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Oak Park, Ill. Trustee Berates Colleagues for Being White: ‘Your Skin Is Light Enough!’

‘This mayor and this board is obviously not willing to face history’
By Grabien Staff

EXCERPT:

BUCHANAN: "You have been white from birth. Why are you arguing what is a system of oppression? You’ve never experienced one! So shut up! I don't want to hear from you!
(Applause)
Just stop! Just stop, Ken! Just stop, Dino! You are not oppressed. And people in the Oak Park are and we are trying to recognize that as a community. This mayor and this board is obviously not willing to face history. We have a chance to make history. It is time for this community to face equity. Enough! And you stop it! You are a white male! You stop it! You are a white male! Your skin is light enough! Stop it!"

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