Jonetta Rose Barras: Bonds sings the same old song

If there were doubts about whether Anita Bonds deserves to retain her at-large seat on the D.C. Council, she ably put them to rest this week. She reached back for an ancient, predictable and discredited political organizing tool: race.

While participating in a candidates’ forum on WAMU radio, Bonds suggested that African-Americans in the District vote for her because she is African-American: “People want to have their leadership reflect who they are,” she said. “I am a proud African-American, black candidate, and I am proud of having that as my issue.”