Detroit's New Mayor

Detroit elected--gasp!--a white mayor yesterday, Mike Duggan. And what does that mean, especially for race relations? This woman has it right:

Southwest Detroit resident Tiffany Johnson said her decision to vote for Duggan created tension in her household, where her husband is a Napoleon supporter.

Johnson said he told her she’s “voting against (my) color, basically, but I don’t think it should be a racial thing, and that’s what I told him.”

“We need to stop thinking of things as white or black. It’s not about that,” said Johnson, who drives vehicles for a company contracted with Chrysler.

Detroit will have many challenges, obviously. The biggest may be the recalcitrance of the City Council.   Good luck, Mayor-Elect Duggan. You will need it.