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Is there some sort of reason that you do not get along with those particular groups and not others or are those the only Africans that you know (as I am Nigerian)?
Most students who are foreigners would get a student visa specifically designed to JUST come to school and leave when it is obtained, so the "special" funding has already been applied. I believe that the issue of discussion (or rather, what I have brought up) is the case of Africans who are citizens, but have the desire to eventually want to return to their country of origin when they obtain what they want from the US. It is felt that they don't "care" about the U.S. The mentality is "get mine and get out"
I think some of the other tensions arise because those who are AAs rather than American born AAs do not share the same perspective when it comes to being black in the US. I know that most of my African friends (foreigners and those 1st or 2nd generation Americans) feel that it is their hard work, tenacity, and sheer will to succeed because they have no other choice that gives them that push to succeed. It is the thought that hard work can overcome all. My American born AAs feel that although that it is the case, the long term affects of slavery is what keeps us down and despite our best efforts, there will be new and improved ways for us to stay there.
There are merits to both sides, but I wanted to see what others feel about it.
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