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That's because the people from those areas did not face the travails that american blacks went through. I believe that that slavery thing and back-of-the-bus th

• cema 16y ago
  I suspect the reason is closer to what you wrote in the second paragraph than the first paragraph. Personal point of view, longing for education and hard work may be accounting for most of the immigrants' success, and vice versa. This attitude, imho, does stem (perhaps to a very large extent) from the racial situation in the USA before the 1960s, however, it is not its direct consequence and, moreover, that situation was not unique to the US (especially if we go back to "that slavery thing", widespread in the West Indies and indeed around the world, unfortunately). Incidentally, while I appear to mostly disagree with you on this issue, I had to upvote you back to neutral (1 point) because I thought your comment was legitimate and thoughtful and did not deserve a downvote.
  • jeb 16y ago
    Votes don't matter, doing the right thing is not a popularity contest. People who are raised in a lower class from which there is no breaking out become apathetic. In the west-indies or in Africa, even though they were poor, they could always become rich. They could always become upper class just by working hard and making money. In the U.S, this was impossible until very very recently, because just by being black, you could not be upper class. If MTV would not play black music, then what white man would say 'sir' to a black man in the 80s? When there is no opportunity for you to advance, you become apathetic and resigned to your fate. It's difficult to work hard when you have already been told you'll never get promoted. Immigrant blacks don't see the ceiling. As more immigrant blacks come in, the american black children are looking up to these people, and the attitudes are changing. But this is a slow process, and would be accelerated by increasing the average educational level of the American black.