Thank you for this reflection! I've been writing about The South and Reclaiming My Countryness a lot lately (a journey I've been on since I was 17), and the Black South is indeed *thee* blueprint and birthplace of so much of what we understand as culture today. I'm a Bama girl through and through, and as I grow and listen to stories of my elders I realize how incredible that truly is. What an honor it is to be a part of this lineage -- this constellation of creation and futuristic vision our ancestors embodied, of all that led to our liberation. 🤎
I don’t even need to read this article!(I’m a read it later tho!) Growing up in Delaware and being Creole…omg I was so thankful for Beyoncé she was my ONLY cultural reference…YAY! Someone who gets it 😂
As a life long resident and descendant of AfroCarolina, I really appreciate this piece. Especially living in a place like Durham, so many Black folks from NYC & NJ move here and then complain about it not being like the cities they came from. Grateful for u analyzing both the classicism & anti-blackness in northern attitudes about the south.
I’m glad you enjoyed this and you’re right you should respect the spaces you’re in especially if it’s deeply ancestral. Visiting my family n culture is always transformative idky people expect the north to be like the south.
On top of that, it's only unique if your southern Blackness is from New Orleans, Atlanta, or Houston.
This type of thought pattern is deeply engrained, and folks don’t think about what it is to grow up and be generational from southern regions and how it can mentally effect your overall sense of self
Being inundated with images & sounds of Black folks up north as the default doesn’t help, and them believing it is even worse 🫠
Thank you for this reflection! I've been writing about The South and Reclaiming My Countryness a lot lately (a journey I've been on since I was 17), and the Black South is indeed *thee* blueprint and birthplace of so much of what we understand as culture today. I'm a Bama girl through and through, and as I grow and listen to stories of my elders I realize how incredible that truly is. What an honor it is to be a part of this lineage -- this constellation of creation and futuristic vision our ancestors embodied, of all that led to our liberation. 🤎
I don’t even need to read this article!(I’m a read it later tho!) Growing up in Delaware and being Creole…omg I was so thankful for Beyoncé she was my ONLY cultural reference…YAY! Someone who gets it 😂
As a life long resident and descendant of AfroCarolina, I really appreciate this piece. Especially living in a place like Durham, so many Black folks from NYC & NJ move here and then complain about it not being like the cities they came from. Grateful for u analyzing both the classicism & anti-blackness in northern attitudes about the south.
I’m glad you enjoyed this and you’re right you should respect the spaces you’re in especially if it’s deeply ancestral. Visiting my family n culture is always transformative idky people expect the north to be like the south.
I really enjoyed your post. As someone from Appalachia, this resonated with me in certain ways. Thank you for writing and sharing.
Heavy on the “don’t speak on AA business or be divisive if you are a first or second gen immigrant”!!
On top of that, it's only unique if your southern Blackness is from New Orleans, Atlanta, or Houston.
This type of thought pattern is deeply engrained, and folks don’t think about what it is to grow up and be generational from southern regions and how it can mentally effect your overall sense of self
Being inundated with images & sounds of Black folks up north as the default doesn’t help, and them believing it is even worse 🫠
Yup my people from New Orleans to be exact. Black Americans are not a monolith we all should be represented properly