Africa is a Continent!

Interesting story, I have two fiends, one is American and the other is Nigerian. Now, the American is very narrow minded and can be really selfish and nonchalant when it comes to matters not relevant to her. For example, when the American tries to refer to a region in Africa, she simply says Africa. Despite the many times our Nigerian friend explains to her that Africa is a huge continent just like North America and it is rude and inconsiderate to just simply say...Africa. But it does not stop there, every question she has about "Africa" she comes to ask our Nigerian friend. She may say..."don't you speak African, what does this mean, or what does African food taste like?" And again, our Nigerian friend tries to get her to realize that there are over 50 countries in Africa (as is America) and they each have over 100 different languages to boot. She simply wants our American friend to realize that it is disrespectful and unthoughtful when she comes to her with her prejudice questions and statements. So, after a few of their "run-ins," my Nigerian friend calls my American friend out on her ignorant actions, needless to say, she gets really offensive and even defends herself by saying she cannot be prejudice against "Africans" because her father "hand picked" her name from Kenya and he even wore a dashiki for her brother's birth. On the same token though, when someone says something about New York (where our American friend lived) she gets so upset! One cannot say a thing about New York culture, food, music, any of that without getting flack from our friend.

So the point that I am trying to raise is, are many African Americans guilty of prejudice towards other communities of color, as are the whites to us? How can we blindly ask ignorant questions and refuse to do our own research when we'll quickly "Google search" about our favorite artist? And finally, are we ourselves taking our own hands and stirring the "melting pot" of America mixing and regurgitating stupid prejudices throughout the ages? When will we stop and realize that hey...Africa is a Continent!

*There are no sources, my friends asked that their names are not disclosed and the dates that these conversations took place are too plenty to remember