In leaked audio, Latino L.A. council members make racist anti Black remarks, mock colleagues.. calls for resignation

[Uachet]

@Rhakim She resigned as the President, she is still on the city council. She and the others who were with her all need to be removed, though only the people there can really force that to happen.

*edit Someone else already made this statement before me. So mine can be ignored.

 

[lespaulultra3]

@Rhakim She resigned as the President, she is still on the city council. She and the others who were with her all need to be removed, though only the people there can really force that to happen.

So the others haven't resigned yet? I hope they don't think they can ride this out.

 

[Uachet]

So the others haven't resigned yet? I hope they don't think they can ride this out.

They always think they can ride it out until they can't or they can. It is up to those people out there in L.A. and the Democratic party to make sure they do not ride it out.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Stuff like this is why I don't use the term "People of Color" anymore and go out of my way to tell other Black people to stop using it completely.

It's used by disingenuous white liberals and non-black democrats who are too scared to say "BLACK" when they mean and and when they applies.

Or it's because they just hate Black People and don't want to acknowledge us at all. "People of Color" is that catch all term that can be used to dismiss Black People completely for the needs and desires of others.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Yeah this is a huge L for Democrats in Los Angeles.
This just shows there's still racism within the party that needs to be dealt with.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Black senator does not equal Black political power...

Not just Black senator, but Black Supreme Court Justice, Black heads of Congressional committees, Black Congresspersons writing amendments, Black Vice-President and Black cabinet members setting policy, ALL of that would not have happened without Latino voters. Take out the Latino vote, and right-wing White people would be filling every one of those positions because Trump and his folk would control the Presidency, House, and Senate.


If you claim that ALL of that is irrelevant, then just admit that you're here to troll, because you're literally bytching about a difference of maybe 1 city council seat at most while trying to ignore that becaue of the Latino vote:

James Clyburn is the House Majority Whip
David Scott runs the House Committee on Agriculture
Maxine Waters runs the House Committee on Financial Services
Gregory Meeks runs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Bennie Thompson runs the House Committee on Homeland Security
Eddie Johnson runs the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
About 20 other Black congresspersons run House subcommittes
Lloyd Austin is Secretary of Defense
Marcia Fudge is Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Cecilia Rouse is Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Michael Regan is Director of the EPA
Shalanda Young is Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is Ambassador to the United Nations
Kamala Harris is the Vice-President
Raphael Warnock is a U.S. Senator
and Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Supreme Court Justice


You're trying to ignore ALL of that Black political power would be gone and instead be in right-wing white hands, while making a big deal about a single city council seat.

Oh, and AB-3121, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans that is actually up and running in California? That bill was supported by EVERY member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, and several of the White/Black state senators and assembly members who voted for it wouldn't have been in office without the Latino vote. If you take all the Latino votes out the state, and it's just White and Black, do you think that shyt ever sees the light of day?


Black folk are a minority in the country and in every single state. You take partners when you can to make shyt happen, or it won't happen. That doesn't mean you support any "race" blindly, that would be idiocy, but why would you refuse to partner to get something done when the alternative is your enemies band together and get it done their way instead?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

So the others haven't resigned yet? I hope they don't think they can ride this out.

The one who was a union head resigned. The one who chaired the city council stepped down as president and took a "leave of absense" but hasn't resigned yet.

The other two didn't say any of the blatant shyt that I can tell, but they were in the conversation, so they should resign to but I doubt they're going to.

 

[Health&Wealth]

Yeah this is a huge L for Democrats in Los Angeles.
This just shows there's still racism within the party that needs to be dealt with.

I mean everyone knows that , just as much as we know that black and brown stuff is nonsense. They despise us .

 

[ORDER_66]

Still no resignations? If she said this about Jews she would have been deported already.

I believe she mentioned the jews in the video too...

 

[Health&Wealth]

I believe she mentioned the jews in the video too...

Armenian I believe

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Not just Black senator, but Black Supreme Court Justice, Black heads of Congressional committees, Black Congresspersons writing amendments, Black Vice-President and Black cabinet members setting policy, ALL of that would not have happened without Latino voters. Take out the Latino vote, and right-wing White people would be filling every one of those positions because Trump and his folk would control the Presidency, House, and Senate.


If you claim that ALL of that is irrelevant, then just admit that you're here to troll, because you're literally bytching about a difference of maybe 1 city council seat at most while trying to ignore that becaue of the Latino vote:

James Clyburn is the House Majority Whip
David Scott runs the House Committee on Agriculture
Maxine Waters runs the House Committee on Financial Services
Gregory Meeks runs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Bennie Thompson runs the House Committee on Homeland Security
Eddie Johnson runs the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
About 20 other Black congresspersons run House subcommittes
Lloyd Austin is Secretary of Defense
Marcia Fudge is Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Cecilia Rouse is Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Michael Regan is Director of the EPA
Shalanda Young is Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is Ambassador to the United Nations
Kamala Harris is the Vice-President
Raphael Warnock is a U.S. Senator
and Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Supreme Court Justice


You're trying to ignore ALL of that Black political power would be gone and instead be in right-wing white hands, while making a big deal about a single city council seat.

Oh, and AB-3121, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans that is actually up and running in California? That bill was supported by EVERY member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, and several of the White/Black state senators and assembly members who voted for it wouldn't have been in office without the Latino vote. If you take all the Latino votes out the state, and it's just White and Black, do you think that shyt ever sees the light of day?


Black folk are a minority in the country and in every single state. You take partners when you can to make shyt happen, or it won't happen. That doesn't mean you support any "race" blindly, that would be idiocy, but why would you refuse to partner to get something done when the alternative is your enemies band together and get it done their way instead?

You just keep listing off things that are Black related to "win" the argument
I guess their actual policies don't matter

I didn't say, go ahead and kick all the Hispanics out
But yes, having more of them lowers Black political power
Because I don't define Black political power as a Black face is in that seat
I define them by the number of Black ppl in the country

Black people, as a whole aren't as progressive as YOU are

The average person isn't no matter the race

Jumbled thoughts
Typed on my phone at work

 

[ORDER_66]

Wow and you from NY saying this wtf is going on out that their that made you switch opinions?

Im genuinely interested i want to see if theirs a pattern.

Because it's not just the racist shyt that made my ears perk up, it's the corruption with them trying to literally REDraw the neighborhoods to give the latinos economic power out there above all others... so it's not just the racism it's the corruption. You cannot have a grouplike that in a position of power and expect no pushback when it's all uncovered... why is this surprising to you???

 

[ORDER_66]

Armenian I believe

close enough...

 

[Professor Emeritus]

You just keep listing off things that are Black related to "win" the argument
I guess their actual policies don't matter

Their policies run the entire gamut, Black folk aren't a monolith. But in terms of policy I did list AB-3121, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, which is a pretty big step that you completely ignored.

You can't make your entire argument about identity and then pivot to policy when you start losing the argument. If policy is what you actually care about, then wouldn't you support a larger Latino voting block who are a LOT closer to Black voters in policy than the right-wing white voters are? Or are you going to refuse Latino candidates and voters who agree with Black voters on policy by pivoting back to identity again?

Because I don't define Black political power as a Black face is in that seat
I define them by the number of Black ppl in the country

Nonsense definition. This country was full of Black people for 300 years and yet there was NO Black political power for the vast majority of that time outside of a brief flurry during Reconstruction. It doesn't matter how many Black people you have in the country if you don't have the votes or influence to wield that power. By your logic, there is more Black political power in the Mississippi state government than in any other state. How is that working out?

Black folk literally have more Black political power at this very moment than at any other time in history. There are more Black people in power, more Black influence in elections, more Black people getting listened to, and we're closer to pro-Black policies than EVER before. From police reform to a reckoning with Black history in education, from justice system reform to reparations, from health care disparities to environmental racism, there's more pro-black support these last few years than ever before. By your logic the fact that we're at an all-time high in Latino #'s should mean all those Black issues got trashed. And yet they've been peaking in recent years. How is that possible?

And you know what the ONLY major block to all those Black policy objectives is? The power of right-wing White people who want to do everything to stop it. But you want to ignore the Latino voters, literally the difference-makers keeping those right-wing white people from being in power right now, so that you can virtue signal with 12% of the voting population which will never amount to anything in a single election without allies on those issues.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Their policies run the entire gamut, Black folk aren't a monolith. But in terms of policy I did list AB-3121, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, which is a pretty big step that you completely ignored.

You can't make your entire argument about identity and then pivot to policy when you start losing the argument. If policy is what you actually care about, then wouldn't you support a larger Latino voting block who are a LOT closer to Black voters in policy than the right-wing white voters are? Or are you going to refuse Latino candidates and voters who agree with Black voters on policy by pivoting back to identity again?






Nonsense definition. This country was full of Black people for 300 years and yet there was NO Black political power for the vast majority of that time outside of a brief flurry during Reconstruction. It doesn't matter how many Black people you have in the country if you don't have the votes or influence to wield that power. By your logic, there is more Black political power in the Mississippi state government than in any other state. How is that working out?

Black folk literally have more Black political power at this very moment than at any other time in history. There are more Black people in power, more Black influence in elections, more Black people getting listened to, and we're closer to pro-Black policies than EVER before. From police reform to a reckoning with Black history in education, from justice system reform to reparations, from health care disparities to environmental racism, there's more pro-black support these last few years than ever before. By your logic the fact that we're at an all-time high in Latino #'s should mean all those Black issues got trashed. And yet they've been peaking in recent years. How is that possible?

And you know what the ONLY major block to all those Black policy objectives is? The power of right-wing White people who want to do everything to stop it. But you want to ignore the Latino voters, literally the difference-makers keeping those right-wing white people from being in power right now, so that you can virtue signal with 12% of the voting population which will never amount to anything in a single election without allies on those issues.

You can't say identity has nothing to do with it, when there are TWO examples of these Latinos being on fukkery.

I think most politicians ain't shyt, but they don't give a fukk about us because they figure they're not enough of us to move the needle

Not reading the rest, because you're going off on tangents