{"id":2570073,"date":"2026-02-15T05:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-when-a-black-lawmaker-bragged-about-getting-rid-of-whites-in-his-district\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T05:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:27:54","slug":"flashback-when-a-black-lawmaker-bragged-about-getting-rid-of-whites-in-his-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-when-a-black-lawmaker-bragged-about-getting-rid-of-whites-in-his-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: When a Black Lawmaker Bragged About Getting Rid of Whites in His District"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fflashback-when-a-black-lawmaker-bragged-about-getting-rid-of-whites-in-his-district%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=2570073&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>The article centers on a 2019 moment at a national Town Hall on Gentrification in Black America,where New York State Assemblymember Charles Barron bragged that he had \u201clost white population\u201d in his district,a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >remark met wiht laughter<\/a> and applause.It notes barron represented the 60th district, whose demographics in 2024\u20132025 are shown by Census Reporter as roughly 65% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 3% White, and it questions the idea of celebrating whites leaving a community. The piece argues such comments would likely draw condemnation if made by a white politician about Black constituents, and it ties the episode to broader Democratic Party dynamics and debates over gentrification. It cites a 2018 american National Election Studies finding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: The Lie Of \u2018Systemic Police Racism\u2019 That Kills\">white liberals<\/a> show an outgroup preference and, per Tablet Magazine, are warmer toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-american-activists-blast-bidens-pandering-anti-racism-order\/\" title=\"Asian-American Activists Blast Biden\u2019s \u2018Pandering\u2019 Anti-Racism Order\">minority groups<\/a> on average\u2014an interpretation the article suggests persists into 2026. The narrative links these attitudes to ongoing political and social tensions, including protests around immigration enforcement, and concludes with editorial notes and placeholders typical of the page\u2019s design.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Imagine a white lawmaker bragging about blacks leaving his district; that wouldn&rsquo;t go over too well with the public or the mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in April 2019, when then-New York Democratic State Rep. Charles Barron said just that about his white constituents, the room received his remarks with laughter and applause.<\/p>\n<p>Barron had been attending the &ldquo;National Town Hall on Gentrification in Black America&rdquo; as a panelist when he said, &ldquo;I have the distinct honor to be able to come before you and say I actually lost white population in my community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The room thought that was commendable as the event&rsquo;s discussion centered around so-call gentrification &mdash; a term used by black racial identitarians to bemoan the free movement of whites specifically to black areas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They left. They left,&rdquo; Barron said irreverently. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t ask them why. They left.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;So, if you see one or two or three or four or five whites in my neighborhood, they&rsquo;re passing through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute;\" title=\"User%20Clip%3A%20Charles%20Barron%20(D-NY)%20on%20losing%20Whites%20in%20his%20neighborhood.%20%7C%20C-SPAN.org\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/Ig9vbjWa-xS4RtpB7.html\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Indeed, it does seem like they left and never came back. At the time, Barron was serving the 60th district.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/censusreporter.org\/profiles\/62000US36060-assembly-district-60-ny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Census Reporter<\/a>&lsquo;s numbers for 2024-2025, 65 percent of the district population is black, with the next highest group being Hispanics at 21 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Whites make up 3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Barron appears to be taking credit for a race of people leaving. What an odd thing to cheer.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, white politicians would be strung up by their feet after saying anything like this about their black constituents.<\/p>\n<p>If a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-d-c-doldrums\/\" title=\"The D.C. Doldrums\">national politician<\/a> like President Donald Trump had appeared at an event to discuss non-whites moving into communities, only to get up and celebrate that he&rsquo;s only seen them leave, we&rsquo;d likely never hear the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>This is unfortunately a strong talking point among the Democratic Party still today.<\/p>\n<p>Survey results from <a href=\"https:\/\/electionstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/anes_pilot_2018_questionnaire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American National Election Studies<\/a> in 2018 indicate that <a href=\"https:\/\/ibb.co\/mBRjbSG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">white liberals show an outgroup preference<\/a>. Interpreting the results of the survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/americas-white-saviors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tablet Magazine<\/a> wrote, &ldquo;White liberals were more favorable toward nonwhites and are the only group to show this preference for group other than their own. Indeed, on average, white liberals rated ethnic and racial minority groups 13 points (or half a standard deviation) warmer than whites.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, white liberals cheer when fellow whites are denigrated. Despite being a few years old, those survey results hold true in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Note the demographics of the agitators and rioters impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting non-white illegal aliens &mdash; white liberals.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party is in a strange &mdash; to put it lightly &mdash; state where the more they hate a group of people for their skin color, the more those people vote for them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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At a National Town Hall on Gentrification in Black America, Barron boasted about having \u201clost white population\u201d in his district, and the audience responded with laughter and applause. The event focused on gentrification, a term used by some Black-identitarian writers to complain about whites moving into Black neighborhoods. Barron quipped that whites had left his community, adding that he didn\u2019t ask them why. The surrounding text then includes code-like snippets (cookie checks, a DOMContentLoaded handler, dynamic script loading, and a mechanism to observe elements) along with narrative details about how the scene unfolded and about words Barron used, such as describing whites in his neighborhood as \u201cpassing through.\u201d At the time, Barron represented the 60th district; demographic data from Census Reporter around 2024\u20132025 shows about 65% Black residents, 21% Hispanic, and 3% White in the district. The piece suggests Barron is taking credit for whites leaving and comments on how a white politician would be vilified for saying something similar about Black constituents. It notes a hypothetical reaction if a national figure like President Trump had celebrated non-Whites moving out of communities, implying a double standard in how such remarks would be received.<\/p>\n<p>The article then shifts to a broader political claim: it suggests this kind of rhetoric is still a common talking point within the Democratic Party. It cites 2018 American National Election Studies results (as summarized by Tablet Magazine) indicating that white liberals show an outgroup preference, meaning they are warmer toward nonwhite groups than toward whites on average. The piece asserts those findings remain relevant in 2026. It also makes a provocative claim about white liberals opposing ICE deportations of nonwhite undocumented immigrants. The overarching argument is that the Democratic Party faces a paradox where hatred of a group by skin color is claimed to translate into political support for that party.<\/p>\n<p>Within the text there are UI\/form-like elements (fields for name, message, and a submission button, plus a \u201cSuccess!\u201d notice) and a JavaScript function related to a CAPTCHA submission, followed by an unfinished line that reiterates the initial provocative scenario about a white lawmaker praising whites leaving his district. The closing fragment mirrors the opening premise and ends abruptly. 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