Reply to How do you tell a DC native from a transplant?

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "How do you tell a DC native from a transplant?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]black DC natives--their grandparents or great parents are all from North Carolina, moved to DC to for work during WW2; they have a distinct accent that they don't share with other AAs; stick with each other, I think since they come from such large families, have many brothers, sisters, cousins in the area, really do no see need to expand social circle outward; dress in a particular way--I am AA, and feel very different from AA DC natives.

white DC natives (well white DC natives from SE DC)--grandparents or great grandparents moved from Appalachia or Northern Virginia or NC to work in DC during WW2

[/quote]

-Nope.  Georgia and Alabama are pretty common too.  I know many families from other Southern states as well, plus smaller numbers of other states. One of my grandparents was actually from Vermont.

-All 4 of my grandparents and at least one great grandparent moved to DC prior to 1920.  So, yeah, there was the Great Migration which started around 1910.  There were free and enslaved Black people here prior to the Civil War, and there was a large wave of people who moved here during and immediately after the Civil War — and many stayed. Howard University and DVNBAR High School as well as civil service service jobs were big draws for Black people relocating.

-Small families are also not at all uncommon. Many families do, however, have extended family also living in the area.

-Most people that I know have much wider circles than just their “official” families, although an outsider might not realize this.  The kids and grandkids from several families that I’m close too call me “Aunt” for example. I grew up with “play brothers” and “play cousins “ as well.

- I have no idea what the PP means by “dress in a particular way” so I can’t comment on that — except to say that I don’t think we all dress similarly.

-IMO, PP is over-generalizing big time.  I’m curious about the “dress” comment though.

— One of the third generation DC Natives.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics