A Lowndes County supervisor is under fire after comments he made to a local newspaper.
Board President Harry Sanders said African Americans “became dependent” during slavery and stayed that way.
COUNTYCOURTHOUSE CALLING FORSUPERVISOR BOARDPRESIDENT HARRY SANDERSRESIGNATIONAMID RACIST REMARKS...THE COMMENTS TO THE COMMERCIALDISPATCHNEWSPAPER CAME AFTER THE BOARDVOTEDAGAINST RELOCATING A CONFEDERATEMONUMENT.IN MY OPINION, THEY WERE SLAVES,AND BECAUSE OF THAT,THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT ANDEARN ANY MONEY, THEY DIDN'T HAVETO DO ANYTHING.
WHOEVER OWNEDTHEM, TOOK CARE OF THEM, FEDTHEM, CLOTHED THEM, WORKEDTHEM.
THEY BECAME DEPENDENT, ANDTHAT DEPENDENCY IS STILL THERE.LATER DURING THE INTERVIEWSANDERSREFERENCED MEMBERS OF THE THEDEMOCRATICPARTY AS BEING COMPLICIT IN THEQUOTE"DEPENDENCTHE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THEDEMOCRATS HERE WHO DEPEND ONTHE BLACK VOTE TO GET ELECTEDTHEY MAKE THEM DEPENDENT ON IT.WELFARE UNEMPLOYMENT,ENTITLEMENTS.STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANDMISSISSIPPILEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS VICE-CHAIRMANKABIR KARREEM WHO IS FROMCOLUMBUS WAS ATTODAYS PRESS CONFERENCE.
HE SAYSHE IS NOT INTERESTED IN HEARINFROM SANDERS.HE JUST WANTS HISRESIGNATIOI WILL NOT TALK TO HIM, I DON'TKNOWWHAT'S HIS PLANS, BUT IT IS NOTHISDECISION.THE COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESSCOMMUNITY, HAVE ASKED FOR HISRESIGNATION, THE LOCAL PAPER HASASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION AND ITHINK IT IS THE BEST THING FORHIM TO DO AT THIS PARTICULARTIMEKARRIM SAYS SANDERS COMMENTSSHOWS HE ISNOT CAPABLE OF REPRESENTING THEBESTINTEREST OF HIS DISTRICT.
PEOPLEWHO HAVE THAT MINDSET ANTHINK LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT BEREPRESENTING FOLKS IN ANYPOSITION AND YOU KNOW HARRYSANDERS HAS BLACK FOLKSHIS DISTRICT AS WELL.
MARCUSHUNTER 16 WAPT NEWS.
WE REACHED OUT TO SUPERVISORSANDERS FOR COMMENT BUT HAVE NOTHEARD
After today's board of supervisors meeting ended, a large number of protesters were outside the courthouse calling for Harry..
Economic development groups and business leaders in Lowndes County are urging supervisor Harry Sanders to resign.
