“They don’t have the courage to say the N-word’: Baltimore mayor rips right-wing “DEI mayor” attacks
Award-winning news and culture, features breaking news, in-depth reporting and criticism on politics, science, food and entertainment. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has defended his critics who called him a "DEI mayor" after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, claiming they have not the courage to use the N-word. The comments were made by right-wing social media users following the collapse of the bridge. The mayor, who was elected with over 70% of the vote and overwhelmingly Black, responded by saying that he was not racist and that he believes in their untruthful and wrong ideology. He argued that his position as mayor could potentially put the lives of Black men at risk.
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott hit back at critics who called him a “DEI mayor” after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse this week.
Right-wing social media users bizarrely labeled Scott, who was elected with over 70% of the vote, “Baltimore’s DEI mayor” following a press conference on the collapse.
MSNBC host Joy Reid noted that Scott was overwhelmingly elected in a predominantly Black city.
“So by right-wing logic, a ‘diversity hire’ would have been a white man,” Reid said Wednesday.
“I know, and we know, and you know very well that Black men, and young Black men in particular, have been the bogeyman for those who are racist and think that only straight, wealthy White men should have a say in anything,” Scott told Reid.
“We’ve been the bogeyman for them since the first day they brought us to this country, and what they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent,” he continued. “We know what they want to say, but they don’t have the courage to say the N-word, and the fact that I don’t believe in their untruthful and wrong ideology. And I am very proud of my heritage and who I am and where I come from, scares them, because me being at my position means that their way of thinking, their way of life of being comfortable while everyone else suffers is going to be at risk, and they should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life.”
话题: Racial Injustice, Social Issues