Blacks leave the cities, move South

This AP story makes the return migration of black to the South seem like the cause of racial inequality. Obviously it's not. When people want to improve their living standards badly enough, they migrate. The middle class is moving out of northern cities and returning South where they find a more congenial atmosphere. This is progress, as migration always is. At some time in the future other groups may find a way to do the same thing by migrating somewhere.

This discussion reminds me of the dilemma of the half-empty glass.