“We know what these folks really want to say when they say DEI mayor,” Scott told The Banner. “They really want to say the N-word.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13670695

Mayor Brandon Scott has come to expect overt and not-so-overt racism.

The latest example came in the aftermath of Tuesday night’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Within hours, Scott said he started to notice social media posts labeling him as a “DEI Mayor.”

Scott immediately bristled at the dog whistle.

“We know what these folks really want to say when they say DEI mayor,” he told The Banner. “Whether it is DEI or clown. They really want to say the N-word. But there is nothing they can do and say to me that is worse than the treatment of my ancestors. I am proud of who I am and where I come from.”

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      8 months ago

      new dogwhistle racists using to propogate their beliefs. spiritual successor to wokeness and critical race theory.

            • Hacksaw@lemmy.caEnglish
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              8 months ago

              Yes, they seriously think that white men are the best at anything and that the only reason any company hires anyone else is “forced DEI” policies to appease “woke” governments. Then anytime they see a woman or minority working somewhere that’s associated with bad news they will say “DEI”.

              It’s by far their most sexist and racist modern buzzword and I can’t believe they say it out loud. If you ask them they’ll say “DEI isn’t when you hire a competent woman or minority, it’s when you’re forced to hire an incompetent one over a competent white man”, however I’d like to point out that when they cry “DEI” it’s never associated with an assessment of relative competence, or the strength of the local job market. It’s always “woman bad” or “minority bad”.

    • drmeanfeel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Latest episode of conservative "look over there!!! it’s [satanic panic/gays are forcibly giving people aids/migrant disease caravan/trans panic/critical race theory…]