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Interesting how the South appears to have totally reversed course. In 1970, it appears it was attracting talent. Now, it's losing talent quickly. That's unfo
by throwaway713 7y ago
Interesting how the South appears to have totally reversed course. In 1970, it appears it was attracting talent. Now, it's losing talent quickly. That's unfortunate.
- dredmorbius 7y agoI'm wondering how much of that might have been the Great Migration: of (mostly poorer, less educated) blacks leaving the South specifically because of institutional oppression directly causing that lack of education and poverty.
- loeg 7y agoGreat Migration as a concept mostly predates 1970.
- dredmorbius 7y agoThe data extend to the 1940s, as does the trend of (net|gross[1]) positive brain migration. Industrial decline accellerated hugely in the 1970s. 1. The terms and implications are still confusing me, but the effect remains: the former CSA states scored positively 1940-1970 and in cases later.
- dredmorbius 7y agoChecking; Wikipedia gives dates as 1916 to 1970, peaking 1950-1970, so precicsely within the data period mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_%28African_American%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Migration_%28African_Ame...