How will the City of Atlanta change if it keeps losing blacks? (Auburn: crime, good schools)

[Mr. Simpson]

Originally Posted by cityrover

It wont go down the road of detroit thats how

You enjoyed that !

Anyway, the only thing that would change by the continued shift would be loss of political power in the hub of the south. That is something that cannot be taken lightly. That said, it doesn't mean political influence will disappear.

What are the chances of sharing harmoniously ? We are in new era.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by Mr. Simpson

You enjoyed that !

Anyway, the only thing that would change by the continued shift would be loss of political power in the hub of the south. That is something that cannot be taken lightly. That said, it doesn't mean political influence will disappear.

What are the chances of sharing harmoniously ? We are in new era.

I think the majority of us are already sharing harmoniously...we don't vote for a candidate's color - so political influence doesn't need to be a black/white issue.

[onemanarmy]

This topic is brought up every three months and I should just save my response and copy and paste.

Blacks should have no fear of becoming the political minority in Atlanta, because our political power will go unchanged until we drop below 25% of the population. Here are my reasons.

1. The white/non blacks moving to the city are overwhelmingly blue voters, so party wise there is very little political differences.
2. Blacks are not swing voters like our white brethren, currently it's the democrat party so as long as we remain unified, all candidates will have seek our approval. If Barack was a republican with the same agenda he would have loss the general election to Hillary, solely on political association. (Sorry, but its true)
3. We need political reform, the old guard no longer represents us, they are holding on to an overt racist America, where now convert racism is the issue at hand.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by onemanarmy

This topic is brought up every three months and I should just save my response and copy and paste.

Blacks should have no fear of becoming the political minority in Atlanta, because our political power will go unchanged until we drop below 25% of the population. Here are my reasons.

1. The white/non blacks moving to the city are overwhelmingly blue voters, so party wise there is very little political differences.
2. Blacks are not swing voters like our white brethren, currently it's the democrat party so as long as we remain unified, all candidates will have seek our approval. If Barack was a republican with the same agenda he would have loss the general election to Hillary, solely on political association. (Sorry, but its true)
3. We need political reform, the old guard no longer represents us, they are holding on to an overt racist America, where now convert racism is the issue at hand.

Thank you. I would hope that most voters are smart enough to vote for candidates based on something besides race. It's the same with gender...female voters didn't automatically support McCain/Palin simply because of Palin's gender...

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by Reelist in Atlanta

How has Clayton County changed since the minority population has increased so much?

- Reel

This is a question that I have asked many times myself yet NO blacks seem to want to answer this question with any form of rationality. I mean if whites came into an all black area and suddenly became the majority and then voted out ALL of the blacks in office and made a complete joke out of every aspect of that county I would be the first white guy calling these jokers out. I would also be placing the blame for such a debacle on the white fools that voted these clowns into office just because of their skin color! I know that many other whites would be doing the exact same thing. I just can't understand why blacks are so reluctant to place the blame on other blacks when they are cleary corrupt and useless.

[suprascooby22]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

I think the majority of us are already sharing harmoniously...we don't vote for a candidate's color - so political influence doesn't need to be a black/white issue.

Maybe if you are caucasin this is true but such a statement with concern to minorities, especially blacks is laughable!!

[jluke65780]

Originally Posted by ImissAnalog

Hello! I keep seeing all this hub-bub about the City of Atlanta losing blacks. One example is the other topic that asks what city will replace Atl as the black mecca. It is even mentioned on the wikipedia page for Atlanta.

Just wondering though, whats the big deal?! Im black, but im NOT race-obsessed like some older black people are. Me and my friends thinks its old-fashioned to be obsessed with blackness, we figure we are just Americans. So we could care less if black people are moving out of Atlanta.

But obviously, a lot of people DO care!

But WHY is it even an issue?

Would Atlanta really change if the black percentage drops below 50%? And if you peole DO think it will change, how?!

Atlanta is diversifying and losing it's status as a black mecca. The same thing is happening in lots of major cities across america [Especially DC]. Developers are coming in and redeveloping and beautifying neighborhoods raising up the house prices. Atlanta will always been known as a great city for african americans no matter what because of its history and culture that will always exist.

[kdogg817]

Its ok folks as long Atlanta metropolitan area dosent loose black population. Which we know thats not going to happen anytime soon.

[1908WAGY]

If you're looking for a utopia, you will always be dissapointed. I think its important to be comfortable in your own skin no matter where you live.

[Mr. Simpson]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

I think the majority of us are already sharing harmoniously...we don't vote for a candidate's color - so political influence doesn't need to be a black/white issue.

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[quote=onemanarmy;7953655]This topic is brought up every three months and I should just save my response and copy and paste.

Blacks should have no fear of becoming the political minority in Atlanta, because our political power will go unchanged until we drop below 25% of the population. Here are my reasons.

1. The white/non blacks moving to the city are overwhelmingly blue voters, so party wise there is very little political differences.

Agreed. After all, blue is a primary color . However, there are different shades of political blue ( just ask a nothern transplant). People may not vote based on color as often as we've seen in the past, but perspective ( age ? ) does impact how some dems vote. For that matter, how people,regardless of party affiliation, vote.