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Originally Posted by saffronleaf
Eh, not sure if that's a great example. I think African Americans across the United States, including descendants of slaves who have been here for centuries, have developed and maintained a distinct culture. Of course, White American culture and African American culture have deeply influenced one another, and given the population numbers, the influence is greater one-way than the other. But all said, African Americans, especially in communities where they have a sizable presence, have retained cultural distinctiveness. You can see this in language, too, with unique sociolects that have largely been preserved.
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True, even though the cultural distinctiveness retained may not be on average, as strong as of the African elements surviving in Afro-Caribbean or Afro-Latin Americans' cultures (eg. Creole languages like Jamaican patois or religious traditions like Santeria), it is still present.
For example, among African Americans, the
Gullah language (which is a creole) and culture of Georgia and South Carolina has retained African influence more than most other African American communities, and in that sense is a bit more like Afro-Caribbean cultures like the Bahamas.