Should the Next Mayor Be Black?

While perusing this article from New York Times, which leaves a good food for thought about the importance of the African-American mayoralty of Atlanta, GA, it got me thinking how the Atlanta's African-American mayoralty has contributed to the city with their sophisticated urban development plans as the city has become whiter due to its long-term gentrification for the past decades and that the city has had it for a long period of time. However, we all know every federal official has its term limits, which allegedly would bar the current Atlanta mayor from seeking a fourth year of term, and it increases the possibility of the next white mayor, Mary Norwood, to be elected.

According to the article, the current polls predict that Ms. Norwood is extremely likely to be elected as the next Atlanta mayor, but experts say that Ms. Norwood is never the kind of person who judges people solely based on race, but on the content of their character, and personality. The article also argues that many other Atlanta's peer traditional southern cities such as New Orleans, Memphis, etc. have recently elected white mayors, and yet remain as progressive as Atlanta. That being said, I find how funny it is that Atlanta seems concerned about just the race of the mayor, and not about how she or he is beyond the race. I think now it is time for Atlanta to rethink about the aspects that qualify a city's mayor regardless of racial profile if what they always have desired is the true progressiveness.

https://nyti.ms/2zcsnlY