African Americans only make up 15% of the population but they also make up 82% of the population of Detroit, the overwhelming majority. Don't kid yourself - the majority of people in the ghetto are black.
I probally wasn't very clear, but I never said it wasn't. My point was your power base would still wind up less than 15% of the population, which is still very small.
That's just the sad fact. In the UK, we've got quite multicultual impoverished areas, although they often have a white majority. The areas in the USA I'm thinking of would be former Socialist (Black Panther Party) power bases.
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The Black Panthers have an awful reputation today, and it's well deserved. Don't fool yourself. I don't even see the point in getting into this.
There is racism, then there is nationalism. They are often combined but are not inseperable. Black nationalism, if championed in a way that did not make it anti-white, is not racism, just promotion of black identity, culture, language, music etc. I think in order to really make an impact in black areas that are as bad as Detroit, you would need to do something quite radical - you're going to be clashing with a culture that's been developing for decades and is really quite deeply set. Harkening back to the old days may be the only way to break through that.
That's a very very very fine line to tread. Even if the movement itself isn't inherently racist it'll likely be seen as racist by the outside community.
Perhaps the answer isn't go for black nationalism outright but try to harken back to the Marxist ethos of the old black nationalist groups that were once very powerful in black communities. Maybe a sense of continuity was all I was thinking of.
Once again, no no no no-NO. Its a good thing nationalist groups in the US are on their way out.
Of course - this isn't to say that, as MetalSlimeHunt says, one couldn't target both New England and black majority areas. That said, it would be difficult to unify the two factions.
And I'm a New Englander btw. This is not only one of the whitest areas in the nation, but also one of the most liberal, socially & economically. I don't feel much if any connection to ghettos or inner cities at all, culturally, racially, economically, politically etc etc. I wouldn't want to be lumped into the same political group as that, and I don't think many people here would disagree with me.