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Most of African Americans who live in the BB are descendants of slaves. They didn’t want to be in the black belt.

• irrational 4y ago
  Do they want to be in Africa? I doubt it. Slavery is bad, but that doesn’t mean it is tragic that the descendants of those slaves are living in America.
  • Robelius 4y ago
    I think bag_boy was trying to highlight the tragedy that we can still see direct effects of slavery in the United States, not that it's tragic that descendants of Africans live in America
    • daveslash 4y ago
      I can't speak for bag_boy, but yes, that was more or less what I was getting at; while the correlation is fascinating, it's also sad to think about the "why" and "how" behind it. I didn't mean to kick a hornets nest...
    • bag_boy 4y ago
      That’s right - thank you
  • mistermann 4y ago
    It isn't absolutely tragic, but there is surely some tragedy within the overall story, including in some lingering after effects.