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You're right. Let me put other as I dislike both the term African American and Black. This discussion is venturing far off topic. you remind me of the comcast dude that wanted to know why a customer wanted to cancel his service.
There's really no topic of discussion. The OP states hard facts. It would be like saying there's a real topic of discussion in a thread titled "The Most Populous State in the U.S."
I still don't think Dallas will surpass Houston. Houston's total black population (black in combination) grew faster in 2013, in 2014, and in 2015.
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The gap has widened since 2013. Houston will be over 1.3 million, since it has been growing 30,000+ annually this decade. I predict 1.38 - 1.4 million.
Also, Houston's Caribbean population is still large, considering Caribbean people's migration patterns. It has the largest Caribbean population west of the Mississippi, and it is really large compared to Dallas's.
I think DFW is bound to eclipse Houston, especially when it comes to Black Alone Americans.
Population figures and HBCUs aside, I always felt that Dallas was the more "African American" city in Texas, and now it looks like it might soon officially be so.
I think DFW is bound to eclipse Houston, especially when it comes to Black Alone Americans.
Population figures and HBCUs aside, I always felt that Dallas was the more "African American" city in Texas, and now it looks like it might soon officially be so.
"Smaller metro"? LOL, Houston is the fifth largest metro in the country and is located in the South, the ancestral homeland of the vast majority of native Blacks in America.
Ummmm, neither DFW or Atlanta (especially) constitute stops along the way before getting to Houston. All three are highly transient major metros, but most people aren't looking at any of those cities as pitstops on the way to either of the other two.
Wow. I of course meant smaller than DFW.
Both Atlanta and DFW definitely present options for folks moving from the Midwest or NE. I would say its similar to folks from the west coast that move east. They don't really go east of the Mississippi. There are many factors for that, including not wanting to stray too far away from roots/family. Dfw and Atlanta also have similar economies.
How is it any different from South Carolina being your ancestral homeland?
I said the South as a region is the ancestral homeland of Blacks. I'm not pinpointing it to any particular state as there was a lot of buying and selling of slaves within the South itself. The South stands as a distinct region within the U.S. from which the descendents of slaves then fanned out across the country after 200+ years.
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