccine misinformation spread by Trump supporters and several conspiracy theroists were spread all over Ghana as well. Ghanians applauded their president forcing the Covid-19 vaccinations on all incoming foreigners. When Akufo-Addo asked Ghanians to take the vaccine they started stating that it was a poison and they weren't going to take 'the jab.'

Ghanians started insulting foreigners in December of 2021 when Akufo-Addo waited until the last moment to announce his vaccine mandate. After it was already too late for those un-vaccinated to get the 2 shots prior to their Christmas vacations to Ghana. Then Ghanians refused to take their vaccine shots. Ghana was the sickest during the month of December 2021 as well.

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