The Case for a New Great Migration in the US | Charles M. Blow | TED
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- Social progress in the United States often seems to take two steps forward and one step back, with hard-fought civil rights wins countered by a seemingly inevitable backlash. In this spirited talk, writer Charles M. Blow makes the case that history, inverted, suggests a potential path forward. It's an unapologetically provocative proposal that Blow thinks just might spark a real shift toward equality in the US.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, "that all men are created equal", that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
US Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
...those words were written by Europeans for Europeans in a stolen land, where everyone else are tools used in keeping control.
I like the idea, I just don't see how the economics will work. The past migrations sighted were from economically disadvantaged areas to regions of growth. The proposal is for people to move back to areas that are struggling economically and have reduced rights of the citizens. Asking people to self sacrifice for the long term good is noble but it will be a very hard sell. Unless the community can come together and subsidize the migration for the years it will take to vote in changes in leaders and laws I don't see how this can work. Keeping in mind the current power structure will continue to work against Black Americans and will most likely get nastier if they feel threatened.
I support progress and would love to see the migration succeed. We just need a realistic plan.
Black people living in the North live in the shadows of White Wealth and are Not partakers of that wealth. Black people are doing better economically in the South. Black poverty is worse in New York City than it is in Mississippi.
Poverty in the north is just as bad as the south.
The federal government is using a new form of gentrification to black communities in the North and West Coast, that is flooding your neighborhoods with Chinese and Mexican immigrants. Black folks have already made up their mind by going back to the south. The south has pockets of economic hubs. Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, Nashville to name a few. Then there’s mid southern cities like Washington DC and Baltimore if you want to consider them the “South”. You can also revitalize Birmingham in Alabama. It was once a bustling hub for Black Americans. As for Florida cities, I don’t trust them because those cities cater to island people and black Caribbeans, it’s not traditional Black “southern” culture.
It's actually worse in the north @@dwaynehudspeth728
I am cautiously optimistic, and know people who are already doing this for exactly this reason. I hope it doesn't take too many martyrs in the blowback. But this is exactly what is needed. In the periods of time where the country is being strangled by supremacists, such as now, only massive, sweeping legislation can put forth the kind of society that supports all of its citizens and embed into the population what we will and will not tolerate. There will always be bigoted people, forever. People are individuals, with varying degrees of intelligence and education. Some are sociopathic or antisocial, and we can't let them run the place. But a majority of people can be reasoned with, and will understand if it is put to them that equality and considering every person valuable as an individual is the path to an entire well functioning society. Mr. Blow, thank you for your explanation of one enormous strategy spoken in words we can all understand, to paraphrase a great speaker.
00:03 📉 Racial progress often faces backlash, repeating a cycle in American history where advancements for Black people are met with opposition and regression by some.
02:39 🗳 Advocates a plan for Black equality, suggesting a reverse migration to the South to consolidate political power for more impactful change.
04:41 🌍 Historical context: Post-Civil War, Southern states had Black majorities; the backlash against this power led to codified oppression (Jim Crow).
07:06 🏛 Concentrating Black voting power in the South could influence state policies and federal elections due to the Electoral College system.
09:59 🔄 Draws parallels to the impact of young white liberals moving to Vermont with a political intent, proposing a similar movement for young Black individuals to blacker states.
10:26 ⏩ Acknowledges the ongoing reverse migration to some extent but aims to boost and energize it for more significant impact.
11:24 🗳 The success of recent political shifts in Georgia illustrates the potential power of a rising Black population in influencing election outcomes.
I woke up to several of them, armed and sawing the catalytic converter off of my car.
@@dh-uo4lt Sure you did.
Nice to watch this video. Thank you very much.❤🎉
Charles Blow is always interesting. I remember Maya Angelo in an interview who suggested or hinted at this decades ago. She said that blacks were in exile in the north. All in all not a bad idea. However I do wonder if this indeed became a reality what would the voting trends in the north become. No guarantees here either.
I don't see how this advances much anything. Black Americans are already "concentrated" in many of our urban centers, merely making it easier to marginalize or ignore them, or worse, allowing easy perpetuation of a self-destructive ghetto culture that prevents progress. These now-Black dominated cities have not enjoyed any real renaissance -- quite the opposite -- in part due to long-standing disadvantages and historical trends like suburbanization and de-industrialization. There is a huge amount of incompetence in urban governance -- just like in predominantly non-Black areas -- but wealthier communities tend to be more resilient to waste and corruption to begin with. The urban governments near me (all perpetually obsessed with celebrating Black control, not governing) need to focus more on basic services, education and supports and less on pushing narrative and the same old virtue signaling about inclusiveness. What you have needs to first be worth being included in.
A case could be made for the idea that Black-Americans being distributed broadly provides them with individual opportunity based on their abilities and also constituting a presence that is impossible to ignore. The expansion of the Black middle class (even moving out of the cities in the process, similar to the old "white flight") remains among the most powerful trends -- already underway -- that will secure equality (for some) -- not the idea of having Black control of government in order to fund more entitlements in a shrinking tax base, or greater leniency on criminal justice issues in places that are inundated with crime. In real terms, this could mean that what is good for Black Americans overall, is in fact likely harmful to the viability of the decayed urban centers that are barely viable (but so easily associated by many with Black Americans). Who wouldn't flee, given the chance? The old urban model itself is increasingly outdated, no matter what the color of its majority.
Just like with the Great Migration, people will follow the jobs. They must first have the ability to secure and perform the jobs now available wherever they are.
I highly recommend listening to the entire talk, it addresses most of your sentiments. It certainly does not try to concentrate any one group any further into already failing communities.
And until states are able to find an alternative to partisan reapportionment, real success could be hard to come by. Reapportionment has become so weaponized that parties have no shame here in PA about promoting it, manipulating the system, and repeatedly requiring courts to intervene. The Republicans in my state (a swing state) have doubled down on this tactic as they continue losing ground among voters.
It’s all about behavior. Let’s look at criminal justice then in the major Bay Area Cities and be honest. Let’s also be honest that politics are heading in the wrong direction for Americans and especially African Americans. They are being pushed down the line for illegal migrations. We have a bad situation for everyone and it’s based around money and behavior, especially single mothers.
There are so many issues in this country these days that need a huge outpouring of public protest similar to what we experienced during the 60's when we made so much progress on pressing social issues of all kinds. Some are due to the right wing backlash and are some of the same fights we had back then including voting rights, police brutality, women's rights, minority rights, etc.
The once oppressed have now become the oppressors. More rights to those that are already privileged is just making things worse.
7:35 - 7:48 Quote from Frederick Delk, "If White men were Angels, Super Majority Black Region of States wouldn't be necessary."
It’s a great idea but “the south” is too broad. Why not chose one state with a low population so you can have a majority quickly? West Virginia has a small population and low cost of living.
In his book The Devil you Know he picks 9 states b/c they already have a large percentage of African Americans.
1. Louisiana
2. Mississippi
3. Alabama
4. Georgia
5 S. Carolina
6. N. Carolina
7. Virginia
8. Maryland
9. Delaware
Georgia is your best bet. The Atlanta metropolitan area has all the opportunity and culture you need to have a prosperous lifestyle as a Black American. I don’t think there will be a black “super state” per se, but it will be helpful to build a concentrated set of states that is majority black American. I am specifically talking about the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Every other state is majority White or Hispanic.
@@C1K450I'd argue Delaware and Mississippi are the best options to target right now. They are closest to majority black and would take less total numbers to get that percentage to 51 percent. I know Atlanta is the hot city right now though but I'd target Delaware, Mississippi and Maryland
“Sick of the period when progressives grow weary and conservatives grow vicious” that is such a profound view of the reactionary nature of racism, thank you!
I like the part where it is assumed progressives are good and conservatives racist.
@@chocomalk If the hood fits.
Some people say that about "people of color"...it's called prejudice.@@Chazzmatazz
@@chocomalk Sure. "Reverse racism" 🙄
Sorry but I didn't say racism, I said prejudice. just because some may lack a system of oppression in America doesn't mean they can't be prejudicial, discriminatory or outright bigots.
have a nice day. @@Chazzmatazz
As good an idea as this is it has one major flaw. Cost of living is making it extremely hard for people to move these days. I don’t see how enough black people are gonna be able to afford to uproot their lives again to move down south.
The cost of living in the South is cheaper. People will save money if they move.
Most black people in the North are living in the Shadows of White Wealth..they are Not partakers of white wealth.
The cost of living is less in the south
@TO-fp2oe
And it will go up when flocks of people move in. Look at what happened to areas that got flood with people when the Californians fled because of their bad political choices.
@@chazzitz-wh4ly not if everyone spreads out. Californians all moved to one city. They did not spread out across the state.
Many have been doing it for over a decade now. Los Angeles is almost a ghost town now when it comes to Black folks. The population of Blacks in major cities is decreasing in the West (LA and Oakland), Midwest (Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincy), and East (NYC, Philly, Jersey, D.C.). Meanwhile in the South it is significantly increasing in places like Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, and Charlotte. He is simply asking for more of it, which is feasible.
Good intentions but wing approach. Most of the states that the migration should go towards is the north and west. where there's small populations which can be changed relatively fast
08:40
I thought this was going to be about climate change, and the fact that in fifty years everyone in south and central America is gonna migrate to the us because the extreme weather is gonna make impossible to live in those countries
applausi
Well said. As a person living in Scotland, i was always waiting for how will England vote. Nowadays, Scotland has it's own parliament. It's not yet independent but heading hopefully one day soon. Vote and pray with your legs because if you don't, there will never be change. Those who see others as not as important them, who have bigotry, racism or xenophobia in their hearts won't change easily. Take the power in your own hands. I wish all those in America peace and hopeful change
So, basically, power dynamics being consolidated into one demographic while also segregating from the ones they hate. In time, the oppressed become the oppressor, while the oppressor becomes the oppressed. You’re not asking for a better future, you’re asking for a power shift.
I totally disagree with you. That's not what he's asking for. The reason for white power is due to fear of the oppressed becoming the oppressor. However, all black people really want is equality in every aspect of life. Your statement has fear written all over it.
The new great migration is a trend for black Americans to govern and live amongst themselves in certain states as the majority. Not every black American will ever want to move to the south, but a lot of family oriented people will.
Imaginary problems require extraordinary solutions.
Man Ted talks aren't what they used to be 😮
Everyone has an excuse not to try in these comments. Just stay where you are and keep begging I guess. 🤷🏾♂️
I noticed how easy it is to put up roadblocks versus offering additional viable options.
I may not see absolute freedom in my lifetime, but I know it is possible, and therefore, I will continue to hope and do my part.
💙🇺🇸💙
This is never going to happen.
It already is. Not EVERY black American will live in the south. It’s all preference at the end of the day. States like Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana are already 30% or more black.
Loved that Basketball song!
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wow. ❤
Why didn't more blacks go west instead during the gold rush? Less environmental hazards.
Because big companies, trusts, and governments had Chinese and Mexican migrants coming to do the work out west.
"Everything woke turns to 💩"
The actions are what makes things "unequal". If people continue to see blacks looting and roiting and killing then others will see them in a different light. Change the behavior and the perceptions will change.
Watch more honest media.
What does that mean?@@Chazzmatazz
@@chocomalk It means that if, when you think of blacks, you think of rioting and looting, you probably are watching problematic media.
@Chazzmatazz
So, the videos of mobs jumping white people in LA was just make believe just like the mobs looting in San Francisco and the “fiery but mostly peaceful protests” that last months.
There is no honest media. It’s all a manipulation game and the sooner you figure it out the sooner you know you’re a lemming.
Lots of covert racists here in these comments.
I don't know about covert.
Anyone that disagrees with people of color is a racist...right?
Ugh, don't worry the more obvious ones are arriving as well. Ick.
No need to make a case for it. Your president has that covered already
ah, still on your journey into oblivion and irrelevance?
good for you, TED!
good for you...
oh, sweet were the days, when people talked about, you know, actual important - and REAL - things?
but I guess we continue playing the "pretent" game and see where this is going.
I have an idea....
btw: you deserve THAT audience!
Having a bad morning?
Please do come back and let us know when your TED talk is up and posted. I'm not sure what the "pretent game" is, maybe you could expand on that for ten minutes.
Right on spot.
TED has become a political Bolshevik propaganda channel, where only one opinion is allowed (just like in the "good old" USSR).
Go woke go broke, trump 2024😅
What an intelligent, thoughtful thing to say
I'm sure whyte's in the south will be so happy about the prospect bhlaks migrating the the south in mass lol.
Certain southern states like Louisiana was pretty much black majority most of its time anyways. Except back then, the black community didn’t have that much political leverage and voting rights . Now, you can have black politicians and police officers run for office and watch the community.