She makes one basic point which is why have things not gotten better in inner city communities. We see bombed out housing in Baltimore with overgrown vegetation. We see nothing but depression and she mentions the crime in Baltimore. Murders are 10x the national average there and unfortunately residents of Baltimore had for years continued to vote in the same politicians who are allowing many of these issues to persist.
I wish there are people in Chicago who can get elected this way. Often they won't that's not to say we don't have them. Such politicians are making their rounds on cable TV such as one Alderman Raymond Lopez (Ward 15) he's not a Republican but if he's for safer streets and he does represent a community that can use some help then I'd be happy to follow him.
I also wanted to note the greatest argument of "white privilege" - to defund or abolish police. Her commercial talks to people on the streets who wants police and no defund or abolish. The people who are speaking this the loudest saying fcuk the police or defund police are people who I'm sure hardly have any real interactions with police officers. They don't know how devastating for these poor communities having no police protection will be.
As I've stated before on this blog, with all the unrest going on around the country since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn there is no leadership in many of America's largest cities. I think that's tragic. It didn't exist in Minneapolis, one can say it doesn't exist in Chicago, it doesn't exist in NYC, and I will dare say it doesn't even exist in the city too busy to hate Atlanta, Ga. When will the real leaders of these major cities step up to the plate.
And in November, let's see where Klacik is against the former NAACP leader Mfume.
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