Displays of ignorance (Score 1)

Exactly. And notice how the tired jokes about scammers, or those talking about the backwardness of Nigerians as a whole, are modded up. I think only ignorant people make generalizations about a country or continent, and they often do so because they're plain lazy/supercilious. Corruption is not part of the 'culture of Africa' - as if it's all one culture, how scintillating. I see evidence of incredible stupidity on the parts of, say, certain Americans, but I've never seen that as a reason to abuse America's culture or all Americans. Of course, for Africans, any available stereotypes are okay to use, right?