Antonia Cereijido reflects on her motivation for hosting 'Nury & The Secret Tapes,' the four-part series for the new season of the LAist Studios podcast 'Imperfect Paradise'
When I first heard audio from the leaked tapes, I felt a shame similar to when a family member says an off-the-cuff racist remark in front of a friend who’s meeting them for the first time. I was unfortunately familiar with the kind of language Martinez and the other Latino leaders had used. My family is from Argentina and when I was growing up, I never questioned certain turns of phrase that, looking back now, I understand are rooted in racist and prejudiced thinking.
Former L.A. city council president Nury Martinez stands with boxes of personal belongings she removed from her office at city hall after resigning in October 2022. The boxes are now stored in the living room of her home. Martinez, Emily and I met in person soon after. We sat in the former city council president’s kitchen for four hours, talking off the record. We made it clear that it was not our goal to redeem her, or help her seek forgiveness — that that would be for the public to decide for themselves. We were interested in the part of the story that was still unknown — how she experienced the scandal and the aftermath.
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