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Thanks for sharing your experience. I've always heard Black Americans complain about racism in Boston but have always been intrigued by the culture there. Very different experience compared to St. Louis and Memphis where most Blacks are Black Americans.
People in Boston are generally cold and untrusting. Most black people beingg from the south see it as racist.
I know black people in Boston who don't know what the neighborhood two miles away looks like because they don't know anyone out there and feel they have no reason to go out there, most times if you mention another neighborhood that's 2/3 neighborhoods away (4/5) miles) people look at you like your speaking a foreign language and claim the utmost ignorance or tell you how that neighborhood is trash because of 1 or 2 anecdotes. Then you come up here where no one ever comes? Naw. Just naw-you're about to like this Boston robyou can get out homie. I remember I had a coworker from Atlanta/Miami who had went to school in boston suburba then came into our workplace which is 80% minorities raised in inner city Boston. We were just talking like 6 of us about ways the city could improve and what it's lacking. He took it one step too far when he sheepishly said I feel like Boston is a terrible place for black people.
Me: nawww, you just from Atlanta
Female coworker: ooo
Female coworker 2: Ima need you to relax
Male coworker: well you ain't gotta be here homie ya feel me, like you can go home big fella."
Female coworker 3: right? Like we're gonna need you to fall back.
*Light laughter/nervous laughter throughout*
He quit the job 2 months later to work at a black cultural organization in Roxbury. He still frequents Atlanta.
Blacks from others northern cities minus New York are used o the cohesiveness of all. Lack Americans. Boston is super different and takes more time to get used to. The racism is there on an institute ion all level and pretty prevalent. However on a face to face level it's no worse than anywhere. I find racial tension in Boston never gets as high as some other larger cities, mostly due to lack of interaction. But we are definitely intentionally excluded from civic life and nightlife. Sort of shoved of encouraged to stay in orur neighborhood or other older cities and towns around Boston where we make up a visible minority.
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I've only lived in small to mid sized Southern cities (well, small by many others definitions) with very high percentages of blacks 40-60+ % black. When out of town, I mainly go to large midwestern and northeastern cities with traditionally large black population %. Many of these places are largely just black and white too
I'm starting to get very curious about how the "black experience" would be in cities like Seattle or Denver. You know, they dont necessarily have any where near the black % of the cities I'm used to, but they still seem to have enough of a black presence where I shouldnt feel isolated.
I'm a big fan of diversity. Not "code word for black" diversity, but actual diversity. I'm just wondering, if I were to go to Seattle and head out to some popular part of town with bars, restaurants and clubs....is it more likely that I'd be the only black guy in the spot or a mixed crowd that also includes enough blacks for me not to feel isolated.
I've only lived in small to mid sized Southern cities (well, small by many others definitions) with very high percentages of blacks 40-60+ % black. When out of town, I mainly go to large midwestern and northeastern cities with traditionally large black population %. Many of these places are largely just black and white too
I'm starting to get very curious about how the "black experience" would be in cities like Seattle or Denver. You know, they dont necessarily have any where near the black % of the cities I'm used to, but they still seem to have enough of a black presence where I shouldnt feel isolated.
I'm a big fan of diversity. Not "code word for black" diversity, but actual diversity. I'm just wondering, if I were to go to Seattle and head out to some popular part of town with bars, restaurants and clubs....is it more likely that I'd be the only black guy in the spot or a mixed crowd that also includes enough blacks for me not to feel isolated.
I've often wondered the same thing. Relocation isn't on my radar right now but I am really curious about the Black experience in Seattle San Francisco and Honolulu.
I've often wondered the same thing. Relocation isn't on my radar right now but I am really curious about the Black experience in Seattle San Francisco and Honolulu.
I'd imagine that the Black experience in Honolulu revolves a lot around the military.
From people I know from the Bay Area or who live there, you get more of the Black experience in places like Oakland and Richmond as opposed to San Francisco proper, but even that's changing as Oakland continues to rapidly gentrify.
I've only lived in small to mid sized Southern cities (well, small by many others definitions) with very high percentages of blacks 40-60+ % black. When out of town, I mainly go to large midwestern and northeastern cities with traditionally large black population %. Many of these places are largely just black and white too
I'm starting to get very curious about how the "black experience" would be in cities like Seattle or Denver. You know, they dont necessarily have any where near the black % of the cities I'm used to, but they still seem to have enough of a black presence where I shouldnt feel isolated.
I'm a big fan of diversity. Not "code word for black" diversity, but actual diversity. I'm just wondering, if I were to go to Seattle and head out to some popular part of town with bars, restaurants and clubs....is it more likely that I'd be the only black guy in the spot or a mixed crowd that also includes enough blacks for me not to feel isolated.
In that case, perhaps a city like Sacramento would be another city to look into as well, given its demographics.
People in Boston are generally cold and untrusting. Most black people beingg from the south see it as racist.
I know black people in Boston who don't know what the neighborhood two miles away looks like because they don't know anyone out there and feel they have no reason to go out there, most times if you mention another neighborhood that's 2/3 neighborhoods away (4/5) miles) people look at you like your speaking a foreign language and claim the utmost ignorance or tell you how that neighborhood is trash because of 1 or 2 anecdotes. Then you come up here where no one ever comes? Naw. Just naw-you're about to like this Boston robyou can get out homie. I remember I had a coworker from Atlanta/Miami who had went to school in boston suburba then came into our workplace which is 80% minorities raised in inner city Boston. We were just talking like 6 of us about ways the city could improve and what it's lacking. He took it one step too far when he sheepishly said I feel like Boston is a terrible place for black people.
Me: nawww, you just from Atlanta
Female coworker: ooo
Female coworker 2: Ima need you to relax
Male coworker: well you ain't gotta be here homie ya feel me, like you can go home big fella."
Female coworker 3: right? Like we're gonna need you to fall back.
*Light laughter/nervous laughter throughout*
He quit the job 2 months later to work at a black cultural organization in Roxbury. He still frequents Atlanta.
Blacks from others northern cities minus New York are used o the cohesiveness of all. Lack Americans. Boston is super different and takes more time to get used to. The racism is there on an institute ion all level and pretty prevalent. However on a face to face level it's no worse than anywhere. I find racial tension in Boston never gets as high as some other larger cities, mostly due to lack of interaction. But we are definitely intentionally excluded from civic life and nightlife. Sort of shoved of encouraged to stay in orur neighborhood or other older cities and towns around Boston where we make up a visible minority.
I've only lived in small to mid sized Southern cities (well, small by many others definitions) with very high percentages of blacks 40-60+ % black. When out of town, I mainly go to large midwestern and northeastern cities with traditionally large black population %. Many of these places are largely just black and white too
I'm starting to get very curious about how the "black experience" would be in cities like Seattle or Denver. You know, they dont necessarily have any where near the black % of the cities I'm used to, but they still seem to have enough of a black presence where I shouldnt feel isolated.
I'm a big fan of diversity. Not "code word for black" diversity, but actual diversity. I'm just wondering, if I were to go to Seattle and head out to some popular part of town with bars, restaurants and clubs....is it more likely that I'd be the only black guy in the spot or a mixed crowd that also includes enough blacks for me not to feel isolated.
I've been to Seattle and Denver and I was pretty much always the only black person. I remember counting the black people while driving around the Denver area and there would be times where I wouldn't see one for hours. Seattle was the same except I saw more African or Caribbean blacks diving Ubers or something an immigrant would likely do.
It is highly likely you would be the only black person depending on where you go and it's definitely not a welcoming feeling city to me. It's definitely not the worst place but being that it's so liberal I thought it would be accepting. There is a good bit of diversity though, which helps. I got a better feeling about Denver being black but there seemed to be much less diversity.
I've only lived in small to mid sized Southern cities (well, small by many others definitions) with very high percentages of blacks 40-60+ % black. When out of town, I mainly go to large midwestern and northeastern cities with traditionally large black population %. Many of these places are largely just black and white too
I'm starting to get very curious about how the "black experience" would be in cities like Seattle or Denver. You know, they dont necessarily have any where near the black % of the cities I'm used to, but they still seem to have enough of a black presence where I shouldnt feel isolated.
I'm a big fan of diversity. Not "code word for black" diversity, but actual diversity. I'm just wondering, if I were to go to Seattle and head out to some popular part of town with bars, restaurants and clubs....is it more likely that I'd be the only black guy in the spot or a mixed crowd that also includes enough blacks for me not to feel isolated.
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