Community alum Yvette Nicole Brown suggests harsh criticism of LA Mayor Karen Bass amid fires is race related Comedians and Act Your Age co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Kym Whitley are standing behind Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass amid the wildfire crisis, and they believe the harsh criticism she's receiving is race related.
(pictured in 2022)] The 53-year-old Community alum noted that the 71-year-old Democratic politician was born and raised in the City of Angels, but she's 'not the mayor of every municipality' as Mayor Doug Stewart oversees Malibu.
The 62-year-old Two Funny Mamas podcaster understands people watching the fires on TV want someone to blame, but stressed that Karen has helped enlist firefighters 'coming in from other countries to help us.'.
'Let me tell you something, she's got a spine of steel,' Yvette told TMZ outside a grocery store on Saturday.
We are mad, because we're tired of it' (pictured September 24)] 'And she's also been a Black woman in America for a long time, so none of this is new to her.
