I’ve heard Nigerians in particular can’t stand American blacks and don’t understand their aversion to taking their studies seriously.
“I’ve heard Nigerians in particular can’t stand American blacks and don’t understand their aversion to taking their studies seriously.”
I worked closely with a Nigerian who kept bitching about his wife. Then we separated for 15 years, but wound up working together again. I asked him about his wife (an black American), he said he dumped her and went home to get another wife. So I asked about the new wife - he said she was great.
I suspect most American guys would have warned him about American Woman (regardless of skin color) and saved him all of that hassle.
Back around 1980 I worked a summer job with a guy from Uganda. He told me how much he hated American blacks, only he didn’t use that word.
A kid at my son’s high school was the son of two Nigerian Doctors. He was good at math, such that he was selected to a county-wide advanced math class for middle and high-schoolers held/taught 3X a week at the local public university.
Suffice it to say, his friends were all east-asian and white kids
He was also accepted to 7 Ivy League schools (every one he applied to)
“many Africans have disdain for American blacks”
...because they have eyes, ears, and a functioning brain.
When I taught in Kingston a generation ago, I had a Nigerian immigrant colleague. He greatly enjoyed teaching Jamaican undergrads (as I did), despised teaching American blacks.
I wasn't sure what to make of this, but a year or so later my wife and I were visiting Houston and stopped in at a Walmart because the wife wanted to buy something that we had forgotten to pack.
Our cashier was a female African migrant. She was quiet, and had a very calm and deliberate manner as she rang us up.
Suddenly she became very alert and looked suspiciously at the back of the line. I turned and saw that two African-Americans had gotten in line.
I suddenly remembered what my brother had said. It's one thing to hear something like that, but to see it is...interesting.
Another anecdote: my friend's wife worked for the state of Texas.
They had an African migrant who worked in their office, and all the ladies liked him because he was a perfect gentleman and eager to help with anything that needed to be done.
Shortly after Trump was elected, ICE came into the office and took him away.
His co-workers were all shocked. Apparently, he had been a child soldier in Africa and had a pretty high kill count.
They couldn't believe it. "He was such a nice man to work with..."
Nigerian Americans are among the highest-achieving groups in our country. They apparently are uppity and don’t accept the constraints Massa Democrat puts on them. No wonder they have contempt for American blacks.