SeaSnake
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@Elzo69Renaissance gave me this thread idea. We all know about the beef between African Americans, Africans, and Caribbeans. We know the stereotypes they think African Americans are lazy, sex crazed, fatherless, complainers who squandered MLK dream. I think a lot of this beef stems from school yard jokes and etc.
But the part about squandering opportunities always threw me off because it came from a place of disrespect and not understanding history of the US. It made me wonder though many African immigrants believe in higher education no matter where they from or where they go. One of the first stereotypes was about Nigerian families wanting you to be a doctor or engineer. And that’s a vast amount of knowledge and progress by a small group. So I wonder why they don’t go back home and make their home up to par.
Now I know this is a deeply layered question with various answers. I know parts of Africa have an extreme problem of instability and corruption and exploitation. As a whole Africa is filled with resources I don’t know about population numbers and I know they gotta deal with Western influences Chinese influences and Arabs.
Im rambling here but I feel like if there was a push by Africans to go home and take charge it would benefit the world. Like some Golden Age shit.
But the part about squandering opportunities always threw me off because it came from a place of disrespect and not understanding history of the US. It made me wonder though many African immigrants believe in higher education no matter where they from or where they go. One of the first stereotypes was about Nigerian families wanting you to be a doctor or engineer. And that’s a vast amount of knowledge and progress by a small group. So I wonder why they don’t go back home and make their home up to par.
Now I know this is a deeply layered question with various answers. I know parts of Africa have an extreme problem of instability and corruption and exploitation. As a whole Africa is filled with resources I don’t know about population numbers and I know they gotta deal with Western influences Chinese influences and Arabs.
Im rambling here but I feel like if there was a push by Africans to go home and take charge it would benefit the world. Like some Golden Age shit.