You’re missing their point. The west doesn’t have as large of a black community as the rest of the country because of things like Oregon being founded by white supremacists with a no black people allowed rule. The south might be more racist, but it has a large black community because of slavery.
Yes, in many parts of the west they were not even allowed those marginalized communities. For all intents and purposes, Oregon was a ‘sundown state’ until the civil rights era. I have coworkers whose deed to the house they bought still has (obviously now unenforceable) language in it stating that the house may only be sold to a person of caucasian descent. Oregon was anti-slavery, not because they opposed slavery, but because it would bring people of color into the state. I say all of this as a southerner who was shocked to learn the racial history when I moved here to Oregon.
Portland may be progressive today, but that is a recent development, and the rural portions of the state still fly a traitorous flag.
People have family and support networks and communities which look like them that they can move to.
A lot of the west doesn’t have that that due to historic and ongoing racism.
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You’re missing their point. The west doesn’t have as large of a black community as the rest of the country because of things like Oregon being founded by white supremacists with a no black people allowed rule. The south might be more racist, but it has a large black community because of slavery.
It’s different in that black communities are allowed to exist. They have not been in much of the west
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Yes, in many parts of the west they were not even allowed those marginalized communities. For all intents and purposes, Oregon was a ‘sundown state’ until the civil rights era. I have coworkers whose deed to the house they bought still has (obviously now unenforceable) language in it stating that the house may only be sold to a person of caucasian descent. Oregon was anti-slavery, not because they opposed slavery, but because it would bring people of color into the state. I say all of this as a southerner who was shocked to learn the racial history when I moved here to Oregon.
Portland may be progressive today, but that is a recent development, and the rural portions of the state still fly a traitorous flag.