“There is no one in that district (Detroit) not named Conyers whose life is better off since he assumed office, yet he’s re-elected by overwhelming margins every two years. Why?”
It’s Black Pride run amok. If Conyers is riding around in $70k Cadillac SUV’s and lookin’ “fly” then that seems to be good enough for his constituency. They look at him and somehow see themselves even though their families don’t live like the Conyers’s...except for his wife who is still in jail as far as I know.
When race is central to meaning to those in power, those who pretend race has no meaning are set to be the victms of hate’s power stucture.