Black leaders’ alignment with Obama served representation theatrics, not material gains

Evidence

Fast-forward to the aftermath of the meeting in 2014: many of the same so-called black leaders reported that their agenda was in alignment with the president’s, and offered little beyond the theatrics of racial representation—a press conference and black liberal bromides aimed at securing their place as spokespeople for all black folk. What does it suggest that their agenda aligns with the president’s plan? — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 482

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the reader’s stated premise of why black electoral loyalty to Democrats is a trap — access and representation masquerade as strategy.