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Interesting to see Miami slowly becoming a huge black hub. It would be interesting to see of the blacks moving to Miami are how many are Afro Latino/immigrants/claim foreign ancestry vs. how many are African American.
I'm pretty sure immigration from places like Jamaica and Haiti are largely responsible for Miami's numbers and not domestic migration for the most part.
Yeah, my grandma is from Shreveport. Its more like Texas than Louisiana IMO. Down to the crazy amount of Cowboy fans.
Yeah Shreveport probably has more in common with Dallas than it does with New Orleans and it obviously has more in common with East Texas than it does with Southern Louisiana. Houston does indeed have a big influence in Louisiana but in return Louisiana has a big influence in Houston. You will have many crawfish fests, zydeco places, creole and cajun heritage fests and events throughout the year. That's what makes Houston different from the rest of the state.
Keep in mind. Houston is still Texas but for Louisianans, it's the closest they will get to it outside of Louisiana especially for a big city. As far as opportunities for Blacks in Louisiana. That's unfortunately true. As was said earlier, the largest chapter of Southern U grads are in Houston. I wouldn't doubt if the largest chapter of Grambling students are in DFW. Lots of DFW blacks go to Grambling. I think Erykah Badu went there.
Yeah Shreveport probably has more in common with Dallas than it does with New Orleans and it obviously has more in common with East Texas than it does with Southern Louisiana. Houston does indeed have a big influence in Louisiana but in return Louisiana has a big influence in Houston. You will have many crawfish fests, zydeco places, creole and cajun heritage fests and events throughout the year. That's what makes Houston different from the rest of the state.
Keep in mind. Houston is still Texas but for Louisianans, it's the closest they will get to it outside of Louisiana especially for a big city. As far as opportunities for Blacks in Louisiana. That's unfortunately true. As was said earlier, the largest chapter of Southern U grads are in Houston. I wouldn't doubt if the largest chapter of Grambling students are in DFW. Lots of DFW blacks go to Grambling. I think Erykah Badu went there.
We finally agree.
But what people forget is crawfish is not just a Louisiana staple. Crawfish is eaten heavily in coastal Alabama and Mississippi as well; crawfish fests are held as far north as Huntsville, AL.
There is, also, a Creole festival being held this weekend in Houston.
Yes i understand what your saying sir but im going off actual African Americans that are the direct children of Black slaves in America.
Jamaicans in NYC represent their country flag,While an African American represent the United States flag,Same thing with the Belizeans in Los Angeles,They represent their country and some of them dont like African American citizens because we have differences in culture & lifestyle.Some can even be deported back to their country because they're not American citizens.But of course we all have African ancestry but we're still different.
Oh I understand what you're saying now my apologies
It's most likely immigrants. While African Americans like the city for ofc it's party and beach atmosphere, most don't seem to care to actually live there.
Yeah, we're mainly moving to Jacksonville, FL and then Orlando. I think our people are actually leaving South Florida for other Southern cities.
It's basically Southwestern and parts of Southern and Central Louisiana. But New Orleans still has more influence on the state I would bet. The Northern part of the state is overlapped with DFW. Heck, I've heard people call Shreveport the most eastern suburb of Dallas.
Yep highway 80 was the road to the big city (Dallas) back in the day. For the black folks in the Metroplex highway 80 was the road to the Casinos in Shreveport LA and to visit family. Towns along Highway 80 to Dallas included Shreveport, Waskom, Marshall, Longview, Gladewater, Mineola, and Terrell TX. The majority of the native blacks in DFW area trace their roots back to east Texas. Anybody looking to get some real southern hospitality Texas style should venture down highway 80. I don't think there is a better selection of towns along any major highway route in Texas that speaks southern culture more than this route.
Houston is the main cultural center for black Texans in southeast TX. Houston is not the main cultural center for blacks living in North and Northeast Texas. We do our own thing in North Texas. Its just a weird occasionally hearing this myth on city-data. History doesn't even point to Houston being the cultural black capital of Texas. Marshall, TX has always been dubbed the cultural capital of black Texas due to Bishop/ Wiley College participation in the civil rights movement.
Fort Worth black community looked to Dallas during Civil Rights Movement
Dallas was a very active scene for the Civil Rights Movement. Many rallies and protests took place in the Dallas area. Fort Worth residents thought of Dallas as a trend setter city and as a more dramatic city than their own town. Dallas had more people and was a bigger city than Fort Worth during segregation, which may have been a reason that it had more active protest.
This seems like good insight from a native of the DFW area.
I could see where Houston would probably have more cultural influence in many areas of East & Central Texas. Any influence ends rather abruptly once you enter the DFW region though.
Not even. Certainly not with all those PVAM stickers on cars everywhere.
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