How One Tweet Exposed the Cruelty of Ignorance Toward Nigeria’s Dead”**
I saw the tweet.
“Trump is killing Black people on Christmas Day.”
And I won’t lie — it made my chest tight.
Not the kind of tightness that passes. The kind that sits there. Burning. Heavy. Personal.
Because while you were typing that sentence — casually, confidently, ignorantly — people in northern Nigeria were hiding, fleeing, mourning, or burying the dead.
And you reduced all of that to a lazy American race slogan.
That is what hurt me.
That is what angered me.
That is what I cannot ignore.
This Is Not Shock. This Is Pattern
I am not surprised.
Because it is always the same pattern on social media — especially Twitter.
Not all Black Americans. I will repeat that clearly.
But the loud ones who refuse to think beyond America.
Every global crisis becomes:
• white vs black
• America vs the world
• racism vs racism
Even when racism is not the central issue.
Nigeria is not your extension of U.S. racial trauma.
Nigeria is not your metaphor.
Nigeria is not your prop.
Nigeria is bleeding.
What Actually Happened — Since Facts Suddenly Matter
In late December 2025, reports confirmed that U.S. forces carried out targeted strikes against ISIS‑linked militants operating in northern Nigeria, following intelligence about extremist camps and planned attacks.
These were not random civilians. These were armed Muslim extremist networks — the same networks that for years have carried out:
• kidnappings of schoolchildren and • families
• public executions
• church burnings
• murder of pastors
• raids on villages
• forced displacement
• ransom videos posted online
Groups aligned with Boko Haram and ISIS ideology have openly filmed themselves:
• holding kidnapped victims
• displaying ransom/stolen money
• celebrating killings
• promising to strike again
This is not rumor.
This is not propaganda.
This is their own footage.
And yet — after all this — some of you saw the word Trump and stopped thinking.
How Did You Make This About Yourself So Fast?
That is the question I cannot shake.
How do you live:
• with clean water
• with safety
• with schools
• with police protection
• with freedom of movement
• with freedom of worship
and still feel entitled to speak over people who don’t?
People in northern Nigeria:
• can’t send their children to school
• can’t go to church safely
• can’t farm without fear
• can’t sleep without listening for gunshots
And you — safe, distant, untouched — tweet as if you are the authority.
That is not activism.
That is privileged noise mixed with illogical sense.
Calling It “Christian Genocide Propaganda” Is a Pathetic excuse of a Human
Let me say this plainly, because it needs to be said:
If you have watched:
• raw videos of kidnappings
• churches destroyed
• families executed
• pastors killed
• Muslim terrorists chanting "Allah Akubar" slogans while shooting
and you still say “this is propaganda” —
then something is deeply wrong with you.
This violence is not staged dear. This suffering is not exaggerated. And dismissing it because it doesn’t fit your narrative is cruel.
Shame on you!
And Yes — African Leadership Has Failed Too
Nigeria’s leadership has failed its people. African leaders have been quiet. Regional solidarity has been weak.
That truth does not cancel the other truth: When help comes — even imperfect help — people who are desperate will cling to it.
You don’t get to judge that desperation from a place of comfort.
What Hurt Me Most
What hurt me most was not the tweet itself.
It was the ease with which suffering was dismissed. The confidence of ignorance. The refusal to listen to Nigerians. The audacity to speak louder than those living it.
And no — I will not wish Nigeria’s reality on you. I am not that cruel.
But I will say this:
If you cannot research, if you cannot listen, if you cannot pause before outraging —
then sometimes silence is the most ethical option.
This Is a Pause — Not a Plea
This is not me begging you to agree. This is me demanding that you think.
Nigeria is not your culture war. Nigeria is not your Twitter battlefield. Nigeria is a country of real people who deserve to be seen as more than a slogan.
Pause.
Think.
Research.
Then speak.
— The girl behind The Dreamer’s Pause ⏯️
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