Chicago Defender
- We present this as a public service announcement: Anyone who is seeking to speak to a “Black leader” should immediately cease and desist.
We recognize that politicians, the mainstream media, and sometimes even Black people, go out searching for a “Black leader” to opine on any number of subjects.
They seek out a “Black leader” to speak for the Black community. They seek out a “Black leader” to speak for other Black people. They seek out a “Black leader” to represent the thoughts, hopes, dreams, aspirations, disappointments and frustrations of Black people. And they would like for all of those things to be wrapped up in one person.
That person does not exist.
