When Will They Learn?

In the United States it is not an easy task for African Americans to achieve the highest positions in politics and other areas. While there are successes, they have to work ten times harder to maintain such accomplishments. Further, at these high level positions, African-Americans are generally under constant scrutiny. So, it is important to have a squeaky clean political career. But, this is not so for Kwame Kilpatrick, Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Ray Nagin. In these recent cases, the three attained well-respected political positions where they were entrusted with major responsibilities. Yet, these three men are now criminally charged for misusing tax payers money for their personal gains to maintain lavish life styles. They failed to learn that having power and access to public funds do not mean that they have free reign to do whatever they like. Hopefully, these cases will become a teaching moment for those upcoming, brilliant African-American politicians who are seeking highly respected political office.