I honestly studied the political history of every nation that has had an elected black leader (most of them were outright dictatorships or sham governments), and outside of Botswana not one has had a history of decent governance for more than a few months at a stretch. If you find a honest leader, they are literally gone in a coup or assassinated.
Depending on the city (sadly not many) you do have really great black mayors that actually do govern well. My city (Grand Rapids) had a great mayor back in the 70s that did a wonderful job, but was all but forgotten by the black population here because apparently he was never “down for the struggle” and actually focused on the good of the whole city.
“Depending on the city (sadly not many) you do have really great black mayors that actually do govern well. My city (Grand Rapids) had a great mayor back in the 70s that did a wonderful job, but was all but forgotten by the black population here because apparently he was never “down for the struggle” and actually focused on the good of the whole city.”
I grew up right after WWII in Oakland, CA. It was a nice place to live. In 1977, Oakland elected it’s first Black mayor, and with the exception of Jerry Brown and now Jean Quan, Oakland hasn’t had anything but Black mayors since. Now Oakland is billed as California’s Detroit. And take Detroit, same story. Coleman Young was mayor there for some 20 years, and presided over that city’s destruction. So, yes, maybe there are some examples of good Black leadership, but you will have to point them out to me because there sure aren’t any here in California, but then the Hispanics have driven most of them out of office.