Various cultures do adapt to each other in this society. If you have putative integration, it is bound to happen. Note I said culture, not social relations.
Take jazz, for example. I believe that jazz originated with African Americans in New Orleans, but it's changed and mutated over the years, depending on the practitioners.
For instance, on the West Coast, you saw something called West Coast Jazz played by white musicians such as Gerry Mulligan and Dave Brubeck. That had black ancestry, however -- Miles Davis originated the "Birth of the Cool" band in 1949-50. By the way, sublime music. I urge y'all to buy it.
You also had Hard Bop, popularized by African American musicians like Davis, Art Blakey, Horace Silver. Some forms of jazz were developed by blacks, others from white. I listen to various styles, but loathe fusion and Dixieland.
To Soror lovelyivy84 -- I agree with your point about n**** or various derivatives. We don't need to attack ourselves. Also, I cracked up about the clothing comments. Being close to 40, these days I'm wearing classic Talbots, Ellen Tracy and Dana Buchman, when I can get them on sale. Misses for the top, plus for the bottom, lol.
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