Ep. 689 - 3 overtly racist members of the Los Angeles City Council must resign immediately

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Over the weekend audio clips were released that revealed the OVERT anti-Black racism of Los Angeles City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de Leon, and Gil Cedillo. All 3 of them must resign immediately or be removed. Another person involved, a local labor leader, has already done the right thing and stepped down.

We have a lot to talk about here - because what their disgusting racism reveals, is that we have very narrow definitions of WHO is racist in this country.

When most people think of racism they think of racist white people. Who are likely conservatives. And maybe in the Deep South. But that is a very narrow way to see racism in this country. Let's be clear - a lot of racism comes from those groups, but that's not all of it.

These 3 city council members are prominent members of the Democratic Party. And they are Latinos.

Let me unpack and explain it.

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0:20.5	Over the weekend, we learned about some blatant overt,
0:24.5	anti-black racism coming from three democratic members of the Los Angeles City Council.
0:31.0	Lifelong moderates, nonetheless, they were key leaders,
0:35.0	including the City Council President of Los Angeles,
0:38.0	with blatant disgusting over anti-black racism
0:44.0	and a major labor leader in California as well.
0:48.0	When unpacking explain how that all went down,
0:52.0	the labor leader has resigned from his position.
0:55.5	But the three City Council members appear to be digging in their heels,
0:59.5	refusing to resign, even though almost every influential Democrat in the city,
1:05.5	in the state, and across the country are calling on them to resign immediately.
1:10.0	They need to resign by the end of the day.
1:12.5	Let's unpack and explain it.
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1:17.5	The Break Down.
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