Barack Obama to allow 100K Haitians into the US without Visas

[William F. Russell]

I understand as a Haitian it's only right you come into their defence, I'm African so I understand, however we can't begin to rewrite history. These resources and scholarships were for African Americans, it's insulting to the hard work African Americans spent years building for a better standard of living for their children for you to say all those African Americans fighting were doing it for 'blacks in America' or 'Nigerians in America'. No, no that's incorrect. These resources were always for African Americans, fought for by African Americans and died for by African Americans.

'Blacks in America' ofcourse now benefit from the hard work African Americans did but that doesn't mean that the fact they benefit from it means it was initally meant for them.

Is there a reason African Americans will be 'threatened' by Haitains while not being 'threatened' by Nigerians ? Honestly.....

You honestly think this is them being 'jealous' ? lol. funny.

1. Don't patronize me.

2. Show me where these scholarships said exclusively for AAs (as opposed to blacks or "negroes"). The point of the scholarships were to increase the number of BLACKS. Yes, AAs were present at the time they were founded (and probably were expected to benefit from them) but the main purpose of the scholarships were to increase the number of BLACKS. And even if you can prove that those scholarships were made specifically for AAs, what does that say about AAs that non-AA blacks are beating them to scholarships designed for them?

3. AAs are just as threatened by Africans as they are by Caribbeans (Haitians). Don't re-write history and act like Africans don't look down on AAs and vice-versa. Your bias is showing.

 

[William F. Russell]

I've never in my life heard anyone ever mention being jealous of Haitian success, but that's neither here nor there tbh.......

Thank goodness you're only one person.

 

[Poitier]

We will see how these 100,000 Haitians adapt in Black communities. We will see how Pan African they are. I have a feeling they will use their numbers in places like Miami to go against Black Americans politically.

 

[African NOT Amerikkkan]

I would give Obama a +10 positive rep for this decision

 

[loyola llothta]

Pan African

 

[Poitier]

This dude also doesn't understand that the best 800,000 Black Americans would dwarf the 800,000 Haitians living here

 

[William F. Russell]

We will see how these 100,000 Haitians adapt in Black communities. We will see how Pan African they are. I have a feeling they will use their numbers in places like Miami to go against Black Americans politically.

Save all your anger and energy for the MILLIONS Jews, Asians, and Latinos who come into your community, refuse to assimilate to "black culture" (whatever that means), start their own businesses, take your money, use that money to send their children to predominantly white schools and prosper for themselves and their own communities.

Your anger is misplaced.

 

[William F. Russell]

This dude also doesn't understand that the best 800,000 Black Americans would dwarf the 800,000 Haitians living here

Mere speculation.

 

[Poitier]

Save all your anger and energy for the MILLIONS Jews, Asians, and Latinos who come into your community,

what?

 

[69 others]

So, if you have no interest in learning about the culture of a place or how they live why move there ? Ofcourse, we all know the answer to that for better oppurtunities and resources. Which goes back to exactly what @Poitier is saying, you have people jumping on planes to use resources who have no interest in integrating culturally. A detriment to the home folks....

how is it detrimental to african americans when most of those people come here work, pay taxes, and overall net give more than they take. please give state some instances where you know black immigrants are taking from AA

 

[Poitier]

Mere speculation.

Its fact

Oprah alone = 800,000 Haitians living here

 

[Theraflu]

1. Don't patronize me.

2. Show me where these scholarships said exclusively for AAs (as opposed to blacks or "negroes"). The point of the scholarships were to increase the number of BLACKS. Yes, AAs were present at the time they were founded (and probably were expected to benefit from them) but the main purpose of the scholarships were to increase the number of BLACKS. And even if you can prove that those scholarships were made specifically for AAs, what does that say about AAs that non-AA blacks are beating them to scholarships designed for them?

3. AAs are just as threatened by Africans as they are by Caribbeans (Haitians). Don't re-write history and act like Africans don't look down on AAs and vice-versa. Your bias is showing.

1. No need to patronize

2. LOL @ 'probably were expected to benefit from them'. Probably ? So if African Americans were the people who fought for a rule to be created, your assumption is they 'probably' just fought for it for themselves, huh ? they 'probably' did all that marching for themselves. We can't really be sure can we ? They did alll of that for kicks. Yes, that sounds right.

3. No-one is threatened by Haitains.

 

[GreatestLaker]

how is it detrimental to african americans when most of those people come here work, pay taxes, and overall net give more than they take. please give state some instances where you know black immigrants are taking from AA

I'm here wondering the same thing.

 

[William F. Russell]

1. No need to patronize

2. LOL @ 'probably were expected to benefit from them'. Probably ? So if African Americans were the people who fought for a rule to be created, your assumption is they 'probably' just fought for it for themselves, huh ? they 'probably' did all that marching for themselves. We can't really be sure can we ? They did alll of that for kicks. Yes, that sounds right.

3. No-one is threatened by Haitains.

1. So stop.

2. No, what I'm saying is that white people (i.e., the government) gave black people the resources that y'all claim are yours. If they were truly AAs' resources, then y'all wouldn't have to worry about the government cutting down on spending for those resources or taking them away outright. The resources that you are claiming are for AAs actually belong to dominant society. AAs have no more ownership over these resources than black immigrants who live in the black community (or in American in general).

3. No one is threatened by Nigerians.

 

[Canon]

this thread is wild