"They don't have the courage to say the N-word': Baltimore mayor rips right-wing "DEI mayor" attacks

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(Salon) 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. ..................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/28/they-dont-have-the-courage-to-say-the-n-word-baltimore-mayor-rips-right-wing-dei-mayor/?in_brief=true

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1. I don't watch a lot of videos (prefer to read) but this is really good -

thanks for posting! My heart breaks for Baltimore. It's a great city and I know how hard everyone will work to get the Port in service again.