While everyone is typically very excepting of just about everyone...race, sex, religion, etc....most cultures have certain traditions or events that are shared amongst themselves...that is why there are so many clubs and organizations in TV's....so while one has many friends in TV's and in their neighborhoods....they still have people of their own heritage or culture or lifestyle to connect with as well.

There are clubs for almost every heritage here...including an African-American club....

My point is....get down here and enjoy life with everyone....but you also have the chance to join a club of people that are steaped in your specific traditions....it is always a wonderful thing to share in ones heritage and cultural traditions.....

Most of these clubs also have wonderful evenings where they cook traditional meals.....I have been able to participate in the Korean and Japanese club dinners...WOW!!! Talk about good food!! YUM

Here's the link to TV African American club.

http://taaclub.org/

RCT, I enjoy what you have to say and I couldn't agree with you more on this post. Well said as usual!

We're TV Wannabe's
 

We've visited and have never seen such a friendly place. I'm with you on the "keeping away from sports." Hopefully, if we get to TV, I'll get a wee bit more active.

I would say move there as fast as you can, so you can start enjoying all the benefits of the Villages.

Jan

American period
 

My Great Grandparents moved here from Poland and the Balkans. After they moved here there was never a hyphen in their ethnicity. Never even a thought of it. They were never Polish-American or Balkan-American.
They moved here so they could call themselves what they are, not what they were. "American".
My Grandfather told me a story when I was very young about my Great Grandfather being asked to join a "Polish-American" club in Chicago. My Great Grandfather retorted, "We may have come from Poland, but I am American now".

On the one hand I tend to agree with your grandfather, SABR. On the other I am a little envious of those who can say they are Afro-American, Irish-American, Polish-American, etc., etc.
I am from such a mixed background I can't lay claim to any definite ethnic, racial, religious or national background. One of my grandfathers ran away from home in his early teens and would never reveal where he was from.
My surname is of no help. It is fairly common in a number of countries. It is also the Anglicized version of a number of names of even other countries.
I'll just keep on celebrating every national and ethnic holiday that comes along with special emphasis on July Fourth.

A wonderful American-American story!

Beautiful summation Shirleevee!:eclipsee_gold_cup: