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Opening Arguments

Lead your own self

Could there be two more different people, at least in what they preach and do, than Jesse Jackson and Condoleezza Rice? Yet they came out one and two in a poll of blacks about who the "most important black leader is." Guess that means, wonder of wonders, that blacks are no more monolithic than any other group. Imagine a poll asking who the "most important white leader is."

Many blacks question whether any one person can wear the leadership mantle for such a large and diverse group of people.

No kidding. This guy has his head screwed on straight:

What is 'the most important black leader?'" asked Thomas Miller, a 59-year-old political independent who lives in Philadelphia. "You have to lead your own self, don't put that on anybody else. Putting faith in somebody else is blind."

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