26-Year-Old Wins Local Office in Georgia, Takes Her Oath of Office on Autobiography of Malcolm X

[oberliner]

Since Tuesday’s elections held throughout the nation, an already iconic photo has been sweeping the internet—of 26-year-old Mariah Parker taking her oath of office as Athens-Clarke County, Ga., commissioner for District 2, with her mother holding, not the Bible or Quran, but another good book: Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Parker, who reportedly won by only 13 votes, ran as a progressive, and on her campaign website she declared that “it’s time for bold, progressive leadership in Athens.”

“My platform centers around economic and racial justice,” said the millennial,
according to the Red & Black. “The policies of this town have been structured, deliberately, to ensure that a certain class of people will continue to thrive and a certain class of people will continue to not.”

https://www.theroot.com/26-year-old-wins-local-office-in-georgia-takes-her-oat-1826631741

[packman]

1. Admire her stance and position - but,

like ALL our politicians, wish they would take their oath on either/or both the Bill of Rights or the Constitution

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Congrats to Mariah and kudos to her on her choice of book!

We desperately need strong young women to help get our foundering country back on track.

[Garrett78]

4. Or on a whole new track.

Because, let's face it, this has always been a white supremacist, patriarchal, imperialistic nation.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Indeed it has but slowly, glacially, we are seeing this change.

tRump has set us back quite a lot, but the forces for change will hopefully prevail.

[tonedevil]

3. And a raised fist...

I have nothing but admiration for this young woman.

[oberliner]

5. Her electoral victory was really impressive

That's for sure!

[MikeMa2]

7. Mariah Parker's Wiki Page Removed

Republican trolls were able to remove her Wikipedia page: https://soundblab.com/articles/21134-erasing-mariah-parker