Black Man Compares His Jamaican Wife to 'Burnt Waffles

Thursday, 26 September 2024

By: TB Obwoge

I was scrolling TikTok something I actually continue to tell myself not to do. I want to post videos about the issues in which my nonprofit is dealing with, or content that tends to educate others about Burkina Faso, or issues facing the women & children. 

I happened to see this podcast couple that I once saw before, she was in another video claiming that they don't deal with racism or issues dealing with skin color where she comes from. I found out later that she comes from Jamaica, where recently one of their athletes came out about Jamacians insulting her for being "too dark."

Before you get too upset, the woman was in the video, as it is also her podcast. She laughed, she thought her husband's insults were hilarious. Not only did she think they were funny, she made a video defending his comments. Her video was like by over 80,000 people, there were only a handful that thought his comments were insane, as I did. 

It was so disgusting, that I made a video and I will share it in this article.

The woman in the video saw someone's comment, she then decided to reply to the comment using a video. I don't have that video, however in her reply she claims that there was nothing wrong with his words. Even though he said she looked like a waffle that he put in the toaster and forgot about and burnt it.

This reminds me of the fact that many in Ghana think calling other Ghanaians "darky & blacky" is perfectly acceptable. Also not only do some think this is acceptable, many African Americans in Ghana don't seem to mind either. 

Something I found very odd about living in Ghana, the bullying of dark skim people as well as calling African Americans white people. 

Below you can see the video of a Ghanaian speaking about being bullied for being dark skinned.

Whenever I write about colorism for some reason many countries in Africa don't have articles to use as a context reference. I often seem to find my own older articles.

Especially when it comes to the hatred for dark skin in Ghana, the way Sista Afia speaks about her bullying. I find that much of the disgusting ills within the society of Ghana are not going to change because so many refuse to accept them as even being issues.

This goes for many countries on the African continent as well as issues dealing with women, rape, gender equality and femicide. How can something be corrected and changed when a society refuses to deal with it as being wrong?

The way this woman took to defending her husband comparing her skin to burnt food, how was that a good example of his love for her skin color? Why did over 80,000 people on TikTok decide to like this video and not get upset at his gross depiction of the way his wife's skin looked when he met her?

Also in the video, this dark skin man himself also thought that he was a 'light skin' person which in itself shows that he clearly has some issues with his own skin complexion.

The only articles always seem to be pointing out the othering of light skin or biracial people in African countries. There seems to be a lack of articles about the many Africans that have to endure abuse and bullying for having dark skin. This is odd considering so many countries in Africa that are known for skin bleaching.

While skin bleaching is always spoken about as a beauty standard, not many people speak about the abuse, bullying and slander that dark skin people are used to in African countries, especially Ghana.

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