Why did I start Black Girl in Chicago?

 

After months and months of thinking about this blog: I'm finally doing it!! Below is why I decided to start a new blog, based off of my original Black Girl in Paris blog.

I miss blogging
I did not realize how much of a following I had with my Black Girl in Paris blog. It's combination of interviews with black French and my own personal experiences attracted a reader looking for something different and international.  When I would tell people that I lived in Paris for a year, they would ask me if I read this blog by a black girl in Paris…I wanna do something similar for Chicago.

Chicago is hot
Let’s face it. We got Obama. We got Oprah. And we may get Games this year. This city is   on fire.

I finally love Chicago
When I left Chic ago for college in 1998, I just KNEW I wasn’t coming back to live here permanently. The segregation of the city, just really nerved me. For some reason, I felt the city just didn't have the culture, nightlife, and vibrancy of a city like NYC or Paris. 

When I returned in 2003 and found myself as a reporter for the Hyde Park Herald, I got to really know the fabric of Chicago—the neighborhoods. I learned that Chicagoans passionately cared about their schools, their cultural organizations, their parks.

And then with my recent job, I have been able to see how great Chicago is as a whole. We have beaches. We have great restaurants. We have great theatres and cultural or ganizations. We hav e NICE people.

Black Chicago is Hot
We got Obama. We got Oprah. We had Jordan. My African-American friends from NYC say the black community here is extremely organized, successful, and powerful. I’m on a mission to discover what it is about this city that allows people of African descent to do great things.

Welcome to Black Girl in Chicago.

Comments

[Greg]

Hey, great to hear that you're starting your blog in Chicago. I read about Paris for a while...thinking about going for a week or so. I look forward to reading about Il.

[Greg]

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