In ‘Systemically Racist’ America, Lots of Whites Vote for Blacks

It is far easier than it was half a century ago for Black Americans to pursue political careers in constituencies of all kinds.

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Congressman Charles Diggs Jr. of Michigan, first elected in 1954. Via Wikimedia Commons

It was just a mini headline nationally on primary night this month, but one with some national implications and historic resonance. The city of Detroit, 77 percent of whose residents are Black, according to the 2020 Census, will not be represented by any Black members in the 118th Congress taking office next January.

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