Comments on: Mzungu! http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu Living and working in Nairobi, Kenya Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexandra http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-4289 Alexandra Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:59:18 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-4289 hahahah. Exactly. I don't know why they do this. Do they think we like it? Or they just get off on it for some reason? hahahah. Exactly. I don’t know why they do this. Do they think we like it? Or they just get off on it for some reason?

]]> By: Alan http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-4288 Alan Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:04:25 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-4288 I feel like you and I wrote the same blog post, haha. The ONLY reason new babies learn this is because parents teach them... where else would it be coming from!? It's just so annoying. I feel like you and I wrote the same blog post, haha. The ONLY reason new babies learn this is because parents teach them… where else would it be coming from!? It’s just so annoying.

]]> By: Alexandra http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-4286 Alexandra Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:20:22 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-4286 I don't get it. When kids in our country see Chinese people, do they shout "Chinese! Chinese!" When they see a black person, do they shout "African!" I know its a kid thing, but its just rude. And you can't even say its a kid thing, because parents ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE their kids to do it. I see parents every day, showing me to their kids and teaching them say "Jambo mzungu." DON'T TEACH THIS TO YOUR KIDS. How many parents in our country do we see teaching their kids to say say "How Red Indian" when you see a native American? No. How many would protest if we began doing this? Its just so frustrating, so offensive somehow. Please, Kenyans, stop calling us mzungu. Its rude. We hate it. I don’t get it. When kids in our country see Chinese people, do they shout “Chinese! Chinese!” When they see a black person, do they shout “African!” I know its a kid thing, but its just rude. And you can’t even say its a kid thing, because parents ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE their kids to do it. I see parents every day, showing me to their kids and teaching them say “Jambo mzungu.” DON’T TEACH THIS TO YOUR KIDS. How many parents in our country do we see teaching their kids to say say “How Red Indian” when you see a native American? No. How many would protest if we began doing this? Its just so frustrating, so offensive somehow. Please, Kenyans, stop calling us mzungu. Its rude. We hate it.

]]> By: Joy http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1330 Joy Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:20:13 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1330 Alan, sorry about that, but it's a kidds thing. there are some kids, no matter how many mzungus they see, they will still be amazed! It can be annoying, especially if the follow you around, but that's just it.. Pole sana! Alan, sorry about that, but it’s a kidds thing.
there are some kids, no matter how many mzungus
they see, they will still be amazed!

It can be annoying, especially if the follow you around, but that’s just it.. Pole sana!

]]> By: Alan http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1327 Alan Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:06:21 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1327 I don't have a vuvuzela... maybe you forgot to turn off the vuvuzela "feature" on youtube? :) I don’t have a vuvuzela… maybe you forgot to turn off the vuvuzela “feature” on youtube? :)

]]> By: Kyle http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1322 Kyle Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:55:51 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1322 Alan, I think I just heard your vuvuzela all the way here in the states. Alan, I think I just heard your vuvuzela all the way here in the states.

]]> By: Alan http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1316 Alan Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:27:13 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1316 China? :) China? :)

]]> By: Sara http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1311 Sara Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:47:53 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1311 I come from the magical country of Zungu... where the food is served in plastic containers and has no flavor. I come from the magical country of Zungu… where the food is served in plastic containers and has no flavor.

]]> By: Alan http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1307 Alan Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:22:04 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1307 Thaths, pole sana! Welcome to the club...? Thaths, pole sana! Welcome to the club…?

]]> By: Thaths http://alaninkenya.org/2010/06/22/mzungu/comment-page-1#comment-1305 Thaths Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:29:06 +0000 http://alaninkenya.org/?p=1624#comment-1305 Hey, I am a mhindi and they still called me "muzungu". Hey, I am a mhindi and they still called me “muzungu”.

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