Seattle is not a paradise of race relations and there are not a whole lot of Black folk to begin with
The modern south has a lot going on for a larger Black population. Atlanta is the Black capital of the USA
3,2,1 for someone to prove I am talking out my ass without looking up numbers and shit
Sorry, but you couldn't be further off. Atlanta is an island in a sea of shit for people of color in the south. The elected leaders of southern states (people like Jeff Sessions) STILL have abysmal records on civil rights issues compared to elected leaders in other parts of the country. Case in point, the new laws springing up over the past couple years designed to disenfranchise black voters are primarily concentrated in the south: https://nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/new-voting-laws-south-could-affect-millions-african-americans-n639511
Want more facts/data? Happy to walk through how the south fled to the republican party after civil rights legislation passed by Kennedy and LBJ, and how those republicans have supported policies/judges/political candidates that have completely worked against the interests of African Americans. Another big factor was Barry Goldwater's opposition to the Civil Rights Act and his speech at the republican convention in 1964. Believe me, I have a library to back this up.
And nobody thinks Seattle is a "paradise" for race relations, but if you look at the civil rights record of Seattle/Olympia versus southern states, it's really no contest. They're worlds apart.
3, 2, 1 for someone to tell us to move to the "tug" bored, which I don't visit.
No one's arguing that politics are better for blacks in the south than in the west.
There's a lot more to life than politics though.
Brilliant response. "There's a lot more to life than politics?" Uhhh....you mean like investments in public health and education? Literacy rates? Economic opportunities? Things like that?
Not sure if you're aware, but "politics" (i.e., who you elect) has a significant impact in determining all of those things.
Whooooooooooooooosh.
I personally know multiple African Americans who prefer living here in Mississippi than their time in Philadelphia or Detroit or DC.
Please don't make this into a discussion about race in the south. Last time that happened BallzDeep immediately nuked the thread and put it well over its retard quota. No one wants that.
Seattle is not a paradise of race relations and there are not a whole lot of Black folk to begin with
The modern south has a lot going on for a larger Black population. Atlanta is the Black capital of the USA
3,2,1 for someone to prove I am talking out my ass without looking up numbers and shit
ATL is the black capital, Houston is probably second.
Yeah I was going to say H-town. Yonce bitches.
Passion is right about a lot of the history and the fact that the racist white men still have political control.
But the fact is that Blacks have been flooding back to the South since the 1970s. Economically the black population is doing much better in Southern cities compared to Northern with the exception of D.C.
Without touching on the Civil Rights angle of R vs D ...
One reason IMO the South tends to be red is that you have a lot of individual/state rights people there that don’t want government interference ... particularly as it pertains to the 2nd Amendment.
The two parties couldn’t be further apart on those issues.
Lake is reportedly not against negative recruiting. I might emphasize how Alabama is where they stuck with a QB from the South who literally can't throw for an entire year over a better QB from the West until they were absolutely forced to play him. Would Irvin get a fair shake compared to some DBs they bring in from Florida or Georgia?
Not to mention that being black in the South is a whole lot different than being black in the West.
LOL at the old, rich, white guy in Seattle advising on what it's like in the southeast for a black kid from "the west".
LOL at you assuming I'm any of those three things.
Lake is reportedly not against negative recruiting. I might emphasize how Alabama is where they stuck with a QB from the South who literally can't throw for an entire year over a better QB from the West until they were absolutely forced to play him. Would Irvin get a fair shake compared to some DBs they bring in from Florida or Georgia?
Not to mention that being black in the South is a whole lot different than being black in the West.
LOL at the old, rich, white guy in Seattle advising on what it's like in the southeast for a black kid from "the west".
LOL at you assuming I'm any of those three things.
Lake is reportedly not against negative recruiting. I might emphasize how Alabama is where they stuck with a QB from the South who literally can't throw for an entire year over a better QB from the West until they were absolutely forced to play him. Would Irvin get a fair shake compared to some DBs they bring in from Florida or Georgia?
Not to mention that being black in the South is a whole lot different than being black in the West.
LOL at the old, rich, white guy in Seattle advising on what it's like in the southeast for a black kid from "the west".
LOL at you assuming I'm any of those three things.
Without touching on the Civil Rights angle of R vs D ...
One reason IMO the South tends to be red is that you have a lot of individual/state rights people there that don’t want government interference ... particularly as it pertains to the 2nd Amendment.
The two parties couldn’t be further apart on those issues.
You can't argue states' rights without Civil Rights. That is precisely what Southern States didn't want interference on.
Lake is reportedly not against negative recruiting. I might emphasize how Alabama is where they stuck with a QB from the South who literally can't throw for an entire year over a better QB from the West until they were absolutely forced to play him. Would Irvin get a fair shake compared to some DBs they bring in from Florida or Georgia?
Not to mention that being black in the South is a whole lot different than being black in the West.
LOL at the old, rich, white guy in Seattle advising on what it's like in the southeast for a black kid from "the west".
LOL at you assuming I'm any of those three things.
Lake is reportedly not against negative recruiting. I might emphasize how Alabama is where they stuck with a QB from the South who literally can't throw for an entire year over a better QB from the West until they were absolutely forced to play him. Would Irvin get a fair shake compared to some DBs they bring in from Florida or Georgia?
Not to mention that being black in the South is a whole lot different than being black in the West.
LOL at the old, rich, white guy in Seattle advising on what it's like in the southeast for a black kid from "the west".
LOL at you assuming I'm any of those three things.
I'm pretty sure you're not a western black who has lived in the south...which was the point.
Without touching on the Civil Rights angle of R vs D ...
One reason IMO the South tends to be red is that you have a lot of individual/state rights people there that don’t want government interference ... particularly as it pertains to the 2nd Amendment.
The two parties couldn’t be further apart on those issues.
You can't argue states' rights without Civil Rights. That is precisely what Southern States didn't want interference on.
Lake is reportedly not against negative recruiting. I might emphasize how Alabama is where they stuck with a QB from the South who literally can't throw for an entire year over a better QB from the West until they were absolutely forced to play him. Would Irvin get a fair shake compared to some DBs they bring in from Florida or Georgia?
Not to mention that being black in the South is a whole lot different than being black in the West.
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I personally know multiple African Americans who prefer living here in Mississippi than their time in Philadelphia or Detroit or DC.
Once again, politics isn't everything.
Passion is right about a lot of the history and the fact that the racist white men still have political control.
But the fact is that Blacks have been flooding back to the South since the 1970s. Economically the black population is doing much better in Southern cities compared to Northern with the exception of D.C.
One reason IMO the South tends to be red is that you have a lot of individual/state rights people there that don’t want government interference ... particularly as it pertains to the 2nd Amendment.
The two parties couldn’t be further apart on those issues.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=W2XCAdeL7t0