pleep:

On the contrary Nigerian americans are the highest achieving immigrant group in the united states according to the U.S census in 2006 33% of of Nigerians in the United States had bachelor's degrees, 17% had master's degrees,As of that year 8% of White Americans had master's degrees, and 12% of Asian Americans had master'sand 3% of Asian Americans had doctorates i dont know the number for A.A's, but one can only assume its less. As for politics. Obama is an african, and for business i dont think you can compare 12% of the U.S population to an entire continment. African americans do dominate the worldwide voice however, but that is usually through entertainment and sports.  

pleep:

I think more black americans seek to seperate themselve from Africans

pleep:

Well i would like to start of by saying that AA's have done the more for race relations and the curbing of racism than any other group, ever. And have also probably overcome the most adversity and overwhelming odds. we all benifit from your achievments. Considering all the B.S you guys had to go through black americans were doing wonderfully well until about the 1980's interestingly, when Uncle Toms Cabin was Written A.A men were known for being extraordinarily family oriented ( a very african trait) But when the crack epidemic came along it basically shattered the whole culture, and now one really thinks about the way it was before. just compare the way jesse owens or MLK (who was in his early 20's) speaks  and acts to the average black person today. it seems like A.A's have made it their mission to be as ghetto and steriotypical as possible nowadays. But anyway, the average joe nigerian seems to adore african americans and emulates you guys in every way he can (speech, music, dress, behavior). ,  but many africans, especally educated ones, dont appreciate the many negative steriotypes that get associated with them because of  A.A steriotypes. not to mention that black americans are the most ignorant people on the subject of Africa i have EVER met.

k.o.n.y:

1. Barack obama is a black american, he considers himself black american-married a black american woman and has black american kids.  Barack obama is not an african, his father was. His racial mixup (african/white) is basically what black americans are anyway

k.o.n.y:

2. Im sure nigerians are doing well for themselves but the comparison to black americans is misleading. There are no where near as many nigerian(or any other african group) americans as their are black americans. So the success of nigerians still come up short next to blacks. Blacks hold the most important positions in politics,finance,college etc by far

k.o.n.y:

3. To be honest it seems like Africans give blacks the cold shoulder. Your ignorant about our culture,we're ignorant about your culture thus the conflict. Its 50/50

k.o.n.y:

I think the whole tv/media thing is laughable. Africans are probably the worst people depicted in the media. If black americans were to go by the media we would think africa is nothing but "third-world slums",Famished children","native/tribal looking people","Dictators","12 year olds with AK-47's" etc. The african image is far far worst than the black american image. Of course intelligent people will know better but the idea that africans dislike blacks because of hip hop is crazy to me-given the circumstances.

Black american "pop" culture does export a great deal of ignorance out to the masses. But the positive side of our culture is a big force aswell. I would say bigger than any other group in the african diaspora by far. Thats why i dont get the hate

pleep:

Ill second inked Nerds post. A.A's approach african americans with a superiority complex, but Africans quickly lose respect for you guys because africans abroad are usually very academically oriented. A,A's are simply not. ive been made fun of countless times by A'A's when i was younger and went to an all black school. Many A.A's seem to think that by being smart and talking properly you are trying to act 'white',  how could africans be pround of that?

also my dads is a teacher, hes been teaching in the U.S for 20 yrs but nevertheless. the african american students always have an ignorant attitude dont try to learn. for some reason the white students always say; "i like your accent" "its so cool" "were are you from?" but the black ones always say "i cant understand you your an awful teacher" and "you should  go back to africa" after a while you get sick of the B.S from both the white people and the blacks.

Malstrom:

AInked_Nerd, I am very curious about the primary school program of Nigeria for example, What is included in the history teaching I guess u are taught history from an African point of view rather than the Eurocentric like we are taught in Europe. Like is it mainly Egypt, old African kingdoms tru the times, colonisation, independence, African wars and such? And Nigerian history and history of the tribes of Nigeria and neighbouring countries,

Since in Europe there is sadly not much more than European history. no African history in school except old Egypt.

Ron Oneal:

Its basically senseless to compare Africans to African American in terms of who is better or worse, I'm so sick of that damn argument. Over here in Germany for example, I've met some Africans who don't like African Americans simply because some of the local women here will not date an African male and exclusively prefer African American men, for cultural reasons in my experience. Some African men, but not all over, have even taken to dressing up and acting like African Americans just to get the women. In order to narrow the competition some of these men have resorted to bringing up dumb stereotypes about African Americans male such the myths about us being bad, irresponsible fathers, uncultured and disrespectful to women, its a joke. None of the African American men here hate on African men, I'm just speaking about Germany.

Ron Oneal:

@Inked_Nerd

I never said nor implied that African Americans and Africans are the same, we are different culturally which is obvious. And yes there are negative things that some African Americans but that negative stuff is the exception and not the rule among us. As for Africans, well it would be dumb for me to hate my roots, which I obviously do not, but for any African to state that African Americans conform to some dumb stereotype is wrong and vice versa. I think both are uneducated about the other.


The Africans I've had the most experience with have been Nigerians and there's not much I can say except that with the exception of some males, I get along well with Nigerians, especially the women, of course BEFORE I got married, lol. I dated one Igbo woman here in Germany, she was cool, she just had to be boss and in charge of everything lol, must have been my quiet demeanor.  I personally don't think there#s too much friction between Continental Africans and Diaspora Africans.