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Originally Posted by urban_encounter
When I lived in Edgewater (Chicago); that really wasn’t the case at all. African immigrants were not outwardly integrated with the AA community.
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But their grandchilden (probably) will be, assuming U.S. black-white cultural norms remain stable.
Yeah, if you go to a black immigrant neighborhood, like East Flatbush, Brooklyn, the black culture is quite distinct from AA culture, because it's immigrants, but their kids and grandkids will be AA by most U.S. norms.
Carmelo Anthony, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Cardi B, Biggie Smalls, Harry Belafonte, Jay-Z, Simone Biles, Stokley Carmichael, P Diddy, Marcus Garvey, Lester Holt, Eric Holder, Lenny Kravitz, Bruno Mars, Maxwell, Floyd Mayweather, Colin Powell, Busta Rhymes, Susan Rice, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mike Tyson, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carrie Washington, Malcolm X.
Are these famous folks considered prominent immigrants/children of immigrants or prominent African Americans? They're both. All are black West Indian immigrants or children of immigrants, most growing up in NYC-area West Indian enclaves.
But they're most associated with AA culture. I think one would have a hard time arguing that Jay-Z, Malcolm X and Mike Tyson aren't really AA because of their immigrant background.