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<\/a><\/p>\nIf I hadn’t heard anything about people being offended by this joke, I would have read it and laughed and forgotten about it. But I received some kind of notification on my phone (maybe a BBM broadcast, don’t remember now) about Basketmouth being offensive with his joke. So I went searching for this rape joke.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t offended because a part of my brain processed this as a joke that was told by a Nigerian to fellow Nigerians. My braid processed the context in which it was told. How many times have we watched Nigerian comedies about rape and laughed about it? How many times has a husband [in a movie] said to his wife: I will rape you oh!<\/em> and we all burst out laughing? The only time it’s funnier is when a woman says it to her husband. How many of us laugh when we read serious stories about a man being raped by his wife and we laugh (like the story of the man that was raped to death by his 6 wives<\/strong><\/a>)? I know I do. But you know, in real life, men actually do get raped.<\/p>\n When rape is done or talked about for the sake of humorous entertainment, it’s usually funny. Am I alone in understanding what Basketmouth was trying to say? I think he meant that men don’t have to work too hard to get a White girl in bed, but in an African girl’s case, it’s like pulling teeth. For those of us who have White friends, should we not then be offended on their behalf? Because the joke is implying that White girls are cheap and African girls aren’t — and isn’t this just a common misconception? It’s not that African girls no dey chop, but that African girls just know how to chop clean mouth. African girls know how to sex their entire village AND still go to night vigil and be the last one to leave.<\/p>\n So why are people so up in arms because Basketmouth made a joke about what we already make jokes about and laugh about? Does anyone actually think that he literally meant you should rape a woman? Now, that said, I am actually very impressed that people – men and women alike – are quick to jump on him and say that rape is NOT acceptable. To me, it means we are growing up and evolving as a people.<\/p>\n Basketmouth has apologized for offending us, so people need to move on. Unless you want him to pop a vein, I don’t know how else he is supposed to apologize. On this issue, Nigeria, I really think you are barking up the wrong tree.<\/p>\n And no, Basketmouth did not pay me worth a dime to write this. But he should. \u00a0Meanwhile, there’s something I think you should be offended about. I’ll blog about it tomorrow. I’m too tired right now.<\/p>\n Now, if it pleases you, you may curse me out in the comment section. I won’t bark back. P.S.<\/strong> It’s 7 days to my birthday!!! Have you seen my birthday wish list<\/strong><\/a>? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
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