This Blue City Now Has A Separate ‘Black Budget,’ Official Calls For Formation Of All-Black Political Party

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Considering it was the Democratic Party that ruthlessly enforced the Jim Crow-era laws that kept Americans separated by race, it seems that discriminatory instinct has now come full circle.

In Seattle, council member Joy Hollingsworth is putting forth some ideas about race that are raising eyebrows even in that bastion of far-left ideology.

Fox News provided the latest from a town hall moderated by radio host Jason Rantz:

“So, I got two budgets every time I go to council member Dan Strauss every year. I have a District 3 budget and then a Black budget,” Hollingsworth told the audience.

Hollingsworth’s remarks came just days before Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson ordered city agencies to cut their budgets for next year by 5% to 10%. Seattle is facing a projected budget deficit of $140 million for the 2026 fiscal year.

During the address, Hollingsworth talked about how she assembled roughly 70 Black residents to testify last year on the city’s budget, dubbing it “Black Budget Day.”

“It is important that they see us, that they hear us, that we just don’t show up for certain things that we are down here advocating for us,” Hollingsworth said of Black Budget Day.

“There are political parties in Seattle, and I believe that if Black people come together, we can be the most powerful political party in the city of Seattle. We have to coalesce our power.”

Rantz invited Hollingsworth on his radio show to explain what she meant by the term “Black budget,” suggesting that whether she meant it as a literal budget or a term used for political branding, it’s still a “problem.”

Hollingsworth’s remarks drew some criticism on social media too:

Maybe she should ask the Wakandans for it instead of begging Whitey.

— Scott T

(@ScotsBrit2) May 7, 2026

So, I'm guessing that the "black budget" is 300M in the hole.

— Seamrog

(@KeenanSeamrog) May 7, 2026

Rantz also followed up on the remarks in his own coverage:

EXCLUSIVE: Seattle city council president admits to having a ‘black budget’, calls black voters a ‘political party,’ and then runs away from questions https://t.co/5lYXF31nbt

— Jason Rantz on Seattle Red (@jasonrantz) May 6, 2026

Here’s a portion of what he wrote for Seattle Red:

Hollingsworth initially responded to written questions by saying she’d come on The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red 770 AM, and the interview was scheduled for Tuesday May 5. She implied she had nothing to hide about the process or what’s in the so-called “black budget.” Then, she abruptly canceled without explanation, sending a note saying she’s looking forward to hearing the segment, though did not respond to a single question about her budget.

Her decision was not due to a scheduling conflict. It was political cowardice on display. It doesn’t take courage to sit down with someone who disagrees with you. But it does take a particular kind of cowardice to bail without even offering a reason.

At the Africatown conference, Hollingsworth delivered statistics she described as the reason a separate budgetary priority list for black Seattle residents was necessary. The median household income for black families in Seattle is $55,000, compared to $130,000 for white families. Black home ownership is down from 50% in 1970 to 28% today. These are legitimate disparities, and a council member who wants to address them deserves credit for at least naming them out loud.

But the framework she’s built around those numbers is a different matter entirely. And she’s not interested in talking about why.

If the “black budget” is a literal, formal allocation of city funds designated by race, it almost certainly runs into the same constitutional wall that race-based reparations programs in Washington state have already hit. The state constitution’s guarantee of equal protection does not recognize race as a valid basis for distributing public resources to the detriment of others. A council member cannot simply carve out a separate discretionary pot of government money organized around the skin color of intended recipients and expect that to be legally uncontested.

These remarks from a top city official come on the heels of a comment from Mayor Katie Wilson that appeared to discount the ongoing exodus of wealthy citizens from Washington:

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