If Chicago is a black political mecca, why are African-Americans leaving the city in droves?
Chicago Tribune,
by
Dahleen Glanton
Original Article
Posted By: Garnet,
4/8/2019 10:20:28 AM
You’ve probably seen the list by now. Some folks are calling it “black women magic.” Since Lori Lightfoot’s historic victory last week, the list has been passed around proudly as a symbol of the achievements of African-American women in the Chicago area.While hardly anyone was paying attention, black women rose up and took charge of the most high-profile positions in our city and county government. If you throw in the African-American men also in top spots, the changing political tide is even more astounding. I have a question, though. If our city really has become the black political mecca
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/8/2019 10:25:15 AM (No. 27123)
Because they expect non blacks (whites, Asians) to do the work and provide them with life´s necessities. In their culture it is not considered something negative or shameful. The demand for reparations originates from there.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 4/8/2019 10:52:07 AM (No. 27116)
Operative words ‘qualified people’. Unfortunately, just being female, black, lesbian, or homosexual doesn’t make one ‘qualified’.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Clinger 4/8/2019 11:19:34 AM (No. 27122)
Leftists are capable of noticing the consequences of decline and deciding to seek a better life, greater opportunity. Leftists are incapable of grasping the connection between their own political choices and the hardships that they flee, and the reason that the very reason there is a better place to flee to is because of different political choices.
I’d guess that the people who are leaving are among the best and brightest. They are willing to do something about their own condition and they are doing something themselves rather than just whining about others not resolving their problems for them.
When we are lumped into racial groupings it obscures that the real struggle is between makers and takers with the democrat socialists representing the takers and virtually nobody with the gonads to stand up for the makers. Let’s see there’s Trump, and now who was that…..did I mention Trump?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 4/8/2019 11:33:00 AM (No. 27117)
Obviously for the same reason, its a black political mecca.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jntsrgn 4/8/2019 11:35:15 AM (No. 27120)
South Africa became a black political Mecca too. That’s not going so well.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bad-hair 4/8/2019 11:35:54 AM (No. 27129)
To avoid getting shot?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone 4/8/2019 11:36:56 AM (No. 27124)
Those Black folks who are leaving Chicago are going to places where they can get jobs that are made possible by President Trump’s excellent economy, and are not waiting around for Black leftist and liberal Democrat lawyer- politician led Chicago to transform itself into a socialist utopia in a few years, with a lot of serious crime, very high taxes, no available jobs, and a lot of liberal social welfare creating a bogus facade of moving on up to very low information communities.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 4/8/2019 12:03:02 PM (No. 27133)
Well, our black female mayor just recently went to Cuba to study healthcare delivery. Its not like Ochsner Health care and LSU Health Sciences aren´t right there in NOLA. Nope, she goes to a failed dictatorship country to find out how 3rd world countries deliver healthcare. I expect Chicago to be as fortunate.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 4/8/2019 12:08:44 PM (No. 27130)
In ten years, Chicago will be Johannesburg, and Illinois will be South Africa.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 4/8/2019 12:21:09 PM (No. 27125)
Maybe because an early indicator of the decline of a major U.S. city is the election of a minority mayor.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Roberto 4/8/2019 12:56:54 PM (No. 27131)
Where are the African-Americans migrating to? Texas?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
msjena 4/8/2019 12:58:55 PM (No. 27128)
Chicago is only one-third black. This author--who ascribes race to everything--apparently can´t believe that white people voted for a black candidate.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Faithfully 4/8/2019 1:04:10 PM (No. 27113)
#6 What most people do not know is that the blacks came to SA as guest workers for a better life.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Faithfully 4/8/2019 1:07:31 PM (No. 27132)
#1 Google, What I Learned in the Peace Core, Africa
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Faithfully 4/8/2019 1:09:17 PM (No. 27127)
^ Corps
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Banjo Willy 4/8/2019 1:22:57 PM (No. 27114)
For the love of Christ, what do you expect of people who blindly pull the democrat handle year after year?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Rocco49 4/8/2019 3:25:53 PM (No. 27111)
Anyone remember AMISTAD the movie?
Black slaves in 1839 forced in the gallows to row Spanish ships? Until they revolted?
Where is THAT story in your high school teachers lesson plan???
Force all Spaniards to pay reparations, including all illegals!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Lazyman 4/8/2019 5:17:17 PM (No. 27121)
The dirty little secret is that when you lose the merit system for feel good voting for your own race this is the ultimate result.
Too bad and the worst part is that those with money get out and away from the debt, chaos and yes; murder.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zzzghy 4/8/2019 6:06:22 PM (No. 27112)
The dope-dealing gangs have all the cash, which means in Chicago they hold all the aces and face cards.
The Chicago Way will always be the Chicago way of things.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 4/8/2019 7:09:23 PM (No. 27115)
"More disturbing, though, is when a person’s groundbreaking achievement does nothing to further the cause of those they were put in place to help."
This could be the theme song of the dem party, advancement to no good purpose. THIS is why we asked "WHAT has BO accomplished?" when he was first running for president. The answer was, nothing, but the media didn´t want to discuss it. We should be electing people to state and national office based on MERIT and actual accomplishments, not just that they managed to get elected previously. The same issue applied to Hillary. She has elections and appointments to positions but never accomplished anything.
What is truly tragic is that they keep electing these do nothing people to these positions. These "leaders" raise false issues and make false promises. When will they wake up? Having incompetent Black bosses or women bosses is no better than incompetent white bosses.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/8/2019 7:41:14 PM (No. 27119)
Because they have figured out the Democraps are LYING to them and they are dying from street violence. At least they figured out who was causing all their problems!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/9/2019 9:31:08 AM (No. 27126)
I was going to comment that Chicago will now become another Detroit but it´s already worse than Detroit. The crime and corruption is intolerable. The only thing missing is the burning buildings and that will begin soon.
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