St. Louis mayor-elect Tishaura Jones during her acceptance speech last night:
“I will not stay silent when I spot racism,” Jones said. “I will not stay silent when I spot homophobia or transphobia. I will not stay silent when I spot xenophobia. I will not stay silent when I spot religious intolerance. I will not stay silent when I spot any injustice.”
She then proceeded to thank all the black women who have paved the way for her to break this glass ceiling, but notably left out her predecessor Lyda Krewson, who is St. Louis’s first female mayor.
The same Tishaura Jones who in a recent debate:
“While I appreciate the role of white allies in this movement of progress, I don’t believe that they have the lived experiences to lead a majority-minority city,” Jones said in the debate.
Jones questioned if another white mayor could adequately lead the city, noting that a “white person doesn’t have to worry about their children getting hit by a stray bullet when he’s outside.”
Of course not, her lived experience as black woman makes her far more qualified to address public safety in the city of St. Louis than the lived experience of Krewson, whose husband was murdered in front of her and their children, while being carjacked in the fvcking city.
“I will not stay silent when I spot racism,” Jones said. “I will not stay silent when I spot homophobia or transphobia. I will not stay silent when I spot xenophobia. I will not stay silent when I spot religious intolerance. I will not stay silent when I spot any injustice.”
She then proceeded to thank all the black women who have paved the way for her to break this glass ceiling, but notably left out her predecessor Lyda Krewson, who is St. Louis’s first female mayor.
The same Tishaura Jones who in a recent debate:
“While I appreciate the role of white allies in this movement of progress, I don’t believe that they have the lived experiences to lead a majority-minority city,” Jones said in the debate.
Jones questioned if another white mayor could adequately lead the city, noting that a “white person doesn’t have to worry about their children getting hit by a stray bullet when he’s outside.”
Of course not, her lived experience as black woman makes her far more qualified to address public safety in the city of St. Louis than the lived experience of Krewson, whose husband was murdered in front of her and their children, while being carjacked in the fvcking city.
