White people still treat you worse than Patel but you are considered a step up above us if you lay the "Afrikaness" or whatever you wanna call it on thick.
You don't necessarily have to be a token Afric00n but based on how well Nigerian Americans do well in school this fuels the positive perception in relation to African Americans who de-emphasize studious activities in children and focus more on athletics.
Eh, white people will use whatever stereotypes fuel their agenda at the moment.
"Nigerians are really smart" can easily turn into "Nigerians are scammers and theives"
I don't believe black AAs devalue studious activities in favor of education, I believe white supremacy has done a masterful job of that already.
Lets not act like the Little Rock 9 were trying to integrate so they could be better at sports.
We're getting off topic here, but you don't have to look far in the past at all to see how America valued a degree from a black person vs a degree from a white person.
The only way you could make similar money to white people was in the world of sports. That devaluing of black education has been a tool of WS since slavery (making reading punishable by death)