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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really? Have you been to new York? Tons of poor Africans that came here as stowaways and wanna work hard. Driving taxis working in old folks homes cleaning bed pans or on the streets selling stuff. All looking for a better life. Africans don't expect that it just be handed to them. They're not lazy. [/quote]

I have worked at consular sections in our embassies.  I maintain that generally the poorest of the poor from any continent do not usually make it to the U.S.  The doctor's son from Nigeria may be quite willing to drive a taxi in New York.  But thank you for reminding me that Africans don't expect that success just be handed to them.  My parents grew up in very poor states, the children of sharecroppers and woodcutters, literally being spat upon by white kids riding by in their school buses.  They worked their way through college and and were each the first in their families to earn graduate degrees.  DH and I worked our way through college and paid for our wedding, house, and car by ourselves.  I have met people who literally did not believe that I am a real African American -- not of direct West Indian or African descent.  I've spent plenty of time around immigrant blacks who assume that only they properly prioritize family and education.  I guess my family and I should try to learn from them to become less lazy and have a shot at the American dream.[/quote]

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