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To: bentway who wrote (734157)	8/22/2013 2:31:57 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578499

You referring to Obama?

To: bentway who wrote (734157)	8/22/2013 2:59:58 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578499

I've worked with loads of such folks .. from Nigeria, Liberia, Chad, Angola. Granted they are educated and sharp or they wouldn't be working in the oil industry. They also weren't subjected to our inner city public school system and modern black American culture where being educated is "acting white". Their early education was always in a place where their parents had to pay fees to send them to school, had to buy their books, and by golly, expected them to learn. Education wasn't free there and was a privilege.

To: bentway who wrote (734157)	8/22/2013 4:05:10 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578499

blame liberals and their victimhood policies, pretty simple to figure it out, but you are a moron

To: bentway who wrote (734157)	8/22/2013 5:13:23 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1578499

>The African has an innate pride and self-worth the American black seems to lack. He wasn't descended from former slaves, and doesn't feel one bit inferior or in any way disadvantaged compared to me. Well, often an African who makes it here is coming from status in Africa. Bottom line though -- when a group of people immigrates to a new location, and they're not accepted by a certain point (I believe the third generation), they are highly unlikely to ever gain a foothold. African Americans had been here for like 15 generations before Jim Crow was struck down, and (as we can tell here) they're still not totally accepted here. -Z