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If that's "net migration", it wouldn't suprise me if DC is not in the top 50.
Really? Why is that, especially since DC was somewhat insulated from the recession and Blacks on the whole tend to be overrepresented in the government sector?
But it was actually in the top 5 for the entirety of the last decade. Not sure why it's not on the list you posted though:
Really? Why is that, especially since DC was somewhat insulated from the recession and Blacks on the whole tend to be overrepresented in the government sector?
But it was actually in the top 5 for the entirety of the last decade. Not sure why it's not on the list you posted though:
Yeah DC wouldn't have fell off that much in that short period of time. They were probably overlooked.
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There are more than 100 HBCU's in the country. Only 8 are outside the South (using brother's keeper's definition of the South), and none of those are what would be considered of notable size compared to the larger more well known ones in the South. With all due respect, I stand firmly by my comment that HBCU's in the black community are overwhelmingly associated with the South and Southern culture.
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SF and SD lost too, what is up with Cali losing all these black people?
It's not the 60s 70s 80s 90s no more population getting older retiring back home big space homed and family..young single professionals or ones out of school find more opportunities down South Major cities where its already well established black Population where there not a minority. More culture fun where black Oakland and Black LA not a cracking place like it was gangs poverty lack of job opportunities no matter what group anyone would leave despite the Weather
Simple. Opportunity to live comfortably among other upwardly mobile Black people, where you have a seat at the table in politics and you are not confined to any specific area of a city based on the color of your skin. Atlanta has its issues, but positive representation and opportunity for minorities is not one of them. Black Excellence is a cornerstone of the city's success. Albeit racist in its concept, The Atlanta Compromise, was a widely accepted attitude among white and Black residents to work together for the benefit of the whole. It was more of a "live and let live" policy at first, but it has evolved into a well established philosophy of the city that goes far beyond tolerance.
Basically, Atlanta has always put money ahead of anything else. The entire region stretching into Eastern Alabama, Southern Tennessee and down past Macon now actively exemplifies cooperation to the benefit of all those with even the smallest amount of ambition. Over the decades, Atlanta and her suburbs have grown into some of the most diverse middle and upper class stomping grounds in the U.S. for families of all races and ethnicities, acting as a beacon for people looking for a high quality of living and endless job opportunity. While Black migration makes the headlines, there are Brazilian, Vietnamese, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Cambodian, Korean, Chinese, Mexican, Honduran, Guatemalan, Middle Eastern and Indian arrivals on a daily basis. Atlanta flies under the radar and reveals herself completely remade about every ten years. I have been here for 12 years and it is quite a site to see.
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This barely tells anything tbh. Overall northern metro areas in 2020 didn’t really lose a lot of black people and places like Cedar Rapids, Fargo, Minneapolis are gaining black population at very high levels and Columbus and Indianapolis are still gaining black population growth.
Simple. Opportunity to live comfortably among other upwardly mobile Black people, where you have a seat at the table in politics and you are not confined to any specific area of a city based on the color of your skin. Atlanta has its issues, but positive representation and opportunity for minorities is not one of them.
I don’t know if people are moving to ATL (or the south) because of politics and representation. People move there because it’s cheap, black, suburban, warm and has jobs. Minimal regs too and is in the middle of the black belt (in ATLs case).
I also don’t think people move there because they feel confined to one part of the city in the north or west. It’s just a easier environment generally with more space and affordability. More cultural amenities it has a hell of a built in marketing machine with rap and film/TV.
There’s a tendency to sort of overlook all the progress, culture, representations that we fought very hard for in the north and it’s troubling. It’s not a though our time there was a flat out failure. The devaluing of black northern(or western) culture has never sat right with me especially as it’s intensified over the past 10 or so years. But the black people in the south have the numbers to control the narrative I think the community. The number one thing that been forcing us out of the north it gentrification and revitalization of urban areas that formerly had vacancies and space/abandonment. The suburbs in the north aren’t as elastic as down south and can’t cheaply accommodate those pushed out by immigrant groups and DINK white households.
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