El Portal Councilman sparks outrage after using N-Word twice in public meeting; calls for apology, resignation grow

[Jose Garcia]

An El Portal Village councilmember is under fire for using the N-word twice during a meeting.

Councilmember Anders Urbom says he was quoting someone to describe where he thinks the country is heading.

At the end of last week's planning and zoning meeting, Urbom wanted to bring up an issue he's seen in the community, border patrol agents stopping people.

"It just seemed odd that a CPB officer was doing a traffic stop," he said. At the end of his retelling of the traffic stop, he continued on.

more: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/el-portal-councilman-sparks-outrage-after-using-n-word-twice-in-public-meeting-calls-for-apology-resignation-grow/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Read this and search for other stories. He shouldn't have said it but he's describing systemic racism.

He could have said 'N' word.

[Jose Garcia]

2. The situation is that when a white person uses that word,

people tend not to want to hear the rest of what is being said.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Agree. He could have just as easily made his point by using 'n word'