Seattle Is Not Religious Because Black Americans Can’t Afford to Live Here

This has been on my mind since reading Gene Balk’s recent post, “Seattle is the least-religious large metro area in the US.” Our city might have a high percentage of people who “never attend church or religious services” because post-gentrification (Seattle is now gentrified) Blacks make up only “6% of the total population.” Balk points out that, on a national level, a whooping 65% of Black Americans are in church on the regular. They are the most religious people in the US. Meanwhile, white people are at the bottom of this god-loving list (46%). And yet their churchgoers have more political power than any other group in the country. Without them, Donald Trump would not be running for president this year. Without them, the Senate would be more progressive. Without them, Roe v. Wade would still be the law of the land. The political over-representation of white churchgoers is so considerable that it’s hard to call the US a democracy. Get ready, because this is my post’s point of departure.         This is quite a video. Every so often you just need to zoom out and reflect on how insane everything has become. pic.twitter.com/pBTmNECutN — Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 7, 2024...