Good to see this racist Black Rep. lose to the Asian candidate in Detroit

[theking]

..She apologized and took ownership of her mistakes so at least she did that. Hopefully she can really learn and move forward.

More importantly, good to see some Blacks supporting the "better" Asian candidate and didn't fall in the narrow minded ignorant mode of you must vote for your own race regardless..:

Michigan legislator apologizes for racial slurs against Asian American opponent



A Michigan legislator has apologized for “disparaging remarks” that she said she made against an Asian American opponent for state Senate.

The Detroit Metro Times reported that state Rep. Bettie Cook Scott used racial slurs, including “ching-chang” and “ching-chong,” when referring to her opponent, state Rep. Stephanie Chang, during a recent Democratic primary. Witnesses told the newspaper that during the Aug. 7 election for District 1, which includes Detroit, Scott also called a campaign volunteer an “immigrant” and later said that “these immigrants from China are coming over and taking our community from us.”

The incident prompted outcry among the local community.

Scott, who is serving her third term in the state House, did not immediately respond to an email Friday from The Washington Post, but she apologized in a statement through her attorney, Bill Noakes.

“I deeply regret the comments I made that have proven hurtful to so many. Those are words I never should have said,” she said Thursday in the statement. “I humbly apologize to Representative Chang, her husband, Mr. Gray, and to the broader Asian American community for those disparaging remarks. In the divisive age we find ourselves in, I should not contribute further to that divisiveness.

“I have reached out to Representative Chang to meet with her so that I may apologize to her in person. I pray she and the Asian American community can find it in their hearts to forgive me.”

Chang, who won the election with 49.9 percent of the vote, told The Post on Friday that it’s not about her but about “respect for all communities.”

“I’m disappointed,” she said, “that an elected official and colleague would make comments that are offensive to the Asian American community and immigrants and even voters in her own district that she represents.”

The Metro Times reported that witnesses, including voters and campaign volunteers, said they overheard Scott tell voters: “Vote for me. Don’t vote for the ching-chong!” Kalaya Long, a volunteer with Voices of Women to Win, told the news outlet that Scott told one voter: “Thanks for voting for me. You don’t need to vote for that ching-chang.”

At that time she said to the voter that ‘these immigrants from China are coming over and taking our community from us.’ Further, she said it ‘disgusts her seeing black people holding signs for these Asians and not supporting their own people.’ ”

Scott, who represents the state’s 2nd House District, which includes part of Detroit and surrounding communities, is a former public school teacher and longtime police officer in Detroit, according to her bio.