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    Robin Abcarian: Almost no one was spared in that racist conversation among top LA Latino officials

    Since the entire city seems to be dissecting the secret Los Angeles City Hall recordings for expressions of hatred against every demographic group that is not Latino, allow me to chime in. About Armenians. Among the many casual slurs made by several of our city's high-profile Democratic Latino officials in a secretly recorded conversation about redistricting were a few mild ones directed at a ...
    by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Oct 12, 2022 3 minutes
    Nury Martinez has stepped down as L.A. City Council president and taken a leave of absence after she was heard making racist remarks on a recording.

    Since the entire city seems to be dissecting the secret Los Angeles City Hall recordings for expressions of hatred against every demographic group that is not Latino, allow me to chime in.

    About Armenians.

    Among the many casual slurs made by several of our city's high-profile Democratic Latino officials in a secretly recorded conversation about redistricting were a few mild ones directed at a former City Hall staffer and my fellow Armenian American, Areen Ibranossian.

    A veteran of Los Angeles politics and local campaigns, Ibranossian worked as Councilman Paul Krekorian's chief of staff

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