▁to ▁the ▁tradition ▁present ▁in ▁American ▁and ▁European ▁cult ures , ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁acceptable ▁and ▁common ▁audience ▁reaction ▁to ▁interrupt ▁and ▁aff irm ▁the ▁speaker . ▁ ▁This ▁pattern ▁of ▁interaction ▁is ▁also ▁in ▁evidence ▁in ▁music , ▁particularly ▁in ▁bl ues ▁and ▁jazz ▁forms . ▁Hyper bol ic ▁and ▁provoc ative , ▁even ▁inc endi ary , ▁r het or ic ▁is ▁another ▁aspect ▁of ▁African - American ▁or al ▁tradition ▁often ▁evident ▁in ▁the ▁pul pit ▁in ▁a ▁tradition ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" pro ph etic ▁speech ". ▁ ▁Modern ity ▁and ▁migration ▁of ▁black ▁communities ▁to ▁the ▁North ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁placing ▁stra in ▁on ▁the ▁ret ention ▁of ▁black ▁cultural ▁practices ▁and ▁trad itions . ▁The ▁urban ▁and ▁rad ically ▁different ▁spaces ▁in ▁which ▁black ▁culture ▁was ▁being ▁produced ▁raised ▁fear s ▁in ▁anth rop olog ists ▁and ▁soci olog ists ▁that ▁the ▁southern ▁black ▁folk ▁aspect ▁of ▁black ▁popular ▁culture ▁were ▁at ▁risk ▁of ▁being ▁lost ▁in ▁history . ▁The ▁study ▁over ▁the ▁fear ▁of ▁losing ▁black ▁popular ▁cultural ▁roots ▁from ▁the ▁South ▁have ▁a ▁topic ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁many ▁anth rop olog ists , ▁who ▁among ▁them ▁include ▁Z ora ▁Ne ale ▁Hur ston . ▁Through ▁her ▁extensive ▁studies ▁of ▁Southern ▁fol kl ore ▁and ▁cultural ▁practices , ▁Hur ston ▁has ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁popular ▁Southern ▁fol kl ore ▁trad itions ▁and ▁practices ▁are ▁not ▁dying ▁off . ▁Instead ▁they ▁are ▁evol ving , ▁developing , ▁and ▁re - cre ating ▁themselves ▁in