As a child of that soil, what she says is true to an extent, but is she going to totally ignore that white folks forced Asians into Black neighborhoods and that those same Asians created a credit system that was no different than what white folks used to keep Black folks in debt. I explicitly remember walking into stores they owned and because they knew my grandparents were good for it, I could walk out with food when I was sent there to purchase stuff. Those families made MILLIONS in Black neighborhoods and they would send their kids to private schools like St. Joe and the like (IF they were allowed...this was in the 80s/90s, not Jim Crow or immediately following the CRA64). Their grandkids benefitted off of all of that and when it was their turn to takeover the family business, they quickly cashed out and either left those neighborhoods high and dry OR they sold a portion to a Middle Eastern or Black owner but they still got a cut. I'd love to go back and forth with her on this
Mostly 2nd/3rd gen and beyond were the ones that developed the accent. shyt would be mad funny to see one family member who didn't speak a lick of English, next gen speak broken English, and 3rd gen sound as country as me. shyt was wild
they're more so in the Delta area (Greenville, Clarksdale, Indianola, Greenwood, etc...). Mf's was even out chea co-opting recipes lol