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Originally Posted by jbermingham123
Nice advertisement-bordering-on-propaganda piece. "Some might even call it the capital of the South" ...give me a fuckin break.
First of all, article aside, one of the first signs that someone is trying to manipulate you is use of vague hedging qualifiers, of which this is a textbook example. Ideally, you learn not to do this in high school.
But anyway, the capital of the south? In what world? Economically or demographically, sure! But this is not an article about stats, its about promoting culture, and to say that Atlanta is the cultural capital of the south is like saying Zurich is the cultural capital of Switzerland, or San Jose is the cultural capital of the Bay Area. Assuming that the biggest city in a given region must be the cultural capital is the first sign that someone has probably never been there or just doesnt know what theyre talking about. As any Russian will tell you, Russia may have its brain in Moscow, but the nation's heart and soul will forever be St. Petersburg.
So to this point, I would ask this writer, have they ever heard of New Orleans? Now THATS a southern city whose cultural contributions have changed the whole fucking world, never mind the US. If you asked people from all over the planet to name American cities they associate with African American cultural impact, you'll probably hear: New Orleans, Detroit, Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Montgomery, Oakland, and maybe even Seattle (a lot of people know Jimi Hendrix) before you hear them bring up Atlanta.
So thats what i found wrong with one sentence. Extrapolate what I've said here to the rest of the article, and then to CNN as an organization, then rinse and repeat
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Surely you have heard this said many times . I cant tell you how many articles or shows Ive heard say that. Just Google :
https://thetab.com/us/2016/07/06/atl...he-south-30051
https://cse.gatech.edu/atlanta-capital-new-south
https://www.vogue.com/article/atlant...-beltline-tour
https://etips.com/blogspot/2018/5/30...l-of-the-south
Here is one I remember reading mentioning Atlanta as the cultural "capitol of America"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-at...tal-of-america
I dont think most people in other countries think beyond NYC,LA,DC,Miami regardless of the topic.
It would also depend on who you ask. A person of a certain age is more likely to have a different answer.Also depending on race who you ask.
I know in America,most black people will definitely say Atlanta ,DC or maybe New York. Only people who bring up New Orleans are looking at a historical view,not based on current trends of more than the last couple of decades.
Just listen to any hip hop and you will hear ATL or Atlanta refrenced.
Even Justin Biebers "Peaches" song mentions Atlanta and the re released version has Atlantas own Usher and I think I heard Ludacris in it as well.
You got HBCUS like Morehouse,Spelman,CAU and things like Tyler Perry Studios which has a crazy black following that I was surprised to know even black people in other countries know who he or Madea is.
I dont know what it is that causes such Virol towards Atlanta but the fact is there is an outsized amount of publicity Atlanta gets that it gets largely from its popularity among black Americans. No only that judging from the crazy amount of film and tv production shot in Atlanta but now actually mentioning Atlanta as central to the plots.