Fredric Markus wrote:
The voters in 8-5 and 8-10 south of 38th and east to Chicago will decide
this matter, by and large, and none of us will know for sure to what degree
race may have influence in these decisions.
Those two precincts were most hostile to African American candidates in
the past before the ward boundaries changed. When I door knocked with an
African American candidate in those precincts, one householder spit on
the candidate and several refused to speak to the candidate. On one
block the whites made the atmosphere so hostile that even black voters
dared not speak to the candidate for fear of retaliation from neighbors
who were avidly watching them.
What is clear is that class has
already made its point and that, I think, ought to be understood by the city
generally as a legacy arranged for by the majority redistricting
commissioners.
Actually, it was not class, but a lack of class on the part of the
redistricting commission as well as others that produced this situation.
WizardMarks, Central
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