Israel Adesanya went from being surrounded by Nigerians his entire life to encountering racism for the first time when he was a teenager moving to New Zealand.
He clearly feels way more connected with being Nigerian than he does with being a Kiwi because he was constantly harassed about looking and sounding different.
Hence “Broken Native” being tatted across his chest.
It makes perfect sense.
New Zealand is his adopted home but he feels more at home with his fellow Nigerians because he was reminded he wasn’t from NZ his entire adolescence.
So when you start questioning his heritage and where his home is, you’re bringing back dark memories from his teenage years
Idk why this is so hard for people to understand