Why is Poitier an insecure fakkit? Alway pickin on other black groups :dahell:

[bouncy]

You listed my country. I'm not Jamaican

i bet at least 80% of them are Canadian

I guess you was right. Is this how black canadians act! I thought they was straight.

I guess I was listening to too much Kardinal Official,and Saukrates

 

[Nomad1]

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What are you interested in developing in Ethiopia?

I'm half Amhara, but my mother also has Afar and Tigray (Eritrean) roots and goes back often.

ethiopian excellence

 

[IllmaticDelta]

You listed my country. I'm not Jamaican

stop lying

 

[IllmaticDelta]

The majority of Nigerians who move to America or elsewhere do not belong to the elite class. Rich Nigerians may send their kids to the US/UK to study but they will always expect them to come back to whatever elite job that they have waiting for them as Nigeria is a nepotistic country, although this is changing somewhat. The ones that go there to stay tend to come from poorer backgrounds. I'm not sure but I get the feeling that you're trying to downplay the achievements of many Nigerians abroad by implying that their sucess is due to their privileged backgrounds. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

They might not be rich but they are from a more educated/ambitious/better off, self selected minority when you compare them to the masses within their homelands. This type off self selection holds (it can be skewed towards poorer types too, for the record) true for all emigrants who leave their native land to live in another nation. I once posted this for an example




Take this for example...a great example of self selection


Indian Americans: The New Model Minority

Most Americans know only one thing about Indians–they are really good at spelling bees. When Sameer Mishra correctly spelled guerdon last May to win the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee, he became the sixth Indian-American winner in the past 10 years. Finishing second was Sidharth Chand. Kavya Shivashankar took fourth place, and Janhnavi Iyer grabbed the eighth spot. And this was not even the banner year for Indian Americans–in 2005, the top four finishers were all of Indian descent.

It’s tempting to dismiss Indian-American dominance of the spelling bee as just a cultural idiosyncrasy. But Indian success in more important fields is just as eye-catching. Despite constituting less than 1% of the U.S. population, Indian-Americans are 3% of the nation’s engineers, 7% of its IT workers and 8% of its physicians and surgeons. The overrepresentation of Indians in these fields is striking–in practical terms, your doctor is nine times more likely to be an Indian-American than is a random passerby on the street.

Indian Americans are in fact a new “model minority.” This term dates back to the 1960s, when East Asians–Americans of Chinese, Japanese and Korean descent–were noted for their advanced educations and high earnings.

East Asians continue to excel in the U.S, but among minority groups, Indians are clearly the latest and greatest “model.” In 2007, the median income of households headed by an Indian American was approximately $83,000, compared with $61,000 for East Asians and $55,000 for whites.

About 69% of Indian Americans age 25 and over have four-year college degrees, which dwarfs the rates of 51% and 30% achieved by East Asians and whites, respectively. Indian Americans are also less likely to be poor or in prison, compared with whites.

So why do Indian Americans perform so well? A natural answer is self-selection. Someone willing to pull up roots and move halfway around the world will tend to be more ambitious and hardworking than the average person. But people want to come to the U.S. for many reasons, some of which–being reunited with other family members, for example–have little to do with industriousness. Ultimately, immigration policy decides which kinds of qualities our immigrants possess.
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Under our current immigration policy, a majority of legal immigrants to the U.S. obtain green cards (permanent residency) because they have family ties to U.S. citizens, but a small number (15% in 2007) are selected specifically for their labor market value. The proportion of Indian immigrants given an employment-related green card is one of the highest of any nationality. Consequently, it is mainly India’s educated elite and their families who come to the U.S.
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Indian Americans: The New Model Minority

Now compare that tiny minority in America to their homeland



Thirty-three percent of world’s poorest live in India

Thirty-three percent of world’s poorest live in India

One in three of world's poorest live in India

One in three of world's poorest live in India


Why the big gap? It's a matter of numbers and what types of emigrants (poorer types, more motivated and educated) is the country in question sending out and abroad.

 

[Enzo]

What are you interested in developing in Ethiopia?

I'm half Amhara, but my mother also has Afar and Tigray (Eritrean) roots and goes back often.

Tadias/Kamelahi,

It's good to see more habeshas on the Coli. I remember back on SOHH, it was only like me and this other dude from VA named Mr. Swag lol.

But back to your question. Well, the goal of the Diaspora Homecoming Project is to plan group trips back to Africa and to Diasporic communities throughout the world and document and collect user-generated content from the Diaspora community so that they can leave breadcrumbs for the next generation. Imagine your little cousin or my little cousin who has never been back home but wants to visit. They can use our platform to find you (assuming you're friends on FB) and relive your stories so that they can get a better idea of what going back home is like in the eyes of a Diaspora traveller. Your afram and african friends can also do the same so they can understand Africa from an Ethiopian-American lens, something more similar to their scope of view. Basically, the goal is to create an interactive travel guide to bridge the diaspora divide. We don't need Anthony Bourdain to tell our story, we can tell our own. And the amazing thing about it is it's scalable for every country in the African Diaspora (Caribbean/South America/Africa). If you're interested in helping or learning more, feel free to DM me.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

We don't need Anthony Bourdain to tell our story,

You must have seen that episode of his show with marcus samuelsson

 

[semtex]

12 pages fukk wrong wit yall

 

[Enzo]

You must have seen that episode of his show with marcus samuelsson

I'm glad they shows a different side of Ethiopia and even went to gurage country (my tribe) but come on Marcus and Maya. You guys barely showed Ethiopia. And you didn't need this guy to show it. Marcus and Maya on their own doing a cooking/travel doc would have done numbers on the board.

All good though, next generation will know what's up.

 

[Elle Driver]

Tadias/Kamelahi,

It's good to see more habeshas on the Coli. I remember back on SOHH, it was only like me and this other dude from VA named Mr. Swag lol.

But back to your question. Well, the goal of the Diaspora Homecoming Project is to plan group trips back to Africa and to Diasporic communities throughout the world and document and collect user-generated content from the Diaspora community so that they can leave breadcrumbs for the next generation. Imagine your little cousin or my little cousin who has never been back home but wants to visit. They can use our platform to find you (assuming you're friends on FB) and relive your stories so that they can get a better idea of what going back home is like in the eyes of a Diaspora traveller. Your afram and african friends can also do the same so they can understand Africa from an Ethiopian-American lens, something more similar to their scope of view. Basically, the goal is to create an interactive travel guide to bridge the diaspora divide. We don't need Anthony Bourdain to tell our story, we can tell our own. And the amazing thing about it is it's scalable for every country in the African Diaspora (Caribbean/South America/Africa). If you're interested in helping or learning more, feel free to DM me.

Interesting. I've been thinking of possible fellowships in Africa (except South Africa, no shade).

You must have seen that episode of his show with marcus samuelsson

My mother was so mad about that.

 

[Anwulika]

They might not be rich but they are from a more educated/ambitious/better off, self selected minority when you compare them to the masses within their homelands. This type off self selection holds (it can be skewed towards poorer types too, for the record) true for all emigrants who leave their native land to live in another nation. I once posted this for an example


Why the big gap? It's a matter of numbers and what types of emigrants (poorer types, more motivated and educated) is the country in question sending out and abroad.

First of all, this is not true with regards to Nigerians abroad. The vast majority of those who travel abroad are not necessarily smarter, richer, more ambitious than their Nigerian-bound counterparts but they are simply luckier. You may laugh at this simplistic reasoning but it's the truth. If you were a Nigerian then you would know that many Nigerian cultures put a lot of emphasis on education, particularly the Yorubas and the Igbos, and that's including the poorest of the poor. Even Nigerians who aren't very well educated will want rectify that or at least ensure that their children are well educated. Hence, why in countries such as the US/UK, where Nigerians have significant populations, Nigerian children tend to do really well in school. You cannot say with certainty that this is because of a more educated background as their backgrounds are diverse.
With regards to being 'ambitious', well that seems like a cop out as you could say that any successful person got to where they are because of 'ambition'.

Lastly, I'm quite confused as to why you thought it relevant to only use sources about people in India as opposed to Nigerians. I may have missed the parts about Nigerians so I will check it again.

Edit: I just checked them again and nowhere does it mention Nigeria or Nigerians. I will clarify that I was only speaking about Nigerians, not any of the other nationalities that that poster mentioned as I know little about those countries.

 

[Poitier]

Nigerian cultures put a lot of emphasis on education, particularly the Yorubas and the Igbos, and that's including the poorest of the poor.

 

[Anwulika]

Is it possible for you to refute what I said with facts and/or an argument?

 

[Poitier]

Is it possible for you to refute what I said with facts and/or an argument?

Nigeria itself refutes your argument.

 

[Anwulika]

Nigeria itself refutes your argument.

In what way?

 

[Gains]

40 pg fukkery


good job @Poitier