Obviously. The point is that it isn't a simple "we go our separate ways" separation. If you aren't willing to delve into some deep racist/racial politics you will lose before you start. And that's just one single angle of it.

And the last time the South had a large amount of black people it no longer wanted, the rest of the country didn't happily take in those guys they pretended to care so much about and they won't now either. They won't be going anywhere easily.