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Thread ID: 6609 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-05-12
2003-05-12 13:28 | User Profile
From WSJ Online: The Times quotes William Spriggs of the National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality: "Black politicians . . . haven't been able to get [black immigrants] to buy into what white America is all about, about what white privilege is. Immigrants don't come here with that understanding. We have to change our language to let them know that these are their problems."
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Black leaders say rift exists with immigrants By Steve Miller THE WASHINGTON TIMES ... Between 1970 and 2000, the share of black immigrants among the nation's black population grew from 1.3 percent to 7.8 percent. Two-thirds of all African immigrants currently in the United States arrived after 1980. Studies have also found that African-born residents in the United States are better-educated and have among the highest per-capita incomes of any immigrant group. They do not arrive in large numbers, accounting for between 5 percent and 6 percent of legal immigrants since 1997, according to federal numbers. The Economist reported in 1996 that three-quarters of African immigrants have some college experience and that one in four has an advanced degree. ... Many immigrants are not even aware of the "color line" that prevents minorities here from excelling, other panelists said in amazement. At a conference in Miami recently, panelist Beverlye Colson Neal learned that many Hispanic immigrants did not seek citizenship, only residency. "They don't care about voting and making life better; they just want to make plenty of money and send it back home, or whatever," she said.
2003-05-12 15:30 | User Profile
What does it tell you about the utter uselessness of American spabooks that fresh-off-the-boat Bantus arrive two stages in front of them on the Ascent of Man chart?
Or that they're frantically trying to mobilize efforts to devolve them back down to DaShawn and Shameeka's level?
2003-05-21 20:53 | User Profile
The English accent spiffs 'em up a little.