The issue with segregation (when mandated by the government) is that it was/is not equal.
Creating a black community would be different because it's not government instituted. No one is saying that you cannot go to a certain store or go to a certain area of town.
What this would be is like an all black HOA, buying property, developing the land, and selling the homes to the people they see fit. Over the years it would turn into a primarily or all black area of the country.
What I DISLIKE though is that whenever we talk (especially hypothetically) about things, we use negative connotations. Asking you here (and respectfully
) why does the word "segregation" come to mind? I live in San Diego, there are large pockets of the city where Koreans live...where the signs are in Korean, where the people and shops and schools are heavily Korean owned...but we don't call that "self segregation". We call it a Korean community.In San Fran and LA there are "China Towns" where damn near everyone is Chinese. The signs are in Chinese and English, you can find people who really don't speak much English in these areas. We don't call them "segregated" we call them communities.
Why would a group of black people deciding to do this in a new territory be akin to segregation? I wouldn't see it as us "cutting ourselves off" from others. I would see it as a community of like minded and like experienced people deciding to start from the ground up in order to build an area that has the same values, shares a similar culture, has positive influence on each other, and encourages the next generation physically, emotionally, financially, and mentally, to do greater things.
