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No i meant its stereotypical, jus like mexicans and burritos.
I didn't realize a cuisine could be stereotypical. It's not as if anyone stated that all A-As eat soul food; only that it is a cuisine developed largely by A-As, and largely southern.
And burritos are, in fact, a food item originally developed in Mexico, even if what is typically consumed in the U.S. is a bastardized Tex-Mex version.
DC's Finest is right about Sweet Georgia Brown's, however. The stuff that comes out of their kitchen is simply amazing.
It's a sterotype to assume that all A.A.'s eat soul food. It's not a sterotype to know soul food derived from A.A's and is a popular dish and part of African American culture and history. No more so than to think polish sausages are popular among the Polish people and derived from there. Or that Philly is known for Philly cheese steaks.
Ok, a southern drawl might be there. I haven't paid enough attention to know for sure. But as for the African American population, Detroit's is even a larger percentage than that of D.C.
That's misleading when 70 percent of the black population in Detroit lives in one area and are hardly found in others. And that's mostly from the "great migration". This quote from Wikipedia may explain what I'm saying a little better.
"Unique among cities with a high percentage of African Americans, Washington has had a significant black population since the city's creation. This is a result of the manumission of slaves in the Upper South after the American Revolutionary War. The free black population in the region climbed from an estimated 1% before the war to 10% by 1810.[74] In the District, black residents composed about 30% of the population between 1800 and 1940.[75] Washington's black population reached a peak of 70% of the city's residents by 1970. Since then, however, the District's black population has steadily declined due to many blacks leaving the city for the surrounding suburbs.[76] Some older residents have returned South because of family ties and lower housing costs.[77] At the same time, the city's white population has steadily increased, in part due to effects of gentrification in many of Washington's traditionally black neighborhoods"
Your comment about soul food is way off base. AA's all over the USA eat soul food. They eat grits, fried fish, collard greens in NYC, Chicago, Detroit, Philly, Baltimore, DC, Cleveland.
That's true... and according to what was said in earlier post that's southern culture. I was just tryna show what DC had that was part of southern culture. Hey I just found out what southern culture was yesterday.
Just to clear up one thing I never meant for people to think that soul food was a black thing only and it isn't.The "soul food" term is A.A., but the food that makes up soul food is also the food that is eaten by whites in the south too they just don't call it that... (I don't think). So soul food is just a part of southern culture according to the other post.
Most of its nasty, I would rather not be associated with it simply cuz I'm black
Most of it really isn't. I don't eat chitlins at ALL (neither pig feet), and some of the things you listed earlier (turkey neck, ham hocks) aren't actually dishes, but sometimes act as seasonings. Fried chicken, mac n' cheese, greens, yams, sweet potato pie, white rice, etc. are the main dishes and are pretty mainstream.
I think the discussion about DC is an example of how state lines in todays times might not be the best way to show connectivity among regions. The fact is, DC is a Southern city. It is below the Mason-Dixon line. Howver, DC is also Northeastern. It is connected "culturally" to the Northeast cities. Th term Mid-Atlantic probably fits, but is there a consensus on what those states/cities are? Then you start generating a fun discusiion. I love C-D forums.
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). So soul food is just a part of southern culture according to the other post.
It is below the Mason-Dixon line. Howver, DC is also Northeastern.
It is connected "culturally" to the Northeast cities. Th term Mid-Atlantic probably fits, but is there a consensus on what those states/cities are? Then you start generating a fun discusiion.
I love C-D forums.