• Get in Touch
  • Get in Touch with our Support!
  • Privacy Policy
Monday, January 30, 2023
OvaNewsBlast.com
  • Home
  • News
  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
No Result
View All Result
OvaNewsBlast.com
No Result
View All Result

Arizona Democrats should call out Katie Hobbs for discrimination

November 15, 2021
in Business
Reading Time: 4min read
A A
Arizona Democrats should call out Katie Hobbs for discrimination
0
SHARES
3
VIEWS
Share ShareShareShareShareShare


Opinion: Arizona Democrats aren’t shy about calling out racial discrimination – unless it involves Katie Hobbs, the party’s apparent frontrunner for governor. That’s hypocritical.

You can always count on Arizona Democratic leaders to call out racism – except, apparently, when it comes to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.

It’s been a few days now since a federal jury awarded a whopping $2.7 million to African American lawyer Talonya Adams for racial and sex discrimination against her boss at the state Senate.

Yet, Democratic leaders across Arizona are still utterly silent. And I find that unbelievably hypocritical.

Why aren’t these Democrats denouncing Hobbs?

These are the same people who are first in line to point fingers (and correctly so) when they see racism against Black people, Latinos and other minorities.

But where is the outrage now from U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, U.S. Reps. Ruben Gallego, Greg Stanton, Raúl Grijalva, Ann Kirkpatrick and rest of the Democratic congressional delegation?

Where is the outrage from Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego or Tucson Mayor Regina Romero or state Democratic lawmakers?

Roberts: Katie Hobbs needs to explain her role in the firing of Talonya Adams

Where is the outrage from state Sen. Martín Quezada, who’s running for state treasurer while serving as Hobbs’ gubernatorial campaign treasurer?   

Where is the outrage from state Sen. Raquel Terán, one of most vocal activists turned chair of the Arizona Democratic Party?

The best Terán could do was put out a weird message about working with Republicans on equal pay policies so this doesn’t happen again? 

On Monday, House Democratic Leader Reginald Bolding, who is African American and running for Arizona secretary of state, sent out a statement congratulating Adams on her win and pledging to work on equal pay policies. But just like Terán, he never mentions Hobbs.  

A federal court ruled twice in Adams’ favor

That isn’t going to cut it, Democrats.

Not when Adams herself directly points the finger at Hobbs, who was Senate minority leader at the time of Adams’ firing in 2015 because she complained of low pay compared to her white counterparts.

“This was Katie Hobbs’ decision,” Adams told 12 News. “I think she’s always been very uncomfortable with minorities. She seems wholly disconnected from people of color.”

Hobbs, meanwhile, blamed the firing on Republicans. Really? 

The federal court has twice decided in Adams’ favor and thus against the Senate. The court didn’t mention anyone by name, a technicality Democrats have used to try to blame Republicans who did the actual firing since they had majority rule.

Yet Hobbs confirmed in 2019 on the witness stand that the chain of command flowed through her, and that the firing was a decision made by her and others.

It calls out a dark truth about racism

Some prominent African Americans, including the Rev. Dr. Warren H. Stewart Sr., Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy and Charles Fanniel, president of the NAACP of Arizona, are urging people, “especially people of color, (to) reconsider any support for Katie Hobbs.”

“We ask that all persons, especially people of color, reconsider any support for Katie Hobbs to become the next Governor of Arizona, as a direct consequence of her unjust actions toward Attorney Adams, and refusal to neither admit discrimination occurred, nor take responsibility for her role in the retaliatory termination,” they said in a statement.

Hobbs is seeking the Democratic nomination against business owner and former Nogales Mayor Marco López and former state Rep. Aaron Lieberman. They’ve predictably called out Hobbs.

But the silence from most other Democratic leaders is deafening.

And it sends a loud statement about the dark truth of racism: calling it out only matters when it’s politically advantageous.

Elvia Díaz is an editorial columnist for The Republic and azcentral. Reach her at 602-444-8606 or elvia.diaz@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter, @elviadiaz1. 

Subscribe to get more opinions content.


Credit: Source link

ShareTweetSendSharePinShare
Previous Post

Black Detroiters Weigh in on What They Hope a Reparations Task Force Will Endorse

Next Post

S.F.’s first reparations for Blacks residents? Leaders ask city to give Fillmore Heritage Center to nonprofit

Next Post
S.F.’s first reparations for Blacks residents? Leaders ask city to give Fillmore Heritage Center to nonprofit

S.F.'s first reparations for Blacks residents? Leaders ask city to give Fillmore Heritage Center to nonprofit

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
5 most disappointing Steelers from 2022

5 most disappointing Steelers from 2022

January 21, 2023
24 Black History Facts You May Not Know

24 Black History Facts You May Not Know

January 25, 2021
Public Schools Are Struggling to Retain Black Teachers. These Ex-Teachers Explain Why – TIME

Public Schools Are Struggling to Retain Black Teachers. These Ex-Teachers Explain Why – TIME

January 5, 2022
Black Bears sweep series from Tomahawks | Sports

Black Bears sweep series from Tomahawks | Sports

October 30, 2022
Season 3, Episode 30 – Heart Health, Business Health, and History in the Black Community – Black Press USA

Season 3, Episode 30 – Heart Health, Business Health, and History in the Black Community – Black Press USA

October 29, 2022
Battle Lines Drawn Over Florida’s Rejection of Black History Course

Battle Lines Drawn Over Florida’s Rejection of Black History Course

January 30, 2023
Great Lives to Feature GPS Technology Pioneer Gladys West

Great Lives to Feature GPS Technology Pioneer Gladys West

January 30, 2023
Sports world reacts to first Black QB matchup in Super Bowl history between Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts

Sports world reacts to first Black QB matchup in Super Bowl history between Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts

January 30, 2023
Blacks still pay more than others for home ownership -MIT study

iONE Digital Announces Brand Repositioning for 2023

January 30, 2023
Spanish Black Olives Exports to the U.S. Continue to Fall

Spanish Black Olives Exports to the U.S. Continue to Fall

January 30, 2023

Recent News

Celebrate Black History Month in West Michigan

Celebrate Black History Month in West Michigan

January 24, 2023
Wisconsin’s only Black ski club works to diversify winter sports

Wisconsin’s only Black ski club works to diversify winter sports

January 27, 2023
Detroit poet Melba Joyce Boyd wins coveted Kresge Eminent Artist prize

Detroit poet Melba Joyce Boyd wins coveted Kresge Eminent Artist prize

January 26, 2023
The thorny history of sickle cell anemia

The thorny history of sickle cell anemia

January 25, 2023
OvaNewsBlast.com

A reliable source for African American news, from a different lens. Yours. News about us, by us.

Follow Us

Recent News

Battle Lines Drawn Over Florida’s Rejection of Black History Course

Battle Lines Drawn Over Florida’s Rejection of Black History Course

January 30, 2023
Great Lives to Feature GPS Technology Pioneer Gladys West

Great Lives to Feature GPS Technology Pioneer Gladys West

January 30, 2023

Topics to cover !

  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Get in Touch
  • Get in Touch with our Support!
  • Privacy Policy

© 2020 ovanewsblast.com - All rights reserved!   Download Our App   Read News on odbnewsblast.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Entertainment

© 2020 ovanewsblast.com - All rights reserved!   Download Our App   Read News on odbnewsblast.com