why is the percentage of African immigrants with college and graduate degrees higher than whites and Asians??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africans_in_the_United_States#_ref-5
2007-10-20 09:45:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I see! Why is it, really?
That no one is going to agree, we all trying to come up with different excuses of why this is!
I also came up with the same excuses as yours!
But I was like , wait, maybe they are doing good. Why don't I just accept it!
2007-10-20 11:41:33 · update #1
This is just a guess but probably most (not all) white and asian countries economies offer more oppotunity for educated residents to make a decent living and have less civil strife so they have less reason to immigrate. While african countries are in trouble economicly due to the civil unrest there like I said this is just a guess
2007-10-20 10:29:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bishop 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe more Asians and Europeans get their degrees and go back to their home country because they can find jobs there using their degrees. African's can't, and have more opportunities in America. There are a lot of poor areas in Asia--you see their numbers are high as well, for people staying in America after getting their degree. However, there are more prosperous European nations, and it seems easier to travel between them due to the EU, so Europeans can go back to Europe. Just my guess.
2007-10-20 11:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by SMS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's very interesting. But I need to see concrete numbers instead of percentages to determine the reasons. The only number I see is that there are only 600,000 African immigrants currently living in the US. This article is kind of confusing regarding the Asian statistics. One part states Asian "immigrants" but in the chart it states Asian "American". If they are comparing African immigrants with Asian "Americans" - there are over 11.9 million Asian "Americans" in the U.S. I am not sure what the numbers are for Asian "immigrants".
2007-10-20 11:10:59 · answer #3 · answered by GoYankees&Giants! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because the populations of Africa are either very rich or very poor with very little middle ground, maybe college is more affordable, maybe those without college believe they can't get a visa and don't even try.
There are really too many variables for me to even try to make a guess.
2007-10-20 10:29:49 · answer #4 · answered by Drixnot 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Note that it says African immigrants. It does not say African Americans.
2007-10-20 11:58:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can go to work for La Raza, or they can work in sanctuary cities, like San Fran and LA. If they can get a good fake ID, they can work just about anywhere. Of course, they can go to work for about any Left wing group, especially the Democrat party!
2016-05-23 22:16:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋