The devil\u2019s in the details \u2014 and so is the racism.<\/p>\n
Zohran Mamdani<\/a> shows New York where his priorities really are in his position papers, where he promises to \u201cfix\u201d the city\u2019s property tax system<\/a>.<\/p>\n His solution: Punish whitey!<\/p>\n He\u2019d \u201cshift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods,\u201d his campaign platform says.<\/p>\n How will he do this? <\/p>\n Well, once elected, he would \u201cpush . . . assessment percentages down for everyone,\u201d which, like most of what Mamdani proposes, is highly unlikely.<\/p>\n But never mind that! <\/p>\n Next, King Mamdani would \u201cadjust rates up\u201d \u2014 based on the racial makeup of a neighborhood.<\/p>\n The plan would \u201ceffectively lower tax payments for homeowners in neighborhoods like Jamaica and Brownsville while raising the amount paid in the most expensive Brooklyn brownstones,\u201d his website says.<\/p>\n So what percentage of paleness classifies a neighborhood as white? <\/p>\n A plurality? <\/p>\n Fifty percent?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeep up with today\u2019s most important news\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStay up on the very latest with Evening Update.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Guess that means Williamsburg, which is 57% white, will have to pay, but not Astoria, where Mamdani lives, because it\u2019s 48%.<\/p>\n Maybe he\u2019ll go door-to-door to root out those nefarious Caucasians and make sure they pay the white tax.<\/p>\n Mamdani could have proposed property tax fixes that focused exclusively on valuation, but that\u2019s not what his campaign is really about. <\/p>\n It\u2019s about identity politics and a \u201chierarchy of oppression.\u201d <\/p>\n