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Encinitas residents and performers urge removal of UFAC member after social‑media racial slur
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the March 26 Urban Forest Advisory Committee meeting said a committee member ppeared to have posted a racial slur on social media, called the subsequent apology insufficient, and asked the committee to urge the city council to agendize removal.
Multiple community members used the Urban Forest Advisory Committee—orum on March 26 to demand action after a committee member ppeared to post a racial slur on social media before joining the panel.
At the start of oral communications, Monette Marino, who teaches West African percussion in Encinitas, told the committee that when a city official dehumanizes a group it signals that the group nd its traditions are unwelcome. "Racism is not a difference of opinion. It is a disqualifier for public service," Marino said, and urged the committee to remove the…
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