A Lesson In Adulting: The Kevin de León Conundrum

<p>When I was told that Councilmember Kevin de Le&oacute;n was involved with the square dedication for Willis O. Tyler, the Black attorney who won the landmark case that made adding racial covenants to block Black people from living in white neighborhoods in California illegal, the irony wasn&rsquo;t lost on me.</p> <p>I am one of the many Black Angelenos who still believe that he should not be on the city council after audio was leaked last year of him participating in a conversation where racist and disparaging comments were made about Black people, among others. And to be fair, my beef with de Le&oacute;n extends long before that. He took a lot of money from Ed Buck, a white Democratic donor sitting in prison right now for causing the meth overdose deaths of two Black men. For years de Le&oacute;n dodged the issue and talked around why he didn&rsquo;t return the money to the fund set up to support Buck&rsquo;s victims.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@jcannick/a-lesson-in-adulting-the-kevin-de-le%C3%B3n-conundrum-eb3303d5a9b8"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>