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I hope my earlier post on the first page didn't offend you because I do understand that not every Black Chicagoan has a southern drawl in their speech but from my personal experience almost all the Black Chicagoans I've came across had some kind of southern drawl in the speech. In my opinion it seems like the southern drawl was the strongest in the South Side of Chicago. This is just my perspective as an African American who grew up in Philadelphia.
It's actually much stronger on the west side. I remember talking to the people up there and I thought I was in Jackson, MS somewhere.
Most black Americans do live in the south, so, technically, the answer is yes. However, what's even more remarkable is the influence that southern culture has/had on the black communities in the other regions of the country.
As far as Chicago goes, of all the things they did get from the South, apparently, beautiful women isn't one of them....atleast, that's what everyone seems to say.
I know that but again you can make the same argument for people in the Northeast yet....
Not really...Black people have been in the Northeast since the beginning. NY practiced slavery too you know. The ones who are not from the Northeast are generally from another East Coast state like MD,VA, NC, SC, or GA.
I'm black and I would say the only thing African-Americans share nationwide in regards to "southernness" is the ghetto culture and yes their style of worship. It's all carried over from the south from the slave days.
Wrong. Ghetto culture has nothing to do with the South. It is more a Northern thing. Get your facts straight.
Not really...Black people have been in the Northeast since the beginning. NY practiced slavery too you know. The ones who are not from the Northeast are generally from another East Coast state like MD,VA, NC, SC, or GA.
And VA, NC, SC, and GA are Southern states. Many families from the Carolina's migrated to NY and NJ. Yes there was always there but I bet most cane through the great migration. Heck Chicago also had a size able Black population for a city in te Midwest before the great migration.
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