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Expectation To Fix Black Problems Too Much for Keisha Lance Bottoms
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8:44Now PlayingEric Adams of New York City, Justin Bibb of Cleveland, Andre Dickens of Atlanta and several others became mayors of major cities across the country.
Last May, Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that she would not seek reelection as Atlanta’s mayor after just one term. Bottoms cited the pandemic, the city’s crime surge and conflicts with the police power structure as catalysts for her decision.
According to a new piece in New York Magazine: “It often seemed that this idea — that a Black political structure is worth preserving in its own right — hobbled Bottoms’s response to a crisis whose dynamics kept shifting.”
Dr. Rashad Richey, university professor and host of “Indisputable” on The Young Turks Network, joins Charles Blow on “Prime” to discuss.
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