Blacks are actually really White
Outside of a handful of regions I can't help but see that black culture is actually a time capsule of 19th century poor southern whites.
>traditional foods(greens, poke sallet, cornbread, chitlins) are just normal food for the rural south at the time
>black methodist and bapist church lineage once identical to the poor white church system
>church traditions are rooted in anglo-celtic lining out and illiteracy(the white and black connection between gospel and blues is very visible)
>musical traditions are usually just informal/improvised white jig music(ragtime rooted in improvised "rag" slave dance parties with homemade instruments)
>musical culture was heavily buoyed by white minstrels imitating blacks with a higher technical skill and instrument formalization, heavily influencing them
>blues, bluegrass, and rock and roll have very clear lineage to anglo-celtic music more than anything african
>the origin of instruments such as the banjo and guitar have been blackwashed, with near eastern and greek lute diffusion through the arab world to africa with africa framed as if its the point of origin
>most traditional folklore and superstition is often anglo-celtic and native american, not african in origin(outside of the Gullah people and New Orleans)
White culture and norms have changed so much in the past two centuries that we don't recognize how much of what defines "blackness" is just antiquated white poverty.
>traditional foods(greens, poke sallet, cornbread, chitlins) are just normal food for the rural south at the time
>black methodist and bapist church lineage once identical to the poor white church system
>church traditions are rooted in anglo-celtic lining out and illiteracy(the white and black connection between gospel and blues is very visible)
>musical traditions are usually just informal/improvised white jig music(ragtime rooted in improvised "rag" slave dance parties with homemade instruments)
>musical culture was heavily buoyed by white minstrels imitating blacks with a higher technical skill and instrument formalization, heavily influencing them
>blues, bluegrass, and rock and roll have very clear lineage to anglo-celtic music more than anything african
>the origin of instruments such as the banjo and guitar have been blackwashed, with near eastern and greek lute diffusion through the arab world to africa with africa framed as if its the point of origin
>most traditional folklore and superstition is often anglo-celtic and native american, not african in origin(outside of the Gullah people and New Orleans)
White culture and norms have changed so much in the past two centuries that we don't recognize how much of what defines "blackness" is just antiquated white poverty.