By: Peter Babinsky

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise of “equity” is already unraveling into farce, hypocrisy, and ideological extremism, after revelations that his newly appointed chief equity officer scrubbed a social media history filled with divisive, racially charged rhetoric just days before taking office — a pattern that critics say defines the mayor’s inner circle. The revelations were first reported by the New York Post.

Afua Atta-Mensah, tapped by Mamdani to serve as New York City’s chief equity officer, quietly deleted her X account shortly before her appointment, after years of posts disparaging “liberal white women,” praising radical ideology, and amplifying rhetoric that openly rejects moderation. As the New York Post first reported, the account was uncovered by the New York Young Republicans Club, which preserved screenshots before the digital cleanup.

Among the resurfaced posts: repeated use of the term “comrade,” endorsements of statements declaring there is “NO moderate way to black liberation,” and reposts framing white women in nonprofit spaces as akin to law enforcement. In one exchange highlighted by the New York Post, Atta-Mensah enthusiastically agreed with a post claiming, “we don’t talk about white liberal racism enough,” responding that addressing it would require “loooooonnnnnnnggggg conversations.”

In another repost, she amplified a thread asking who “feels like police,” boosting the answer: “white women at nonprofit organizations.” That rhetoric — reductionist, sweeping, and explicitly racial — now sits uncomfortably beside her official mandate to promote inclusion across City Hall.

One post compared white women working in nonprofits to Amy Cooper, the woman at the center of the 2020 “Central Park Karen” incident. Atta-Mensah responded approvingly, writing, “THIS IS A WHOLE WORD!!!!” As the New York Post reported, her account also featured a 2021 reply cheering on calls to “Tax Them To The White Meat!!!”

This was not an isolated lapse. The posts stretch back years and form a consistent ideological worldview — one rooted not in equity, but in grievance politics and collective blame. That history vanished only after Mamdani handed her one of the most sensitive and powerful unelected roles in city government.

Mamdani defended the appointment anyway, declaring, “There is no one I trust more to advance racial equity across our work in City Hall.” Critics say that statement now reads less like reassurance and more like confirmation.

The controversy comes as Mamdani’s administration is already reeling from backlash over another senior hire. His tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, faced scrutiny for past posts calling to “seize private property,” labeling homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy,” and urging voters to “elect more communists,” as the New York Post reported.

Together, the episodes point to a deeper issue: an administration stocked with ideological activists whose online footprints reveal contempt for moderation, private property, and entire demographic groups — followed by hurried attempts to erase the evidence once power is secured.