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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m guessing it gets the racism and the the stain that can never be washed off from the Jim Crow era, but I don’t know.

Maybe it’s the bombing of all successful black neighborhoods, or turning them into lakes or using eminent domain to run the roads right through their communities.[/quote]

I don't get the people saying the south is racist. Most African Americans in the us, well the majority of them live in the south. They would not continue to live somewhere they felt treated badly. It just doesn't make sense. How is the south racist?[/quote]

Completely false. Many can't afford to leave. Also, if you never understand what real agency is, you become accustomed to the way you are treated. It's not until you leave that you realize that you were not empowered. I'm black. I've lived in the South 2x - Atlanta and Charlotte. I have NO desire to live in the South again ever. I find that black people in the South are not empowered like they are in the DMV. They don't have power or agency. They may have a great job but they are grateful instead of understanding that they are in the job because they are good at what they do. There's also a lot more opportunity here. [/quote]

A lot of purported black “power or agency” in the DC area comes from federal employment and there’s no group that’s been more adverse affected by the federal cutbacks than black women.  [/quote]

Your agency doesn't just come from your job. I am in DC and while a few of my friends worked for the federal government, many are lawyers, bankers and in corporate. [/quote]

One of the best things the federal government did for minorities was provide well-paying, stable jobs for people who do not have the education and qualifications to be lawyers, bankers, and corporate workers. I'm not PP but I believe that is what they were getting at.

The federal government's (mostly) race-blind application process allowed millions of hard-working minorities without a college education to obtain admin, support, and service jobs that they would have been discriminated out of at many private companies, and while the jobs were at the lower end of the GS schedule, they still paid significantly more than their private sector equivalents, especially when taking benefits into account. Data entry at SSA, tradespeople in AOC, and maintenance at NPS are notable examples but lower-level admin jobs across the entire government were also a huge factor. And until relatively recently, even a lower GS grade allowed you to buy a home and raise a family in this area.  [/quote]

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