I don't think this has been done before but I thought it would be cool to re-imagine black Americana against the geography of Game of Thrones.
Black America (Westeros)
Negro Geography Houses & Seats
1) King's Landing/Red Keep (Targaryens): Washington DC
- Iron Islands (Greyjoys) - Detroit
- Dreadfort (Boltons) - Baltimore
- High Garden (Tyrells) - Los Angeles
- North of the Wall (Wildlings) - Toronto
- Dothraki Sea (Dorthrakis) - Kingston, Jamaica
What are ya'll picks?
Discuss.
Black America (Westeros)
Negro Geography Houses & Seats
1) King's Landing/Red Keep (Targaryens): Washington DC
- Capital of Black America.
- Washingtonian black elites were black versions of the Targaryens. Insular, endogamous, and were the old rulers of Negro America. Currently being usurped in prominence by other city/families.
- Black families are highly educated and very prosperous and most influential in government and national black politics.
- Home to the regaled Howard University.
2) Lannisport/Casterly Rock (Lannisters): Atlanta- Washingtonian black elites were black versions of the Targaryens. Insular, endogamous, and were the old rulers of Negro America. Currently being usurped in prominence by other city/families.
- Black families are highly educated and very prosperous and most influential in government and national black politics.
- Home to the regaled Howard University.
- Mecca and Medina of Black America.
- Home to the prestigious AUC (Spelman, Morehouse, Morehouse Medical, Clark, Morris Brown).
- Birthplace of the "Prophet" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and center for the Civil Rights Movement.
- Holds the most influence in black entertainment.
- Black families are highly ambitious and prosperous. Black versions of the Lannisters. Usurped DC in prominence among blacks.
3) Dorne/Sunspear (Martells): New Orleans- Home to the prestigious AUC (Spelman, Morehouse, Morehouse Medical, Clark, Morris Brown).
- Birthplace of the "Prophet" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and center for the Civil Rights Movement.
- Holds the most influence in black entertainment.
- Black families are highly ambitious and prosperous. Black versions of the Lannisters. Usurped DC in prominence among blacks.
- This is one of the hottest cities in black America.
- Like Dorne, the black New Orleaners are known for their hot bloodedness and sexual licentiousness.
- "Let the Good Times Roll" - black New Orleaners love to enjoy life with good food, good libations, and good music.
4) The North/Winterfell (Starks): Chicago- Like Dorne, the black New Orleaners are known for their hot bloodedness and sexual licentiousness.
- "Let the Good Times Roll" - black New Orleaners love to enjoy life with good food, good libations, and good music.
- No other city exhudes "Winter is Coming" like Chicago.
- Black Chicagoans have dominated black business and black politics nationally for well over a century attracting the most influential black leaders of their respective industry - John Johnson (Ebony), Oprah Winfrey (Harpo Studios), Michael Jordan (The Bulls), John W. Rogers (Ariel), Kanye West (Yeezy).
- A Chicago family occupied the "Iron Throne" in Kings Landing (DC)- The Obamas. Their qualities, just like the Starks, were honesty, loyalty, justness, and sternness.
- Although there are many successful blacks in Chicago, Chicago is equally known for the "long nights" of wintery violence at the hand of broad networks of street gangs that adhere to icy street codes.
5) The Stormlands/Storms End (Baratheons): New York City- Black Chicagoans have dominated black business and black politics nationally for well over a century attracting the most influential black leaders of their respective industry - John Johnson (Ebony), Oprah Winfrey (Harpo Studios), Michael Jordan (The Bulls), John W. Rogers (Ariel), Kanye West (Yeezy).
- A Chicago family occupied the "Iron Throne" in Kings Landing (DC)- The Obamas. Their qualities, just like the Starks, were honesty, loyalty, justness, and sternness.
- Although there are many successful blacks in Chicago, Chicago is equally known for the "long nights" of wintery violence at the hand of broad networks of street gangs that adhere to icy street codes.
- There is no black group that could occupy the seat of the Baratheons, who were known to be hot-headed, stubborn, loud, brave, aggressive, impulsive, and prone to fighting, other than New Yorkers.
- Black New Yorkers represent the best of black America and the worst, the strongest and most able, and hold ultimate influence over black society.
- Black New Yorkers are Titans of Industry - Kenneth Chenault (American Express), Stanley O'Neal (Morgan Stanley), Titans in Politics - Adam Clayton Powell (Harlem), Charlie Rangel (Harlem), Titans in Entertainment - Jay Z (Rocafella), P. Diddy (Bad Boy), and Titans in the Humanities - Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Zora Neal Hurston.
Other Houses & Groups- Black New Yorkers represent the best of black America and the worst, the strongest and most able, and hold ultimate influence over black society.
- Black New Yorkers are Titans of Industry - Kenneth Chenault (American Express), Stanley O'Neal (Morgan Stanley), Titans in Politics - Adam Clayton Powell (Harlem), Charlie Rangel (Harlem), Titans in Entertainment - Jay Z (Rocafella), P. Diddy (Bad Boy), and Titans in the Humanities - Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Zora Neal Hurston.
- Iron Islands (Greyjoys) - Detroit
- Dreadfort (Boltons) - Baltimore
- High Garden (Tyrells) - Los Angeles
- North of the Wall (Wildlings) - Toronto
- Dothraki Sea (Dorthrakis) - Kingston, Jamaica
Discuss.
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