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I wouldnt Dare make that kinda remark saying there are more educated blacks in the state of GA than TX im pretty sure it probably would be the other way around
Its cool man and I respect ATL and its proud black history. Besides you can't have a black debate of any kind without ATL being mentioned in the debate at some point. In other words ATL & DC have set the barometer in many ways.
Doesn't make me more capable at all. I can go to Rice and do the same thing or Tulane or The U, etc. There's a high population of blacks in Atlanta, which also has good colleges, 1+1=2.
Well you answer the Question.
1. Where are Blacks thriving the most? Keyword is the most
2. Why are they thriving the most?
3. With you being able to do the same things Why is the black educated populous of DC and Atlanta larger
Maybe you can dig up adn do some research of your own and answer your own Question.
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I also want to make something very clear Birmingham and the state of Alabama was the epic center of the civil rights movement. "Yes" Dr. King was born and raised in ATL but most of his dirty work was done in Alabama.
Well, Dr. King did most of his work in Alabama because he wanted to make the most impact. He knew that in Atlanta he wouldn't have as hard a time working to reverse segregation since there was a verbal truce between the white and black/jewish communities since 1906. Sure it wasn't 100% smooth sailing, but the violent undercurrent that existed in pre-Civil Rights Birmingham and Montgomery did not exist in Atlanta. Also, the SCLC was formed and based in Atlanta (they needed somewhere to operate that wouldn't get fire bombed).
This isn't great Civil Rights leaders from Alabama (of which there are dozens) but Atlanta was the HQ, Alabama was the battlefield. You don't keep your HQ on the battlefield. Hell, Dr. King and the rest couldn't even meet openly in Birmingham or Montgomery in the early days from fear of being lynched for even coming together to plan the protests.
Off Topic, I know. But usually when one would say that this city is better for blacks (or any other culture) than the other city, they mean where there are more opportunities for them to thrive, the level of the vibrancy of the Black experience is high (subjective I know), if the leadership has a great amount of Blacks in public offices historically and presently, etc. But it's mostly Black centric. Houston and Dallas are both higher than San Antonio and Austin in Texas. But this is why DC and Atlanta is seen as the top two cities TODAY. Per Capita, these cities probably have the highest Black owned businesses, Black leaders and affluent Blacks. Can that change, yes. It always changes. NY, Chicago, and Detroit were the cities 50 years ago. You can make an argument for Philadelphia as well. DC has always been there.
But in the argument on Houston being a better city for Blacks than Dallas. Not really. Houston is more popular slightly as of late. But it's not particularly better. Nor do I believe Atlanta is better than Houston or Dallas even though they received 300,000 more Blacks than the two Texas cities in the last decade. Just that Atlanta is by far more popular.
As far as the nightlife goes for Blacks, Dallas is good. But it's not better than Houston and I'm surprised people are placing Miami so high for Black nightlife. It's not bad but most places are very mixed as opposed to the other four.
Off Topic, I know. But usually when one would say that this city is better for blacks (or any other culture) than the other city, they mean where there are more opportunities for them to thrive, the level of the vibrancy of the Black experience is high (subjective I know), if the leadership has a great amount of Blacks in public offices historically and presently, etc. But it's mostly Black centric. Houston and Dallas are both higher than San Antonio and Austin in Texas. But this is why DC and Atlanta is seen as the top two cities TODAY. Per Capita, these cities probably have the highest Black owned businesses, Black leaders and affluent Blacks. Can that change, yes. It always changes. NY, Chicago, and Detroit were the cities 50 years ago. You can make an argument for Philadelphia as well. DC has always been there.
But in the argument on Houston being a better city for Blacks than Dallas. Not really. Houston is more popular slightly as of late. But it's not particularly better. Nor do I believe Atlanta is better than Houston or Dallas even though they received 300,000 more Blacks than the two Texas cities in the last decade. Just that Atlanta is by far more popular.
As far as the nightlife goes for Blacks, Dallas is good. But it's not better than Houston and I'm surprised people are placing Miami so high for Black nightlife. It's not bad but most places are very mixed as opposed to the other four.
That's exactly why it's placed that high. It's a popular destination for most people.
That's exactly why it's placed that high. It's a popular destination for most people.
Yes it's the highest by far for multicultural crowd. But for a Black centric crowd, I don't it is as high as Houston or Atlanta, especially Atlanta. Could be wrong, though.
I hope Atlanta edges out that greased up and hick NOLA for the win.
I doubt it. NOLA has the best night life in the South and one of the best in the country
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