Jesse Jackson, Jr. and wife Sandi, who is on the Chicago City Council Apparently a scandal has broken out in Chicago politics. Not the first time to be sure. This time the scandal involves one of the best known names in the Civil Rights movement, Jackson. Reverend Jesse Jackson's first born son Jesse Jackson, Jr.
It seems that Jesse Jr. has had an extramarital affair. And what makes it worse to some people of Chicago is that said affair was Tiger Woods style with a blond waitress/ model named Giovanna Huidobro.
Harold Ford, Jr. and wifeIn 2010 so-called interracial relationships are no big deal in general but in politics it's still the 1960's as far as how many view such relationships. Just ask another Junior, Harold Ford, Jr. His quest for the Senate in Tennessee was ruined, many say, by political ads which spoke of his penchant for blond White women. A lot of people thought those ads were just political dirty tricks southern style until Mr. Ford actually married a blond White woman. And that marriage seemingly ended Harold Ford, Jr's political career in Tennessee. He has now moved to New York and was considering making a run for office there.
Prior to this revelation of Mr. Jackson's affair he was pondering a run for Chicago mayor. He was also fending off allegations that he conspired to try to buy a seat in the Senate from the former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich.
So this affair, which Jesse Jackson, Jr. has admitted to is just another brick in the wall of problems facing him at the moment which threaten to derail his political career permanently.
But the underlying and more interesting question seems to be would this affair have rocked his political career had the woman been Black or at least of color? I think we all know that America is no where near post-racial. In fact in some ways it seems that we are regressing as a nation when it comes to matters of so-called race. So it's not really a surprise that the racial aspect of Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s affair is being talked about in Chicago.
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They talk about it in Chicago because it's the second most segregated city in America. The people most upset are in the black community. I think he's kissed the black female vote goodbye with this move.
Still though, it's less and less of a deal. High profile black men with white women has been going on for awhile. Even in the "general public" the number of white women and black men relationships are common place. I see those couples all the time.
No imagine if a white politician got caught with a black woman, that would be a national scandal.
Why aren't there any white politicians getting caught having affairs with black women?
America? Post-racial? Sadly, not in this generation. I agree that Jesse Jr has probably lost much of the black female vote in his area, but maybe... just maybe it's time for America to grow the hell up, consider the issues they face, & base their votes upon a politician's leadership capability & stop judging & condemning those things which should most concern that person's spouse and family.
BTW: I happen to be aware of a VERY high office, extremely high-profile white politico who has been carrying on a long-running affair (for almost a decade) w/ a black woman in his home state. But it's not my place to out him, or scandalize his name. The point is that it DOES happen & even in today's media, it's been treated as an open secret, much like JFK's peccadilloes.
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P*ssy ... a man's quickest downfall. If there is one surefire way to pull the rug from under a man's feet, then I have to believe from experience that it begins and ends with p*ssy. What other reason would a public figure risk his political career?
No matter the color, p*ssy power is NO JOKE! It tickles me that a married man will risk it all for a 5 second nut with a side-line ho.
Sorry, but extramarital bedroom antics speak volumes about the lack of integrity.
I don't believe an affair means that a politician can't be an effective leader. Everybody talks about how they loved JFK and he was running women like the Amtrak Lines. I will say that Jesse Jr's one chick looked better that Tiger's 13. What we should be wondering is how did a kid growing up in a family where his father ran around yelling "I am somebody" and being a proponent of black pride. Could get with the sterotypical classic white woman. I see Harold Ford and his wife but he was exposed to all white private schools and such as a youngster. He probably only went around black folks for votes. But Jesse Jr is a different story. I wonder are white women still considered "The Black Man's Kryptonite?"
@?
"...I think he's kissed the black female vote goodbye with this move."
Pretty much.
"...it's less and less of a deal. High profile black men with white women has been going on for awhile."
True but politics is a different animal. A Black politician will still be penalized for crossing the line.
@Lin
Awww, Lin! Why are you teasing us! Lol
@Don
"What other reason would a public figure risk his political career?"
It's either that or money.
@Penny Wize
"extramarital bedroom antics speak volumes about the lack of integrity."
I agree. If they will cheat on their spouse then they will def cheat on their constituents.
@CO
"What we should be wondering is how did a kid growing up in a family where his father ran around yelling "I am somebody" and being a proponent of black pride. Could get with the sterotypical classic white woman."
Well I suppose that made White women off-limits, at least publicly. And sometimes what is off-limits becomes very attractive to us.
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