Is Nashville's Soul, Blackness & Diversity often overlooked vs. say Memphis or Atlanta in spite of the History (Chicago, states)
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Nashville....a bit, but not a ton. It's a pretty major outlier in the South IMO in lots of ways (not physical layout so much but in most other ways). Very odd vibe (although I do really like visiting) for a Southern city.
Nashville....a bit, but not a ton. It's a pretty major outlier in the South IMO in lots of ways (not physical layout so much but in most other ways). Very odd vibe (although I do really like visiting) for a Southern city.
I'm interested to know what gives Nashville an odd vibe to you. Is this a good thing? Bad thing?
Nashville....a bit, but not a ton. It's a pretty major outlier in the South IMO in lots of ways (not physical layout so much but in most other ways). Very odd vibe (although I do really like visiting) for a Southern city.
Really? It was about as country and southern as it gets when I was there.
Its kind of hard to comment on Black culture in a city I haven't lived in full time.
There is Black culture there just like Cincinnati, Jacksonville and Tampa. It isn't the same culture as mentioned cities but there is a culture there based upon demographics, education, migration and how the area treats the community.
I don't expect Nashville to be anything like Atlanta or Memphis. They are different places.
Nashville....a bit, but not a ton. It's a pretty major outlier in the South IMO in lots of ways (not physical layout so much but in most other ways). Very odd vibe (although I do really like visiting) for a Southern city.
Recently moved to Nashville a few months back and had an opportunity to attend one of the Juneteenth Celebrations down on 5th and Broadway at the Block party on the rooftop, very nice event. It was tons of events celebrating black culture and Juneteenth over the weekend in the Nashville Metro area including the repainting and refreshing up of the Black lives Matter Mural near Nissan Stadium...Must say the black culture and heritage is very present in Nashville, always has been just not so much all in your face and more blended...
Recently moved to Nashville a few months back and had an opportunity to attend one of the Juneteenth Celebrations down on 5th and Broadway at the Block party on the rooftop, very nice event. It was tons of events celebrating black culture and Juneteenth over the weekend in the Nashville Metro area including the repainting and refreshing up of the Black lives Matter Mural near Nissan Stadium...Must say the black culture and heritage is very present in Nashville, always has been just not so much all in your face and more blended...
Disclaimer: East Coast perspective....and yes, I have been to Nashville, as recently as last year.
Yes, it gets a bit overlooked but Nashville is off the beaten path of the east coast Black radar scene even with a historical HBCU presence. And that Black culture isn't dominant in the city/metro. Though, the country music stereotype doesn't help at all. Simply put, most of the mid-size and major cities/metros on the east coast have significant Black populations with some level of connection. There's also shared knowledge and familiarity whether Atlanta, RDU, Charlotte, Tidewater, DC, etc. All of these metros had meaningful Juneteenth celebrations, Black cultural events on a regular....you name it.
For places like where I live in Durham with already a lot of Black people/diversity (without including Raleigh) it's a tough sell to market a city as a Black culture differentiator unless the size of DC or Atlanta. Especially when it isn't part of that city/metro brand whether through historical perspective or word of mouth.
Disclaimer: East Coast perspective....and yes, I have been to Nashville, as recently as last year.
Yes, it gets a bit overlooked but Nashville is off the beaten path of the east coast Black radar scene even with a historical HBCU presence. And that Black culture isn't dominant in the city/metro. Though, the country music stereotype doesn't help at all. Simply put, most of the mid-size and major cities/metros on the east coast have significant Black populations with some level of connection. There's also shared knowledge and familiarity whether Atlanta, RDU, Charlotte, Tidewater, DC, etc. All of these metros had meaningful Juneteenth celebrations, Black cultural events on a regular....you name it.
For places like where I live in Durham with already a lot of Black people/diversity (without including Raleigh) it's a tough sell to market a city as a Black culture differentiator unless the size of DC or Atlanta. Especially when it isn't part of that city/metro brand whether through historical perspective or word of mouth.
It would make sense that Nashville isn’t on the radar for Black folk on the east coast, given it’s closer to the Midwest. Heck, I could drive to Chicago about the same time it would take me to get to Charlotte. This plays out historically as well, during the great migrations A lot of Black people from Middle and West Tennessee tended to migrate to points directly north due to proximity to cities like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland etc where as in the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia migration geared towards the Northeast. Now that there’s a reverse migration of sorts, a lot of Black people are just moving back down south where they have family ties or roots i.e. Blacks in the Midwest to southern states like Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Northeastern Blacks to Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia etc.
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