We Are IOC

Oaxacan community hub building empowerment among the Indigenous diaspora ⛰ Link to upcoming event and more below 🔍✨

[We Are IOC @Ioc_Socal]

Sharing this so our community is aware of the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous remarks made by LA City Councilmembers Nury Martínez, Kevin de Leon, and Gil Cedillo.
In this excerpt of a longer audio leaked from a 2021 meeting, they make racist remarks about Oaxacans in Koreatown.

[CIELO @MyCielola]

While CIELO is pleased to learn that now former Councilwoman @CD6Nury has resigned the City Council, her refusal to apologize for her anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism is unacceptable.

[MVR @mvasquezruiz13]

I got a campaign cold call today where the pitch was, “ Vote for … because they are a Latino candidate and they care about…” Look, Nury and her ghoul squad set your movement waaaay back. Running on a platform of “look at me I’m Latino” isn’t going to cut it anymore.

[🎀Kuromi🌝✨ @saintnisa]

Someone said “Oaxaca culture is really beautiful and their cheese goes crazy” 😭😭😂😂😂😂 lmao I’m fucking weak yo

[Rey @gringatears]

Non-Black/non-Indigenous Latinxs being violently anti-Black, homophobic, perpetuating child abuse, spewing anti-Indigenous sentiments… a very on brand Latinx Heritage Month.

[We Are IOC @Ioc_Socal]

Yes Nury you have inspired us-
to come together, call you out, and fight back!

[Julia Wick @sherlyholmes]

Here is her full statement.

[Brenda Nicolas (Zoochina Zapotec) @bnico004]

When r we going to stop calling it by its name, RACIAL VIOLENCE?! When our Indigenous & Black children are attacked for the color of their skin, certain features, etc. it is not bullying!!! IT IS RACIAL VIOLENCE! WHITE (LATINX) SUPREMACY INHERENTLY TIED TO SETTLER COLONIALISM!!!

[Odilia Yego @OdiliaRomero]

Stand in solidity with indigenous & black & lgbtqi community tonite. @MyCielola we will in downtown and south la with @CoCoSouthLA #wearehere #IndigenousPeoplesDay #INDIGENOUS

[Brenda Nicolas (Zoochina Zapotec) @bnico004]

The City of LA has the largest Indigenous Oaxacan community in the US, spanning five generations since the 1950s, smh to city council remarks, "I don’t know where these ppl are from. I don’t know what village they came from. How they got here…. estan feos (They are ugly)!"

[MVR @mvasquezruiz13]

Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gill Cedillo & Ron Herrera’s comments are very illustrative of the limits of latinidad. In a conversation about building a “ Latino caucus” they made it clear that us, Oaxacans are a racial other. “ Short little dark people” they do not represent.

[ms. FEMME SUPREMACY 🇵🇸 @cempazuchit1]

Not shocking that LA politicians are racist, we have been telling you that Latine ppl are anti Black and anti Indigenous. It about time y’all listen. Being Zapotec is not close to the same thing as being Mexican.

[Gonzalo Alvarez 🐓 @Gonzzink]

Nury Martinez, a Latina, making racist comments about indigenous Oaxacans is the perfect example of colonization and why Indigenous People's Day matters.

It's about time we call out Latine supremacists.

[𝖎t’s upsetting me n my homegirls @adrriizzle]

This sounds far to familiar to the conversations Latinx parents n tias n tios are having over dinner… reminder to check your family and those around you while you shout justice smh

[Grandzaddy Bri 👽 Smartistabeauty @BriHallOfficial]

These leaked tapes of 3 LA City Council Members are vile. They need to resign. The fact that there are more 😬

[We Are IOC @Ioc_Socal]

@DichosdeunBicho Exactly!

[Dichos de un bicho😺 @DichosdeunBicho]

This is the perfect story for #HispanicHeritageMonth2022. A secret recording of Latinx L.A. Councilmembers (including bipedal garbage can Gil Cedillo) just themselves a casual racist anti-Black plática. Also, Nury Martínez making racist remarks about Oaxacans. Guillotine time!

[We Are IOC @Ioc_Socal]

Happy Hispanic Heritage month 😐 If this is “representation”, we don’t want it.

[Knock LA @KnockDotLA]

LA Fed's Herrera to Martinez, Cedillo, and KDL: "My goal in life is to get the three of you elected...we're like a little Latino caucus of our own."

He says he told CM Bob Blumenfield: "The way I see it, all of the seats are Latino."

Martinez: "Fuck that dude."

[We Are IOC @Ioc_Socal]

The rest of the audio contains more racist comments, including anti-Black slurs made by Nury Martinez about a child (with Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon present). It is our responsibility to call out this behavior and model respect and kindness to our families, friends, and peers.

[We Are IOC @Ioc_Socal]

Sharing this so our community is aware of the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous remarks made by LA City Councilmembers Nury Martínez, Kevin de Leon, and Gil Cedillo.
In this excerpt of a longer audio leaked from a 2021 meeting, they make racist remarks about Oaxacans in Koreatown.