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The Prescott City Council voted Tuesday to demand the immediate resignation of State Representative David Stringer over his use of racially derogatory comments. Stringer was caught on tape saying Black Americans and other groups “don’t blend in” and non-native English speakers are a “burden on taxpayers.” Stringer made his comments during a lecture at Arizona State University (ASU) on Nov. 19 where he discussed the recent midterm election according to the Phoenix Sun-Times

On the tape, the lawmaker is heard saying that Black people and other minority groups don’t blend in after immigrating to the U.S. and unlike European immigrants, they “always look different.” Stringer went on to say that “diversity in our country is relatively new,” stating that immigrants of European descent tend to look and speak alike after “the second or third generation.”

“The difference between the Polish-American immigrant and the immigrant from Somalia is the second-generation Polish immigrant looks like the Irish kid … and the German kid and every other kid,” Stringer said. “But the immigrant from Somalia does not.”

Later in the lecture, Stringer talked about the cost of teaching non-native English speaking students describing it as a “pretty significant burden” on American taxpayers.

Three ASU students are on the audio tape arguing the state representative’s points. These comments come just a few months after he received backlash after saying there “weren’t enough white kids to go around” in Arizona’s public school system, which is comprised of 60 percent racial minorities.

Stephen Chmura, the 19-year-old sophomore who provided the recordings of Stringer, said he and fellow classmates wanted to talk to Stringer about his viewpoint.

“We were itching to talk to him about it,” Chmura told The Arizona Republic. “We knew what we were up against.”

Listen to Stringer’s comments below:

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