Minnesotan black community members were furious after finding out that the St. Paul City Council had appointed an Asian-American to serve on the reparations committee, which resulted in the woman's resignation from the pool of applicants.
Jennifer Lor, an Asian-American who serves as a policy aide for council member Nelsie Yang, withdrew her name for consideration for the position of staffing the city's reparations commission following immense backlash from leaders of St. Paul's reparations movement who say that position should be held by a black person, according to Star Tribune.
"It's not about the person. It's just that we need somebody who has the lived experience, knowledge of reparations, knowledge of the racial wealth gap and how it impacts the descendants of slavery who reside in St. Paul," Trahern Crews told protesters who assembled in front of St. Paul's City Hall to express disapproval of the nomination.