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Fri Aug 17, 2018, 04:41 PM Aug 2018

Detroit legislator apologizes for racial slurs

A Detroit legislator apologized after making racial slurs against a then-rival Asian-American candidate for state Senate.

State Rep. Bettie Cook Scott apologized in a statement issued Thursday after liberal advocacy group Progress Michigan revealed this week that Scott referred to state Rep. Stephanie Chang as a “ching-chong” ... Scott made the statements Aug. 7 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Detroit, where she called one of Chang’s volunteers an immigrant and said, “You don’t belong here,” according to Progress Michigan. Later in the day at East English Village Preparatory Academy, Scott was overheard discouraging voters from voting for "the ching-chong."

More than a dozen community groups and the Michigan Democratic Party called for Scott to apologize after her statements became public this week.

Scott and Chang, both from Detroit, were two of six Democratic candidates running for state Senate District 1.
Chang won the primary race with nearly 50 percent of the vote.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/08/16/detroit-legislator-apologizes-racial-slur-bettie-cook-scott-stephanie-chang/1013336002/

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Detroit legislator apologizes for racial slurs (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
Sounds just like a republican she needs to seek her rightful party asap .bye now lunasun Aug 2018 #1
what in the world is going on with her eyebrows??? CatWoman Aug 2018 #2
I dunno but I will add her to the group on don'ts lunasun Aug 2018 #3
LOL!!!! CatWoman Aug 2018 #5
Go away asshole! ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #4
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