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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
in urban areas it became popular for black people to want to toss off the culture and goals of their supposed white "slave masters" and build a separate, unique society of their own manifested by wearing African-style clothing, adopting pseudo-African and Islamic names, condoning radical politics (think Black Panther Party) and evolving into an obsession with "bling", misogyny and sports in which black athletes are successful.
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What's wrong with some African Americans re-embracing elements of their African heritage, after having assimilated (by force, unlike many immigrant groups who did it by choice) to "white" English American culture?
How is that any different from say Irish-Americans five generations removed from Ireland proudly wearing and flaunting symbols of Ireland, and bringing a Gaelic phrasebook to visit Ireland, or Chinese Americans keeping Chinatowns alive, even though they may have little or no connection to the immigrants who founded those enclaves in the 1800s, or even the entire Jewish diaspora keeping traditions alive for generations and reviving traditions, like using the Hebrew language, that were nearly lost?