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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (489616)	11/8/2003 2:33:35 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Are you trying to say that the South was a better place for African Americans, when the term "Solid South" meant Solidly Democratic? Here are three facts: 1. There is now a net migration of African Americans to the South - as opposed to when "the Solid South" meant solidly Democratic. 2. Residential Segregation and income disparity between black and white households are less in the South than the Midwest - as opposed to when the "Solid South" meant solidly Democratic. 3. In the 90's the only region of the country, where black household income grew at the same amount as white households, was the South. As far as crime goes: Are you trying to say that liberal states like CA, or NY have lower percentages of "people of color" in their prisons (relative to their general populations) than Conservative States? The simple fact is, that America is experiencing the lowest rate of violent crime (and property crime for that matter) in generations. How much this is due to the high national incarceration rate - I don't know. re: "Most of the population of prisons are people of color. I believe that all races are equally moral, so why is this? It can only be because people of color are afforded less opportunity that white folks, then judged more harshly when they transgress. Republicans have been playing the race card in the South since Lyndon Johnson's race initiatives. The South before him was called "the solid South", meaning solidly Democratic. "