A week ago, [Cleveland Mayor Frank] Jackson appeared on the podcast “The Outlaws Radio Show” and discussed his opposition to Issue 24. He called supporters of Issue 24 “naive.”
“Those people who have certain political philosophy, they use the legitimate issue of the oppressed, and in this case Black people, to promote their politics, not to assist the oppressed,” Jackson said. “They just use the oppressed for their own benefit. That’s all that’s about. And that’s Issue 24. You should vote no.”
After, host Darvio Morrow said “I have referred to exactly what you’re talking about as people manipulating Black trauma.”
“That’s all that is,” Jackson responded. “Tragedy pimps. That’s what they are. They take our tragedy and they pimp it to their own benefit, as if they care.”
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