Black people may face restrictions and difficulties based on their country of birth and place of birth, according to Pastor E.A. Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
Pastor Adeboye said in a video released by RCCG that black people may encounter obstacles in some countries that restrict their ability to advance or the opportunities available to them in both their personal and professional lives.
He shared a personal experience of facing difficulties at an immigration checkpoint in London, where an immigration officer seemed to discriminate against him. He pointed out that even though he had a British passport, he still encountered problems due to his race.
According to him, “When you’re born and you’re born black, there’s nothing wrong with being born back, depending on where you’re born, depending on which nation. There are some nations in the world that if you’re a black man, there’s a limit to how far you can go. You want to move beyond a certain level, they tell you…it’s like I was telling some of my children, You may carry a British passport, but a day will come where you want to do something, and they will let you know that there’s no British that is actually black. One day I was about to enter into London, and there was this immigration officer, and he was giving me all manner of problems. When finally I was allowed to go, I looked at him and said sir, I already got my passport stamped. I said, Why is it that it is those of us who are from other nations that become a problem? He looked at me and said, I’m British. Just by looking at him, I knew he was an Indian. I said you; he said yes; I said you’re an Indian. I said one day they’d show you that no true British will look like you. As soon as I said that, I ran.”
