Guys like Tox, and even you sometimes for that matter, bring up these points that are so full of anectdotal evidence and generalities that it is at times hard to even take them seriously. Cherry picking the first generation offspring of the immigrants of one African country (a small sample size i'm sure) and contrasting them against the entirety of everyone of African descent in this country is ludicrous and doesn't really warrant a serious answer. Half the questions posed for debate on this site don't warrant real ponderance. This is why Slim and I joke so much. Most of the questions Tox asks are borderline rhetorical but if I must give a real answer to questions which don't deserve, here goes.
For one, most children of immigrants, excluding refugees and those from countries that share a commom land mass with the US (including South America, which is only seperated by a man made canal, most children of immigrants have high rates of success. It is not easy to immigrate into the US, especially when not seeking asylum or simply sneeking across a border. The parents of these children are usually professionals of some means, immigration is extremely expensive, and usually have very high scholastic standards for their children. Speaking of high scholastic standards, Americans, in general and regardless of race, are falling behind other countries on the education front. We are raising lazy, unmotivated children obsessed with electronic, internet capable devices. We've fallen behind in both education and extracurriculars. How many American chidren play an instrument compared to 50 years ago? How many speak a second language, not counting one spoken in the household predominantly? Immigrants from many African countries like their counterparts from many European countries and many Asian countries, do better because they are 1. Pushed harder. 2. Often have resources afforded them to facilitate doing better. These children often do better than American born whites as well. We like to paint this picture of white America that is one of prosperity, of the fodder of Norman Rockwell paintings but frankly, a large portion of that is the upper 5% bringing up the average. Their are plenty of people of European decent struggling in this country, especially in the South and Midwest/rust belt, and they are being swept under the rug. That is one part of the answer. A real answer to a question that frankly didn't deserve one.
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