Nury Martinez stepped down as president of the LA City Council after leaked audio showed her making racists remarks about a colleague's son. Educators say the controversy highlights the work that needs to be done regarding race relations.
law professor Jody Armour on the tapes. And, to Loyola Marymount University Political Science Professor Fernando Guerra, "What's really ticked me was we're talking about a three-year-old child and that's unacceptable in any context."
The two college professors both have long memories and perspective, especially when it comes to minority politics. Just a few years earlier, President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society was an effort to eliminate poverty and improve education for people of color below the poverty line to which Armour said, "I'm the product of a Great Society Program." But, although President Johnson opened a big door in the '60s, Armour said, "...we had a hopefulness as a society that we could make a difference to bring people up from the bottom.
Then came the 1992 uprising. Later, came the formation of Black Lives Matter, all to speak out on racial injustice. Fast forward to now as some Latino Council members find themselves in the cross hairs of a major city controversy.
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