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Inner Racial Conflict

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There seems to be growing tension between American-born Blacks and Black immigrants. Host Ian Smith examines the irony of a divided Diaspora on this week’s “Meet the Faith.”

West African comedian Michael Blackson, BET correspondent Jeff Johnson and Michelle Bernard, president of the Independent Women’s Forum, shared insights about relations between Black Americans and the 2 million foreign-born brothers and sisters who now call the United States home. “Coming to America for any African is like a dream come true,” says Blackson.

Unfortunately, Johnson suggests, ignorance is to blame for much of the existing tension. “What is the Diaspora? Many Blacks “don’t know what that means,” Johnson says. “It’s an education process.” What do you think?
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