Tweet from Reasonably Prudent Person, Map of Black population as percentage of United States

[Beringia]

This is a map of Black population density as a percentage of population in each area in the United States.

The South ain’t Red, folks. It’s suppressed. Don’t pray for the South to secede. Ride down here and help fight.

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. Yes. They used to call this "the black belt".

And you have states like MS that SHOULDN'T be "deep red" with a black population of almost 40%.

I know I have posted this before on DU in the past but IMHO, there's a whole lot of generational PTSD going on down there in addition to the suppression.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. k&r for visibility

[klook]

3. F the South... oh, wait.

Thanks for posting. This is one of the main reasons it makes my blood boil when people say we need to "punish the Red states" for being "takers" while the Blue states keep them propped up with their tax dollars.

These states have millions of black and brown residents, many of whom are poor, trying to survive in the belly of the beast. Republican governors and legislatures are the ones keeping state taxes low, declining Medicaid expansion, and ignoring environmental threats to their residents.

And, by the way, when these people vote, they tend to vote for Democrats. If we ever want to flip Georgia, Texas, et al., we're going to need their help.

[malaise]

4. K & R

Great post

[empedocles]

5. Yep. Certain clarity to it

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. DU actblue link for donations to Warnock, Ossoff, Fair Fight ...

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufor2020runoff

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214515259

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. kick -- can't be having this fall off the first page yet!

[Cha]

8. Rt TY!

[Karadeniz]

9. Great map... Thanks for posting!

[PufPuf23]

10. Thank you. kr

[marlakay]

11. How many of those states require ID for voting?

Seems like that would make it harder to vote for people who don't drive.

[GigiLeigh]

12. I'm from Alabama

I had a conversation about this topic the other day with my brother. There is no reason we should not be winning in the south except for voter suppression. Not just voter roll purges, all of it. It is so frustrating to know that with more money and organization we could be doing better down here. But when you have the mentality of people like Lindsey Graham saying "If you’re a young, African American or an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state, you just need to be conservative, not liberal." people of color hear those things and think it is a waste of time to stand in loooonnngg lines to vote just to be beaten time and time again.

But the votes are here if we can do a Stacey Abrahms type approach in all the southern states. Mississippi for sure. They just need more engagement. IMO

[smirkymonkey]

13. K&R

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Kicked and recommended. ❤ nt

[McCamy Taylor]

15. Freedom riders are needed once again

[qwlauren35]

16. Kick

Mississippi could go Democrat having seen how Georgia did it.

[flotsam]

17. I live in less than 10% New Hampshire

and come from a less than 20% Connecticut. But I have lived in Black majority public housing and dealt with blacks in both the military and rehabs. Here's the shocking parts for those less familiar-They are people, humans who are a mix of good and bad. Some are assholes and some are saints. So very much like my cousins...some are gems and some are not. Here's the thing-if you close off the possibility of closeness based on color you will miss half the people worth knowing. I don't want to do that.

[JudyM]

18. K&R