• Freeposity@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    This tracks with my experience living in the deep south. Most white people in the deep south see the Democratic party as the black party and the GOP as the white party.

    It really is that simple to them.

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      8 days ago

      They’re not far from wrong. Black people in the south vote Democrat about 80% of the time. White people in the south vote Republican about 80% of the time. The political system in the South, with its gerrymandered districts, biased media, and “good ol’ boy” system is basically a giant black voter suppression machine.

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        7 days ago

        Only if by diversity you mean black, which some people do. I googled it and Atlanta is not the most diverse city in the US by any metric.

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          7 days ago

          I misspoke with my hyperlatives. I meant “in the top 1% of most diverse cities based on the probability that two residents picked at random belong to different racial, ethnic, or religious groups per the us census” - which is what I was misremembering.