Democrat Cherelle Parker wins primary for Philadelphia mayor

[RobinA]

14. Do People

really think that the race and/or gender of a mayor have anything to do with how good a mayor a person will be? I never get this. Everything is "First black to be..., first woman to be..., first native to be..." Philadelphia has had black mayors and white mayors. Some have been OK, some have been less so. To me there isn't any obvious correlation between race and quality of mayor. Same with gender in other roles, we haven't had a woman mayor yet. Mayoral primary candidates Sherelle Parker (black female), Helen Gym (Asian female), Alan Domb (white guy), and Rebecca Rynhart (white female) all come from the same place as each other and many of their predecessors. I have no reason to think that one would be better then another for ANY particular reason currently in evidence. I'll congratulate a mayor when he or she leaves office and has made some real change around here. Race/gender? Could not care less.

A good illustration of this would be the current Supreme Court.