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I think Atlanta would be the first city to come to mind when thinking of black history and culture.
Yes Philly, DC, Baltimore, etc. may have rich black history and may be majority black cities in the present, but Atlanta kind of serves as the face for blacks and black culture. Its looked at as sort of the promise land. You always hear black people talk of how they want to move down to Atlanta. Plus its in the south. The south and black culture go hand in hand. There are different varieties of black culture all over the country (NE culture, West coast Culture, Midwest, etc.) but the south is the one place where all those varieties can come together because its like coming back home to the roots/essence of it all. And Atlanta just so happens to be the premier black city in the south.
SN: I dont really think of NYC when I think of black culture, just because they have too much going on and there are too many other cultures that dominate. Virginia cities also have A LOT of black culture and history. Many blacks can trace their roots back to VA, but I dont think any city in VA could be the face of black culture.
The South does NOT have a monopoly on "black culture" or black history. Much of it is in the North, and NYC and Philadelphia are the two premier cities for black history. Atlanta, Houston, NO and other Southern cities are up there, but they're not in the top three because for much of their history, any blacks residing there were slaves.
I know plenty of blacks who are perfectly happy here in the Midwest and don't see Atlanta as any sort of "promised land." The South gave us slavery and Jim Crow -- how is that some sort of "promised land?" If anything, it would be like Jews wanting to return to Germany.
As for me personally, I'm part black (I'm not culturally black), and I have exactly zero desire to ever live in Atlanta (or anywhere south of the Upper Midwest).
I would say Mississippi, because most African Americans migrated to Chicago, Detroit and Philiadelphia to flee slavery, majority went to historically black colleges throughtout the South. Some of the most affluent African Americans still live in the South.
anyone not considering ny is either a hater, in denial or didn't pay attention in history class at all.
i know they teach this stuff in junior high/middle school, high school and college.
despite what you think about al sharpton, that man has done a lot.
while we're on that,
so has that man. wiki it. learn about it.
and african american culture, west indian culture and african culture go hand in hand, period. who cares what the rest of the u.s. thinks. we are all a part of the african diaspora. read a book.
Not culturally? What does that mean; you listen to rock music?
It would take several hours to explain it all, and it's off-topic for this thread, so I won't go into that. Still, in a nutshell:
1) Yes, rock is my favorite type of music, but it goes much deeper than that.
2) I'm affected far more by other cultures than African-American culture. I'm not ashamed of my black heritage, but I'm proud of my other heritages as well. I don't culturally identify with Af-Am people.
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