Marion Barry’s Trial and Black Leadership
How refreshing to read the column by David Dante Troutt about the Marion Barry decision (“Mayor Barry’s Trial Raises Issues Unresolved in the Black ‘Family,’ ” Opinion, Aug. 19).
Instead of joyously celebrating a mixed decision and haranguing about racism, Troutt thoughtfully stepped back and gave us an insight to the much larger question of black leadership in Washington.
In contrast, instead of looking inward to see where his black leadership went wrong in recent years, Barry boldly took to the pulpit, sounded off as if he were royally acquitted and now has the audacity to run for another office (“Barry Paves Way to Run for D.C. City Council,” Aug. 14).
I wonder if Barry has seen or heard the calm, reasoned almost painful appeal made by Troutt?
Blacks in Washington deserve far more than this kind of “leadership.”
ROBERT B. WOLCOTT JR.
Glendale
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