Having frequented a lot of the neighborhoods from Blue Hill, MLK/Dudley, Washington, Seaver, Columbia, Morton, Dorchester, Talbot, Norfolk (my street knowledge flex 😏)

While yes their are events that are literally called "The Black Out" & "The Black Affair" are people really asking for for their community to stop/change these? Having far fewer areas where the community is able to put these together coupled with the issues of growing positive cultural identity after years of abuse. Finally being allowed to be promote pride (70yrs one generation) thus stepsaking progress, hopefully addressing broken family patterns and gun violence. We can't have both? Where events that are more mixed and feel more welcoming and then maintain other events the way they are? Honestly that's subjective anyways, just don't but fr experience you can go.

About safety too, as long as you're not selling fetanyl or crack or whatever you should be fine. I'm positive that there are troubled areas for every ethnic group where if you flaunt wealth or are selling narcotics you are opening yourself up to a wide range of trouble.