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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b] The doctor's son from Nigeria may be quite willing to drive a taxi in New York.[/b]  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]

As an African I maintain that you are wrong. The doctor's son from Nigeria is studying medicine at UKansas or UT. The wealthier ones are at Ivy league schools or other top public/privates. The guy driving the taxi is a guy from Lagos or Accra. who got here with a letter from his cousin saying he was just coming for the summer and he was going to go back and he knew he planned to overstay. These people all have one goal. A better life and they see America as the land of opportunity. They are great for our economy because they come here and provide high productivity and lots of economic benefit per worker. Indirectly (they're illegal) their economic benefit pays into our system that benefits Black Americans that live off the government. They identify with White Americans because they seek to move up by working hard not by government programs. [/quote]

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