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Dr King pretty much called Chicago the most racist city he'd ever been to, and that was in the 60's. Chicago has the 2nd highest Black population of US cities with 755,000 but Chicago is losing its Black population at a rate 6 times faster than Philadelphia which has 3rd largest Black population at 701,000. Around 52,000 Blacks have left Chicago since 2010. By next year Hispanics will make up a higher percentage than Blacks in Chicago.
While many cities are becoming something different with the many people moving to them including D.C. The District government continues to preserve the local black culture. I'm wondering is there precedent for something like this in other cities across the nation that hold a claim to being "Chocolate City"?
While many cities are becoming something different with the many people moving in. The District government continues to preserve the local black culture. I'm wondering is there precedent for something like this in other cities across the nation that hold a claim to being "Chocolate City"?
And it took THIS long for city government to make this move?
And it took THIS long for city government to make this move?
I would wager they never felt the need to do so. Gogo is so new as a genre that it wasn't embraced by the upper class black population in D.C. until now. In the 1980-1990's, it was considered a music enjoyed by the lower class African American in D.C. because of the violence that surrounded the live shows. The music was blamed for the violence when in reality, the violence of the street was just spilling into the clubs.
Now that the city has changed so much, it represents something entirely different altogether. Now, I think it's a symbol of pride for everyone regardless of class.
I would wager they never felt the need to do so. Gogo is so new as a genre that it wasn't embraced by the upper class black population in D.C. until now. In the 1980-1990's, it was considered a music enjoyed by the lower class African American in D.C. because of the violence that surrounded the live shows. The music was blamed for the violence when in reality, the violence of the street was just spilling into the clubs.
Now that the city has changed so much, it represents something entirely different altogether. Now, I think it's a symbol of pride for everyone regardless of class.
Atlanta is capital of Black America, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.
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