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Residents press Encinitas council to act after social‑media post targeting West African arts
Summary
Multiple residents used oral communications to demand the council remove a city appointee from a volunteer committee after a social‑media post they said demeaned West African drumming and dance; speakers described incidents at a local high school and urged the council to demonstrate leadership and transparency.
A string of public commenters at the start of the March 25 Encinitas City Council meeting urged elected officials to act after a social‑media post by a city appointee that several speakers said demeaned West African arts and signaled intolerance toward Black residents.
Monette Marino, who identified herself as an Encinitas percussion teacher and told the council she was nominated for regional music awards, recounted that her daughter was called a racial slur at SDA High School earlier this year and said she felt the city appointee’s online comments compounded the…
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