Although I am known to point out the many differences between immigrants of African descent and African-Americans, I know that there are also many similarities that link the two groups; most good and some not so good. One of which is the prejudice between light and darker blacks that has created distorted image perceptions and [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
A day of reflection…
As we watched the son of an immigrant become the United States’ 44th President, I think back to all the difficult situations that we, or our parents, have had to overcome. For all those times people assumed that I was a refugee (because all immigrants are), grew up in slums (again, because all immigrants did), [...]
