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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 4:39am On Jan 31, 2020
morpheus24:


I suspected as much. I will address you as such then



Point taken


You are incorrect. The Male YDtna e3b1b is an African marker that passes from father to son in an unbroken chain thousands of years back so regardless of the mix of people in Egypt today we can determine the ones who's male ancestors were the original ancient Egyptians. If any Ydtna for an Egyptian males does not correlate to this marker then his lineage is not from the original peoples of Ancient Kemet.

The Ashkenazi Jews of course know deep down inside they do not descend from the ancient Hebrews/cannanites/phonecians but have ursurped that history and peoples so I am not in argument with that.

Ok, I was just testing you. grin grin grin
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 5:03am On Jan 31, 2020
anonymous6:


I don't really have to based on these sources and based on my experience in the public elementary school system that had a large african american population(thank God I went to private school after that), countless other examples, and from the few educated & successful african american friends I know have told me of people in their community, thats enough for me. As I said before I think there is a population of successful & educated african americans but they are not the majority, if they were, Don Lemon wouldn't have the backing to say what he said in CNN about his community high out of wed lock rate.

How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back
https://www.city-journal.org/html/how-hip-hop-holds-blacks-back-12442.html

CNN's Don Lemon says more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/

Oprah Winfrey: "I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there," she says. "If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school."
https://www.sootoday.com/local-entertainment/why-oprahs-building-a-school-in-africa-not-the-us-148187

Then, Obama got real. He talked about how black Americans use this "group think" psychology to bully other blacks, keep them from expressing themselves as individuals and stop them from assimilating into the broader culture of America.
"Sometimes African-Americans, in communities where I've worked, there's been the notion of 'acting white' -- which sometimes is overstated," he told the group. "But there's an element of truth to it, where, OK, if boys are reading too much, then, well, why are you doing that? Or why are you
speaking so properly? And the notion that there's some authentic way of being black, that if you're going to be black you have to act a certain way and wear a certain kind of clothes, that has to go. There are many different ways for African-American men to be authentic."
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/24/opinion/wright-black-acting-white/index.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7jepUNPBog

Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority? Are you a 419 scammer, a drug dealer, a ritualist, a sex trafficker, a prostitute, a baby mama, sell Nigerians into slavery via Libya, cheat on college exams, or a drug addict because these are the actions that the majority of Nigerians portray?

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 5:59am On Jan 31, 2020
Bigcowhorn:


I'm in trouble!

No you aren't, come here kiss I'm giving her a taste of her own medicine.
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 5:59am On Jan 31, 2020
taneez:


They didn't make African immigrants who or what they are, they created the "environment" or opportunity. Do you think an average white person of that time new the difference between African immigrants or black americans?
Blacks we're blacks to them even coloured were still blacks. And these people fought for the opportunities

E.g right to vote- if an African immigrant at that time travelled to America and maybe became a citizen he wouldn't still have been able to vote because he was still black.
School- if an African immigrant at that time settled in America and wanted to send his children to school he would still have been segregated because not all schools were open to blacks.

The above examples shows what the black americans fought for. They carried placards, protested, segregated and even killed.

The generation that did that has died. These ones are messed up tyrants who claimed to have saves everybody yet are on the bottom of the pile. They should help themselves with what they claim to have fought for .

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by anonymous6(f): 9:22am On Jan 31, 2020
khiaa:


Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority? Are you a 419 scammer, a ritualist, a sex trafficker, a prostitute, a baby mama, sell Nigerians into slavery via Lybia, cheat on college exams, or a drug addict

NO to all the questions

khiaa:


Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority?

Well, when you have 72% of african american births out of wed lock that is not a few that is the majority and I stated that fact lol with sources, you can spin that all you want.

"So Lemon is correct that "more than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock." To make sure we weren’t missing something, we asked two population experts -- Tom W. Smith, a senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, and Douglas Massey, professor at Princeton University's Office of Population Research -- and they agreed that the statistic is the best available."
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/


These are the actions of a few to you, hmm ok

"The black community's 72 percent rate eclipses that of most other groups: 17 percent of Asians, 29 percent of whites, 53 percent of Hispanics and 66 percent of Native Americans were born to unwed mothers in 2008, the most recent year for which government figures are available. The rate for the overall U.S. population was 41 percent."
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39993685/ns/health-womens_health/t/blacks-struggle-percent-unwed-mothers-rate/#.XjPZBy2ZM1I

These are the actions of a few to you

One of the most important social changes unfolding in the United States over the past half century has been the decline of the institution of marriage – a decline especially steep among blacks. In 1960, roughly 74% of whites were married, and the rate dropped to 56% in 2008. That is a big drop, but not compared to the plummeting marriage rate for blacks. In 1960, 61% of blacks were married in 1960, but by 2008 it was only 32%. Blacks also get divorced more often and remarry less frequently than whites.
WHY HAS MARRIAGE DECLINED AMONG BLACK AMERICANS?
https://scholars.org/brief/why-has-marriage-declined-among-black-americans

khiaa:


Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority? Are you a 419 scammer, a ritualist, a sex trafficker, a prostitute, a baby mama, sell Nigerians into slavery via Lybia, cheat on college exams, or a drug addict because these are the actions that the majority of Nigerians portray?

When it comes to Nigerians being sold to slavery in Libya, well they are not the majority based on these numbers especially since Nigeria has a population of 200,000 million now:
"Earlier this month, the Nigerian government began the immediate removal of some 5,500 people from the North African country after reports of abuse, slavery and torture.

Large numbers of Nigerians were among thousands of migrants trapped in Libya in their attempt to escape war and economic hardship in their home countries and reach Europe."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/nigerian-migrants-return-libya-square-180109094222431.html

"Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)More than 200 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya have been returned to their home country, Nigerian officials said.

The 242 migrants landed at Lagos airport on a Libyan Airlines flight at around 9:00 pm local time (3:00pm ET) on Tuesday. Among them were women carrying children and at least one man in a wheelchair."

https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/africa/nigeria-migrants-returned-libya/index.html

Nigeria has repatriated at least 9,438 of its nationals trapped in Libya while efforts are ongoing to bring back everyone willing to return to their country, according to an official involved in the repatriation process.

“So far, about 9,438 migrants have been repatriated from Libya in collaboration and support of the International Migration Organization (IOM),” Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a presidential aide on foreign relations and diaspora, said in a statement late Sunday.

“Those that were brought back are being profiled and enrolled in various technical and vocational training centers with relevant agencies and nongovernmental organizations,” she added.

The official said the repatriation, ordered by the president, began shortly after footages emerged on the Internet of some of the migrants narrating their ordeals in the war-torn North African country and urging the Nigerian government to bring them home.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/over-9-400-nigerians-repatriated-from-libya-/1223498

khiaa:


Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority? Are you a 419 scammer, a drug dealer, a ritualist, a sex trafficker, a prostitute, a baby mama, sell Nigerians into slavery via Lybia, cheat on college exams, or a drug addict because these are the actions that the majority of Nigerians portray?

I never mentioned drug dealing as being the majority in the african american community but since you brought it up, I'll leave these sources for you

Over the past year alone, nearly 15% of the adult population in Nigeria (around 14.3 million people) reported a “considerable level” of use of psychoactive drug substances
https://qz.com/africa/1538843/nigeria-drug-abuse-14-million-adults-use-drugs/
I know this is about drug dealers as you said but since the numbers of drug addicts in Nigeria is around 15%, that number doesn't mean the majority, even its not something I think anybody should be proud of. As a result we can assume that those numbers don't beat the amount of trash drug dealers in Nigeria, so based on that they are not the majority in Nigeria but it exist in Nigeria thanks for high lighting that less then majority population.

Black Youths and Illegal Drugs
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3180884?seq=1

Survey: nearly half of Americans have a family member or close friend who’s been addicted to drugs
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/31/16580738/survey-drug-addiction-opioid-epidemic


khiaa:


Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority? Are you a 419 scammer, a drug dealer, a ritualist, a sex trafficker, a prostitute, a baby mama, sell Nigerians into slavery via Lybia, cheat on college exams, or a drug addict because these are the actions that the majority of Nigerians portray?

I will say though when it comes to sex traffickers & prostitues in ITALY ONLY well I guess you can say a significant majority come from Nigeria and majority are from Edo state:
"The All Africa News Agency (AANA) reported that Nigeria leads all African countries in the number of women who are shipped abroad for prostitution (5 June 2000). Citing the local weekly The News, AANA reported the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, as saying that 60 per cent of all sex workers in Italy are Nigerian and that 90 per cent of those repatriated or intercepted come from Edo State (AANA 5 June 2000). The Daily Trust, relying on information provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), says that about 80 per cent of girls engaged in prostitution in Italy are from Nigeria (15 July 2002)."
"Although Edo State reportedly accounts for the majority of the women who become prostitutes, police figures show that the deportees returning to Nigeria come from 14 out of Nigeria's 36 states (ibid.)."
https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4de538.html

BUT

its high with african american as well so I guess Nigerians and african americans have a tie in that, Africans americans in America & Nigerians in Italy, does that make you happy

– 62% of human trafficking suspects are African Americans

– 52% of all juvenile prostitution arrests are African Americans

– 40% of victims of human trafficking are African-Americans
AFRICAN AMERICAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING NUMBERS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.
https://thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com/african-american-human-trafficking/

Even with that I will stand with my sources about majority of African americans cause they are not talking about a few people but a large amount to the majority as far as I am concerned.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Mighty12: 12:49pm On Jan 31, 2020
Temple1288:
When you see these African Americans and the way they behave. The way they act! They won't even wait to hear from before telling you to *fućk off*
Very dirty set of individuals. NOT ALL! BUT ALMOST.. Go to their neighborhoods and all you keep hearing is "Fućk! I shot the bâstard"
Dirty and smelly neighborhoods!


They believe every person who doesn't support their foolish ideology is 'Uncle Tom'

By the way, they CAN NEVER OFFER YOU ANY HELP here..



And to Ilhan Omar calling the President of the United States of America an OCCUPANT.. She wouldn't try that in Somalia..

Lmao

Most of them are Dey craze anyway

Their curse should stay with them

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Mighty12: 12:53pm On Jan 31, 2020
SkinnyNigga:
mingle with Akata ?? it's a no no ..

grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Mighty12: 12:55pm On Jan 31, 2020
anonymous6:


NO to all the questions



Well, when you have 72% of african american births out of wed lock that is not a few that is the majority and I stated that fact lol with sources, you can spin that all you want.

"So Lemon is correct that "more than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock." To make sure we weren’t missing something, we asked two population experts -- Tom W. Smith, a senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, and Douglas Massey, professor at Princeton University's Office of Population Research -- and they agreed that the statistic is the best available."
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/


These are the actions of a few to you, hmm ok

"The black community's 72 percent rate eclipses that of most other groups: 17 percent of Asians, 29 percent of whites, 53 percent of Hispanics and 66 percent of Native Americans were born to unwed mothers in 2008, the most recent year for which government figures are available. The rate for the overall U.S. population was 41 percent."
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39993685/ns/health-womens_health/t/blacks-struggle-percent-unwed-mothers-rate/#.XjPZBy2ZM1I

These are the actions of a few to you

One of the most important social changes unfolding in the United States over the past half century has been the decline of the institution of marriage – a decline especially steep among blacks. In 1960, roughly 74% of whites were married, and the rate dropped to 56% in 2008. That is a big drop, but not compared to the plummeting marriage rate for blacks. In 1960, 61% of blacks were married in 1960, but by 2008 it was only 32%. Blacks also get divorced more often and remarry less frequently than whites.
WHY HAS MARRIAGE DECLINED AMONG BLACK AMERICANS?
https://scholars.org/brief/why-has-marriage-declined-among-black-americans



When it comes to Nigerians being sold to slavery in Libya, well they are not the majority based on these numbers especially since Nigeria has a population of 200,000 million now:
"Earlier this month, the Nigerian government began the immediate removal of some 5,500 people from the North African country after reports of abuse, slavery and torture.

Large numbers of Nigerians were among thousands of migrants trapped in Libya in their attempt to escape war and economic hardship in their home countries and reach Europe."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/nigerian-migrants-return-libya-square-180109094222431.html

"Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)More than 200 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya have been returned to their home country, Nigerian officials said.

The 242 migrants landed at Lagos airport on a Libyan Airlines flight at around 9:00 pm local time (3:00pm ET) on Tuesday. Among them were women carrying children and at least one man in a wheelchair."

https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/africa/nigeria-migrants-returned-libya/index.html

Nigeria has repatriated at least 9,438 of its nationals trapped in Libya while efforts are ongoing to bring back everyone willing to return to their country, according to an official involved in the repatriation process.

“So far, about 9,438 migrants have been repatriated from Libya in collaboration and support of the International Migration Organization (IOM),” Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a presidential aide on foreign relations and diaspora, said in a statement late Sunday.

“Those that were brought back are being profiled and enrolled in various technical and vocational training centers with relevant agencies and nongovernmental organizations,” she added.

The official said the repatriation, ordered by the president, began shortly after footages emerged on the Internet of some of the migrants narrating their ordeals in the war-torn North African country and urging the Nigerian government to bring them home.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/over-9-400-nigerians-repatriated-from-libya-/1223498



I never mentioned drug dealing as being the majority in the african american community but since you brought it up, I'll leave these sources for you

Over the past year alone, nearly 15% of the adult population in Nigeria (around 14.3 million people) reported a “considerable level” of use of psychoactive drug substances
https://qz.com/africa/1538843/nigeria-drug-abuse-14-million-adults-use-drugs/
I know this is about drug dealers as you said but since the numbers of drug addicts in Nigeria is around 15%, that number doesn't mean the majority, even its not something I think anybody should be proud of. As a result we can assume that those numbers don't beat the amount of trash drug dealers in Nigeria, so based on that they are not the majority in Nigeria but it exist in Nigeria thanks for high lighting that less then majority population.

Black Youths and Illegal Drugs
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3180884?seq=1

Survey: nearly half of Americans have a family member or close friend who’s been addicted to drugs
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/10/31/16580738/survey-drug-addiction-opioid-epidemic




I will say though when it comes to sex traffickers & prostitues in ITALY ONLY well I guess you can say a significant majority come from Nigeria and majority are from Edo state:
"The All Africa News Agency (AANA) reported that Nigeria leads all African countries in the number of women who are shipped abroad for prostitution (5 June 2000). Citing the local weekly The News, AANA reported the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, as saying that 60 per cent of all sex workers in Italy are Nigerian and that 90 per cent of those repatriated or intercepted come from Edo State (AANA 5 June 2000). The Daily Trust, relying on information provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), says that about 80 per cent of girls engaged in prostitution in Italy are from Nigeria (15 July 2002)."
"Although Edo State reportedly accounts for the majority of the women who become prostitutes, police figures show that the deportees returning to Nigeria come from 14 out of Nigeria's 36 states (ibid.)."
https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4de538.html

BUT

its high with african american as well so I guess Nigerians and african americans have a tie in that, Africans americans in America & Nigerians in Italy, does that make you happy

– 62% of human trafficking suspects are African Americans

– 52% of all juvenile prostitution arrests are African Americans

– 40% of victims of human trafficking are African-Americans
AFRICAN AMERICAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING NUMBERS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.
https://thevoiceofblackcincinnati.com/african-american-human-trafficking/

Even with that I will stand with my sources about majority of African americans cause they are not talking about a few people but a large amount to the majority as far as I am concerned.











Madam don’t mind her jare

Their the only community who glamorize Baby mama/baby daddy culture

We know how they are

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Mighty12: 1:03pm On Jan 31, 2020
CandidNotes:


Caribbean people are not exempted, they are just as bad if not worse than African Americans.

I don’t think so Caribbean’s are better especially their women grin grin

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by googi: 12:14am On Feb 01, 2020
I pray neither Africans nor African Americans find themselves in a barrel of crabs pulling one another down.

Try this experiment. Put a few mice of males and females in a large pen and feed them well with food and water. After a while, they will reproduce and grow in number. But the pen will get too small for them and food not enough.

Later on, they will start fighting and eating one another. If you replace African Americans with the Africans in the same situation, they would behave exactly the same way.

Of course AfricanAmerican are envious. Just as Africans would if they were put in the same situation. If you think and study their situation in America, you will be surprised that, that number of them excel.

BTW, how many poor AfricanAmericans do you know outside America? More of them succeed outside than Africans outside.
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 2:02am On Feb 02, 2020
Anonymous6, all you are doing is spamming the thread with a lot of propaganda, and personal opinions which do not prove that the majority of African Americans are what you say.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Ybutterfly: 11:55am On Feb 02, 2020
Okpa042:
There is a huge chasm between African-Americans and African immigrants in the United States. That chasm has widened over the years. It has caused deep animosity between many African-Americans and their African immigrant cousins.

The chasm has prevented African-Americans from participating in the current economic boom in Africa and it has shut many African immigrants out of opportunities for economic advancement here in the United States.

The problem stems from deep misconceptions, sometimes fueled by the U.S. media. Astonishingly, many African-Americans believe that Africans are backward and primitive. Some make crude jokes about Africans or do not acknowledge the great contribution Africa has made to the world.

For their part, many African immigrants buy into the erroneous notion that African-Americans are lazy and violent.

They do not appreciate the great sacrifice African-Americans made, through advocating for their civil rights, to lay the foundation for Africans to be able to come to the United States and live in a country where both blacks and whites have equal rights, at least in theory if not always in practice.

The different experiences of the two groups

To understand the deep division that exists between African Americans and Africans, one first has to examine the background of the two groups.

Before migrating to the United States, most Africans have typically dealt with white Americans who went to Africa as Peace Corps volunteers, missionaries, doctors or teachers. These Americans acted as mentors and guardians to the Africans and developed positive relationships with them.

When they come to the United States, it has been my experience that Africans can easily identify with white Americans because they understand each other. Before migrating to the United States, the majority of Africans have had little to no direct negative experiences with whites. They simply do not hate them.

On the other hand, most African-Americans grew up in black neighborhoods where they learned from older generations the history of slavery and the cruelty it inflicted on the black race. Furthermore, they have usually experienced firsthand and in their communities the legacies of racism that still exist in the United States.

With this background, many African-Americans are not generally predisposed to trust white Americans, and they look down on those African immigrants who express respect or admiration for white Americans.

How they react to racism and discrimination

A fundamental difference between African Americans and African immigrants is the way they react to racism and discrimination.

African Americans usually see racism as the main cause of poverty among their people. They are also quick to point out instances of perceived racism, even in circumstances where it is ambiguous, unclear or more complex than simple racial bigotry or discrimination.

A classic example is the currently large African-American population in prison. Most African-Americans feel that the only reason there are so many African Americans incarcerated is their race. They blame police discrimination and lawmakers who make laws weighted to punish blacks.

For Africans, after suffering many years in civil wars, military coups and other problems, they are happy to be in a country that offers them freedom. They are ready to integrate into the American culture without getting involved in the lingering racial conflicts. They do not typically get involved in the ongoing civil rights struggle – and that has angered many African-Americans.

How they react to adversity

Perhaps the greatest difference I have seen between African immigrants and African-Americans is how they react to adversity.

Most African immigrants to the United States came here for economic advancement. They do not have any political agenda. They are willing to take any job and do not blame the “system” when they fail in their endeavors.

Most African immigrants to the United States often live in mixed neighborhoods instead of black neighborhoods and they easily integrate. African immigrants know who they are. They are not easily offended when someone tries to put them down. They know where they come from and why they are here.

For African-Americans, there is often a tendency to blame slavery for most of the problems they face today. For instance, when African American students fail in school, some educators blame slavery and do not look for other factors.

However, the time has come for African Americans to realize that while racism still persists, the best thing they can do for their children is to teach them to take full responsibility for their actions. Fathers need to take care of their children and young women need to stay in school instead of having children.

It is only when black people, be they from Africa or America, unite to instill discipline and respect for each other that the chasm that has divided us will narrow. Then we can finally work together to remove poverty from our people both here in the United States and Africa.

Source: https://www.theglobalist.com/african-americans-african-immigrants-differ/


^^^^^^ OGA GooD writE up.........let TYRONe & TewanA fiX thEir Hood proBLems.......and wE ConCenTratE oN buHAri........tHIs toPic iS lIKE beATIng a dEAd hORse............

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 2:22am On Feb 03, 2020
Ybutterfly:



^^^^^^ OGA GooD writE up.........let TYRONe & TewanA fiX thEir Hood proBLems.......and wE ConCenTratE oN buHAri........tHIs toPic iS lIKE beATIng a dEAd hORse............

I agree, SaMbO and Umfufu need to fix the extreme poverty in Nigeria, which no African American has ever seen.
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Ybutterfly: 4:07am On Feb 03, 2020
Ybutterfly:



^^^^^^ OGA GooD writE up.........let TYRONe & TewanA fiX thEir Hood proBLems.......and wE ConCenTratE oN buHAri........tHIs toPic iS lIKE beATIng a dEAd hORse............


cool grin

bEaTing A dEad horSe toPIc
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Ybutterfly: 4:23am On Feb 03, 2020
Okpa042:
There is a huge chasm between African-Americans and African immigrants in the United States. That chasm has widened over the years. It has caused deep animosity between many African-Americans and their African immigrant cousins.

The chasm has prevented African-Americans from participating in the current economic boom in Africa and it has shut many African immigrants out of opportunities for economic advancement here in the United States.

The problem stems from deep misconceptions, sometimes fueled by the U.S. media. Astonishingly, many African-Americans believe that Africans are backward and primitive. Some make crude jokes about Africans or do not acknowledge the great contribution Africa has made to the world.

For their part, many African immigrants buy into the erroneous notion that African-Americans are lazy and violent.

They do not appreciate the great sacrifice African-Americans made, through advocating for their civil rights, to lay the foundation for Africans to be able to come to the United States and live in a country where both blacks and whites have equal rights, at least in theory if not always in practice.

The different experiences of the two groups

To understand the deep division that exists between African Americans and Africans, one first has to examine the background of the two groups.

Before migrating to the United States, most Africans have typically dealt with white Americans who went to Africa as Peace Corps volunteers, missionaries, doctors or teachers. These Americans acted as mentors and guardians to the Africans and developed positive relationships with them.

When they come to the United States, it has been my experience that Africans can easily identify with white Americans because they understand each other. Before migrating to the United States, the majority of Africans have had little to no direct negative experiences with whites. They simply do not hate them.

On the other hand, most African-Americans grew up in black neighborhoods where they learned from older generations the history of slavery and the cruelty it inflicted on the black race. Furthermore, they have usually experienced firsthand and in their communities the legacies of racism that still exist in the United States.

With this background, many African-Americans are not generally predisposed to trust white Americans, and they look down on those African immigrants who express respect or admiration for white Americans.

How they react to racism and discrimination

A fundamental difference between African Americans and African immigrants is the way they react to racism and discrimination.

African Americans usually see racism as the main cause of poverty among their people. They are also quick to point out instances of perceived racism, even in circumstances where it is ambiguous, unclear or more complex than simple racial bigotry or discrimination.

A classic example is the currently large African-American population in prison. Most African-Americans feel that the only reason there are so many African Americans incarcerated is their race. They blame police discrimination and lawmakers who make laws weighted to punish blacks.

For Africans, after suffering many years in civil wars, military coups and other problems, they are happy to be in a country that offers them freedom. They are ready to integrate into the American culture without getting involved in the lingering racial conflicts. They do not typically get involved in the ongoing civil rights struggle – and that has angered many African-Americans.

How they react to adversity

Perhaps the greatest difference I have seen between African immigrants and African-Americans is how they react to adversity.

Most African immigrants to the United States came here for economic advancement. They do not have any political agenda. They are willing to take any job and do not blame the “system” when they fail in their endeavors.

Most African immigrants to the United States often live in mixed neighborhoods instead of black neighborhoods and they easily integrate. African immigrants know who they are. They are not easily offended when someone tries to put them down. They know where they come from and why they are here.

For African-Americans, there is often a tendency to blame slavery for most of the problems they face today. For instance, when African American students fail in school, some educators blame slavery and do not look for other factors.

However, the time has come for African Americans to realize that while racism still persists, the best thing they can do for their children is to teach them to take full responsibility for their actions. Fathers need to take care of their children and young women need to stay in school instead of having children.

It is only when black people, be they from Africa or America, unite to instill discipline and respect for each other that the chasm that has divided us will narrow. Then we can finally work together to remove poverty from our people both here in the United States and Africa.

Source: https://www.theglobalist.com/african-americans-african-immigrants-differ/

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by BeerParlour: 5:52am On Feb 03, 2020
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 10:16am On Feb 03, 2020
khiaa:
Anonymous6, all you are doing is spamming the thread with a lot of propaganda, and personal opinions which do not prove that the majority of African Americans are what you say.
Why is it always you? On every thread?

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 10:41am On Feb 03, 2020
Hotspotbro:

Why is it always you? On every thread?

Am I not allowed to check out different threads? Why are you following me on every thread?
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 1:34pm On Feb 04, 2020
khiaa:


Am I not allowed to check out different threads? Why are you following me on every thread?
FIXTURE!

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by anonymous6(f): 2:40pm On Feb 05, 2020
Mighty12:


Madam don’t mind her jare

Their the only community who glamorize Baby mama/baby daddy culture

We know how they are

Thanks lol

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 8:16pm On Feb 05, 2020
khiaa:


Am I not allowed to check out different threads? Why are you following me on every thread?
Ask my yansh, baby.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 9:20pm On Feb 05, 2020
Hotspotbro:

Ask my yansh, baby.

Do you even have one?
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 9:27pm On Feb 05, 2020
khiaa:


Do you even have one?
Yeah, smooth than yours. I bet you'll spend a century to lick it.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 9:46pm On Feb 05, 2020
Hotspotbro:

Yeah, smooth than yours. I bet you'll spend a century to lick it.

Save the licking for your male lovers.
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 7:53am On Feb 06, 2020
khiaa:


Save the licking for your male lovers.
Can I lick yours then.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khiaa(f): 8:37am On Feb 06, 2020
Hotspotbro:

Can I lick yours then.

Like I said, save the licking for your male lovers.
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 8:43am On Feb 06, 2020
khiaa:


Like I said, save the licking for your male lovers.
Khiaa no get yansh.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 8:52am On Feb 06, 2020
khiaa:


Like I said, save the licking for your male lovers.
I wanna know something, baby. How do you manage to dominate all the thread on Nairaland? this one, we'll see you. Tha one we'll see you. How come?
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by nlPoster: 2:27pm On Feb 06, 2020
Hotspotbro:

I wanna know something, baby. How do you manage to dominate all the thread on Nairaland? this one, we'll see you. Tha one we'll see you. How come?

Not speaking for khiaa but it's not yet a crime to have an opinion.

Its a free forum and no one is saying you shouldn't post on different threads, or what exactly is the problem?
Nigerians and their wahala sha.


Always one thing or the other while ignoring their own glaring faults.

I post on various threads and sections here, whoever doesnt like that should let me know.

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by Hotspotbro(m): 3:21pm On Feb 06, 2020
nlPoster:


Not speaking for khiaa but it's not yet a crime to have an opinion.

Its a free forum and no one is saying you shouldn't post on different threads, or what exactly is the problem?
Nigerians and their wahala sha.


Always one thing or the other while ignoring their own glaring faults.

I post on various threads and sections here, whoever doesnt like that should let me know.
are you Khiaa? Or are u defending ur wife?

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Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khia: 7:48am On Feb 10, 2020
anonymous6:


Sorry to burst your bubble but african american worldwide are seen in negative light to, in certain areas, if you check different news organizations they report the out of wed lock rate in the african american community that is over 75% now, How 70% of black american women are single, The Ghetto culture that is glamorized in the African american community, Gangs & drug dealing in high rates, and etc that have been reported in BBC, Al jazerra and other news organizations. I don't see that as positive traits. The world imitate african american Rap & hip hop culture cause its seen as cool and that is it but they don't embrace other aspects of african american culture.

Russian TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG62GnQkeSs

You do know that African women are also black women, this applies to you all as well in the US. grin grin
Re: The Rift Between African-Americans And Recent African Immigrants To The US by khia: 8:08am On Feb 10, 2020
khiaa:


Tell me again, how does the actions of a few represent the majority? Are you a 419 scammer, a drug dealer, a ritualist, a sex trafficker, a prostitute, a baby mama, sell Nigerians into slavery via Libya cheat on college exams, or a drug addict because these are the actions that the majority of Nigerians portray?

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