Lol Bronx pride is stronger than Bronx hate. Is what it is. Born and raised and love my borough. Most culturally diverse borough. Some of the best parks and shopping centers in the city. Hottest caribbean and latin music/food scene. Best summer block parties. Still that authentic 80s and 90s hit-the-streets, the-whole-block-is-family NYC feel. Come to the Bronx on a beautiful sunny July day, see how we get it poppin, and tell me we not the livest borough all day.
Yeah a lot of the hate is ignorant and annoying. I work in television broadcatsing. One of my first jobs was for News 12 the Bronx. The place was in the borough but it was full of white folks from Long Island, NJ, Westchester every place but the Bronx. So of course they all had paranoid chips on their shoulders about having to work in the Bronx. Most of them were scared to fukking death to walk anywhere outside the building gate. The amount of ignorant shyt I would hear...sometimes from other black people no less.
That was always annoying as fukk to watch black folks express their fear of other black people and their resentment of "the ghetto" in front of white folks, trying to appease their racism.
I was one of the few that wore my black pride and my Bronx pride all over that motherfukker. Made it known I aint the one to come bytch about "the Bronx" too.
They were always shocked when I would go outside on my break just to chill out, grab a sandwich, get some fresh air. It was like an act of courage to these cacs.
"OMG youre gonna walk over to the store right next door? Arent you worried"
"No i live here actually"
"Im so scared id get shot"
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"Do you sell drugs?"
"Are you fukkin someones wife?"
"Are people after you? You need protection or something? I can get you help."
I couldnt stand that place.
and dudes always thought trooping to the BX would result in getting robbed...which may or may not be true (back in them days)
