Unelected black leaders claiming to represent all black people kill black democratic life

Evidence

The idea that you can have black leaders representing the interests of all black people but who are not accountable to black constituents kills black democratic life. Black people end up outsourcing their democratic responsibilities to people deemed caretakers of their interests and stewards of their futures. The different interests within black communities get ignored. Black people are reduced to an undifferentiated mass in need of representation by a particular black political class, whether elected or self-appointed. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 484

Categorization

• DEFINE: This mechanism is part of Glaude’s causal account of why black electoral loyalty to single leaders is a trap rather than a strategy.