That is one of the most poorly researched videos I have ever watched. He just paints a broad brush of bias across the face of a diverse range of countries and people. I suggest a better approach...
That is one of the most poorly researched videos I have ever watched. He just paints a broad brush of bias across the face of a diverse range of countries and people.
I suggest a better approach than labeling Africa as poor is to actually go visit a country and get to know the people. Ghana is always a good start because they speak english as their business language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwlt1jotwzU
Before I (probably) delete this post, I agree that he uses a lot of continent-wide statistics and generalizations, despite bringing up himself the example of Boko Haram being far away from Lagos...
Before I (probably) delete this post, I agree that he uses a lot of continent-wide statistics and generalizations, despite bringing up himself the example of Boko Haram being far away from Lagos an example of why generalizing about Africa (or anywhere) is bad. But the points of his video (brain drain, corruption, lack of education, resource extraction, colonialism, lack of national identity being bad for democratic politics), while definitely not at all being unique to Africa, don't seem bad, and he ends on a positive note on the end of the video, saying that many of these problems are going away/getting better, right?
That is one of the most poorly researched videos I have ever watched. He just paints a broad brush of bias across the face of a diverse range of countries and people.
I suggest a better approach than labeling Africa as poor is to actually go visit a country and get to know the people. Ghana is always a good start because they speak english as their business language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwlt1jotwzU
Before I (probably) delete this post, I agree that he uses a lot of continent-wide statistics and generalizations, despite bringing up himself the example of Boko Haram being far away from Lagos an example of why generalizing about Africa (or anywhere) is bad. But the points of his video (brain drain, corruption, lack of education, resource extraction, colonialism, lack of national identity being bad for democratic politics), while definitely not at all being unique to Africa, don't seem bad, and he ends on a positive note on the end of the video, saying that many of these problems are going away/getting better, right?
I think it really depends on where you go. I hope you keep sharing things that you discover.
Thank you for your thoughtful response!