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Adams defends language criticized as racially insensitive, decries ‘lynch mob mentality’
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Adams defends language criticized as racially insensitive, decries ‘lynch mob mentality’

Last updated: March 3, 2025 9:19 pm
Editorial Board Published March 3, 2025
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Mayor Adams, going through calls to resign amid controversy over the Trump DOJ’s transfer to dismiss  his federal corruption indictment, defended himself Monday towards accusations he used racially insensitive language in current feedback about fellow Black politicians and mentioned he’s being focused by a political “lynch mob.”

In a press convention at Metropolis Corridor, the mayor was requested why he thought it was acceptable final week to label Black politicians who’ve urged him to resign “Negroes” in want of saving from God.

“Well, those Negroes knew they were wrong,” Adams replied.

The mayor, who made the comment in query at a Black Historical past Month celebration at Gracie Mansion final Tuesday, prompt there’s nothing offensive concerning the phrase.

“Why are we trying to classify the term Negro as being a derogatory term?” he mentioned, noting there are organizations with names that embody the time period, such because the United Negro Faculty Fund.

Conversely, Adams mentioned the outrage ought to truly be concerning the mounting requires him to resign or be faraway from workplace.

“Those who are elected in office who are aware of the rules are saying, ‘he needs to be removed, he needs to step down’ — that’s what we should be angry about,” he mentioned. “Where is the process that we’re supposed to follow instead of this sort of lynch mob mentality? That’s what we should be angry about, we have witnessed a lynch mob mentality before.”

Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, State Senate Majority Chief Andrea Stewart-Cousins and different distinguished Black elected officers mentioned late final month that he ought to step down.

The calls for come as President Trump’s Division of Justice is searching for to dismiss the mayor’s corruption indictment with the understanding that it may very well be resurrected as early as November, an uncommon caveat that each critics and allies say make him beholden to Trump. Adams has sid there was no quid professional quo with the Justice Division.

In a proper dismissal request, which is pending approval from a federal decide, Trump’s DOJ wrote that the president expects quashing Adams’ prison case will allow the mayor to assist facilitate Trump’s agenda, together with his vow to focus on undocumented New Yorkers for “mass deportations.”

Adams’ controversial feedback got here finally Tuesday’s Gracie Mansion occasion, the place he mentioned he was going by “a biblical moment.”

“When Jesus was on the cross, he said, ‘God forgive them for they know not what they do.’ All these Negroes who are asking me to step down, God forgive them,” he mentioned.

Black leaders, together with Harlem pastor and civil rights advocate Johnnie Inexperienced, mentioned final week the mayor’s use of the racial phrase in that context was deeply insensitive.

Merriam Webster, the dictionary, labels the phrase “Negro” as “dated” and “often offensive.”

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a vocal Adams critic who’s Black, mentioned his reference to a “lynch mob” Monday was likewise offensive.

“The second Black mayor in our history is actively undoing the decades of progress it took to elect even the first. It’s deeply disrespectful to both the leaders who worked to get us here and people who hope to carry us forward,” Williams mentioned.

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