It does make sense that the cost of living is a driving factor for many… I’ve had a couple of older students who likewise came south in retirement, so yeah.
I can imagine… things have changed a lot in the last 20-30 years here at least. But I can imagine it’s hard to re-adjust to life here once you’ve lived elsewhere.
Another good point! But I think Blow’s larger point is to advocate for Black Americans moving to stay, strategically. He’s of a particular social class, and would be someone who feels at home with the Black elite and middle class here in ATL (which has been pretty strong since the late 19th century, and remained so even after the 1906 race massacre). He can afford to advocate for that and I think he’s probably right about a reverse migration… but I also don’t think most people are thinking strategically when they move. They are more often thinking like your dad, economically, socially, and culturally.
Yeah, and that is why I wish more white Americans would step up and take the burden off (same with us cisgendered folks, too). While I think Blow is right about how power resides in the south, people in the north need to think more strategically too. You say that oppressors are never satisfied, and that’s all too true… The people who consider themselves progressives, but are willing to write off the south, because it’s just easier can’t sleep easy, because authoritarianism needs a constant target to function… They’re coming for trans people, the Black vote, and women’s autonomy now, but they’ll get to others soon enough…
Dug this up. Bill AB 89 was signed by Governor Newsom in 9/21 and created new minimum requirements for peace officers. The bill did not affect then current officers, so any indications of beneficial effect will take time. I don’t know the status of the other bills listed in the report below, but the Openstates site should show the latest.
AB 89 seems to address the (problematic) traditional “intelligence” and culture-driven mind-set required of new recruits.
(excerpts): Raises the age limit to be a police officer in the state of California from 18 to 21 while requiring that new officers also have a bachelor’s degree. This bill, the Peace Officers Education and Age Conditions for Employment Act or PEACE Act, will require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to create modern policing criteria to be adopted by the Commission. Financial aid resources for students in underserved and disadvantaged areas will also be required to be adopted under the PEACE Act. Studies show that developing areas of the brain do not fully develop or mature until the age of 25 and that a four-year education in college significantly reduces the chance of an officer using excessive force. Author of the bill, Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, D- Los Angeles, described the PEACE Act as a “data-driven bill.” He expects the new law to “ transform departments across the state.”
“Despite being run by utter morons,” Mesh said of Patriot Prayer, “they managed to outsmart most of their adversaries in this city, simply by provoking violent reactions from people who were appalled by their politics.” The argument for violence among people on the left is often, essentially, If you encounter a Nazi, you should punch him. But “what if the only thing the Nazi wants is for you to punch him?” Mesh asked. “What if the Nazis all have cameras and they’re immediately feeding all the videos of you punching them to Tucker Carlson? Which is what they did.”
Sadly, seems accurate. We can’t even punch Nazis without it coming back in our faces.
True, but there has always been a problem with bothsiderism in the media, which is part of the discussion. If the antifascist is getting in trouble for punching a fascist, it’s more often than not because the police are somewhat to very sympathetic with the fascist…
I am not convinced. Who cares about feeding things to Tucker Carlson? He makes things up just the same either way…do we really think his narrative would be an iota different without the video?
