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Different people in those states, though. Germans and swede were already educated and skilled. Slavery and share cropping were business ventures that went on too long. Compounding the issue was that the typical southerner had no idea how real wealth was created. It takes sacrifice, savings, and investing in valuable ventures. Emphasis on education is also key.
Education is one thing that was neglected in the Deep South for a long time. The few people who did have wealth from slavery used their money to send their children to boarding schools far away, or hired tutors. When you have one segment of the population is forbidden by law to learn how to read, and there are very few or no schools for the other segment of the population, well, it creates a problem. Those who had the power neglected education for the rest of the population because of the aristocratic attitude of "let them eat cake".
In places like Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, education was held in high esteem because of the type of society there. The persons who settled Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota were often better educated. Schools were built for the people who lived there because education was take seriously. There was no aristocratic mentality, and I think part of it had to do with these states being free states. No slavery meant no laws built around the system of slavery, and no economy built around it. Slavery and share cropping did hamper the South in many ways.
The collapse of the mining industry and bham overtaxing with a dysfunctional school system, drug crime, etc. the fact that folks were poor shouldn't surprise anyone but the trend was positive. Poverty was in decline. Moving out of the south was the smart move.
Same reason there were other cities that went into economic decline. Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Oakland, Flint, Saginaw, Buffalo, etc. Birmingham was basically the Rust Belt in the South.
Why has Atlanta and Charlotte been able to attract large numbers of Blacks after the 1970s?
As the saying goes, facts have a liberal bias. America is really a confederation of two nation states: A first world, blue America and a third-world red America.
Yep, nothing like visiting Camden, Newark, Detroit, Oakland, Baltimore and don't forget, East St. Louis,....to know I'm breathing fresh, blue, first world air, lol.
Second, members of those groups most severely afflicted by poverty are not any better off in blue states - it's just that southern red states have more of them.
Why?
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More straw dogs.
Poor does not see skin color. Obama has created a fifty year high in poverty. Do you think 15 million new people living in poverty since Jan 2009, only have brown skin?
Here is a link with another map of poverty from the 2011 census:
The whole US will be in poverty when Obocho is through. There will be a few nice places....but I'm not telling you whining, bleeding heart libs where so you can trash it like everything else.
This is a great article from NPR talking about poverty in America but what really struck me was the map of where poverty is located. Republican states, especially southern states, are just the worst in the country when it comes to providing a decent living for their citizens yet Republicans always try to pretend their policies result in less poverty. Why is it Republican dominated states are such poverty ridden crapholes?
This is a great article from NPR talking about poverty in America but what really struck me was the map of where poverty is located. Republican states, especially southern states, are just the worst in the country when it comes to providing a decent living for their citizens yet Republicans always try to pretend their policies result in less poverty. Why is it Republican dominated states are such poverty ridden crapholes?
The South has some of the most beautiful scenery and I love living here
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