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Racial split seen in Philadelphia mayoral campaign
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Jun 28, 2003 05:40pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - San Diego Union-Tribune |
| News Date | Thursday, June 26, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | – Standing before a roaring audience at an NAACP convention a year ago, Mayor John F. Street exulted in how Philadelphia finally had a black mayor, a black managing director, a black fire commissioner and a black police commissioner.
"Let me tell you: The brothers and sisters are running the city. Oh, yes. Running it!" Street declared. "Don't you let nobody fool you: We are in charge of the City of Brotherly Love. We are in charge! We are in charge!"
The remark angered some white Philadelphians and Street later apologized. But the episode laid bare a racial rift that could play a major role in his bid for re-election this year.
A poll conducted by Millersville University in March said that 70 percent of blacks favored Street, a Democrat, while 72 percent of whites favored his challenger, Sam Katz, a white Republican. Other polls found a similar divide.
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