FWIW I'm in California, and the majority of whites in California believe and vote differently than the rest of the USA.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article119870398.html
I know many of my direct representatives are Black and Asian. So in my world American Black people do end up in positions of power.
While Attorney General Kamala Harris' office argued in favor of prison labor (AKA modern slavery).
Though that may be sound bite slander, I found this story where she tried to recant. https://thinkprogress.org/california-attorney-general-says-her-offices-defense-of-prison-labor-evokes-chain-gangs-5c768fd447a4/