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Originally Posted by bt1211
Come on Byron , Its aint just black people what about ......Huey Long, the first Richard Daly, Big Bill Thompson, Tammany Hall ? the list is endless on non-blacks that keep/kept getting re-elected dispite their crimes.
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I grew up in the area, and I lived in Detroit as a child, then for about 3 years after college.
Corruption and incompotence are nothing new under the sun, and one finds it in any culture. Poor black folks have low expectations for themselves, and this is reflected in their leaders.
There is probably same level of corruption and idiocy in poor, rural white communitys, but those communitys are in the hinterlands. No one cares if there is corruption in MoosePee Wisconsin.
Frankly, I think the national press is biased. I didn't believe this when I was younger, but as I have gotten older (and MUCH more conservative in most ways), I do see a subtle bias in the way blacks are handled by the press.
Are they 'looters', or 'survivors looking for food'?