Does anyone realy think that a Black person voted for former white supremist David Duke in Louisianna? I wouldn't support Duke because he's racist, nor would I ever support Jackson because of his "hymietown" comment.

IN Boston, Mayor Raymond Flynn is also facing opposition because he endorsed Daley, with whom he attended Providence College in the early '60s, in the Chicago mayoral race. Yet in 1987, Flynn went to Chicago and stumped for the late Harold Washington.

"Ray Flynn campaigned for Harold Washington, and I certainly was pleased to see that, but his effects in regard to Richard Daley seem to be a step backwards," Boston City Councillor Charles Yancey said.

It's okay when he supports the Black candidate, but it's a step backwards when he supports a friend?

State Rep. Shirley Owens-Hicks remarked that Flynn's support for Daley is inconsistent with his friendship with Jesse Jackson and his statements that race relations in Boston are a top priority.

Flynn has made race relations one of his top priorities. Just because Jackson is a good friend, Flynn does not have to support only Black candidates.

The fact that Blacks would consider not voting for Flynn because he endorsed Daley is evidence of a more serious problem in Boston's Black community.

Boston city politics recently has been divided on racial lines. When it came time for the Boston City Council to vote on extending School Superintendent Lavalle Wilson's contract, all four of the Black members voted to extend it, while the white members voted against or were undecided.

And when the council voted on the Boston school desegregation plan, the vote again went down racial lines.

If this voting along racial lines continues, it will ultimately be detrimental to the Black communities of this nation, which are not willing to compromise in their search to further Black politicians.