Abraham is the nicest, hardest-working, polite and humble person I've met in a long time. After only one year year he's learned English, is about to get his GED, and has found an employer who will reimburse him for college tuition. During Abraham's last visit to our home, he mentioned that he and his roomates (other "lost boys" from the Sudan) have encountered outright hostility from several American blacks they've encountered here. He asked us why American blacks have been so mean to them--he really doesn't understand.
I knew what I should have said but held my tongue: "This doesn't apply to all American blacks, but here's what's happening: Many American blacks don't like you because you're hard-working, you don't whine, and you don't blame everyone who isn't black for your problems. In other words, your work ethic and success proves that the NAACP poverty pimps are full of sh*t with their reparations/racism whine-a-thon."