America loves to celebrate people who break down barriers, but it doesn't always make it easy for them to lead, writes JanellRoss
, making leadership even more challenging and success at least a little less likely. And there remains the simple fact that just because a barrier has been broken, doesn’t mean that everyone is happy about it.
“Like President Obama, the image of Hakeem Jeffries, leader, could represent to some that they are losing what they think is, in the collective sense, country,” says Overton, who is also a professor at George Washington University’s Law School.
“They fear we are going to look out for our group the way they looked out for theirs,” Belcher says. “And the moment that a Black candidate or elected official is racialized that way, their ability to be a national leader is diminished.” But there’s also a contingent of Black elected officials, activists, organizers and policy wonks, who are prepared, after the Obama years, to speak up about efforts to stymie Black political influence, says Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League. That, Morial says, goes for those on the right and left alike.
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