The Perils of Black Power
Right now, black politicians are all over the news for misdeeds. Is it a conspiracy or evidence of real power?
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What is wrong with these black politicians? The headlines in the papers are dominated by black elected officials in trouble. There’s Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stepping aside (temporarily) as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Then there’s Marion Barry, the former Washington, D.C., mayor, stripped of his chairmanship of a city council committee. Finally, a couple of hundred miles north of the nation’s capital, there’s David Paterson, the governor of New York, under pressure to quit despite having announced he will not seek re-election.
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