A Leader Who Defies Easy Political Labelling, Finally.

[Tomconroy]

Many Black Americans have a friend or relative like Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York. We have uncles who bring up the progressive benefits of Black Lives Matter in the same breath as the conservative talking points about Black-on-Black crime. We have relatives who are cops or former cops who do not want the police defunded nor loved ones stopped, frisked and mistreated by officers. We have friends who are deeply suspicious of the system and come up with their own ways to deal with it — in Mr. Adams’s case, proposing that his brother head up his security operation to keep him safe.

But for other New Yorkers, Mr. Adams is a political curiosity, elusive, and they are not sure how to view him after his first month on the job.

What makes Mr. Adams hard to pin down is what makes him so interesting: He is offering a new model for how Black leadership can operate in a predominantly white political system — leadership that is simultaneously progressive, moderate and conservative.

This is not to say the mayor is confused: He has been and continues to be a savvy politician. I’m saying that Mr. Adams isn’t easily placed on the traditional left-right spectrum, which has been perplexing to the news media and to many white New Yorkers.

A Leader Who Defies Easy Political Labeling. Finally. https://nyti.ms/3B8yMyB

Meeting with Joe Biden today. The President is coming to NYC.

[spicysista]

1. There needs to be more Black people in the newsrooms.

And not just New Yorkers. There needs to be Black people from all across America and throughout the diaspora in the major newsrooms of this country. Unfortunately, the way topics are framed in news media is usually from a perspective that doesn't address many non white communities with the nuance they deserve.
There is a lot to unpack about the mayor. Great post, Tomconroy!