We continually hear that the blacks in America have been held back because of racism. If true,how does one explain how successful the Nigerians have been in this country? If racism is truly holding back the blacks, the Nigerians who emigrated here would have never gotten a foot hold in this country to be successful.
The 2016 American Community Survey also found that among Nigerian-American professionals, 45 per cent work in education services with several others being professors at some of the top universities.
Nigerian-Americans are also increasingly entering into entrepreneurship and building tech companies in the US.
On the medical field, you will find them there too; as they continue to abandon their home country to work in American hospitals for better pay and working conditions.
Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu is a Nigerian-American physician
Despite racism and discrimination, Nigerian-Americans have not stopped excelling in the United States, as they are currently one of the country’s most successful immigrant communities, with a median household income of $62,351, compared to $57,617 nationally, as of 2015.
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The 2016 American Community Survey also found that among Nigerian-American professionals, 45 per cent work in education services with several others being professors at some of the top universities.
Nigerian-Americans are also increasingly entering into entrepreneurship and building tech companies in the US.
On the medical field, you will find them there too; as they continue to abandon their home country to work in American hospitals for better pay and working conditions.

Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu is a Nigerian-American physician
Despite racism and discrimination, Nigerian-Americans have not stopped excelling in the United States, as they are currently one of the country’s most successful immigrant communities, with a median household income of $62,351, compared to $57,617 nationally, as of 2015.

Why Nigerians are the most successful immigrant group in the U.S. - Face2Face Africa
Dr Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Nigerian immigrant parents. Her mother is a retired engineer and now a professor at Walden University. Her father, a retired professor, is now a strategist at a consulting firm focused on governance in Africa. Olayiwola, just like...
