Of course I acknowledge that it is a New York problem. I did not mean to imply that it is a peculiarly black problem - you inferred that. I am pointing it out specifically for black folks because I feel it is a much more insidious problem in our community. I feel this is holding us back a lot more than it is holding back Gen X white people who wish to run. Who under the age of 45 AND NOT RELATED TO ANOTHER ELECTED has won elected office in Harlem in the past 8 years? I can name four white people not very far away from that district who were able to do so with the support of other electeds and the party establishment. That seems next to impossible in large swaths of the black community.
Of course I acknowledge that it is a New York problem. I did not mean to imply that it is a peculiarly black problem - you inferred that. I am pointing it out specifically for black folks because I feel it is a much more insidious problem in our community. I feel this is holding us back a lot more than it is holding back Gen X white people who wish to run. Who under the age of 45 AND NOT RELATED TO ANOTHER ELECTED has won elected office in Harlem in the past 8 years? I can name four white people not very far away from that district who were able to do so with the support of other electeds and the party establishment. That seems next to impossible in large swaths of the black community.
THAT was my point.