Black people should move to the South says black New York Times writer

[African Peasant]

This thread was not about 'what's the best place for black peopke right now'


LOL @ the thread turning into 'what's the best destination for a young black male in 2024'

Talk about missing the point

 

[Pirius Black]

Some head in the sand stuff in this post...

So I live in Raleigh, which I do think is among the best cities for black people, and it's in NC which I definitely think is the top state for us. And yet, here are some points you mentioned that we still have here:

•hyper targeted by police. Pick a big Carolina city, they all have this issue;

•the chasm in funding and resources of HBCUs compared to PWIs. We have like 13 HBCUs in NC. It's an annual conversation on the gap between our HBCUs and the PWIs, in the hire rate of graduates from an HBCU or PWI, limited representation at leadership or student levels of North Carolina's biggest schools. The higher cost of PWIs compared to HBCUs disproportionately affects BLACK STUDENTS, a gap that seemingly increases every year

.....

What I will say is that we have GOAT level representation at local levels in NC's big cities, from the city councils and mayorships to school boards to police departments, etc. This DOES have an effect on the communities and how we are resourced and perceived. It's better than 99% of the US, in Charlotte and Raleigh specifically...

We could never control state politics if we don't have the affluence, and that doesn't happen with simply having the heads. There are plenty of old money gatekeepers here, I'm not saying it's an impossibility, but it's for sure a long shot. And if North Carolina can't be a state controlled by Black people at the political level, no state will...

Breh, all I'm taking from your post is that it will be hard and there's no guarantee that it would work. Which I wholeheartedly agree with. You are also talking to a breh from good old Kinston. I am well aware that affluence as well as numbers are needed to win the day. Hell, five cac families have controlled Lenoir County for damn near a century. The only chance to break the grip these old money oligarchs have is numbers. But Black folk are only 30% of the state that's been gerrymandered all to hell thanks to that Art Pope clown from SC.
.From your own post you acknowledge the strides that have been made on the local level, especially in Raleigh and Charlotte. Numbers have a qualitative punch all their own. What state has an outright Black majority? I think that a lot of our questions will be answered once we see what that looks like in practice.

 

[The_Truth]

Man, I don't want to live somewhere where any ol' cac can shoot you and get away with it as long as they claim they feared for their life.

 

[The Fade]

Should be obsessed with power aggrandizement anywhere you are

 

[ogc163]

Black median household income in NYC is around 55k btw.

 

[RealCrownHeights]

I make okay money here. But I'm at the point where I don't make enough to live alone in a nice neighborhood in NY and still have income after rent or my rent is cheaper and I live kind of adjacent to the hood but I save money.

For my role, Idk if I can get the same salary elsewhere

 

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