Black folk, we need to MOVE! | Migration 2.0 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Let Make The South Black AMERICANS FREEDMEN Aboriginal Indigenous once again

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.

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...💯💥

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...

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. ❤

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Good content and something to consider.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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).

Jackson Mississippi here Center of attention is here soul

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!

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

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

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

Texas is FULL populate Mississippi

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.

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.

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.

Reflect, yes, let's get this group started soon and move as that power group soon! I am in Georgia now!

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!

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

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

I think it is a solid idea.

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

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).

I totally agree. Awesome Book.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

DMV PG County the Black Meca !

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

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.

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.

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

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 😢

Let's learn and embrace those who have been waiting for such a group like this!

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

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 💯

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

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.

Come back down south !! Central Arkansas !!

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

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).

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.

AFRICA IS NOT TOTALLY ANSWER OK

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."

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

There is nothing wrong with caring for and helping our group of folks! All other races do it.

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

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

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

Been there, and done that.

Awesome content❤❤❤❤❤.

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

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

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.

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.

I think this idea is horrible, and I wish it would stop being echoed. This is a very limited strategy, for one simple reason, everyone is moving south which cancels out any population gains by BP. The only real consequential states in the south are NC, GA, TX, and FL. Florida and TX are both populated with large Hispanic populations, and NC is becoming increasingly more diverse. Georgia is the state I think BP will be able to have the most impact in long-term. I just don't see demographically how a mass migration to the south for BP would be truly beneficial.

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

You’re the second black American descendant person I’ve heard mention black flight. In my opinion, black America was over when it decided to stop spending money with each other over wh-tes and non blacks. Black Americans who have traveled to Africa with other black Americans have been told they feel more safer in Africa than in America among other blacks. Now there are movements started by black Americans called passport bros and SYSBM (save yourselves black men).

We should have separated a long time ago

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

Halito from the Accawmackes.

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.

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.

Subbed bro keep the info coming!

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. 😓

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

Let’s buy an island off the coast of British Columbia, but the rich and powerful Blacks would never be down to help with infrastructure It’s getting to crazy weather wise in the south for us to hitch to that horse

We should consider ourselves "the blaque community" like tea bags, being dipped into hot water. Repopulate and let time take its course... Cheikh Anta Diop

The migration is within self not beyond it 😌

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.

I agree with you

Black people already are. But why tell everyone else non Black? White separatist just move to the Pacific Northwest and mountain west without making a bunch of announcements on line. All of this was discussed on daytime talk shows in the 90s for both Black and white…now here we are…and some Blackfolks who act like they didn’t get the memo, feel the need to tell everybody else.