A little info about Mr. Smoove here!!!!!...I love life and I love living it. I am a fun individual before and after you get to know me. I adore my African and black heritage more than anything. I am Africa, Liberia West Africa to be exact. Words to describe me are, outgoing, down to earth, smart, charismatic, and lovable. I love education and I get lot of pleasure from learning new things. I also love learning about people and exploring different things. *Please note that most of the images on my page are not my own, unless otherwise stated*
Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are. Your reputation is who people think you are
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Name: Thaigo
Location: Vancouver, Canada
What are you wearing: Urban Outfitters.
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Photographed by: Bonnie Huang
There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one’s cultural superiority. My mood is dampened every time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans. Every time a well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head — because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West’s fantasy of itself. And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West’s prominent role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those problems.
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Uzodinma Iweala, “Stop Trying to ‘Save’ Africa”
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There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.
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Lance Crouther
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As I mature I realize that I talk to myself more, I correct my own mistakes, I follow my own advice. Less people are around and that has allowed me to connect with myself. I’ve become one of my own best friends.
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