NewsWorldAmericas Georgia politician publicly uses N-word as Atlanta suburb declares Confederate History Month

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

A former elected official used the N-word several times during a public meeting, offending a black member of a Georgia city's board of commissioners.

The tense exchange between the two men happened on the same day that the Atlantasuburb of Griffin, Georgia, declared April as Confederate History Month. While speaking about the declaration during the public comments portion of the meeting, Larry Mr Johnson, a former member of the board who is white, immediately turned his attention to Rodney McCord, who appears to have been one of two black officials at the table.

What began as harmless reminiscing of their differences back when they were serving as city officials together quickly escalated when Mr Johnson reminded Mr McCord of a conversation he said they once had about race.

“I told you at that time that there were white folks, and there were black folks when I was growing up,” Mr Johnson said, speaking to Mr McCord from the podium. “There was white trash - my family - and there was N—town. I lived next to N—town.”

The comment immediately caught Mr McCord off guard, while the other board members sat quietly.

“You lived next to what town?” he asked Mr Johnson.

 

 

[Neonred 3,564]

When I lived in Louisville, we called it the projects.  Same thing.   A bad place you did not want to go near.  I lived next to it...

 

Sometime after I left they bulldozed it and built nicer homes and apartments to cater to the medical/dental schools and facilities that are next to it.