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Erika D. Smith

Erika D. Smith: 'I'm a Black woman, not a pawn.' The forgotten victim of LA's racist tape scandal

Heather Hutt, a longtime political staffer turned interim Los Angeles City Council member, was already disgusted listening to three colleagues and a prominent labor leader use racist language to justify their plot to hoard political power for Latinos.

And then she heard her name on the recording.

"The one who will support us is Heather Hutt," says Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo.

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