SPIN Thread: Are Black people too Migratory?

[Biscayne]

This is a spin-off of the "NC best bet for Black people" thread.

Black people seem to constantly be on the move, looking for the next hot spot. Do you guys thinnk that Black people have given up too easily on their cities of origin?

Do you think that has contributed to the mass gentrification in cities like LA, NYC, etc?

Do you think Black people should collectively choose one region in the US?

 

[Biscayne]

Is it over? @Big Boss

 

[Mr210]

I haven't given up on San Antonio and neither has the black race we are on the rise in the city

 

[Biscayne]

I haven't given up on San Antonio and neither has the black race we are on the rise in the city

That's awesome. SA can be a model Black city in the future.

 

[How Sway?]

lol I know poeple who've never left their state, so no

 

[Biscayne]

lol I know poeple who've never left their state, so no

Me too. But the fact remains, millions of Black people have left their region for other regions because they think the grass is greener.

 

[AldavisAlbundyAllah!]

Take over Idaho and wait for Cali to get knock out by an earthquake.

 

[Marlostanfield.]

When you have no foundation, things like this are bound to happen. Gotta go stay on the move when resources run dry, or other things happen, just like people did 1000s years ago.

But me personally I have to be in the big city up north out west where I have seemed conscience levels to be much higher. I don't really like close minded South.

 

[AlainLocke]

This is a spin-off of the "NC best bet for Black people" thread.

Black people seem to constantly be on the move, looking for the next hot spot. Do you guys thinnk that Black people have given up too easily on their cities of origin?

Do you think that has contributed to the mass gentrification in cities like LA, NYC, etc?

Do you think Black people should collectively choose one region in the US?

The reason why Black people move is because they don't have good jobs and they eventually get priced out of a region...


And no...there shouldn't be no sillly collective idea to live in one region...most Black people already live in the South.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Well whenever you set up your own businesses and shops and they get frickin fire bombed for no good reason you are the mercy of having to follow where work is.

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

The reason why Black people move is because they don't have good jobs and they eventually get priced out of a region...


And no...there shouldn't be no sillly collective idea to live in one region...most Black people already live in the South.

That's not even just black people, that's everyone. Like how five years ago with Fracking in the Dakotas being all the rage.

 

[Biscayne]

The reason why Black people move is because they don't have good jobs and they eventually get priced out of a region...


And no...there shouldn't be no sillly collective idea to live in one region...most Black people already live in the South.

But black ppl are bound to be priced out of every major city it seems.

 

[Biscayne]

Well whenever you set up your own businesses and shops and they get frickin fire bombed for no good reason you are the mercy of having to follow where work is.

But there are/were cities that already had an established black middle class, black authority, etc, and black people decided to up and migrate out of those cities also. Not every situation involves Black people being chased out...

 

[AlainLocke]

But black ppl are bound to be priced out of every major city it seems.

Well yeah...upwardly mobile Black people in a place, White people leave, most USA citizens have their wealth tied up in a home, home value of upwardly mobile Blacks decrease, poor Blacks move in, area becomes crime infested, a couple of generations pass, upwardly mobile White people move in the hood since it's cheap, Black people get priced out...and it continues and continues.

The key is, that AA's need to fight for the right for a place to live.

Having a place to live with decent jobs and decent public infrastructure needs to become a right.

 

[Biscayne]

Well yeah...upwardly mobile Black people in a place, White people leave, most USA citizens have their wealth tied up in a home, home value of upwardly mobile Blacks decrease, poor Blacks move in, area becomes crime infested, a couple of generations pass, upwardly mobile White people move in the hood since it's cheap, Black people get priced out...and it continues and continues.

The key is, that AA's need to fight for the right for a place to live.

Having a place to live with decent jobs and decent public infrastructure needs to become a right.

Bingo...And I applaud those who do so in cities where such a task seems daunting. Black folks who are determined to fight for LA and NYC deserve a standing O.