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Originally Posted by KB0679
DC's (and Baltimore's for that matter) native Black population don't identify as Southern but they are very much aware of their Southern roots and cultural influences. Many are just a generation or two removed from the South.
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Yes, and that's pretty much the same situation in any northern industrial city (many being a generation or two removed from the South).
Though Baltimore and DC have had significant black populations for much longer than a few generations. Both were around 1/4 black as far back as the early 1800s.
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Originally Posted by iheartthed
Yeah, D.C. is very much like any other major industrial hub city in that regard. The city attracted black migrants from the Deep South in the first half of the 20th century primarily through opportunities for work, and secondarily by the absence of Jim Crow laws. Since D.C. itself is so transitory, the only thing remotely "southern" about it are the black residents who trace their lineage to the South. But that doesn't make D.C. anymore southern than Chicago or L.A.
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I disagree. See above and note that Chicago or LA or wherever has nothing like PG County, with its majority black population and prominent southern black culture. Outside the beltway in southern PG County... it's not the North.