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What Would Evidence A Black American Ethnic Identity?

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥) 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦."

America is what it is because of the contributions of all who have lived on this soil, for better or worse. I like to focus on the better. We aren't really a melting pot, we are more of a stir fry where there is an undeniable flavor, but people can choose to enjoy all of it or pick some ingredients out and drop them for the dog.

We haven't all had the same experience, but it is still in many ways a shared experience that it is my hope and goal that we all appreciate one day.

Musically I'm a huge fan of Americana, America's gift to the world. From the roots of all of us. Something that could and should be a great uniter, but we aren't quite there because of the various dividers that people cling to. My apologies to those of you who are not Americans if I made that too red, white and blue. The world has grown smaller, and this could be applied to us all. I don't try to be an authentic American, I just am what I am.

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