African Immigrants Among Obama's Enthusiastic Backers (Obama The "Hope" For Africa)

The Washington Post ^ | Sunday, July 6, 2008 | Darryl Fears

[yankeedame]

Sure. What’s another few hundred billion $$ + throwing our doors open to unlimited immigration from Africa. Get some emmpty oil tankers, fill them with people at $2000 bucks a head, you could make a fortune.

Yeah, but where would you spend it in this brave new world?

[raybbr]

I’ve heard that American blacks often don’t like African blacks, whom they see as descendants of the folks who sold them into slavery. However, African blacks will qualify for Obama reparations because “white colonialism caused all the problems of Africa.” That’s what Comrade Mugabe says to Comrade Hussein, anyway.

I have not heard that. In fact, the black guys I used to work were pretty neutral about African blacks. Unless they were compromising their position of victimhood.

[rbg81]

Spend it? Surely you jest.

If you’re referring to the aid: Aside from some window dressing, boondoggle projects, the $$ would go into the pockets of the African despots (as it always has).

If you’re referring to the human cargo smuggling, you can always buy a mansion in a gated community and ride out the Brazilification of the US there. Or maybe just go to Brazil (where they are used to keeping the great unwashed in their place).

[Godwin1]

And this is news? Foreign born persons whose primary allegiance remains the Old Country will always put the Old Country’s interests before America’s. This is about as much news as the fact that the Eurotrash and liberal reporters support Obama. In my book, another reason for REAL Americans to oppose him.

[hellbender]

I was just passing on what I have heard to be a generality. I, too, know American blacks who are friendly with African ones. However, people who happen to be of the same race don’t automatically like each other. There have been times in history when American whites hated Southern whites, British whites, French whites, and German whites. Koreans don’t like Japanese much. Tutsis certainly don’t like Hutus, etc.