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.”

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    Yeah, t’s a pretty common term/acronym these days

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      Honestly, I probably only know the acronym because of the right wing hatred against it. I vote we say “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” instead of “DEI” to make them spell out why they are against these things.

      Edit, its equity not equality… Fixed that.

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        Pretty sure it’s equity not equality :p but yeah generally I agree

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            This image just stuck in my head so I remember now haha

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      I’ve never heard it before. It sounds like something people would only use on social media and not in the real world. I’m glad Lemmy is the extent of my social media exposure.