Why the hell do so many people think that there is only ONE fucking “Black culture”?
Kerry, Hess, and I have been bitching about this for a little while, to be honest, because it’s an irritating stereotype that we’re honestly damn tired of.
To use an example that we’re personally familiar with, African American culture is different from Afro-Caribbean culture. Vastly different, I’d say, even though both African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans are descended from West African slaves. In the case of Afro-Caribbeans, the primary influences were the British, Spanish, and French; with African Americans, it was the American colonists. American and British culture had enough time to become distinct before the Revolution broke out, and they’re definitely distinct in 2011.
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