What I don't understand is when did Black communities supposedly become... non-diverse?

I don't get it. I read posts about Africans not wanting their children to identify with their poor cousins. I read posts about African-Americans being stank to their African cousins...

Lemme take it back to the country -- everything was simple back there. You needn't say you were Black/black because it was written all over you. What kind of Black/black you were -- well, that's what getting to know you was about -- but I don't remember a push to make everything into one homogeneous Black/black stew.

When I think of places like New York or ATL, I think of Black/black people from _wherever_ mixing it up because at the end of the day -- we only have each other.

So, I feel like I am missing something here because I keep hearing it. Did someone sent a note out that said all Black/black people were the same... or are Black/black people starting to buy into the Eurocentric notion of individuality?

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