I Support Rodney Burris for State Delegate in the 43rd District (Baltimore City)

It’s election season in Baltimore so that means incumbents are making their rounds attempting to remind people how good life is with them in office and hopeful newbies are hitting the pavement making the case as to why they should be catapulted to political office. Admittedly, I am a bit disenchanted with electoral politics these days. I understand voting to be ONE tool which can be used in the empowerment of my people, but the tool is quite rusty. American Afrikans in Baltimore vote and vote and vote and still our communities drown in a toxic mix of divestment, occupation, and hopelessness.

I don’t give much weight to politicians speeches anymore. As Jesus recommends by way of scripture, I examine their fruit. (You shall know a tree by the fruit it bears.) Sadly, there are orchards of corrupt and corroding trees in the political landscape of Baltimore City.

However, every now and then I see a glimmer of hope in someone whose fruit suggests that they won’t genuflect to the political establishment, but will stand firm and advocate for the uplift of their community.

Currently, I see this glimmer in Mr. Rodney Burris, candidate for State Delegate in the 43rd District. Mr. Burris is charismatic, grounded in the community in which he lives, and active in local organizations. There’s good fruit on the tree. And while we have a personal relationship, I don’t extend my support based on that. (This isn’t high school!) I extend my support to Mr. Burris because of his alignment with a political agenda that I embrace. While I sense that he is still developing a rootedness in self-determination for American Afrikans in Baltimore (the clear majority people in this city); I’ve heard enough as it relates to his publicly expressed support of agenda items to pull the lever for him in the voting booth.

Currently, State Delegate Jill Carter (D-41) is the only Baltimore politician who has proven year in and year out to be committed to the uplift of the Black community without reservation, but if Rodney Burris stays on the path, remains committed to his community, and draws near to the example of Carter, he just might march into a comparable legacy of his own.

I support Mr. Rodney Burris for State Delegate in Baltimore’s 43rd District.

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