Yvette Nicole Brown, Kym Whitley Defend Karen Bass, Suggest Criticism a Result of Racism

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Yvette Nicole Brown and Kym Whitley are standing behind Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ... saying she's a woman of steel -- and, people are unfairly criticizing her because of her race.

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00:00Let me tell you something, she's got a spine of steel, and she's also been a black woman

00:06in America a very long time, so none of this is new to her.

00:09We're mad because we're tired of it.

00:11We're tired.

00:12We're mad for her.

00:13We're mad for her.

00:14And we're going to stand...

00:15Listen, I don't know how you're here, but I'm happy you're here, because somebody needs

00:19to say...

00:20I'm happy you got a chance to stand behind her and support her, because how she handling

00:24the...

00:25You can see it in her face.

00:26She stays calm.

00:27But think about this.

00:28She has the city to take care of.

00:30She does not have time to hear from these reporters.

00:33And she is also not mayor of every municipality in California.

00:37There are people that are mad that she didn't fix the fires in Malibu.

00:40She's not the mayor of Malibu.

00:41You're right.

00:42What is she supposed to do in the city she's not the mayor of?

00:44People don't understand.

00:45And let me say this too.

00:46I could imagine how much it would hurt to see this happening in the city that she loves.

00:52That's first.

00:53So take away how it feels for people to attack her.

00:55She's heartbroken because this is happening in her city, a city that she loves.

01:00And the people don't understand.

01:01They don't understand how large it is, because a lot of people are sitting in other parts

01:06of the city.

01:07They're not in it.

01:08They're not in the fire.

01:09They're not in the smoke.

01:10They don't see.

01:11They're not there.

01:12They're watching TV.

01:13Why?

01:14And they want to blame someone.

01:15This is not the time to blame.

01:18It's time to get some resources.

01:19She has reached out far.

01:21We have planes coming in from other countries to help us.

01:25This is not the time.

01:26I need everybody to remain calm, be vigilant, support the leadership, support Karen Bass.

01:31That's all I can say.

01:32You cannot.

01:33This is not the time.

01:34Oh, y'all got me upset.

01:35So she's had a great response so far to the fire.

01:38Absolutely.

01:39She has done what she's had to do.

01:42She's jumped in there.

01:43And she's got-

01:44And listen to this.

01:45We have fires every year.

01:46And I don't remember in the 30 years almost that I've lived in LA, I've never seen somebody,

01:50I've never seen anybody react like this to the mayor and blame one person for a natural disaster.

01:55Yes.

01:56I've never seen it.

01:57Now what's different this time?

01:58Interesting, isn't it?

01:59You said that.

02:00Amen, sister.

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