{"id":268459,"date":"2025-08-07T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/are-black-politicians-in-a-post-respectability-era-the-assignment\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:00:06","slug":"are-black-politicians-in-a-post-respectability-era-the-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/are-black-politicians-in-a-post-respectability-era-the-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Black politicians in a post-&#8216;respectability&#8217; era? | The Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/P9rEtDiot-w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Are Black politicians in a post-'respectability' era? | The Assignment\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P9rEtDiot-w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This week, Audie Cornish asks: Is \u201crespectability\u201d still the price of power for Black politicians, or are the rules finally changing? 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