A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve

Those white fucking kkk should be run out of town. It fucked up to have a town that as no elections.

Especially a town that is 89% black. They should come together and take their town back.

And qualified immunity should not keep you away from breaking civil rights act. Fuck racist states.

Town of 275 people, 89% black? Total of 30 white people? They should just individually name the problem people in the article

Horrific article to read, old mate had to go to fires by himself and respond to emergencies from black people while all the white people hid. Terrible

I feel like we need to have a more concerted focused effort against the racist bigoted trash people, wherever they are. Because they are the ones that don't belong in this country.

But I was assured racism was over because Obama was President!

Sounds about white.

I think this is the same guy who was arrested by his own police force not long ago for “trespassing”. The guy walked down the driveway of a house he thought was abandoned, the homeowner saw him, grabbed his gun and held him at knife point until the police arrived and arrested him. I’ll see if I can’t find a link.

Edit: I was thinking of another (acting) black mayor of a southern state who’s being stymied by his racist colleagues. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna93318

Here's what I don't get... town is 85% black and only has 275 people.

That means a 234 to 41 split black to white. 5.7:1 ratio.

If those 41 people really are that racist and regressive, you haul them all out of their homes, tar and feather them, and ride them out of town on a rail.

https://youtu.be/SMFWqh6oHx0#t=1m20s

Jesus, that article just kept getting worse the more I read. Thanks for posting this. I was able to send a donation their way.

That's just cruel. Someone shouldn't be not allowed serve soley for the color of their skin. That's not the point of the election – it's meant to be for the citizens elected this person! They're just being racist at this point and it's obvious!

Wow, anyone who feels like we just have the "casual racism" of some people being impolite to other races needs to read this article. Full of stuff like:

Two years ago, Braxton says he was the only volunteer firefighter in his department to respond to a tree fire near a Black person’s home in the town of 275 people. As Braxton, 57, actively worked to put out the fire, he says, one of his white colleagues tried to take the keys to his fire truck to keep him from using it.

It's worse than the old cross-burning shit. Horrific. Not sure how to combat it when a whole town's leadership and infrastructure is so overtly racist.

And yet a bunch of people, mainly good ol boys, from the south say racism isn’t real. How messed up has the US become. It doesn’t matter what your skin color is, what matters is your integrity. This is why I am actively trying to get the hell out of Texas, I can’t stand racism no matter who it’s by.

what's new? thats such disgusting behavior. can't believe this shit still goes on in 2023

Sounds about right. When I joined the military I met people from Alabama, and even people from other Southern states had nasty things to say about that state. I didn't believe it at first, but then I saw enough over time to realize, "I hate to say it, but maybe they're right. At least about some of the smaller towns and more rural areas."

I met a few nice people from Alabama, yes. I also met... a surprising number of not so nice types. I'm Asian by the way, not White. I'll let people fill in the gaps.

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Noah, get the boat.

"If we don't get them, they gonna get us all

I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in they city hall" - Dead Prez

but he's the mayor, wouldn't he have legal jurisdiction do serve anyway? up to and including arresting those that try to stop him?

That is messed up. Racism can get quite bad.

I read the post title and wondered which community it was and it was called usa so I just continued scrolling.

The I thought I should leave a trace of this experience nonetheless so here it was.

This dude sounds like a pretty weak mayor. He is literally the mayor, he can unilaterally appoint a new sheriff and arrest all 30 of the "white town leaders" for interfering with the official duties of the mayor. He has 100% of all official power that a local government has and I'd say at least 60% of the unofficial power, and yet he can't stop <30 people from running amuck?
He is either a collaborator, or so clueless that he should have never been mayor to begin with. Similar to Obama honestly.