Why wouldn’t they? Next to the South the Midwest probably has the highest concentration of blacks in the U.S., assuming a high concentration of ones own race is even a criteria for relocating there. Medium and large cities in the Midwest all have significant populations of blacks, and some of the states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois can sometimes (Illinois always) lean leftward politically as well. Again, I do not want to assume that all blacks are Democrats either, but generally most are and perhaps your comment was meant to mean that they wouldn’t want to move somewhere that is ‘red state’ America so to speak. Generally speaking, many of the largest cities in the Midwest are majority black – Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, and the rest all have sizable populations. Medium cities less so, but still 10-20%. Small towns and rural areas in the Midwest, unlike the South, tend not to have many minorities at all. Never seen any black farmers in IL I’m afraid. There are not as many Asians as there are in CA, but depending on the city there are sizable communities. Minneapolis/St. Paul, for example, has a huge Hmong population. And like everywhere, there are growing Hispanic populations everywhere in the Midwest…