Friday, May 04, 2012

DETROIT: Rochelle Riley adds her voice...




The article by Nolan Finley about Mike Duggan wanting to become the mayor of Detroit even though he is white has drawn some interest.

Rochelle Riley, a much respected black columnist for the Detroit Free Press just wrote an article titled: Detroit voters must look beyond race (May 4, 2012).

In the article she says that Detroit does not need a white savior, it needs the “right” savior whatever color he may be or gender or ethnicity.

She talked with George Jackson, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and a former Detroit development czar.

He is a supporter of current Mayor Bing but admits that Mike Duggan has the attributes to be a mayor and people want someone who they feel can get the job done…period!

Obama was not elected president because he is black but because he convinced millions of people that he can actually bring change and the people believed him.

Detroit has some severe problems and among them unions that have grown fat and lazy through decades of getting what they want in exchange for votes. The mayor needs to stand up and tell them no but they will battle back and they don’t care if the mayor is white or black, they will fight just the same to keep their cushy positions.

Ms. Riley states that there should be no assumptions that if a white candidate wins a race in Detroit, then black leadership has come to an end, but that is exactly what the loudest residents of Detroit will say but what will the silent majority say and that is the key here.

Responsible black leaders like George Jackson will have to make their voices heard and even though they will be taunted like other responsible black leaders with cries of “Uncle Tom”, they need to stand up for what they feel is the best course for the city and its people.

These responsible black business leaders will go up against the very loud and obnoxious Detroit cadre of Baptist ministers that for some reason, want the races divided even though I have to believe that not all black pastors in Detroit are of the same ilk. I do know personally that in some Detroit black seminaries where they teach people how to be pastors, racism is rampant and this is where they learn to “love thy neighbor?"…

I must assume that being a black pastor is a business and if you are to get rich at this religion thing, you need to fill your pews and what better way than to preach racism; can’t do that if your church becomes integrated like those damn Catholic churches.

The bottom line is that somebody other than black pastors are going to have to speak for the people of Detroit and successful business and academic men and women would be a great group to shed some much needed sanity on how to get Detroit up and running again.



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