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its still annoying to feel like caribbean-americans, cap-verdeans, afro-brazilians are irrelevant. african-americans tend to do that a lot.
Huh? He was clearly talking about Black American history by referencing the Great Migration and the percentage of Blacks who lived in the South before that phenomenon and afterwards. You're being entirely too sensitive here and making a non-issue an issue.
I think the reason you wrote this is because blacks are originally from the south. In reality NYC, Chicago, L.A, Detroit are the main reasons why the black swag was elevated to a higher level during the great migration etc while the south was viewed as backwards and slow.
Actualy blacks are not originally all from the South.New York had slavery also you know.People forget this..You cannot elevate something unless it exist.
The South gave the culture which is the foundation for African Americans all over the country in which they have constantly built up from,
Everywhere in the world,the strongest culture from food to music we view highly today came out of years of hardship and struggle.
So whether you call it "backwards and and slow".the greatest creative souls were born out of those such environments.
Haiti is one place that has so much to be proud of despite its economic hardships.How do you separate the culture of Haiti from the culture of Haitian Americans?
its still annoying to feel like caribbean-americans, cap-verdeans, afro-brazilians are irrelevant. african-americans tend to do that a lot.
Well in your statement you basically made a distinction that is evident when you say Caribbean_,Afro-Latinos Africans etc, you already made a distinction that culturally you have a different define culture from those places
How can it not be anything else if most blacks in America like my family having been in America at least since the 1790's?
Its not discounting the contribution of those cultures to American culture but when you have generations that have been here versus cultures that are coming direct from other places.its not quite the same when you can pinpoint an exact place like Haiti,Brazil or Cape Verde as a place that still exist today.
Huh? He was clearly talking about Black American history by referencing the Great Migration and the percentage of Blacks who lived in the South before that phenomenon and afterwards. You're being entirely too sensitive here and making a non-issue an issue.
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Originally Posted by Sharif662
This Is America
I'm a Black/African American.
( Shrugs).
fair enuff. but this is the post i was originally quoting:
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Originally Posted by iLoveFashion
I think the reason you wrote this is because blacks are originally from the south. In reality NYC, Chicago, L.A, Detroit are the main reasons why the black swag was elevated to a higher level during the great migration etc while the south was viewed as backwards and slow.
i was being half facetious is my response meaning that theres a significant black population whose ancestry doesnt originate from the southern u.s. who are still black. not a big deal but i like to point it out when there is an opportunity.
Well in your statement you basically made a distinction that is evident when you say Caribbean_,Afro-Latinos Africans etc, you already made a distinction that culturally you have a different define culture from those places
How can it not be anything else if most blacks in America like my family having been in America at least since the 1790's?
Its not discounting the contribution of those cultures to American culture but when you have generations that have been here versus cultures that are coming direct from other places.its not quite the same when you can pinpoint an exact place like Haiti,Brazil or Cape Verde as a place that still exist today.
can you please restate this, i'm on dogz not trying to sound condescending but i'm not understanding this and i wanna' have a discussion (sometimes in writing you miss meaning that would be picked up in tone of voice).
i guess if i were to take a stab at it: my parents and parents' pareents and parents' parents' parents' ... have probably been in north america since the 1790's too so we are still neighbors (haïti is only like 500 miles from florida). i feel like the capital of black america should be inclusive of all black americans and not just african-americans (though they are the majority).
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Why is Seattle even on this poll? Its like 10% black. Might as well put Billings Montana while you at
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