Jesse Jackson

This is exactly what the political strategies surrounding Jackson’s political aspirations failed to encompass. Instead, Jackson’s widespread popularity, his persuasive power, and his association with civil rights were promoted in the place of a real political agenda with substance. However, the fault is not to be entirely laid at the feet of Jackson and his political advisers. The problem is more complex and broader than this for it encompass

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though Reed erroneously segregates these dynamics to the black population, “The Jackson phenomenon became…a window onto the larger dynamics that have structured post-civil rights era black political activity in general. Most prominent among these are: 1) The development of competing criteria for legitimation of claims to black political leadership; 2) The sharpening of lines of socioeconomic stratification within the Afro-American population; and 3) The growth of centrifugal pressures within and external attacks on the national policy consensus represented in the Democratic coalition, which has been the main context for articulation of black political agendas for at least a generation.” The author may inappropriately argue that these dynamics of the modern Democratic system in America are black dynamics instead of general underlying ones for all Americans, but he is on the money in regard to recognizing that the way Jackson chose to orchestrate his election campaign and the way real politics in America works mandated Jackson’s eventual failure. One of the biggest reasons for this is that the Jackson camp toiled under the illusion that it is possible to unite such a diverse and fragmented constituency (and political elites with
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