Differences between African Americans in Maryland and Louisana (transplants, home)
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What I have notice for the past few years it seems most Afrian American in Louisana are poor, while those in Maryland seems tob e very well educated and affluent.
Well I wouldn't go that far. There are plenty of poor black people in Maryland. However, Maryland is home to the wealthiest majority black county in the country, Prince George's.
A lot of the Black folks in the MD suburbs of DC are transplants and as such, tend to be more educated and higher income-earners. However, many of the DC natives who have moved to PG County and the native Baltimoreans remind me somewhat of native New Orleanians.
Overall, the vast majority of Black folks I personally know in MD are transplants. Just about all of the Louisianians I know are natives.
What I have notice for the past few years it seems most Afrian American in Louisana are poor, while those in Maryland seems tob e very well educated and affluent.
So what you're getting at is that there is a majority percentage of blacks in MD that are over the poverty line and in LA a majority percentage of blacks are below the poverty line?
A lot of the Black folks in the MD suburbs of DC are transplants and as such, tend to be more educated and higher income-earners. However, many of the DC natives who have moved to PG County and the native Baltimoreans remind me somewhat of native New Orleanians.
Overall, the vast majority of Black folks I personally know in MD are transplants. Just about all of the Louisianians I know are natives.
Huh? The vast majority of blacks in Maryland are from DC and Maryland.
What I have notice for the past few years it seems most Afrian American in Louisana are poor, while those in Maryland seems tob e very well educated and affluent.
I went to school in Louisiana and lived there for 6 years. The difference is opportunity. Blacks in Maryland have an abundance of opportunity at their disposal where in LA, the opportunity is few and far in between. Plus blacks in Maryland have the federal government as a labor source which reflects the overwhelming disparity in income levels between the two groups in each state. The feds also bring on additional opportunity with IT, defense, non profits, think tanks, law firms, etc... LA cannot match MD's employment. Traditionally, LA has been one of the poorest states in the US. As a result it trickles down to minorities. MD is the polar opposite, boasting as the richest state. Plus the liberal versus conservative angle plays a huge part. Most right to work states (non union) are poor. Most blacks have been pro union since the 40's because of the job security, increased wages and representation it brings.
So no blacks in MD live quite different than black in LA.
What I have notice for the past few years it seems most Afrian American in Louisana are poor, while those in Maryland seems tob e very well educated and affluent.
I went to school in Louisiana and lived there for 6 years. The difference is opportunity. Blacks in Maryland have an abundance of opportunity at their disposal where in LA, the opportunity is few and far in between. Plus blacks in Maryland have the federal government as a labor source which reflects the overwhelming disparity in income levels between the two groups in each state. The feds also bring on additional opportunity with IT, defense, non profits, think tanks, law firms, etc... LA cannot match MD's employment. Traditionally, LA has been one of the poorest states in the US. As a result it trickles down to minorities. MD is the polar opposite, boasting as the richest state. Plus the liberal versus conservative angle plays a huge part. Most right to work states (non union) are poor. Most blacks have been pro union since the 40's because of the job security, increased wages and representation it brings.
So no blacks in MD live quite different than black in LA.
No offense, but this philosophy of thinking is very annoying and simply not true. Maryland has more money because of being heavily influenced by the nation's capital and enjoying the fruits of the country's industrial revolution that bypassed most of the South. It doesn't have anything to do with union vs. non-union. That is the biggest hollow pipe dream line of thinking that liberals fall for. Unions didn't build this country nor are they the catalyst for vibrant economies. They benefit from vibrant economies, they didn't create them. No offense to you, but I'm getting a little tired of the arrogant attitude of pro union people that think they are responsible for creating jobs and wealth while they look down their noses at non-union people and states that prefers to believe in hard work and realizes that the corporations that pro union people find so evil and repulsive are the ones that actually provide jobs that improve quality of life. If anything, unions are dinosaurs of a bygone era that and now do more harm than good. That's one reason the Midwest (and the Detroit big 3) have been decimated in the last several years by foreign automakers. Pro-union states simply don't get it and that's a major reason why Ford, GM, etc have struggled because the pro union factories can't adapt, compete, and be competitive.
Sorry to be snappy but it's a sore subject here in the South. The big unions are trying their best to unionize all the foreign auto plants in the South and trying to ruin what we have here so we can be just as miserable as the auto industry in the Midwest. They are bound and determined to do it year after year despite constantly being voted down yet they just keep coming.
No doubt, if Louisiana sat next to DC as does Maryland, it would be a different place
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