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I'm assuming the city has a majority Black or African-American population. But what about other Blacks in the city? Where do you tend to find Caribbean people? I've been under the impression that the Flatbush area in Brooklyn was mainly Caribbean people. Do many Black-Americans live in Flatbush or is it mainly Caribbean people?
Also where can African immigrant groups be found in the city?
Most black people in NYC are from the Caribbean/West Indies. I know very few African-Americans aka black folks whose ancestry can be traced in the United States going back to the slave ships. Those that I do know live in Harlem and parts of the South Bronx. Most other black person I know is Jamaican, Haitian, and occasionally West African.
Most black people in NYC are from the Caribbean/West Indies. I know very few African-Americans aka black folks whose ancestry can be traced in the United States going back to the slave ships. Those that I do know live in Harlem and parts of the South Bronx.
That's interesting. I didn't realize the Caribbean population was larger than the AA population. What about Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn where Spike Lee grew up? Is that area more Caribbean to?
That's interesting. I didn't realize the Caribbean population was larger than the AA population. What about Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn where Spike Lee grew up? Is that area more Caribbean to?
Though I don't think that poster is that far off from the truth I'd like to see some numbers backup that claim instead of anecdotal evidence. Bed-Stuy is mixed with AA and Caribbeans. Places like Crown Heights, Brownsville, and Flatbush are probably predominantly carribbean.
Growing up and attending public school here in the city I don't know if left out is the correct phrase, but I did feel different since I don't come from a carribbean background like alot of my peers.
Though I don't think that poster is that far off from the truth I'd like to see some numbers backup that claim instead of anecdotal evidence. Bed-Stuy is mixed with AA and Caribbeans. Places like Crown Heights, Brownsville, and Flatbush are probably predominantly carribbean.
Growing up and attending public school here in the city I don't know if left out is the correct phrase, but I did feel different since I don't come from a carribbean background like alot of my peers.
That got me thinking, and its true, multi-generational African Americans are in the minority and they are even rare in some parts of BK. They are all from the Caribbean or first generation.
I'm assuming the city has a majority Black or African-American population. But what about other Blacks in the city? Where do you tend to find Caribbean people? I've been under the impression that the Flatbush area in Brooklyn was mainly Caribbean people. Do many Black-Americans live in Flatbush or is it mainly Caribbean people?
Also where can African immigrant groups be found in the city?
If you combine black Caribbeans, black Africans and black Latinos. These three groups out number black Americans. Historically. NYC used to have about 2 million black Americans. Things have changed recently such as gentrification, and the new black flight where millions of black Americans returned to the black belt. Like I said before. I came across a black woman in the supermarket. The money she was paying for rent in nycha, she can pay for mortgage, utilities and insurance in the south. So she moved and uprooted her single parent headed household for better pastures. Also the south is much more affordable than nyc.
I think the majority of NYC’s black population has been Caribbean/West Indian for at least two decades. Often when you hear about black people leaving New York and “moving south” it’s generally multi-generational black people, many who already have roots or relatives down there. Combine that with the heavy immigration from the Caribbean that continued into the early 2000s and it makes sense that they overtook AA as the predominant black demographic at some point.
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