I could only imagine how awful it would be to be an African immigrant coming to America with all the Ebola rumors that all Africans carry the disease. ... To African-Immigrants, what America is to them has probably also been tainted because of the media or other things. ... For example in high school or college, in any setting, people are not going to notice the quiet black kid sitting in the corner doing their homework, they are going to notice the loud kids who are maybe not listening to the teacher or being disrespectful. ... It is hard to speak from an Africans point of view being an Afric...

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After the West Africans converted, they attempted to mix Islam with traditional African religions. ... He brings this up so that the reader may eventually link how the early differences between West African Islam and orthodox Islam would carry over to the twentieth century during the initiation of new American Islam in the black Community. ... The author describes the customs and clothing of these trailblazers, and also emphasizes that they all were well educated. ... The author wants to show us that Blyden's sentiments would carry over into the twentieth century, when Pan-Africanist wo...

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