{"id":2210280,"date":"2024-03-31T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T02:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-mayor-scott-people-who-call-me-dei-mayor-are-racists-whore-afraid-to-use-n-word\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T22:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T02:58:45","slug":"baltimore-mayor-scott-people-who-call-me-dei-mayor-are-racists-whore-afraid-to-use-n-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-mayor-scott-people-who-call-me-dei-mayor-are-racists-whore-afraid-to-use-n-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Scott of Baltimore criticized individuals who refer to him as the &#8220;DEI Mayor,&#8221; alleging that such labels are rooted in racism and a fear of using derogatory language"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">58<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaltimore-mayor-scott-people-who-call-me-dei-mayor-are-racists-whore-afraid-to-use-n-word%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Baltimore&#8217;s \u200cDemocratic Mayor Brandon Scott condemned those\u2064 who label him a &#8220;DEI mayor&#8221; as racists who avoid using derogatory language. Scott expressed his focus on addressing \u2062criticism constructively amidst his responsibilities\u2064 as a \u2062young black mayor. He emphasized the need to maintain\u2063 commitment to his duties despite facing divisive commentary. Baltimore&#8217;s Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott criticized those who refer to\u2064 him as a &#8220;DEI mayor,&#8221; \u200bimplying they are racist for shying away from using offensive language. Scott highlighted his determination to address criticism productively while fulfilling his\u2063 duties as a young\u2064 black mayor, underscoring the importance of staying focused despite encountering divisive\u2062 remarks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Democrat Mayor Brandon Scott said over the weekend that those who label him a \u201cDEI mayor\u201d are racists who are \u201cafraid to use the n-word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d while talking about criticism that he has faced over his handling of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I am a young black man and young black mayor in this country,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know that there are a lot of racists and folks who don\u2019t think I should be in this job. I know that. I have been black my whole life. I know how racism \u2013 racism goes in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut my focus is always going to be on those people,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to be out there that night asking \u2013 answering questions about DEI. I\u2019m worried about the loss of life. We know how ridiculous that is. Those folks are afraid, as I said this week, to use the N-word. This should not be even in conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to remain focused on the mission at hand and continue, from my vantage point, to prove those people wrong about people that look like me by doing my job in the best way that I can and ignoring the noise of folks who simply want to be divisive and are afraid that their way of life, where people that don\u2019t look like them and think like them can be in control can be in power and actually be better at the job,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore&#8217;s Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott denounced those labeling him a &#8220;DEI mayor&#8221; as racists who shy away from using offensive language. His comments were made during a Sunday interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; addressing criticism he received regarding his management of the collapse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2210281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Scott-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Scott-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}