Mamdani chief equity officer disparaged liberal white women in now-deleted X posts: ‘Tax them to the white meat’
Published Jan. 18, 2026, 6:52
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new chief equity officerdisparaged liberal white women in numerous posts on an X account deleted shortly before her appointment— and just as another aide landed in hot water for her radical screeds, The Post has learned.
The city’s new equity officer,Afua Atta-Mensah, liberally sprinkled the phrase “comrade”throughout her posts and retweeted statements such as, “there’s NO moderate way to black liberation.”
The questionable posts on X went back at least to 2020 and were deleted in the week before she was appointed. Obtained by NY Post
A third post compared white women to Amy Cooper — a white woman who was dubbed “Central Park Karen” in 2020 after she called the cops on a black birdwatcher.
“A lot of y’all are Amy Coopers to the Black women in your non-profits every day,” the tweet read, to which the equity chief responded with, “THIS IS A WHOLE WORD!!!!”
Another series of tweets included Atta-Mensah’s 2021 reply to somebody posting about how the show “Succession” made them want to “tax these people to the white meat.”
Atta-Mensah appeared to agree, replying, “Tax Them To The White Meat!!!” with a hand-clapping emoji.
Mamdani’s office has told The Post it hasn’t directed appointees to delete their social media.
Atta-Mensah previously worked on the mayor’s campaign after a career with social justice groups.
“Afua Atta-Mensah has dedicated her career to serving the New Yorkers who are so often forgotten in the halls of power,” Mamdani said in appointing her to her new top position.…
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