An African In America

  As someone that has taught in the American school system for a while, I believe I have enough experience to talk about this issue. Nigerian or even African students are having a hard time in American schools. Especially in highschools, these kids suffer great deal of discrimination and intimidation.  American kids usually look down on their African counterparts, they see them as less than. They are mocked and made fun of at will. Even the American kids that come close for 'friendship', end up using this opportunity to ask rather demeaning questions, just to make them feel bad. The major culprits in this type of behavior are the African-American students. They could care less when expressing their hatred for African students. They engage primarily in name calling, bullying, and sometimes even gang up to beat up the African students. And this definitely creates a feeling of inferiority in the African kids, and this makes them become loners, and then see school as a form of pun...