Duckbilled Plattypus. on Nostr: When I did door knocking in 1983 for Harold Washington on the northside of Chicago, ...

When I did door knocking in 1983 for Harold Washington on the northside of Chicago, whites said they'd never vote for a Black Mayor because he'd do to them what white Mayors had done to Blacks on the southside. They assumed that "reverse racism" was a real thing AND they tacitly admitted they benefited from a racist government that unfairly privileged them. They said "We're going to lose our services to "the blacks."
I said "It's true. For fairness sake, some things will change. Right now you get your trash picked up 3x a week. On the southside theirs is picked up once a month. Would it be so unfair for yours to be picked twice a week so theirs can be picked up twice a month?"

Harold Washington was not elected by a sea change in white voters. He was elected by new, formerly unregistered voters. He was the greatest, most decent and honorable politician I ever campaigned for in my life. He died too early. RIP.