the black people has progressed a lot in recent years, the black population in Georgia has experienced significant growth which is directed by reverse northern migration, this is symbolized to black Americans returning to the south part of the region. Black people migrated from the places where they were facing discriminations like those that they moved to Atlanta, after a historic 20th century migration away from the region due to violent policies. They are drawn back due to some strict reasons such as transportation, technology, and film industries that is expanding and making it vibrant. This growth is given support and have spread with the incoming immigrants as more as people are moving in, it is giving a boost to the population. The rapid growth of Georgia’s Black, Hispanic, and Asian populations is pushing the state closer to becoming a minority-majority, with some suggesting it may have already reached that point.
This does not ends here only, in the northwestern cities of Atlanta, there exists another initiative that seeks to empower or give support to the overlooked groups such as Muslim voters, many of whom are black. However, activism is broadly viewed according to Christian lens, despite this, Muslims have a deeper root in the civil rights movement in Atlanta and the U.S from the leaders like Malcolm X, explained Xan-rhea Bilal, a senior organizer working with the Georgia Muslim voter project. From Trinidad with a real sense, Bilal emphasizes the importance of civic engagement as a tool for community advocacy. Bilal has revealed that Georgia is another home for Muslims where almost 200,000 Muslims are inhabited and out of these, 90,000 Muslims are registered to vote. This is the significant number of voter that in 2020 elections was decided by 12,000 votes.
On an October afternoon, members of Bilal’s organization visited an aging apartment complex in Clarkston one of the nation’s most diverse cities encouraging Somali American residents to participate in local candidate listening sessions and providing non-partisan voting information. Warsammeh Bured, a 54-year-old Somali immigrant, expressed frustration over worsening living conditions and rising costs. ‘We left war in Africa, but life here isn’t what we expected,’ he shared. Working in a warehouse, Bured noted that a better apartment would require nearly his entire monthly salary.
He also voiced a hope for more compassionate leadership: ‘Trump is a businessman; he thinks of businessmen. We need someone who cares about regular people, those with low incomes.’ His final thought: ‘It’s time for America to choose a woman as president.
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