I have a dumb question about Ferguson Mo.

[CBGLuthier]

1. This article may help you understand the situation

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/opinion/racial-history-behind-the-ferguson-protests.html?_r=0


As black families moved into Ferguson, the whites fled. In 1980, the town was 85 percent white and 14 percent black; by 2010, it was 29 percent white and 69 percent black. But blacks did not gain political power as their numbers grew. The mayor and the police chief are white, as are five of the six City Council members. The school board consists of six white members and one Hispanic. As Mr. Gordon explains, many black residents, lacking the wealth to buy property, move from apartment to apartment and have not put down political roots.



Just because you are a majority does not guarantee equity. Otherwise Mississippi would be run entirely by black governors, senators etc. and that is not the case. The entrenched system is hard to get rid of.