Yumga, an American citizen originally from Africa
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I had a customer the other day from Nigeria.
He does not understand American blacks at all, he feels lucky to have gotten here and blessed by the opportunities afforded.
Absolutely. Most Africans are not fans of African-Americans. The ones I have spoken with do not even consider them African as they are so far removed from the Continent.
I was a student at New Jersey Institute of Technology (formerly Newark College of Engineering) in the seventies, located in the Central Ward of Newark. There were a number of Nigerian and Kenyan students there who wanted nothing to do with the urban black culture.
I know several Nigerian business owners here. Very successful, resourceful, smart…and proud to be in the US.
I once hired a woman from Trinidad (slave ancestors) and she didn’t get American blacks either.
She thought many were racists.
I once hired a woman from Trinidad (slave ancestors) and she didn’t get American blacks either.
She thought many were racists.
I have had the same experience with legal African immigrants in this country.
They come to a place where life is hard. Many are Christians who were being oppressed by Muslims back home. They genuinely appreciate this country and all it’s blessings and can’t understand why people who were lucky enough to be born here are always griping.