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^(@Three Sides) I'd say that the only twist is that in many cases, Black folks were already long time residents, if not the first non native residents of many current Northern metro areas. Case in point, many may not know that there is evidence that the first or some of the first non Native settlers in the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse areas were people of Black African descent. I encourage you to read the beginning of this book: North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American ... - Milton C. Sernett - Google Books
There are other examples, but it is a matter of having an interest and yearning to search for such information that goes beyond the basic, selective history of Black folks in this land. There is a reason, unfortunately, why much of this information is hushed up and buried. So, it is a matter of moving on your feelings knowing that there is more to our existence beyond what gets displayed or told and researching this that could be useful to the community. That is why I was honored to be on a local radio station talking about local history pertaining to Black African diaspora. What you find may surprised, but encourage you.
^(@Three Sides) I'd say that the only twist is that in many cases, Black folks were already long time residents, if not the first non native residents of many current Northern metro areas. Case in point, many may not know that there is evidence that the first or some of the first non Native settlers in the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse areas were people of Black African descent. I encourage you to read the beginning of this book: North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American ... - Milton C. Sernett - Google Books
There are other examples, but it is a matter of having an interest and yearning to search for such information that goes beyond the basic, selective history of Black folks in this land. There is a reason, unfortunately, why much of this information is hushed up and buried. So, it is a matter of moving on your feelings knowing that there is more to our existence beyond what gets displayed or told and researching this that could be useful to the community. That is why I was honored to be on a local radio station talking about local history pertaining to Black African diaspora. What you find may surprised, but encourage you.
I knew that I should have stated that the rest of my post wasn't addressed specifically to you.
I knew that I should have stated that the rest of my post wasn't addressed specifically to you.
I knew it wasn't, but I just think what you mentioned could help lead to an interesting conversation and help reveal some things about Black folks in this country that many, regardless of race, may not know about.
All the time, Also the Far South Burbs have grown. Houses are pretty cheap around those parts too.
It sounds similar to what is happening in the LA area, with more people moving further inland. It is occurring in the NYC area with some moving further Upstate or even into NE Pennsylvania.
Houston and Dallas have always been blacker cities than LA. The media just didn't care. That's why it always kills me when people try and downplay the black population in these cities as if black people just recently got here. Been here since slavery.
I agree with you. I'm not black and it just makes me giggle how little people know about diversity in Dallas and Houston when I'm out of state. Dallas demographically is pretty much imagined as the demography of some rural town in Oklahoma or Kansas.
Sacramento, CA its diverse
210,006 (45.0%) White
80,005 (16.6%) African American
85,503 (17.8%) Asian (4.2% Chinese, 3.3% Hmong, 2.8% Filipino, 1.6% Indian, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.2% Laotian, 1.2% Japanese, 0.3% Pakistani, 0.3% Korean, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Cambodian)
6,655 (1.4%) Pacific Islander (0.6% Fijian, 0.2% Tongan, 0.2% Samoan)
5,291 (1.1%) Native American
57,573 (12.3%) other races
33,125 (7.1%) from two or more races.
Or Oakland, CA its almost 30% black
I agree with you. I'm not black and it just makes me giggle how little people know about diversity in Dallas and Houston when I'm out of state. Dallas demographically is pretty much imagined as the demography of some rural town in Oklahoma or Kansas.
For some odd reason, Texas as a whole is not seen as a state with a large black population and/or presence. I showed some of my co-workers here in DC some videos of Dallas and they were shocked at the amount of Blacks in Dallas. It's wierd considering Texas has been in the top 5 or 10 for Black population for nearly the past century and is now the state with the second highest Black population according to recent estimates. Oklahoma or Kansas does not nearly have the population or presence of Blacks like Texas do yet people try to include Texas with them when it comes to demographics all the time. There are some similarities as much as differences.
Sacramento, CA its diverse
210,006 (45.0%) White
80,005 (16.6%) African American
85,503 (17.8%) Asian (4.2% Chinese, 3.3% Hmong, 2.8% Filipino, 1.6% Indian, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.2% Laotian, 1.2% Japanese, 0.3% Pakistani, 0.3% Korean, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Cambodian)
6,655 (1.4%) Pacific Islander (0.6% Fijian, 0.2% Tongan, 0.2% Samoan)
5,291 (1.1%) Native American
57,573 (12.3%) other races
33,125 (7.1%) from two or more races.
Or Oakland, CA its almost 30% black
The thread isn't about diversity.
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