I Thought the US was the Land of Gold. Now I See It as Rude and Disrespectful

Guardian UK - "Is it all right to say that?" He said this looking at me questioning.

"Yeah, yeah it's all right", I responded – even though I hadn't quite heard what he had said.

"Ah. I was asking because Ghanaians can get very defensive." Now he had my full attention.

"Yes", I agreed. "We get defensive because people like you come here and just spend all your time criticizing us. If Ghana was such a bad place would you have come here?"

He responded: "This is exactly what I'm talking about. You're getting defensive now". The conversation fizzled to a stop, and the American man walked away.  Read more.