The racist conversation former L.A. City Council president Nury Martinez had with two other councilmembers and former L.A. Federation of Labor President, renewed feelings of erasure about being a Black Latino in Los Angeles. eedugdale with the story:
“[The tape] was heartbreaking and all. But it’s not representative of what’s going on on the ground,” he said.Martinez’s particularly nasty remark “parece changuito,” or “like a little monkey,” directed toward Councilmember Mike Bonin’s young Black son hit home for me as well.
My relatives in Colombia come in all shades, and, like many Latino families, sometimes struggle to love and appreciate their Blackness. Family members there have nonchalantly sent anti-Black comments or memes in group chats. Sometimes, I don’t feel like I fit anywhere — a common feeling among other Black Latinos I spoke with.
Ultimately, the resignations of all four people captured on the leaked tapes would be just one step, people told me, to a much bigger reckoning around anti-Black conversations and political structure in L.A.adjunct professor at USC and Cal State L.A. and diversity, equity and inclusion consultantI am born and raised in Los Angeles.
Initially, of course, there was disappointment and anger. And then there was this feeling of, well, I’m not surprised [by the tape]. A person doesn’t have to be considered white to espouse these types of beliefs and values that really tear our communities apart.
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