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Woke Politician "Honored" To Have Less White People In His Community?

Amala Ekpunobi

Amala Ekpunobi

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šŸ—“ļø 12 February 2026

ā±ļø 10 minutes

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Summary

NY State Rep Charles Barron says he’s ā€œhonoredā€ to have driven white people out of his community. This is blatant racism from an elected official. Let’s talk about it.


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0:00.0

I have the distinct honor to be able to come before you and say,

0:04.2

I actually lost white population in my community.

0:08.7

I lost.

0:09.6

You heard that correctly.

0:10.7

You're about to hear a New York City Council member go on a racist tirade against white people,

0:15.2

and what has he met with?

0:16.4

Applaus and laughter.

0:18.0

Let's talk about it.

0:18.7

Yeah, you better.

0:26.0

Yeah, you better. Laws and laughter. Let's talk about it. Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe.

0:28.6

Today you're going to meet Charles Barron. He's a Democrat, of course. He's a former New York

0:32.7

State representative who's now sitting on New York City's City council. He represents, I believe, District 42,

0:39.3

again as a Democrat. Now, he's talking at a national summit on gentrification. For those of you

0:44.7

who are unaware with the term gentrification, it's essentially when you have a down-and-out neighborhood

0:49.3

that's predominantly low income and suddenly high-income, middle- class individuals start moving into this neighborhood.

0:57.0

Oftentimes this is accompanied with certain businesses moving into a neighborhood.

1:01.0

Think of Starbucks, a Whole Foods, and all of a sudden the income of this neighborhood goes up

1:05.0

and it is assumed that then black individuals or marginalized people from these neighborhoods are pushed out.

1:12.5

That's just a basic, I guess, explanation for gentrification. Now, he's speaking on this national

1:18.2

summit on gentrification and he says, you know what? I am proud to announce that I actually have

1:22.9

the white folk moving out of my district and out of my neighborhood. Let's hear it from the horse's mouth.

1:28.7

I have the distinct honor to be able to come before you and say I actually lost white

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