Yo Mama!

61.39% of the population in Atlanta is Afro-American. An old joke goes, ‘The white man acts like the black man till the cops come along.’. The Afro-Americans are one helluva cool community, as I’ve observed over the last so many months. They have such a distinctive style of their own. Absolutely no apologies for being *black*, in fact they take complete pride in it and can you ever imagine a product like Fair & Lovely fairness cream finding a market among the Afro-Americans? No way!
Observe a group of Afro-American girls/guys and you’ll notice their catch phrases (‘I am a do it like this’, ‘doowutchalike’, ‘hey sistah’, ‘My bad’, ‘Aw-wite’), their animated expressions, their *style* in expression? Ever seen the way two guys meet? They pump their individual fists against each other and draw the other closer by his shoulder. Not for them any of the stupid rules which limit expression as *gay* and *straight*.
They have such an inherent sense of rhythm in their system that it’s unbelievable. Watch an old Afro-American woman who finds it tough to carry her weight around and then watch the way she dances. Natural, easy and smoooooth. They seem to have a different groove in their bodies; it’s unmistakable. They walk the walk, talk the talk, so unabashedly natural. None of the small smiles or polite comments, instead wide face-splitting grins and hearty laughs, that’s such a signature of this community. Most of them have such an amazing sense of humour. Not dark or dry or self-effacing… more of the *kewl* kind, I really have no word for it. Slow and easy is how it goes. Talk about hip-hop music and the kind of popularity it enjoys world over. Seriously, it’s one of the most popular music and dance forms in this decade. Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Samuel L Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Denzil Washington… they are way too cool.