When Africa Comes to America: How Rising Black Immigration May Transform the US
This article from The Hindu's In Focus Weekend podcast discusses Neeraj Kaushal's new book 'When Africa Comes to America: How the Next Wave of Immigrants Will Transform the United States'. Kaushal, a Columbia University professor, argues that the future of the United States is tied to Black African immigration. A key statistic reveals that four times more Black African immigrants arrived in the US between 1990 and 2020 than were brought as slaves during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade. The analysis explores how this influx may reshape America's racial hierarchy, potentially displacing Asians as the new 'model minority', and how it might play out in an era of xenophobic white nationalism. The article also raises the question of whether India, facing the end of its demographic dividend, should consider encouraging African immigration.
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