US EditionTexas flooding: City of Houston issues statement on former board member's comments
HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUL 6 – Houston Mayor John Whitmire permanently removes Sade Perkins from the Food Insecurity Board after racially charged TikTok comments about Camp Mystic amid a flood killing 82 people.
- Sade Perkins, a former Houston Food Insecurity Board member, posted a TikTok video criticizing Camp Mystic after deadly floods in Kerr County, Texas, in early July 2025.
- Perkins accused Camp Mystic of being a whites-only, conservative Christian camp and claimed media coverage would differ if missing girls were Hispanic.
- The July floods resulted in at least 80 fatalities, among them more than twenty children from Camp Mystic, while rescue teams have managed to save upwards of 850 people.
- Houston Mayor John Whitmire condemned Perkins' comments as deeply inappropriate, stating she will not be reappointed and is being removed permanently from the board.
- Perkins' remarks sparked community outrage and grief amid the flood's tragedy, prompting official responses and a public distancing by her partner, Reverend Colin Bossen.
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'Horrified': Reverend boyfriend of ex-Houston mayoral appointee goes public on her racist tirade against white girls at Camp Mystic * WorldNetDaily * by Joe Kovacs
'We extend a hand to this person to try to help her recognize the insensitivity of her behavior while we extend our other hand and what help we might provide to the families who have been devastated by these deaths'
Houston Reverend Condemns Girlfriend’s Viral ‘White-Only’ Rant About Deadly Camp Mystic Flood
(AP Photo/Eli Hartman) The reverend boyfriend of Houston mayoral appointee Sadé Perkins publicly condemned her incendiary rant about the deadly flood that killed 27 girls and counselors at a Christian summer camp in Texas over the weekend. Reverend Colin Bossen, senior minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, released a sharply worded statement on Monday distancing himself from his girlfriend, Perkins, who had ranted about…
TikTok Users Try To Make Texas Floods All About Race
While the nation mourns the devastating floods that wreaked havoc in Texas, some are taking to TikTok to use the disaster as a jumping off point for shocking racial commentary.Sade Perkins, a former member of the Houston Food Insecurity Board, posted a video on TikTok pointing out the “double standard” between attitudes towards the girls at Camp Mystic and children of families being deported.“Camp Mystic is a Whites-only girls Christian camp. Th…
Houston mayor criticizes former member of city’s food insecurity board over racial comments about Camp Mystic
The camp announced Monday that 27 of its campers and counselors died in Friday's floods in the Texas Hill Country. The former member of Houston's food insecurity board referred to the camp as a "whites only enclave" in a widely circulated TikTok video over the weekend.
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