Has the Black Population Made Itself Politically Irrelevant? (borders, Somali, crime)

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Saritaschihuahua

You really expect me to believe that?

Yes. Easy enough to sort through my posts searching by the word "voucher." There's a lot of them.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Saritaschihuahua

What I noticed is that this country went extremist right wing in the 1980s with Reagan, and the extremist right wing trend is here still with us today, infesting us with bad ideas that will not change until people realize that being right wing only succeeds in damaging our country.

You seem to be on the wrong side of that issue. Younger and more educated Blacks are moving to red states.

"This is the decade of black flight," said Mr. Frey. "It’s a new age for African-Americans. It’s long overdue, but it seems to be happening."

"...younger and more educated black residents move out of declining cities in the Northeast and Midwest in search of better opportunities.

...Increasingly blacks are moving to places with small black populations. Just 2 percent of the black population growth in the last decade occurred in counties that have traditionally been black population centers, while 20 percent has occurred in counties where only a tiny fraction of the population had been black."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/us...pagewanted=all

The younger and better educated Blacks don't want to be in the blue states, or in traditionally black neighborhoods.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

I feel the young black population is about to make themselves very relevant politically. Socially. Economically.

Exactly. The more educated are moving to red states, and increasingly avoiding traditionally Black population centers.

[thriftylefty]

As long as Black people continue to support whichever party believes in the legal and constitutional infrastructure that guarantees them equal treatment under the law they or any other American will never be irrelevant.

Illegal immigrants from the Southwest have a different issue. IMO Their biggest stumbling block is they are entering the US through redneck or conservative America. If they had the good fortune to enter the US through NY like a bunch of other Spanish speaking illegal immigrants they too could fly under the radar and not have to face armed resistance.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by thriftylefty

As long as Black people continue to support whichever party believes in the legal and constitutional infrastructure that guarantees them equal treatment under the law they or any other American will never be irrelevant.

Illegal immigrants from the Southwest have a different issue. IMO Their biggest stumbling block is they are entering the US through redneck or conservative America.

The very same area more educated Blacks are moving to, according to the NY Times. Interesting...

[Hadoken]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

Exactly. The more educated are moving to red states, and increasingly avoiding traditionally Black population centers.

You contradict yourself. In the US, the south *is* the "traditional Black population center".

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Hadoken

You contradict yourself. In the US, the south *is* the "traditional Black population center".

Not until recently. Read the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/us...pagewanted=all

[thriftylefty]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

The very same area more educated Blacks are moving to, according to the NY Times. Interesting...

I wonder how much of this trend can be attributed to blacks who were educated at predominately or historically black colleges ,which are mostly in the south, seeking to return to " black intellectual centers." Perhaps in the post Harlem Renaissance era New York and Chicago have lost its attraction for black intellectuals.

[Feltdesigner]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

Not until recently. Read the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/us...pagewanted=all

You arent making any sense.

[Feltdesigner]

Originally Posted by thriftylefty

I wonder how much of this trend can be attributed to blacks who were educated at predominately or historically black colleges ,which are mostly in the south, seeking to return to " black intellectual centers." Perhaps in the post Harlem Renaissance era New York and Chicago have lost its attraction for black intellectuals.

Maybe... but its moreso about visiting relatives and seeing them in a 4 bedroom house with a yard that cost less than a 1br apt. In DC or NYC