Racism and the LA City Council
On October 9, the Los Angeles Times of a conversation between now-former L.A. City Council President Nury Mart\xednez, fellow Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Le\xf3n, and now-former L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, in which Mart\xednez made racist remarks against another councilmember\u2019s Black son and the city\u2019s Indigenous community from Oaxaca.
\n\nHere\u2019s an episode from our colleagues at Latino Rebels Radio, where guest host and Latino Rebels senior editor Hector Luis Alamo speaks with Gustavo Arellano, featured contributor for the L.A. Times, to get a sense of what the scandal means for the people of Los Angeles and the future of the city.