I really don't know how to respond to a comment this stupid.
Actually, yes I do... you think that because Jackson, Mississippi is 92% African American that I left due to the changing demographics, as opposed to the increased crime, the declining infrastructure, a reduction in tech jobs, and the continued mismanagement of the city. To think racism has anything to do with the decline of Jackson, Mississippi from around 1985-current, as opposed to the mismanagement of tax revenues and tax policy that forced business out of the city is not only laughable, but it tells me everything I need to know about you.
You're ideologically possessed. You are, literally, mentally ill and need help. You're also so arrogant you're going to tell me that you know more about a city in which I used to live - in which I grew up!
I guess my lifelong friend - whom I've literally known since I was 14 - left Jackson, Mississippi to go work in Sacramento, California because he's just a raving racist... OH WAIT, Preston's BLACK! AND he went to Jackson Prep... meanwhile I was stuck in a small town school district so poor that I had literally taken every class by the time I got to 12th grade except for AP English 4, AP Calculus, and AP Biology 4. I was forced to be assigned a study hall because it wasn't even legal for me to leave school before noon.
Don't talk to me about racism, you arrogant jackass.
Poor white people and poor black people and rich white people and rich black people grow up around each other in Mississippi all the time.
We leave because Mississippi is an economic shithole with extremely limited opportunity. That's why I left. It's why Preston left, it's why his brother left. It's why my brother left, it's why my sister left. It's why 40% of the people from my high school graduating class left.
Actually, yes I do... you think that because Jackson, Mississippi is 92% African American that I left due to the changing demographics, as opposed to the increased crime, the declining infrastructure, a reduction in tech jobs, and the continued mismanagement of the city. To think racism has anything to do with the decline of Jackson, Mississippi from around 1985-current, as opposed to the mismanagement of tax revenues and tax policy that forced business out of the city is not only laughable, but it tells me everything I need to know about you.
You're ideologically possessed. You are, literally, mentally ill and need help. You're also so arrogant you're going to tell me that you know more about a city in which I used to live - in which I grew up!
I guess my lifelong friend - whom I've literally known since I was 14 - left Jackson, Mississippi to go work in Sacramento, California because he's just a raving racist... OH WAIT, Preston's BLACK! AND he went to Jackson Prep... meanwhile I was stuck in a small town school district so poor that I had literally taken every class by the time I got to 12th grade except for AP English 4, AP Calculus, and AP Biology 4. I was forced to be assigned a study hall because it wasn't even legal for me to leave school before noon.
Don't talk to me about racism, you arrogant jackass.
Poor white people and poor black people and rich white people and rich black people grow up around each other in Mississippi all the time.
We leave because Mississippi is an economic shithole with extremely limited opportunity. That's why I left. It's why Preston left, it's why his brother left. It's why my brother left, it's why my sister left. It's why 40% of the people from my high school graduating class left.