We’ve mentioned it as soon as, and we’ll say it once more: Entitled individuals working for the wealthy and highly effective do THE most. However this newest scandal is sure to catch even essentially the most jaded amongst us off guard.
As reported by the Daily Caller, there’s a video making the rounds on X, previously Twitter, that allegedly reveals a white legislative staffer getting down and soiled in a convention room on the Hart Senate Workplace Constructing in Washington, D.C. We’re speaking full on, on all fours—soiled.
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This is similar room the place our woman Ketanji Brown Jackson was grilled about her ethics and moral judgement earlier than she went on to turn out to be the primary Black lady to serve on the U.S. Supreme Courtroom. That is additionally the place Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries was as soon as referred to as “ghetto” for quoting Hip-Hop lyrics during former President Trump’s impeachment trial. Lastly, that is additionally the room the place Vice President Kamala Harris not too long ago set a new record for essentially the most tie-breaking votes within the Senate.
We are saying all this to say, there have been plenty of historical past making moments in that room the place Black individuals had been referred to as on the carpet and criticized for his or her sense of professionalism—even relating to the way they style their hair.
However that is simply downright distasteful, and maybe Beyoncé mentioned it finest: America has an issue.
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