Mamdani Adviser Sparks Outcry Over Black Homeownership Remark as Richards Accuses DSA of White Supremacy
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 26
Mamdani Adviser Sparks Outcry Over Black Homeownership Remark as Richards Accuses DSA of White Supremacy
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 26
Summary
A senior adviser to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Black homeownership "a weapon of White supremacy masquerading as wealth-building public policy," triggering backlash from Black political and community leaders.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said the comment showed the Democratic Socialists of America were acting like White supremacists, while a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing group founded in 1978 defended homeownership as a hard-won Black asset after generations of redlining.
The dispute cuts into an existing weakness for Mamdani-aligned democratic socialists with Black and working-class voters: the report says Mamdani lost Black voters to Andrew Cuomo by nearly 6 points in the June primary before recovering support for November.
It also revives scrutiny of the DSA's broader coalition and agenda, with the group described in a 2021 internal survey as 85% White and 4% Black and facing criticism from Democrats who say its platform alienates core voters.