Black folk, we need to MOVE! | Migration 2.0

[@GoldSkye]

We need to create food and land co-ops. Purchase land in mass, grow food and sell back to ourselves and market it to the wider world. Employ our own. Build our own housing developments.

[@KadaCombs]

The Indians ( from INDIA ) do this all the time I see it far too often.

[@Truthasmyweapon1]

FBA started doing that as soon as they were freed. All of our thriving communities have be burned down or flooded. The Tulsa race massacre was just recently determined justified by the Supreme Court because in the US FBA will never have the right to liberty, lofe or justice on this land as long as there are white people. If we are to ever experience freedom and liberty we will need to leave the US. Which is perfect because it has already been overthrown and the US greenback is quickly being replaced with BRICS.

[@jackjines3461]

Wow!!! Sounds like a plan and a good one. About time.

[@blackchain1900]

OK. How would we protect what we build? Even "white" farmers are under attack. We must do these things, many of us have tried. Ane we need to keep doing, I agree.

[@isartoraplatz]

No you don’t that’s most Emphatically not the answer..

[@adspreadcollective]

It's not WHERE we live as much as HOW we live. We need to establish our own socioeconomic system and take control of our own lives--no matter WHERE we may be.

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@profitablepat9374]

That existed before MLK Jr urged people to register to vote and become citizens of the US government, thereby forfeiting their lands, plantations (farms) and jobs.

[@CoramDeogenua]

fix the family and you fix the nation. Zen proverb (roughly quoted). 80% of black homes are fatherless.

[@teddydavis2339]

My family never left the south, and they are fine. My family is from the Carolinas. If we were more united, we wouldn't have to move. I see how Latinos are thriving wherever they are. They work together and they support each other. Black people don't. They own very little. Maybe that's why unemployment is so high among black people. Integration was a waist because black people end up helping everyone else's economy. That has been detrimental to generational wealth.

[@sihlemasondo2898]

Very powerful statement

[@KathrynFloyd-sl1pz]

Yes it is, and now they're moving into our communities flexing their muscles. And my people support them as disrespectful as they are rude toward us! Stop supporting them and let's build!!

[@jackjines3461]

Your message is phenomenal and I have always noticed how blacks don't care about each other. I love baby videos which can take you to orphanages and usually 3rd world countries. Then you see the poverty of people like Haiti or South Africa. It blows my mind how the moms in villages in dirt floor huts have a sick baby walking to the nearest medical office while hanging onto a toddlers hand and a couple more kids following and cars speed right by them. I'm white, live in a white community and there isn't a time someone wouldn't stop to see if she needed help.

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@sistahb5159]

​@@jackjines3461When you make a statement asserting that Blacks don't care about our own people, you need to qualify that. What you are talking about is social engineering. How do you think Anton & many other videos can show once incredibly cohesive & thriving Black communities from shortly after slavery to the 1960's? This is because there has been an ongoing plan, carried out to destroy Black people, communities, families, individuals at every turn. The fight for desegregation was rerouted to integration for a reason. There has also been the recruitment of Blacks to work with & within the larger society at every level to undermine Black people from institutions of higher learning, employment, the Black church, music industry, Black organizations & those that have Black figureheads that are actually run by non-Blacks to our detriment. This is NOT done with any other group in the US 🇺🇲 to such an extensive level. Consider these issues before you make such blanket statements.

[@a44qb23]

You are telling my family history - we migrated from MS to St. Louis and Chicago. Civil Rights were necessary but integration was NOT! Essentially we traded ownership for access. The ownership cemented the community - today there is no black community - just places where a lot of Black folks live. That's why the "dollar" doesn't circulate. There is no framework to capture the energy of commerce. Dr. Claude Anderson tells the story better than I can.

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@vickieadams6648]

True!

[@AntonsClass]

You're absolutely correct 💯. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

[@AnnBrown815]

Facts

[@SoundScientist1]

Dr. C. Anderson is a treasure...

[@ZawadiSeas]

I am not AA but l travelled through a number of states in America over a period of 2 years. While in New York I met and attended AA group meetings such as the New Black Panther party. This was 1999 - 2001. I suggested this same idea to them with ideas for economic development and they fought me hard... there was land available but they refused to even consider it and eventually threw me out of their meetings! Its interesting to seer how things are coming full circle. I totally agree it is time to move and rebuild ourselves and am so grateful to be alive to bear witness to this evolutionary change! Its about time...💯💥

[@oculusdexterx6249]

so what was their reasoning? why did they fight you on it. i mean they were talking about doing that since malcolm x plus the black panther movement only really allowed african americans to join. why would they except any ideas from a non african american person? i believe they suspected you most likely had their plans of owning land, creating community, economy all that good stuff but didnt want you to be apart of the conversation because they didnt trust you

[@shawnmins4854]

Let Make The South Black AMERICANS FREEDMEN Aboriginal Indigenous once again

[@davidowens1424]

No. I'm not moving to the south.

[@HandMadeRoyalty]

@@davidowens1424he/she wasnt asking u to

[@Aden_III]

@@davidowens1424then you’re a FOOL

[@davidowens1424]

@@Aden_III That's a bold proclamation there pookie. But a great example of why we can't live together.

[@Aden_III]

@@davidowens1424 fools will look solutions in the face and then make proclamations as to why they won’t do it.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

This is something I've been thinking about for some time. However, my family owns property in North Carolina -- not one of the states you cited. And, regarding Black American's fight for integration, it wasn't to be in proximity to whites, it was more about getting the same services as whites, (schools, medical treatment, etc.), for which Black tax dollars were being used. Research the facilities and services at Black vs white schools during the Jim Crow era. It was truly disgraceful.

[@AntonsClass]

I believe NC is technically part of the Black Belt. And you're absolutely correct about the businesses and services aspect of integration. Thank you!

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

The man who made this video as a liar kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGatfGyuiduMkNEsi=mD-x5ndZJzK3lUwM

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

I agree with you, because i live in Atl and it motivates me to see blacks succeeding here & my dollars are supporting them, and i a am Carribbean sister ...i totally agree with you.....As you talk about the dollar circulating, its so true. A great example of black dominant Countries our dollars stays right there in the community, because its majority black, black doctors, black teachers, black dominant schools, black seamstresses, black everything. It can work...

[@javionriley8739]

So instead of staying in the immigrant help of south Florida or NYC you’re following Black Americans (descendants of USA chattel slavery) to the south You do understand that this video is about black Americans (descendants of USA chattel slavery) not African diaspora immigrants right 🥴

[@canadianbrotv1303]

​​@@javionriley8739You need all blacks carribean, african , latino all black no separation economically. Being separate does not work.

[@757CitiesReppa]

@@javionriley8739 no it is not..he clearly mentioned and other Blackfolks in America. But what is you peoples problem yo. Let it be..stop injecting that crap y’all do into EVERY single discussion when it wasn’t even warranted. And before you talk that “tether” nonsense…my people been fin Virginia and Maryland for over 400 year, so miss me with the nonsense.

[@ArmoniVaughn]

@@javionriley8739I see what you are trying to say but it doesn’t make any sense 😂. She is apart of the black diaspora and she is contributing towards the wealth of the black community and YOU are trying to gate-keep because she’s not African American 😂like whatttt?!??!?? How does that even make sense dude ???

[@misstownes]

I already live in the south. I think it’s great! It would help stimulate the black economy further. It just that we have despaired groups of AA that genuinely need transformation. The biggest area being in education. Education of finances, health and wellness, & academia to name a few. ❤

[@AntonsClass]

Thank you for your input! I agree.

[@Black_unity597]

You don’t know what you are asking for the ignorance we have in the north you really don’t want us down there it will only get worse we will bring all that comes with us down there!

[@KadaCombs]

I also agree Black People in general in the west are politically and financially illiterate.

[@darrellmitchell765]

​@@AntonsClass I have been doing research and seen that the Sunbelt region is going to be hot! With all the investment going south again, I plan on investing in some of these southern regions, im looking more like real estate

[@uncannytheos2454]

The biggest problems is this black hate group FBA. They dont represent any of our forefathers that came before. African americans like you are who id fight for an follow into battle with. These FBA hate any black folk that aint FBA....i understand to separate to cull out the degenerates but to hate there own race except for themselves as FBA is ridiculous

[@Radykall1]

My great grandparents moved from Arkansas to Michigan during the Great Migration. They were poor my whole life. My grandparents were poor. My dad's family is still poor. My mom and I moved south when I graduated high school. I went to Nashville and she went to Atlanta. Financially, we're better off than we would have even been if we stayed In Michigan.

[@DIYHOUSEANDFARM]

Anton, I’m in Africa but your my American animal spirit. Since being here I appreciate home so much but if I were there I’d speak on this as well. Self sufficiency or bust no matter where you are. My families also migrated from Belcher, Louisiana, Boley, Oklahoma to California.

[@AntonsClass]

Great minds think alike! You were able to accomplish magnificent things over there in Ghana! I know it will be the same here, should your journey ever lead you back to this side of the pond. 😁

[@DIYHOUSEANDFARM]

@@AntonsClass if I return I’d return with a brand new perspective. I forgot to mention that it seems as if citizens are being poisoned there physically and psychologically. That fighting spirit that we see in these pics is scarce these days.

[@musicman7773]

Property value, taxes, HOA and insurance is increasing in the South. It would take family and friends committed living together to survive the twist and turns of this economy. As countries move away from the dollar the privileges we've had will be less. Lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia for ten years now in Los Angeles. Things have changed massively since I left to see people working 2-3 jobs to make ends meet is jolting.

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@kweli05]

Yes. I am here in suburban Atlanta (Gwinnett County), and been in the metro 30 years. You are right, it is getting expensive here. I had some relatives from Miami visit me a couple of years ago and when they found out the cost of housing in my neighborhood, the response was "It's almost as bad here as it is in Miami". I would still say it's a great place to live and to consider small towns in the South, where cost of living is more reasonable.

[@javionriley8739]

That’s only in Florida . No one’s talking about going to Florida .

[@javionriley8739]

That’s only in Florida . No one’s talking about going to Florida On top of that, y’all want to run to Atlanta when you got eight other cities across Georgia Savannah, Macon Augusta Columbus pick any of them live there. They’re great majority black cities to live in you all don’t have to pull up in Atlanta.

[@musicman7773]

@@javionriley8739 I have been going to Atlanta since the 80s and have family there. Also Alabama!

[@Mufasa_Shabazz]

I know I wrote a long comment on one aspect of the video, but I actually love this video, support and agree with the message here. Well done and thank you. The only reason I haven't moved is due to me having a 15yo daughter here in San Diego, and i'm not with her Mom. So I need to be here with her. But after this I'll be headed to a Black state, or a Black country. I'm don't want to be in a non Black city anymore.

[@AntonsClass]

Thank you, brother! And thank you for sharing your input here. May your journey be blessed and prosperous!

[@davidowens1424]

Lots of black people, including me, are not going to move to the south. There are significant social and cultural differences, rampant poverty, and the effects of global warming will be significant in many parts of the SE. Why not start with a town. We can come up with enough investors to build or rehabilitate an existing municipality. We could build the new Black Wall Street and expand from there. Money, more than population, is what influences power.

[@siriuslyspeaking9720]

It is not about where we are physically. It is more about where we are/what condition we are in spiritually, emotionally, and mentality. No matter where we are, we must stop letting a small minority of us, make things even worst for all of us. We systemically and structurally add to our already bad condition and position, in society as a group. We have yet to truly wake-up, nor be real with ourselves, as a group, despite the rhetoric, those who speak publicly, as if they represent all or most of us, propagate.

[@40acresandatractor]

Most of the Black American population is concentrated in the SOUTH EAST of the USA for a reason. America is about to be Balkanized. I created a map decades ago and it will come to fruition soon. Prepare well💪🏽🖤1

[@Aminata65]

Can you share your map again? This is something I had not considered; but it makes perfect sense!

[@40acresandatractor]

@@Aminata65 All the platforms took it down and banned me until I got a new phone(IP address) but I will say what it will be. First, go online and look up racial ot ethnic CONCENTRATION MAPS. Thees show where everyone is located presently in context to race/ethnicity. Tell me what you notice about the map and I will reply. It's nice to be able to comment again, so I don't want to be put in time out by Tube, especially with these demons implementation of an AUTOMATIC registration for armed services 18-26🤦🏽‍♂️

[@therealmrwolftv]

This is what I like to hear SOLUTIONS. We already know the problem.

[@QueenBees456]

This is something I say painfully but it's necessary for the best of our group to get together and make that happen.... unfortunately, we can't afford to take all comers...a minority of us say 50,000 could create a great community that could then inspire the collective.

[@ArtisanVaquero]

Jackson Mississippi here Center of attention is here soul

[@josephhoneyblue3847]

I don't think that moving to the South in and of itself is the answer. Without structural institutions for employment, housing, education, and so on, I don't see how "moving" back to the South, would do anything to better the condition of Black People as a whole. Migration was largely due potential opportunities, especially in terms of income. If that type of opportunity cannot be generated, what would be the point? I have two brothers who own businesses. One does home improvement. The other does lawn care. They both do pretty well. Yet, when I was faced with unemployment and homelessness.... Neither offered to take me in nor give me employment. I have a MBA and a second Masters in Management, pending a third in Accounting. But they (my family) hired other people to do the same work they could allowed me to do. Moving to the South is not the answer. Changing the mindset and ending the division amongst Black People would seem to be a more logical and more effective strategy. If you do that, it doesn't matter where we move to. Like you, I am also very well traveled. In most cultures, FAMILY is the most important, most enriching, most influential, factor ensuring success, for both individuals and the family. We don't have that as much in the west. People have been moving to the South for decades. Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte have seen increases in Black Residency. However, the mindset of the people has not changed. Clearly, simply "moving" to the South would not be a solution if we still have no unity. Strength in numbers creates power/influence/wealth/ stability/prosperity. Until we can unify, any real ability to change, create, or control anything is limited at best.

[@MsElfMannequin]

Thank you for your comment! You are telling the truth.

[@Keepingitrealhotline]

Great show but no thank you, I'm trying to move out the country.

[@canadianbrotv1303]

Can still do business with the blacks in America

[@Bwilli1990]

Exactly my parents are west African Liberian immigrants I eventually want to get dual citizenship.

[@higherrealms5309]

I agree with this 100%…I live in Chicago and it appalls me at how large the wealth gap is between blacks and whites. Like, do yall not see this?! The black baby boomers were able to lock down middle-class jobs during their working years and [foolishly] thought we were all equal. 95% of white ppl are well off in Chicago. Meanwhile, blacks live on the south or west sides, struggling to get by at all. Chicago is EXTREMELY racially segregated…black & white ppl pretty much live in 2 totally different worlds. Very rarely are white ppl friends or neighbors with blacks in the city. My only goal is to move my kids from the entire Midwest altogether.

[@rki7068]

Africa is the answer

[@MsElfMannequin]

The south is not that much better for bp financially either. Most of us are struggling, living paycheck to paycheck and or have to work 2 plus jobs to get by.

[@vernongibson1194]

Yep, wow, sounds great!!! But hold on a second. Didn't we have communities that were predominately Black in places like NY (Harlem, Bed-stuy), where there were Black doctors, dentists, lawyers, and shop keepers? Didn't the opposition work to undermine those communities by restricting services like sanitation, street repair, and law enforcement? Didn't they also flood those communities with people know to have problems participating in normal society? Didn't they flood those communities with narcotics? It IS a great idea, but it is going to require a serious amount of planning. Mind you much of that planning will have to occur in secret (think Fearless Fund in the future), much like the way Brooklyn's Orthodoxy does things. What happens if no one will deliver goods to your supermarket, gas station, or hospital? I've already reverse migrated to the south, and I'd love to be part of such an endeavor, if it is done right.

[@reesepatron2320]

Good content and something to consider.

[@AntonsClass]

I appreciate you! 🙏🏾

[@thato596]

Similar to South Africa intergration is there but economic power is not in black peoples hands

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@KamauRashid]

Great video. Charles Blow's argument is very intelligent. This is something that I've considered doing myself for decades. One issue that increasingly concerns me about the southern US are the climate change impacts. Coastal areas will increasingly experience hurricanes, while the entire region will face increasingly intense heatwaves and droughts. This is not to say that the idea of a reverse migration should not be considered, but we do need to critically and carefully assess risks and plan accordingly. Policies and infrastructure will have to evolve to face these (and other) challenges. A surge of tax revenue, political will, and energy from returnees might be helpful in countering these problems in the end.

[@Mufasa_Shabazz]

7:52 I hear this often the whole, "The white man's ice is colder", "We didnt have to ride in the back of the bus argument" and I disagree. I think this ignores the maldistribution of resources that was taking place, and the poverty in Jim Crow Black America. In the case of the Montgomery bus boycott, that was a state bus built with everyone's money, it was not "their" bus, it was all of our bus. Also, I checked out the article you referenced, they built the safe bus because the other bus refused to come to their communities leaving Black people to walk long distances either to work or to the trains. To compare this situation to today is unfair. They built that out of necessity to an extent, today, these services exist, brought to us by people with access to much more capital then we have so its very hard to compete. Also, our media sources are totally colonized today with very few exceptions(endorsements, radio and television owned by white corporations), so these things are much more difficult to organize. My overall point is that "the white mans ice is colder" was way at the bottom of the list of push factors for integration. There was always way more to it then that, thats very minor and a symptom of social engineering.

[@AntonsClass]

I agree. There was much more involved with integration than that one example I provided alone. There were bigger things at play for sure. I thank you for your thorough comment! 🙏🏾

[@djlivvy46]

The fact that the bm/ww marriage rate has increased 30 times since the Civil Rights Act was passed tells us what the real motivation was. And that figure only includes marriage. If we include non marital relationships, the increase is even more drastic. And then we would need to add in all relationships with women who are neither yte nor black.

[@charlesislaw]

The Black States of America (The Black 13 Colonies) 1.Texas 2. Louisiana 3. Arkansas 4. Mississippi 5. Alabama 6. Georgia 7. S. Carolina 8. N. Carolina 9. Virginia 10. Maryland 11. Delaware 12. Rhode Island 13. Connecticut

[@Siriuan]

And these 13 colonies can form strategic trade agreements with the Caribbean island, Africa, Brazil. And they are all within reach from the US Southern border. Brazil and South Africa are already in the BRICS block...... Big Dreams!😅

[@BjtheLawyer_]

Did you really include Connecticut?

[@charlesislaw]

@@Siriuan FACTS!!!!! Diaspora Agreements!!!

[@Ozama1221]

Disagree with Connecticut and Rhode Island

[@charlesislaw]

@@BjtheLawyer_ Yep.. Tell the 3 million black people living in New York city to move across the bridge into Connecticut and Rhode Island so black people can control those states. Top to Bottom.

[@privacyprivacy4918]

I left the South 8 years ago and have no intentions on returning. My next move is most likely South Africa.

[@Siriuan]

Out of interest :) . Have you visited SA before ? If so, which province, town did you visit. I am a South African, in case you are wondering. . .

[@javionriley8739]

You must be a baby boomer/gen-X A.k.a. the failed generation running into an African country on the verge of collapse OK😂

[@canadianbrotv1303]

​@@Siriuanwith us dollars SA is different

[@AntonsClass]

I absolutely adore South Africa as well. Maybe you will enjoy the South, AND South Africa?

[@AmericanLord]

America is the homeland and Africa will never be the answer.. good luck in your travels though.

[@bebereynolds4856]

I truly think it's a wonderful idea but in reality black people have a hard time unifying.

[@TheLegendaryAryeh]

Be more positive because it can happen and it does happen in places, Bless

[@Aliasyunging]

True, ngl social media fucking us up 🤦🏾‍♂️ especially rap ngl

[@tybigga1150]

We should have separated a long time ago

[@Billiepippen]

we need our own country bottom line.

[@MsElfMannequin]

Exactly! Our ancestors left the south for a reason. Do what they did a build on new territory

[@Billiepippen]

@@MsElfMannequin alot of us refuse to accept this is what we need yet to protect ourselves and our culture. forming a nation is how a people become their brothers keepers. and until we are united as our brothers keeper we are doomed.

[@jeronronnunkoffunk4691]

Great broadcast, and excellent suggestions and small historical tidbits bits🔥🔥🔥👍🏽

[@CommunityDynamic]

Appreciate the thoughts outlined in this video presentation. IMO, there is a segment (a very large segment) in the south that do not have the mindset to capitalize on both political and economic power that has existed and continues to grow in the south. Too many are trained to be "slaves" to consumerism, trauma and low self-worth. This leads to a low-opinion and value that is shared in the black community as well as not having a social contract to support respect and growth.

[@ctgal9698]

Im a certified yankee up here in NY. I visit family in DC, Virginia, NC and the south just doesn't appeal to me.

[@IndigoBay_3]

Cultivating anew for a Great Migration back to the South sounds inspiring but more interest/motivation is needed for Black folk to want to return in great numbers as it was previously. Our mindset has to change, and we need to have a hunger for it.

[@javionriley8739]

There’s nothing cultivating about it when it’s already happening, but I see that most of the people in these comments are old heads who descend from those who ran up north out west and failed in the Midwest in the north and in the West Coast there’s a reason why black millennials/gen-Z have returned back south have political battleground blue states like Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and now South Carolina and including Mississippi A.k.a. it’s been happening, but if you old heads that getting post traumatic stress disorder over some slave crap that happened 50 years ago, while ignoring the racism in the Midwest /northeast and West Coast

[@IndigoBay_3]

@@javionriley8739 Baby, it is just my opinion. Everyone has one. Don't be offended. Peace.

[@rodneyrp1980]

Amen . We should've been left this damn place of hell for us

[@sherieash1280]

Great power move but we must build our own schools, businesses, and media empires.

[@canadianbrotv1303]

You have to start with families first and small towns.

[@canadianbrotv1303]

Start with families , and small towns

[@karljenkins2599]

This is the best video I have come across with a viable solution. I look forward to more of your content like this, hoping to form a network of like-minded Indigenous people of America

[@charlesislaw]

STATEGICALLY, I think we should take a few small states in the north(Rhode Island, Connecticut, & Vermont) and add it to our Black Southern States.

[@BjtheLawyer_]

What’s the strategic advantage?

[@charlesislaw]

@@BjtheLawyer_ To control more senate seats in the federal congress with a small number of people. there are only 60 million black folk in America. we must optimize our numbers. It will take 15 million blacks to control Texas. We need Texas for its Economic power. It would only take roughly 3 million people to control Three States (Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont). In doing so, We add extra federal political power to the Economic State Power of the Black Southern States. Now we can control over 20 senate seats and we have a real shot at a Reparations Bill.

[@charlesislaw]

@@BjtheLawyer_ We can also control who gets on the Supreme Court..That power will help us protect our Civil Rights Acts, Voting Rights Acts, Fair Housing Acts, etc..

[@BjtheLawyer_]

@@charlesislaw The President chooses the Supreme Court, the President is chosen based on voting & the electoral college. So, we really have little control over that as individuals.

[@Ozama1221]

Rhode Island is only like 5% black, most of which are immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean.. Black Americans are like 2%

[@jineatisayiam]

Young brother there were thriving black communities all over the US. And I mean north and south and midwest.

[@kingjahk1]

I'm born in Pittsburgh PA. Both grandfathers from the South. Tidewater Portsmouth VA and southern Georgia. I have visited the South many times. I am not getting any younger. My companion also wants to move South. We don't feed into any of the negative propaganda. When the time comes, we will be there and ready to contribute to our collective power! B1!

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@rogerbpugh2293]

This is the best idea I have already moved back to the south from ny and I talk to my family all the time about moving back.

[@mackeysamuels9954]

In the documentary: "South to Black Power", New York Times journalist Charles Blow advocates for a reverse migration of Black Americans from the North, Midwest, and West back to the following 9 southern states where Blacks have large population percentages: (Louisiana: 32.8%, Mississippi: 37.8%, Alabama: 26.8%, Georgia: 33.1%, South Carolina: 26.3%, North Carolina: 22.2%, Maryland: 31.7%, Virginia: 20.0%, and Delaware: 23.8%) to amass state political power in order to gain control of governors’ offices, state legislatures, U.S. Senate seats, and electoral college votes. Writes Blow: "The proposition is simple. As many Black descendants of the Great Migration as possible should return to the South from which their ancestors fled. By concentrating their political power in key Southern cities (in 9 Southern states: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia), Blow posits, Black Americans will be able to effect actual social change. "The mission begins with the states, which are the true centers of power in this country, and as such control the lion's share of the issues that bedevil Black lives: criminal justice, judicial processes, education, health care, economic opportunity, and assistance." (Charles M. Blow was born in Gibsland, Louisiana in 1970. He completed a bachelor’s degree with high honors in Mass Communications from HBCU Grambling State University and is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He is a syndicated journalist with the New York Times and he reverse-migrated from New York and returned to the South in 2019 and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia).

[@TheFloetic24]

Moving anywhere besides the great lakes region is s....d.. Fresh water is essential and a lot of states dont have it..

[@frmtheBkstore]

My grand parents & parents were part of the great migration. Both of my parents both returned in their 50-60s to the Carolinas. I've visited both places since childhood & have no desire to live in either place now at 51. We even have acres of land, but can't develop because of aires property laws. Thousands ± of Black folks have reverse migrated since the 80's. My parents didn't vote, nor become involved politically. Which I'm sure Mr. Blow would love for the returnees.

[@javionriley8739]

The only people talk about Noel by itself or always old baby boomers/gen-X Who will suffer in silence and lose all financial political power up north Midwest West Coast! That’s the funny thing about it The black millennials /gen-Z are going back to the south end droves that’s why in the southern states black millennials are the majority of the school districts state wide

[@tashas9531]

This was interesting. My great-grandparents migrated from Nevis in the British West Indies to Massachusetts. Eventually, they settled in NYC, but a good part moved to the South. Compared to the North, I'm doing much better in the South. I wouldn't credit living in the South to my success because other factors apply. I'll need to research this more. I agree with creating a community where we support each other, and the dollar stays with us. If we can unify, we'll prosper whether in the North, South, East, or West--Within or outside of America.

[@firesign4297]

Family All Down South... I was Born And Raised Up North NYC..... I'm An ... FBA ...RIDER!.. NOT Going....NOOOOO WHERE!!!✊🏿

[@javionriley8739]

And that’s why you will be the last black American standing in New York City surround by Third World immigrants and that’s why the only black American you see up north and out west are your old heads like yourself all the black millennials/gen-Z are going back to the south, making money, creating wealth and expanding political power in those black states while you suffer and silence with immigrantsthe last black American on the block😂😂

[@columbuspalmer846]

Thank you bro for that,and that is what we need to do. I’m thinking about getting into a trade and I can teach some one else the trade and business side of it too.

[@AntonsClass]

Great idea! We need folks like you; willing to learn and teach others!

[@scorpionpam]

I was born in Chicago but have spent a short amount of time in Mississippi as my dad is from Clarksdale. I have been considering visiting or moving there, but it’s kind of desolate. I think anywhere I move, there needs to be a plethora of opportunities for me to thrive and raise my future family. New subscriber.

[@AntonsClass]

I hear you. That's a valid point. Thanks for subscribing!

[@jaredmackey4511]

The delta is not it then. I’m born and raised in the pine belt of Mississippi. Everyone I’ve spoken to agrees that above I-20 is a different Mississippi. I used to travel to the delta for work. Everyone there, black and white, seemed to just be angry or cold acting imo.

[@lifewiththejonesfamily897]

​@@jaredmackey4511 My family and I just visited Biloxi Mississippi for a week. We took our kids to the beach ECT. We experience good vibes with the local people. I'm from Louisiana and live in Dallas. Idk what you're talking about.

[@jaredmackey4511]

@@lifewiththejonesfamily897 I said the delta, biloxi is not the delta. I also said below I-20 is a different type of Mississippi. I’m born, raised and live here, so I feel I know my home.

[@lifewiththejonesfamily897]

@@jaredmackey4511 My husband family on his dad side is from the "Delta" . We have Never Ever experienced that. I was referring to different parts as well. I can give our experience as well. In fact some people moved from the Delta part to Oklahoma, and they were such sweet and kind people. Fyi: Dallas folks travel to Oklahoma for the casinos. Maybe everyone doesn't like your spirit and treats you accordingly 🙄

[@monk7946]

As a black man from the south: I have never laughed as hard as I did the first couple of seconds but hey I got nothing but love for my go........my co.......my American brothers and sisters so feel free to come you guys have all the cooler shit but we definitely need y'all over here 😂😂😂shit will be hilarious

[@TheLegendaryAryeh]

I love supporting Black owned businesses when I can. When we love our god, ourselves and our melanin and think more nationalistic great things happen.

[@chrisyoung1720]

Honestly, there's 4 strategies I would suggest BP do if we're serious. First, stop this gender war. The birth rate has significantly declined amongst BP, our numbers are growing, but our percentages are shrinking, we need more births. Second, stop alienating black immigrants, I come from an immigrant background. I think Black Americans have alienated some Black Immigrants over the last few years, BP need to better integrate Black Immigrants, it can strengthen BP politically. Third, fight to stay in cities, having BP in major cities allows us to punch above our weight politically. Lastly, look at states that have stagnant populations, and move there collectively. A migration of BP to these states would allow us to impose our will demographically if done strategically along with increased births, we could flip states to our political will easily, which is something I don't think will occurr in the south (minus a few exceptions).

[@djlivvy46]

I disagree. The birth rate may have declined but the numbers of neglected, homeless, s*x trafficked, fostered and imprisoned blk children are still extremely high. We need to start looking after the children that are already here before we even think about increasing their numbers.

[@djlivvy46]

I disagree. The birth rate may have declined but the numbers of neglected, homeless, s*x trafficked, fostered and imprisoned blk children are still extremely high. We need to start looking after the children that are already here before we even think about increasing their numbers.

[@chrisyoung1720]

@djlivvy46 Actually, that's not true. An overwhelming majority of black children aren't any of those things you described. And yes, we need to increase our numbers, if we want any power.

[@djlivvy46]

@@chrisyoung1720 - so those children don't matter because they're not an overwhelming majority? I see.

[@djlivvy46]

@@chrisyoung1720 - numbers have nothing to do with power. We can see that just by looking at the yte population in any black run country. Or any blk community in the West, for that matter.

[@tiz6549]

These are different times now! We are more educated and more knowledgeable today! The prob lem i have is that with all this education and more awareness. We should be able to build and unite and succeed anywhere! With all the money we spend on nonsense. There is no reason why we can't duplicate this again!

[@Aminata65]

We are not unified. “I got mine”

[@bridgetteh.1701]

Black communities need black businesses in their communities to invest in. Otherwise, that 6 hr money circulation will not change. So the question is, how do we get more black owned businesses in the black community? That has always been and will continue to be the challenge.

[@AntonsClass]

Absolutely agree!

[@PavethaWay]

Texas is FULL populate Mississippi

[@GotJay713]

I live in Texas, but from Alabama. Lucky for me, the vast majority of my family is still in Alabama, but there isn't a lot of commodities trading there.

[@Kwesi61]

How is it luckily for you if they live where little investment is occurring?

[@GotJay713]

​@@Kwesi61 Little investment? My family is from Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. There are vacant properties and land owned by my family for nearly 80 years. There are also, at least 60 immediate relatives on my mothers side alone. So yes, i'm lucky in that I would have a strong foundation. From a support network to free housing.

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@jeannetteembry2216]

Agree especially since judge Joe Brown says black people can't get REPARATIONS really I'm done with Social media I'll be reading books

[@blackhannahofficial]

14:00 Not even the 'dreamy' music nor anything ELSE, is going to convince me, otherwise. I tend to agree with the elders; Not only are we in a burning building... We are on a SINKING Ship! THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A DOLLAR 💵 to recycle❕The NWO cashless society is at hand. Playbooks of old are futile. Our only hope is to align ourselves within established communities (outside the states) where we are accepted, and begin again. With tears in my eyes, I know every black person is not going to make it (in fact most won't) but those of us who see the handwriting on the wall, have but a short time to find our bearings. That's my view 😢

[@rasbot2]

People in the Black Belt will not sell land but you might get a long-term lease. Atlanta is a cesspool

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@nneo100]

Anyone who tries this must be "all in." Otherwise, it may not work. My highest recommendation is that you move south to your family or start a family in the south You will likely stay long enough to get some things accomplished. This is a twenty year plan minimum to see any gains. Just enough time to raise one kid.

[@Sky_TEC_Illustraition_Systems]

Ain't nothing gonna happen unless 'WE' do it A L O N E from beginning to end and for multiple generations.

[@Avinadav205]

We’ve been saying this for years now. The south is where it’s at for US “Period” we own more businesses and land as well down here than any other places we are at. We’ll be able to move a lot better in many beneficial ways if we reside in states like Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, And Arkansas. Not to mention Central And South America as well 💯

[@Lori2540]

Currently 28 living in Arizona and I have always wanted to move to the south ! I love it there !

[@trilll3840]

As someone else pointed out we can all move back to the South but the more important issue is how we move together and how we live, whether we’re in places like AZ, Cali, or OK or the entire southern region the main goal should be helping eachother

[@wellwisher7778]

This is the Critical Conversation.❤ Brother Thank you for sharing this critical information.

[@rozchristopherson648]

I’m not so sure that in modern times, concentrating the black population will work the same as it did many years ago. My father was born in 1920 and my mother in 1929. Back in those days, there were no supermarkets as they exist today. My mother spoke of how people used to go into a small local market, ask for chicken, and the clerk would go out back into the yard behind the store and kill a fresh chicken for that customer. Many people back in those times, especially down South, built their own homes and there were not all those building code regulations. My grandparents were born around 1900. Back then, black people often could not enter department stores unless accompanied by a white person or with a note indicating they were there to pick up something for a white person. There were hardly any cars or buses back in those days. And there certainly wasn’t Amazon or any such thing as online vendors. I am saying all this to say that I think that the conditions that led to the black communities of the past being somewhat self-sufficient don’t exist anymore or in the same way as in the past that Dr. Claud Anderson is speaking about. i think what is more important now in modern times is that the mindset has to change mire than the location. Adopt a vegan duet. a large amount of land is needed to raise cattle. Less land is needed to grow vegetables and grains. setting up online networks to connect businesses would be helpful. one big thing to change is the mindset to want the cheapest products. women will pay $3 for Suave haircare products rather than order from a black vendor charging more. But these same women will go spend $50+ to eat at a restaurant or go to a movie. That is to say, some services cannot be obtained within the black community. But even those that can be are often not chosen and the $$$ get spent elsewhere. PS I think something else that needs to be spoken about is marriage. Back during Claud Anderson’s time black people married. Now, there is no emphasis on marriage as the foundation to economic stability. When families are not stable, then you have single parents and even grandparents struggling to get and keep enough resources to raise children. If the goal is economic stability, the foundation of the family and marriage must be the first topic of discussion, not simply geographic location.

[@ieattofu68]

Thanks! I had heard of this for the first time last year I believe, but I definitely needed a reminder.

[@TheeRebel]

I appreciate you making this

[@charlesislaw]

I totally agree. Awesome Book.

[@MichaelImo]

Subbed bro keep the info coming!

[@AntonsClass]

Thanks for the sub! I appreciate you, fam 🙏🏾

[@kurtgainz]

Thank you for sharing, I'm considering what you've said.

[@Arkansas223]

Come back down south !! Central Arkansas !!

[@mysticnj]

I agree! My parents were part of the great migration as well coming to NJ, where I currently live. I have been wanting to relocate down south for a while now.

[@Farewelltotheflesh]

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[@javionriley8739]

Remember Delaware and Maryland are part of the south. There’s a reason why the black population in Delaware is now 30% a lot of black people in South Jersey are going to Delaware which is soon to be majority black state like Maryland as well as Georgia.

[@rodericklee3939]

I think it is a solid idea.

[@Noir_Nouveau]

The billionaire Robert Smith came from Denver now it makes sense.

[@sankofaa3000]

It’s definitely my plan with my family. I’m looking in Louisiana outside of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Also considering South Carolina in the Charleston area or Tennessee

[@BowieBanks23]

DMV PG County the Black Meca !

[@vanellesmith4598]

Where is that?

[@BowieBanks23]

@@vanellesmith4598 Washington DC suburbs

[@teresam5199]

And dangerous (most of it)

[@vmw4444]

My family is from South Carolina, North Carolina and Richmond Virginia and all migrated to Philadelphia in the early 1900s. At 71 I probably will stay in the Northeast.

[@javionriley8739]

The only people who are not going back down south are old black baby boomers, like yourself old heads who about to die, but as for the millennials/gen-Z they’re going back down for political power and controlling our region of black American, which is the south. You old heads failed running up north and never accomplished anything that’s why y’all being pushed out by immigrants who don’t even like y’all.

[@wellwisher7778]

Like Minded AA must create Unity, in Community ENGINEERING. Concentrate on empowering eachother while Conciously building Communities, no matter where you stand North or South. Learn from the Hispanics whose most Powerful assett is their focused Unity. Research why and how we as a People lost that. "When you know better, you do better."

[@musiklovers3189]

It would be great to have our own again. Upward mobility is necessary for success. However, everyone will not qualify. Too many of our people have the mindset that anything Yt is better. 😓

[@AntonsClass]

Good point! Hopefully we can upgrade our mindsets.

[@musiklovers3189]

@@AntonsClass Yes. I genuinely hope so 🙏🏽, or we will be the permanent underclass.

[@anthonyjones9868]

Been there, and done that.

[@atsankofa833]

Migration story of black folks since day ! We need a Black State plus gas tax for Reparations ya dig!

[@dcla6003]

Gentrification is the same regardless of color. Is getting priced out by black folks any better than being priced out by white folks moving for cheaper property. I like the high speed rail idea though. What's needed is job diversity (jobs you can make a living on without going to college).

[@AMERILOGIC]

I left the north for the south. I love it here. Opportunity is yours if you are ambitious and intelligent.

[@TanyanetteSims]

GLORY TO GOD!!!! I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FIR YEARS!!!! I KNOW I AM ON MY WAY BACK!!!!

[@corlissdjan7224]

Thank you for this presentation. I’m on the west coast-‘family history from Black Wall Street. I want to travel. I’d like to have a Black community to support be a part of. I do not like that we are so separated from each other. I’m not elitest at all. I would feel good if a criminal mindset was not embraced in this special community. I am sure we’d have to work (assess ourselves truthfully)to get truth. Every group of people has to deal with the inefficacies of a group. We’re not cohesive but we can grow to become a healthier maybe even vibrant community. We have been through so much trauma, misinformation of our history, financial ripoffs, character assignations ,leaders assassinated , systemic abuse in medicine, finance,education, housing and control of our resources. We been through the theft of our language, art and land, constant attack on our peace and joy intentionally ;we have been set up to not trust each other. And we’re still standing for a reason. What the enemy meant for evil God can turn to good.

[@Ma1nguy]

I'm not moving, I was born and raised in northern California all my life and I'm not moving to the south, never been to the south and not starting to in this time in my life. I have no roots there.

[@firsteyebeats2617]

AND YOU FELT THE NEED TO WRITE THIS WHY? DO YOU THINK PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH GIVES A FK WHETHER OR NOT YOU RELOCATE THERE?

[@rstepney63]

Didn’t he say it’s not for everybody?

[@foreverfly3113]

Most Black folks from California came from Texas and Louisiana and were also part of that Great Migration. Our population for the state is 5% and we experience according to the FBI more discrimination and hate crimes than anybody. CA also has the highest population of black people incarcerated making up mostly non violent offenses because the Three Strikes Law. Not to mention Black people are less college educated and own less property and businesses than other group in CA and black folks in the south. I’m from Northern California and have seen black folks get further marginalized due to not only discrimination but legal and illegal immigration. CA is arguably the most segregated state in the USA by economics and ethnicity.

[@IsaiahJones-fc7rd]

​@@foreverfly3113 our population is 9 percent not 5 😂 and most black people in California are NOT moving to the south weather you like it or not y'all need to stop and over hyping the migration back to the south BS fr fr it's not going to make a difference for black Americans in general in this country

[@foreverfly3113]

@@IsaiahJones-fc7rd The Black population is 5% it may be 9% in the city you live in but not the state. CA has erased much of Black advancement and history of our contributions by renaming things and places in others likeness. IDK where you’ve been but folks with education and skills have been leaving CA for a decade. The ones that will stay are the ones who are either wealthy (which is understandable because they have options to live in more than one place) or the ones who at the bottom depending on government programs or working a government job to secure their pension they’ve been paying into because they didn’t go to college. In the 80s & 90s everyone could tell you who the most powerful man (who is Black) in California was and today he’s been erased much like the contribution of the “Harlem of the West”. And you’re right the only thing California have to offer is weather. We are not over hyping the South it’s the epicenter of Black American heritage and culture. Either you don’t know much about your culture or you descend from black immigrants and can’t relate to Black American heritage.🤷🏽‍♀️

[@qolspony]

I heard all of this. Even Claud Anderson plan. Its all talk until you put the money on the table. But before that happens investors need to feel they are getting something out of the deal.

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

The migration is within self not beyond it 😌

[@justlive5387]

AWESOME....

[@jenniferbeathea7906]

Awesome content❤❤❤❤❤.

[@BlackCulturalPreservation2023]

Excellent video... Definitely agree.

[@iriswood3744]

I aint runnin nowhere im from Ny Born and raised in Harlem back in the 60's early 70's im from that era. Im not about to start Jumpin and runnin from a bunch of low lifes now i reside in the BX. I dont have no desire to live in the south i dont have No roots there period.

[@Arkansas223]

All black Americans who ancestors were slaves lived in the south unless your saying your a black Indian who’s always been in Harlem. Harlem was once a all black city, we need to build the south up and double back to Harlem 🔥🔥 Tulsa next

[@beverleyreid563]

This really touched my heart.

[@TeeSpells]

I did some research on this subject the matter. The cost of the railroad system probably more than anyone can imagine, the land acquisition across many states, the state and local regulatory codes and of course the technology for the infrastructure. It can be done but a well thought of planned needs to be in place solving the problemson hand.

[@Dlandry16]

I've heard of this before, it would be a means for our group to conserve political power and recreate effective laws to help live stable and comfortable lives with less invasive taxes that serve no purpose to our communities. If people coming from other states really wanted to move to the south they would need advisers/ some sort of app perhaps to help them plug in their professions with suitable places to live.

[@gdsnd1-x7d]

Halito from the Accawmackes.

[@bonniewatson178]

You’re not telling me nothing I don’t know, integration was the worst thing that happened to our communities. Equality didn’t 🟰 forsaking your own black community. I’ve said it many times Dr. Kings original vision wasn’t everyone’s dreams and it has turned out to be a nightmare, we’ve lost sense of continuity and cohesion.

[@yvonnemcfadden8488]

I already live in the south and see unpatriotism all of the time. So many black businesses fold because of this.