What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

His most recent political office was Mayor of Richmond Virginia which he held from 2005 to 2009. Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor he was the first African American elected to statewide office in Virginia.