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@drgrist Eh, a united states is the only thing keeping black people from being completely abandoned in the Deep South.

@jbouie Our doors are open.

@drgrist i am not optimistic that Oregon and Washington (or even CA) would stay progressive if a few million blacks moved that way.

@jbouie You probably have a point there.

@drgrist @jbouie Jamelle's point is crucial: racism in North America has been concentrated in South but has never been exclusive to region.

@drgrist gather you haven't been to San Diego recently

@pbump We might have to trim CA a bit — a little off the bottom, a little off the east half … just shape it up real nice.

@drgrist @pbump circumcise it, if you will.

@drgrist I don't think you'd think this was funny if we were talking about Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.

@samlevine It was not intended to be funny.

@drgrist You'll jump on the bandwagon complaining about Red states wanting to leave the union the next election Dems win. That's funny

@samlevine No I won’t. I’ll wish them happy trails.

@drgrist Have you considered a thing called "Federalism"? It's much easier than state building. XD

@samlevine @drgrist some people who who yell 'federalism' throw it out the window on some issues (gay marriage, abortion).

@drgrist If you throw in BC and cut California off just south of Santa Cruz I will definitely emigrate.