dagblog - Comments for ""We Need a Second Great Migration""

157 homicides in woke Wakanda

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:15:00 +0000

In reply to I agree but that would be in

157 homicides in woke Wakanda vs 99 in all 2019. Trouble in Paradise.

I agree but that would be in

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:53:48 +0000

In reply to Why the group think? Blacks

I agree but that would be in an ideal 21st century America where liberal NYTimes writers don't try to increase segregationism instead of decrease it. Northeastern whitey just won't get his foot off his peoples' neck, I guess? No matter how many highly paid folks with black skin the NYTimes hires? Atlanta = Wakanda?

Edit to add: his writing has really changed a lot recently!

Why the group think? Blacks

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:03:13 +0000

In reply to "We Need a Second Great Migration"

Why the group think? Blacks can simply go where they individually feel comfortable, have the most opportunity, and the other factors that go into choosing a city? I understand Marcus Garvey trying to give guidance to a captive black slave population. But this is infantilism, trying to stoke up some new black Zionist homeland fervor based on 2 related elections. Great, enough ppl hated Trump to vote for a black guy (1.8%) and a Jew (.8%). I understand it's greater in Atlanta. But what are the schools like, the jobs in different sectors, the air, the public services, health care, crime, the cost of living (quite low), opportunities for black women, recreation opportunities, other quality of life measure... What are the differences between northern churches and Atlanta's? What about for LGBTQ+? Senior care? Childcare? Levels & pockets of discrimination and where?

followup comments by Yang:

artappraiser — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 08:12:49 +0000

In reply to "We Need a Second Great Migration"

followup comments by Yang:

Executing it requires no utopian break with existing institutions, and requires no one to seek permission from anyone else to execute it -- just the free choice of individuals.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) January 9, 2021

I don't know enough about it to say I support it, but the qualities enumerated above are attractive, and whether I or anyone else supports it doesn't ultimately matter if the people will it.
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) January 9, 2021