Billy Ram Balgobin posted:Chief posted:Carribean immigrants who also classified themselves as blacks are doing way better than African Americans in NYc.
Al Sharpton would disagree with you.
Why do you think he would. A common lament of black Americans of his generation is that "these West Indians take all the jobs, and all the houses". The debate isn't that black immigrants do better. Its about WHY they do better.
Statistics indicate that black immigrants do better ONLY among those who are less educated. Black Americans with college degrees do better than black immigrants. Black Americans who didn't finish high school do tremendously worse. So the problem isn't among black Americans overall. Its among those locked in the poverty syndrome.