We won an election decisively, with 60 percent of the vote, in every district of this city, across every demographic. It is about rethinking how we do government for the benefit of the people, with a platform and an agenda written not by me, but by all of you. Being Black on purpose isn’t just about policymaking. I ran on a platform here in the Blackest city in America that we should be Black on purpose, period. Seven months ago, I was elected the city of South Fulton’s second mayor.
“I am here today because sometimes you gotta fight your people to fight for your people. Flanked by an ally in a shirt that blared “Black on Purpose” and a street activist wearing pink hair, pink tights and black tactical gear, kamau then delivered an unprecedented broadside against no small share of the government of this city he was elected to lead.
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