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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]haven't demonstrated success and do not have the credentials to manage one fast food location let alone a city or Ward like Brandon Todd, Trayon White, City Manager Rashad Young, new chancellor Antwan Wilson, etc. There are several more incompetent black men city officials and people in high level roles that are horrific and don't have to do anything. Those roles that do not have as much spotlight so they get to use tax dollars to do what they want. As a black woman I know there are competent successful black men in DC but people keep setting our people up for failure by hiring uncle toms. It's embarrassing and inaccurate of the black story.

Here we go again with another joke of a human who was given a high level of responsibility. Trayon White posted bail for an ANC member who assaulted his girlfriend (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/loose-lips/article/20864492/cm-trayon-white-posts-bail-for-anc-commissioner-charged-with-assault). Trayon claims he spoke with the girlfriend and the story didn't line up. Really? Being a council member makes him an investigator? It isn't the fact it's a friend and another black man? Or the fact that Trayon also has a history of being abusive toward black women (I know this because I grew up in his neighborhood). This is disturbing. I continue to not be surprised by the abuse of power and atrocities committed by DC public officials because this is how it has always been and it's our mayors like Bowser who make sure it remains this way. A black woman who could be a leader for change but instead throws her own under the bus, lifts disgusting black men to power, and panders to white rich people. 
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I'm trying to make sense of your complaint and the issue you feel needs to be addressed.  Is it:

- black men
- DC government officials
- black men who are DC government officials
- friends of black men who are DC government officials
- Trayon White
- Brandon Todd
- black men who are abusive toward black women
- neighborhoods where black men are abusive toward black women
- black women
- black women who are DC government officials
- Muriel Bowser
- anyone hired by Muriel Bowser

For reference, I'm a black woman and a 30 year resident of DC. Didn't vote for Bowser.  What I find disturbing is your lack of awareness that most people reading your rant will pick one or all from the list, note it's credibility as coming from a black woman, and use that as a reason to discredit any black person stepping up in the future, no matter their credentials.  And, instead of looking at a dearth of opportunity and upward mobility for the majority of residents as the city's greatest scourge, they'll say the biggest thing holding us back is a government run by black people.

In other words, it's this kind of race-focused bullshit that makes these positions appealing only to those who run on race-focused bullshit.  You gotta play the game to be in the game.

How about we shut the game down?[/quote]

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