LA City Council Crisis Highlights Issues of Anti-Blackness




The Takeaway show

Summary: <p>The fallout from the leaked audio of <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-10/listen-audio-excerpts-of-leaked-recording-of-l-a-council-members">racist and derogatory comments</a> made by Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin De Leon continues.</p> <p>How does the city heal and move on from this? We’re joined by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mhdcd8/?hl=en">Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson</a> who represents the 8th district in Los Angeles and Dr. Danielle Clealand, associate professor in the departments of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss anti-Blackness and colorism within the Latine community. </p>