New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is gloating that his son is earning his social justice warrior credentials by protesting charges of racism at Yale University.
Politico New York reported that the mayor disclosed on Monday that Dante was involved in several anti-racism protests on campus.
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“He has certainly been involved on the discussion on the campus. He’s active in the black student union, and he’s been to some of the protests,” de Blasio said.
Bill continued by stating he and Dante support changing the name Calhoun College, a building on campus named for John C. Calhoun — the 7th Vice President of the U.S. and a supporter of slavery.
“And, you know, he certainly notes the fact that the college he’s in, Calhoun College, is named for someone it shouldn’t be named for,” the mayor continued. “That’s quite evident to him, and you can understand as a young man of African descent that it doesn’t feel particularly appropriate to live in a place named after the chief segregationist leader of the South in that period of time.”
The mayor loves placing his children in the middle of controversies about race relations, as if it would help build his credentials as a “white-ally.”
During the Eric Gardner controversy, the mayor remarked to the Daily News about what his son might encounter if he was stopped by a police officer.
Here’s a good guess, he would say to the police officer: “do you know who I am? Get my dad on the phone.”
