Why they always gotta...

First things first....*sigh*

I've been living in the Netherlands now for 6 full years and being here I've seen many things.

In my time living here I've toured at least a dozen European countries, I've seen many places and many faces. I've seen that Dutch people really go the extra mile when it comes to expressing themselves through dress/attire.

I've seen girls and grown women dressed like Cabbage Patch Kids, like witches, like all sorts of things. I've seen skinheads and chicks with patched heads walking the streets with pride.

I've seen men wearing hot-pants (short shorts) with there boxers showing, kind of like how it was in the NBA 15+ years ago, before MJ introduced the baggy, longer shorts. Thanks MJ!

I've come accustomed to Moraccans, Turks, Indo's, Asians, hardcore Muslims: men in the dresses and slippers or sports shoes and women in them curtain/ drape numbers.

But the one thing that I have not been able to accept or deal with properly has been the Africans.

Now, I myself am just 3 generations removed from Cameroon, where my ancestors hail from. Even with this knowledge of my family tree, I, in NO way, feel connected to Africa.

Not that there is anything wrong with Africa *ahem* breeding grounds for HIV/AIDS *ahem*.

Not that it doesn't provide some of the best scenic view on planet Earth *ahem* and the most pungent smelling people *ahem*.

Now now, I am not here to bash on Africans, nor has it ever been my intent, but sometimes they go a bit far. I've always been a believer in pushing the envelope, but they push it, fold it backwards, turn it inside out and beyond. You give them an inch, they take a mile. You give them a liter of deodorant spray, they....I digress.

I see them dress in the most nonsensical combinations ever, I've seen hairdos that would wow Scott Pollard.

Never did I expect to see what I'm about to show you. Never did I think that a loving mother, would do such a thing to her young daughter, knowing FULL WELL that they are no longer in the motherland. Never did I think I'd see the day.

Now when I was seated on the train and saw the mother with her tacky swirl-do did I think the two girls following her would be jacked up that much more, but was I wrong and BOY did my eyes open up.

I thought to myself at that moment I should take a picture, but they walked through the small cabin quite quickly. I'm not the type to follow people to take photos of....oh yea, I am- my bad.

In this situation I was in no way about to lose my seat to take a snapshot of these folks.

But then as the train approached my stop and I headed towards the exit, I saw that the African clan had stayed at the exit the whole time. I took this as a sign from above to take a secretive mugshot and post it up on THESE internets.

Brace yourself!

Questions to the mother;

How the f*@& you going to give the child a lion's mane hairdo?

How the f*@& you going to do it with blonde streaks?

Do you not love your children? Yes, her older sister was jacked up too.

Uhmmm...why?

I took this picture about 3 months ago. When I took it, it brightened up my day in a way that you wouldn't believe, but since then I've been truly conflicted as to whether I should post it on these particular internets, or just let it die with me.

I then came to the realization that it would be wrong of me to keep this from masses, it would wrong NOT to put the Africans on blast for such tomfoolery.

I hope that by posting this that Africans out there will see and know that such things are wrong and that in the future things will change. If I can bring that awareness by putting this young unsuspecting, well-deserving little girl on blast, then I think I've done my part.

Again, I love Africans and want the best for them as we head into decade two of this millenium.