Black Immigrants Overrepresented in the Ivy League

[Number23]

"Blacks native to America--or JBs are we are sometimes wont to call them--are not well-represented in the Ivy League.

Black immigrant student or those who parents are immigrants are, by contrast, overrepresented in relative to their figures in the general population. Few are aware of this fact because both groups are ostensibly Black."

..."Immigrant blacks," who come from families who have emigrated from the West Indies or Africa (mostly Ghana or Nigeria), make up 41 percent of Ivy League schools, according to a 2007 study by Princeton and University of Pennsylvania researchers. In contrast, black immigrants only make up 13 percent of the black population of 18-19 year olds in the United States.

Article here

[JI7]

1. doesn't this apply to some non black students also ?

[Number23]

2. I think you're right. The trend has usually been that immigrants tended to be

more successful in schools (better grades, achieving advanced degrees) than American-born members of the same community.

[w4rma]

3. Is that what the current excuse is? (nt)

[Number23]

4. If you clarified what your question is, you may get a helpful answer.