The inspiration: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/opinion/out-of-africa-part-iii.html
Indeed, just what Americans need: additional reassurance that Africa is just one undifferentiated hellhole where—unlike, say, New Orleans or Houston—low-lying areas in major cities are subject to flooding. And on no less of an authority than a rap-singer—and we know that rap musicians are under a strict professional code-of-conduct to never, ever, for any reason, exaggerate—we can be assured that IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE!!!!
Why, the entire damn continent is hopeless, so just go back to your gated community and make sure you get your kids into the right sort of schools where they will never have to encounter any Africans. Just other people who read the New York Times.
[And by the way, yes, I've been to Dakar. In fact I spent a month in Dakar in 1998.]
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