Patrick Braxton said that the "minority White residents ... long accustomed to exercising total control over the government, refused to accept his election as mayor.

A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

  • md5crypto@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The real story is they don’t even have a mayoral position, so a nothing story ginned to stoke hatred toward white people.

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Disagreeing with those specific people for their actions is not the same as hatred for white people. An asshole is an asshole whether they’re black, white or green.