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[newjackamericana]

Okay I don’t know if this is my own little pet peeve but I’m seeing a new found interest in prom send off’s that I don’t like. I believe it started as a culture war last year with SA TikTok and Black American TikTok, basically degrading the girls outfits and dragging them over the internet.

Then it morphed into a classist issue among black Americans because they just assumed that the black kids who participated in prom send off’s couldn’t afford it, and are “living above their means”. Plus an additional discussion about if prom send off is even traditional because people don’t understand regional traditions.

Now, this fashion contest that will seem like it’s becoming a yearly thing where grown adults basically bash teenagers about their outfits. I swear we’re the only group of people that is so weird about taking care of our kids. Just think if this happened to a quinceañera or bat mitzvah? I couldn’t imagine because every time I’ve see news of those events their being uplifted and respected.

Maybe I’m generalizing a bit much but I’m tired of stuff like this. It was okay when we were defending kids from SA TikTok but what happened? Why do we make sure our kids have to fight in order to have fun?

#aa culture #african american #yen #black americans #african american culture

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African American culture-Swept Yards

“A swept yard is a lawn-free style of front garden that has its roots in West Africa. The ideas made their way to the American South due to the slave trade. They were maintained to be weed and debris free with handmade stick brooms.

The yard was also the heart of the home since the inside quarters were not cooled and much of the work of living took place outside.”

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #swept yards #garden

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African American culture- Regional Gospel

*A Twitter thread I mentioned yesterday about the regional differences in black American gospel.

#gospel #aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #music #tradition #black american culture

[newjackamericana]

Hey! I’ve been trying to find a very in depth Twitter post about the different types of African American church sounds and I don’t remember the posters name all I know is they were talking about regional differences around the US. If you know what I’m talking about, please submit!

-yen

#yen #aa culture #church

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African American culture-wedding traditions

Jumping the broom

Displaying Familial Wedding Photos

Crossing Sticks

Libation Ceremony

BGLO Fraternity and Sorority Serenading and Stroll

Tying the Knot

* If you would like to include any more regional practices for this subject please do not be scared to contribute!

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #wedding traditions #tradicional

[newjackamericana]

I really want to do some contest around the subject of my blog but I don’t think I have enough people interested in the blog yet to hold those kinds of contest so I’ll just wait.

-yen

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition

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African American Culture- Head Coverings

Durag

Bonnet

Tignon

Head tie

Church Hat

*If you would like for me to make a regional part two for this please let me now and submit any suggestions!

[newjackamericana]

African American culture- folk tales

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #black american culture #folklore

[newjackamericana]

I see that my post have been gaining traction and I would like to let it be known that this is an African American blog. Though I do love the things that we have in common in the diaspora, this is specifically for a certain ethnic group.

I would also like to point out the description, I don’t allow revisionist history, political-right think tanks or hoteps on this blog. Your welcome to share valid historical documents , family accounts or historically accurate videos . That is all! Thank you for reading.

-yen

#yen #aa culture #african american #black americans #african american culture #tradition #black american culture #culture

[newjackamericana]

I definitely want to start making black American holiday post! I love seeing so many traditions that we have that are “disappearing”, (aka enjoyed by a group in a state). Hopefully we can wake more things up in the culture.

-yen

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #black american culture

[newjackamericana]

Tutnese and Yukkish Speakers

Hey I’ve been trying to do some research on these two languages. It seems that you can look up tutnese but I’m not seeing anything for yukkish. If we have any of those speakers who grew up speaking those languages or have family who speak those languages, don’t be shy to throw links or share what you’ve made! Who knows the more we share the more we preserve!

-yen

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #language #tutnese #yukish #yukkish #yen

[newjackamericana]

Okay, will try to get back into blogging. Had a lot going on this month but am so happy to blog again!

-yen

#yen

[newjackamericana]

If I must die- Translation Request

Hello! This is a very different type of post I haven’t done before but if any African American who knows one or more languages,such as: Tutnese, Yukish/Yukkish, Gullah, Kouri vini, or ormandi would like to translate the late Palestinian poet Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last poem in those languages please post in the replies or put your translation directly in the Twitter post with other translated languages! Thank you and happy translating!

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #yen #african american culture #language #tutnese #yukish #yukkish #Gullah #gullah geechee #Kouri vini #ormandi #dr #dr. refaat alareer #refaat alareer

[newjackamericana]

It’s so surprising to see things that are so strongly associated with church and college culture didn’t actually originate in those institutions. Actually a lot of dances were modernized in them.

#yen #aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #black american culture

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African American Culture- Red Drank

“Because the American mainland was not as hospitable to hibiscus, Miller says enslaved people in the Colonies adapted the drink again, replacing hibiscus with berries in the South and cherries in the Mid-Atlantic. According to Miller’s research, the earliest mention of red drink on the mainland dates to the 1870s South, where Black Americans colored lemonade red with strawberries, sumac or tartaric acid. “That was the drink for special occasions: going to the circus, emancipation celebrations,” Miller says. Powdered drinks like Kool-Aid, introduced in the 1920s, and red sodas like Big Red, invented in 1937, became popular substitutes for the homemade beverages.”

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #black american culture #red drink #red drank

[newjackamericana]

African American Culture (Gullah)- Sweetgrass baskets

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #sweetgrass baskets #gullah geechee #black american culture

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African American Culture-Soap Making

* In the era of slavery in the United States, it was largely the task of slaves (mainly women) to create soap and complete the laundry processes for their assigned plantation. To initiate the soapmaking process, women usually started with making the lye substance, which we know today is a key ingredient in the process of saponification--the process of transforming an oil, fat, and/or liquid mixture into soap. In an interview shared by the Encyclopedia of Virginia, Mrs. Georgia Giwbs (a former slave) said that the process of making the lye to create the soap included slowly mixing water with oak wood ashes to create an oak ash lye to begin the task of laundry. In some other instances, women made their lye soap via animal skin as opposed to ashes.

#aa culture #african american #black americans #culture #african american culture #tradition #soap #soap making