Meaning of Chocolate City | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Nickname for Washington, D.C.: the capital of the United States.
   US, informal
2. A city with a predominantly African American population.
   US, informal
3. A nickname for a city with a predominantly African American population.
   US, informal
4. A city known for or associated with chocolate production.

Examples

“There's a lot of chocolate cities around / We got Newark, we got Gary / Someone told me we got L.A. / And we're working on Atlanta / But you're the capital C.C.”

“"This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way; it wouldn't be New Orleans." … It's part of our culture to talk about chocolate cities.”

“When long-time residents from these areas leave or are forced out economically, what do they take with them? Can the culture of a chocolate city — its heritage and its heart — remain when its black residents have moved on?”

“I’ve lived in Los Angeles metro area since 1984. I’m from the Midwest, from a “chocolate city” at the time I grew up. I am a Black woman.”

“Bruges is a chocolate city par excellence. The city has more than 50 passionate chocolatiers.”

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