Can Black People Really Be Racist?

Twitter had one too many lectures on racism last weekend when a user on the platform, Afam Deluxo, suggested that lifestyle blogger, Nwanyi Ocha (a Swiss caucasian woman) is made the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Anambra state.

Nwanyi Ocha Ezenwa is a Swiss blogger married to a Nigerian Igbo man from Anambra state. According to Afam, who is a proud Igbo man, making Nwanyi Ocha the aforementioned commissioner, will boost tourism in the state.

Afam Deluxo wrote:

This sparked a lot of controversies online as opinions flew around. One of the strongest challengers of the motion was controversial Nigerian and proud Igbo author, Lotanna Igwe-Odunze, popularly known as Sugabelly. She opposed the idea to make Nwanyi Ocha a commissioner due to her race (skin colour).

She wrote:

Sugabelly was labelled a racist for her response which changed the course of the conversation completely to a racism intervention themed around the unanswered question: can black people really be racist?