Michael Kamuyu, a Kenyan native and part-time instructor in the Department of Africana Studies at Wayne State University, offered his perspective on why the black culture in America is kept apart from other cultures. "A lot of Africans born in America are not even comfortable with being called African," he said. "They get offended, as if they've just been insulted. Until blacks here in this country stop being scared to call themselves Africans, our cultures will continually be kept apart - not by oppression, but by the ignorance that stands in between us." Jason Booza, a WSU Demographer, is quoted in the story about the large numbers of Nigerians living in Texas, New York and Maryland (a total of approximately 52,000), and how they are influencing those communities as they launch businesses, buy homes and have children in the school systems. "When you have small geographically based constituencies like that, yes, they can be a factor," Booza said.