Racism and the LA City Council

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🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On October 9, the Los Angeles Times of a conversation between now-former L.A. City Council President Nury Martínez, fellow Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León, and now-former L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, in which Martínez made racist remarks against another councilmember’s Black son and the city’s Indigenous community from Oaxaca.

Here’s an episode from our colleagues at Latino Rebels Radio, where guest host and Latino Rebels senior editor Hector Luis Alamo speaks with Gustavo Arellano, featured contributor for the L.A. Times, to get a sense of what the scandal means for the people of Los Angeles and the future of the city.

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0:00.0	Hola Latino USA listener, it's me, Mariano Jose.
0:12.0	By now, I'm sure that you've already heard about the shameful racist comments made by now
0:17.8	former LA City Council President Nuri Martinez during a meeting with fellow council members,
0:24.5	Gilsello and Kevin De Leon, and now former LA County Federation of Labor President
0:31.1	Ron Herrera.
0:32.9	In a leaked recording of that meeting which took place in October 2021, we can hear Nuri
0:39.3	Martinez making racist remarks about another council member's black son and about the city's
0:46.2	indigenous community from Oaxaca, Mexico.
0:50.7	Martinez resigned on October 12 after the leaked recording sparked public outrage and
0:57.5	the LA City Council elected Paul Cracorian as its new president.
1:04.1	Council members Kevin De Leon and Gilsello were in that room with Martinez laughing at
1:11.2	her racist comments and contributing to the degrading conversation are still facing
1:17.0	pressure to resign.
1:19.6	Our colleagues at Latino Rebels interviewed Gustavo Arellano, a columnist with the LA Times
1:25.5	right after the recording of this meeting went public.
1:29.1	So by that time, Nuri Martinez had not resigned yet.
1:33.2	This is such an important issue for the Latino Latina community that we wanted to share this
1:37.8	conversation with you, our listeners here at Latino USA.
1:42.7	So before I hand things over to Latino Rebels, senior editor, Ektor Luis Alamo, just a
1:48.6	quick warning.
1:49.6	There is some explicit language in this conversation.
1:53.5	So be aware.
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