November 23, 2011
"I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are."

— “What’s Wrong with First World Problems” (via grrrlstudies)

(Source: katherinestasaph, via connectthedots)

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    I don’t like this expression “First World problems.” It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with...
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    This should go without saying, like most of the things I say here, but First World Problems, which grew out of White...
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    I have to disagree with this. When I joke about First World Problems I’m doing so in a self-mocking manner, saying that...
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    Yes! Also “white people problems”. Thank you.
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