Houston vs. Dallas (Post: wage, earnings, Jewish)

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by ShaunJuan

See, I disagree with that article. I've met and know plenty of Black professionals in Dallas and we've never had any problem finding each other. I also have never experienced any racial tension in Dallas between black and whites. This article makes Dallas sound like a backwards, Jim Crow town that is stuck in the old South (like Memphis), which it most certainly is not. It also uses Atlanta as a measuring stick, which is unfair because many Black people in Atlanta these days are leaving because they realize Atlanta has become extremely over saturated, large Black professional population or not.

Moreover, ATL has more than its fair share of ghetto, uneducated Black folks who moved to ATL and helped flood and over saturate ATL on the coattails of its many Black professionals. With that being said, Dallas seems to be the big Texas city that's now attracting most of the Black professionals who are leaving Atlanta to escape its over saturation and it's large ghetto element, and Houston seems to be the new Black Mecca for the other segment of Blacks in ATL and other places around the country who are hood, uneducated, and are just looking for the next big "it" city for Black folks to party in without really contributing much if anything to the local community. That's the type of element that educated Black professionals try to avoid, and Dallas seems more like the city to do that now than Houston.

I am Black by the way before anybody tries to get offended/report me as racist.

How do you know that blacks are moving from Atlanta to Houston? I've not seen any reports.

[marcopolo2000]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

I want to see the receipts, Shaun. Where is the evidence of this phenomenon you speak of?

There is no evidence. As long as Dallas cannot produce its own Black professionals then no matter how many transplants move there; it will never be on the level of Houston. Thats exactly what the former mayor of Dallas touched on.

A great resource would be a book called "Black Dixie:Afro-Texan History and Culture in Houston". Its a collection of essays,most written in the 20s and 30. There are several observations of the Black community and race relations in Houston at the time made by both Texans and visitors. Some of the most notable observations:

Houston was unlike any other city in America in that it did not have one thriving Black community; it had 3. Each was anchored by its own high school (Booker T Washington in the 4th Ward,Yates in the 3rd, and Wheatley in the 5th). No other city in America had 3 high schools for its Black students and Wheatley was actually known as having the most impressive Black campus in the Nation.

Race relations were described as "progressive" for a southern city at the time as well.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by marcopolo2000

You're entitled to your opinion but when the facts state that most Blacks have earned their bachelor's degrees at PV more than any other university in the state in the most recent years. PV still produces the most Black engineers,nurses, and Black students in medical schools in Texas. TSU still produces more Black pharmacists than any other school in TX. Taking all of that into account, I can't see how one can draw the conclusion that HBCU's are not needed; especially here in Texas.

The belief that HBCU's do not simulate the "real world" is silly at best. Proportionately speaking, the amount of Whites at Prairie View is the same as Blacks at Texas A&M. Is it your belief that 80% white classes at A&M somehow represent the real world? Especially in a "minority"-majority state like Texas?

They dont...And yes blacks are the minority at A&M...Hell blacks are the minority everywhere except africa.And I can promise you a majority white school would prepare a black professional for the "Corporate world" 10,000 times better than P.V.

Yes P.V and T.S.U are popular black schools but their standard of education is still not not up to a level to compete with predominately white schools.

[JJG]

Y'all talkin' about my school, again....?

[marcopolo2000]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

They dont...And yes blacks are the minority at A&M...Hell blacks are the minority everywhere except africa.And I can promise you a majority white school would prepare a black professional for the "Corporate world" 10,000 times better than P.V.

Yes P.V and T.S.U are popular black schools but their standard of education is still not not up to a level to compete with predominately white schools.

Like I said, your opinions are full of ignorance and dare I say it; indicative of alot of native Black Dallasites' mentalities. Carry on...

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by marcopolo2000

Like I said, your opinions are full of ignorance and dare I say it; indicative of alot of native Black Dallasites' mentalities. Carry on...

point the lie out......

[dallasboi]

What about the thousands and thousands of blacks that graduate from white schools??? Do they not count as being a professional black because they didn't go to a HBCU?..They live in the same cities as the other blacks do...They just live in the better parts because they get paid more.....Just thinking out loud.

[Overcooked_Oatmeal]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

Point it out!!!....This is MY opinion.

Well it's an ignorant, slave mentality opinion, but no surprise coming from a Dallasite.

[BigT3x]

HBCUs are garbage. They provide a poor education infused with superstition (religion).

[JJG]

Originally Posted by BigT3x

HBCUs are garbage. They provide a poor education infused with superstition (religion).

.....wow.