We Need a Second Great Migration: Black Folks Need to Head Back Downsouth (NYT)

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I wasn't commenting on you leaving DC to go live with Bubba and nem. I was just asking if you lived in the sweltering hot, humid ass District of Columbia?

And I answered your question

 

[KillerPups]

Go wherever your can make the most money. Life is getting too expensive

 

[BobbyWojak]

Go wherever your can make the most money. Life is getting too expensive

There's more to life than 'making the most money'.

 

[KillerPups]

There's more to life than 'making the most money'.

Is that right ?? You speaking from a position of privilege people out here losing their homes and starving.

 

[ogc163]

Isn’t this all worse in Southern metropolitan areas?

No, based on studies that are similar in nature.

Examining U.S. Economic Racial Inequality by State | St. Louis Fed

The Center for Household Financial Stability documents racial economic inequality across the United States.

www.stlouisfed.org

States with the Biggest and Smallest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity in 2024

States with the Biggest and Smallest Wealth Gaps by Race/Ethnicity in 2024

wallethub.com

 

[BobbyWojak]

Is that right ?? You speaking from a position of privilege people out here losing their homes and starving.

This is a discussion about people who have the means to move down south in the first place. When it comes to those people, yes, there is more to life than making the most possible money.

 

[KillerPups]

This is a discussion about people who have the means to move down south in the first place. When it comes to those people, yes, there is more to life than making the most possible money.

I guess. Most people I know from the north who move south are at least partially motivated by lower cost of living . With prices up everywhere not sure how much that applies anymore.

 

[BobbyWojak]

I guess. Most people I know from the north who move south are at least partially motivated by lower cost of living . With prices up everywhere not sure how much that applies anymore.

The article posted is more about swinging those close elections in the south and building somewhere that already has a large Black population. It's not meant for everyone.

 

[⠀X ⠀]

I ain’t going down there

 

[BobbyWojak]

I ain’t going down there

You scared? You have more claim to that land than they do.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Just please be respectful a lot of you up north dudes disrespectful. We show hospitality and respect to our visitors you live cheaper here to go along with your pay. You got thick broads just a better quality of life here and the first thing yall do is talk about it’s slow here. Look if you gonna be disrespectful just stay up there.

 

[3rdWorld]

Aren't laws in the South generally more draconian and sentencing extreme and severe?
Are Black people in the South more likely to get profiled and arrested as opposed to elsewhere or its equal?

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Aren't laws in the South generally more draconian and sentencing extreme and severe?
Are Black people in the South more likely to get profiled and arrested as opposed to elsewhere or its equal?

What I’ve noticed as a black man in the south is to try to draw less attention to yourself as possible. Them dudes riding around playing there music loud and flashy be targets by law enforcement. Yo they’ll give you a ticket for playing your music loud. And if they pull you over and smell weed you’re done. So just try not to draw attention to yourself. Also back in the days if I go into unfamiliar territory to see a broad I met definitely play it cool and be humble.

 

[3rdWorld]

What I’ve noticed as a black man in the south is to try to draw less attention to yourself as possible. Them dudes riding around playing there music loud and flashy be targets by law enforcement. Yo they’ll give you a ticket for playing your music loud. And if they pull you over and smell weed you’re done. So just try not to draw attention to yourself. Also back in the days if I go into unfamiliar territory to see a broad I met definitely play it cool and be humble.

Black people are generally very visible, we stick out like a sore thumb whether silent or loud..if you can't be yourself and just be free is the South really that great?
Those maga red state politicians are spewing open fascism daily too.

If the State is majority Black and the Senator, Governor, Attorney General Black too then maybe.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Black people are generally very visible, we stick out like a sore thumb whether silent or loud..if you can't be yourself and just be free is the South really that great?
Those maga red state politicians are spewing open fascism daily too.

If the State is majority Black and the Senator, Governor, Attorney General Black too then maybe.

What I’m saying is if you’re black here be on top of your game don’t give law enforcement no reason to come your way.
Make sure your tags up to date
Make sure your headlights working
Keep your seatbelt on
Don’t ride dirty

Just using common sense can limit your interaction with law enforcement and that can prevent dudes from any kind of charges.