Another Lazy Stereotype
Another lazy stereotype, how many more do we need to break before people stop defining others with such shallow brushes?
They say youths are lazy, yet the same youths rise before dawn to hustle for jobs that don’t exist, to juggle school with side gigs, to fend for their siblings and still dream boldly.
They say Africans can't be innovative, a lazy stereotype that crumbles every time a child in a remote village builds a generator from scrap metal, or a girl codes an app to solve local problems without electricity or stable internet.
They say Christians just pray and do nothing, another tired claim. They forget the ones running orphanages, feeding the poor, mentoring teens off the streets, and turning their faith into action.
Even in my own life, I’ve heard “Paul, you’re too quiet, you must be weak.”
No, I’m observing, storing strength. I’m not lazy, I’m patient. I speak when the words will matter.
The world keeps recycling stereotypes because it’s easier than asking questions.
It’s easier to assume than to understand.
But I refuse to be boxed.
I’m not another lazy stereotype.
I’m another story worth telling.