Returning Home, Is It Not the Same Home You Left

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Blow: Black culture is in the soil of the south. There is something attractive about that, in addition to the opportunity for prosperity for black people in this country. Most of these young people never lived in the south. They are reversing a decision that their parents made. Now that they made, they have no personal sense of exile from anywhere. Blowing says he has struggled to re enter his native country after three decades it.

In this week's episode Charles Blow speaks to journalist Dele Olojede about the arguments in his new book The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto. He argued that if enough African-Americans move south, the demographic balance in the Southern States will be tipped in favour of Black voters and politicians. His new home state of Georgia – he practises what he preaches and left Brooklyn for Atlanta – recently voted for a Democrat presidential candidate and two Democratic Senate candidates, one of whom became the first Black senator in the state’s history. The growing African-American population in Georgia was pivotal in these votes, Blow believes. To find out more and buy the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/the-devil-you-know-a-black-power-manifesto-charles-m-blow-subscribers/

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