Why the All-Ivy League Story Stirs Up Tensions Between African Immigrants and Black Americans

Why the All-Ivy League Story Stirs Up Tensions Between African Immigrants and Black Americans - The Wire:
"The story of the first-generation Ghanian-American student accepted by all eight Ivy league schools is wonderful, but it also stirs up the tension between black Americans and recent African immigrants — especially when you describe him as "not a typical African-American kid."
That's been the reaction to USA Today's profile on Kwasi Enin, a Long Island high schooler who got into the nation's most competitive schools through hard work and, according to IvyWise CEO Katherine Cohen, being African (and being male).

At one point the piece reads:
"Being a first-generation American from Ghana also helps him stand out", Cohen says. "He's not a typical African-American kid.""