Left-leaning Los Angeles Times columnist Frank Shyong describes California Republican gubernatorial candidate and radio host Larry Elder as a “model minority” who says, “the things white people love to hear about Black people.”
Elder has been the target of several harsh opinion columns penned by the Times recently. Another one of the paper’s writers recently referred to Elder as a “white supremacist” who poses a “very real threat to communities of color.”
Elder is involved in a recall election and is vying to become the state’s first Black governor. Shyong wrote that being a “model minority” is not meant as a term of endearment towards Elder.
“I can’t think of a better embodiment of its concepts than Larry Elder, the Black Republican gubernatorial candidate who has made a career of saying the things white people love to hear about Black people.”
Elder has said that he is running for governor because of Gov. Gavin Newsome’s failed leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and for his failures in public education.
“Democrat or Republican, and no matter what race you are, I guarantee that you don’t want to elect a model minority candidate. If they’ve decided to sell out their own people, why would they treat the rest of us any better?” Shyong wrote.
