29. "nah. given the economic realities of who African immigrants have been?" In response to In response to 0
they are VERY different. Educated, skilled professionals are the bulk of the black immigrant class, most of whom would not have been allowed into the country before the Civil Rights Act overturned racial quotas in immigration. The grandchildren of educated, skilled professionals from Ghana, or Nigeria, or Kenya are =/= to the grandkids of sharecroppers from Louisiana, skills-wise, economically, or even socially. Two very different groups, with VERY different political and economic needs