Post-racial Cook County

Blithe Spirit 1 Minute

I am shocked, shocked! to hear these ministers talking this way about the Cook County board president race.

A group of African-American ministers encouraged [Dorothy] Brown and [Toni] Preckwinkle to get out of the race because they say African-American votes will split up, allowing a white candidate to win.

They are the Concerned Clergy for a Blacker, I mean Better, Chicagoland.  Also Friends of Todd, which won’t sit well with Friends of Dorothy and Friends of Toni.

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Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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  2. I guess poster “John” will avoid voting in primaries that have only White candidates, if he follows his own advice to “Whites.”

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