i don't think i've ever met a native Nigerian who wasn't way smart. how's that happen?

11/8/2007 11:08:36 PM

haha, same

most 1st gen's i have met are smart tho, no matter what ethnicity

11/8/2007 11:09:29 PM

the smart ones get out?

11/8/2007 11:09:30 PM

alright, who hacked into ken's account?

11/8/2007 11:09:36 PM

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"the smart ones get out?"

Well, that, and the smart ones can get out.

US immigration law is incredibly strict. Unless you can make a damn good case for being a refugee, your odds of getting over here from Africa as anything less than a smart cookie are pretty much nonexistant.

11/8/2007 11:11:29 PM

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"no matter what ethnicity"

see that's the thing though. i don't recall ever meeting any particularly well educated Ethiopians, South Africans, Congese, Sudanese, Algerians, Botswanians, etc

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 11:13 PM. Reason : except for Egyptians. they don't really count as Africans though]

11/8/2007 11:11:30 PM

Morocco?

11/8/2007 11:16:48 PM

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"see that's the thing though. i don't recall ever meeting any particularly well educated Ethiopians, South Africans, Congese, Sudanese, Algerians, Botswanians, etc"

A lot of those have a better chance of qualifying as refugees. The exception would be South Africans, but in South Africa you don't need to be *quite* such a genius to get into college, either, if only because there's a college to get into.

11/8/2007 11:39:06 PM