Nigeria: I Agree With DR Watson(2)

1 November 2007
column

I was simply overwhelmed by the torrents of positive responses I got to the first part of this two-part series on Dr James Watson's comment that the Blacks are less intelligent than the Whites. I have never had any experience quite like this since I started writing on this page some five years ago. I received over a hundred phone calls commending me for speaking the mind of the average African man who is genuinely concerned about the way we are. I received over 400 text messages.

Even as I was writing this yesterday for today's publication, the phones never stopped ringing and only one thing was on every caller's call or text message: "I agree with you completely. Continue to tell us the home truth. That is what we need to hear to be able to grow".

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