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@BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social Uprooting to another place to create political opportunities for the wider Black community is a noble idea. Quality of life has to also be a consideration. Are economic opportunities available: livable wage jobs, affordable housing? How long would it take to see political change; a few years or in a generation? Would the move feel like going home or starting over?

@venitamathias @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social Also...and I haven't seen the documentary - I only read his column when he first wrote about it and have talked to him when he visited UF - all Black people in America could move to the south but unless gerrymandering is ended, the political structures will remain the same. It's not like the Black people who already live there don't know what to do.

@fulanigirl @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social Right. It will take time to reverse gerrymandering taking place now. Mr. Blow relocated to Atlanta which has a thriving Black economic and political base but they still couldn't get Stacy Abrams elected.

@venitamathias @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social Exactly right! It's not just about moving to Atlanta. The maps can always be redrawn to deprive black voting blocs from having power. The greatest # of Black folks in the US already live in the South. It's not a numbers issue. It's gerrymandering.

@kshernandez @fulanigirl @venitamathias @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social And for us in the West,Las Vegas has become a go-to moving site for Blacks from California and Texas.

@IveyJanette @fulanigirl @venitamathias @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social I didn't know that... Be interesting to see the trends in how people move based on gerrymandering.

@kshernandez @fulanigirl @venitamathias @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social That's been going on for decades. Especially after the 1992 uprising.

@IveyJanette @fulanigirl @venitamathias @BigAngBlack @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social oh yeah, nothing new. I just hope people don't sleep on how it's being used just because it's not new strategy.