Ex-Mamdani campaign lead running for Congress has history of ripping ‘old white lady,’ interracial relationships
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a congressional candidate endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has faced scrutiny for her past remarks about white women and interracial relationships. She is running against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem's 13th Congressional District. Chevalier's platform includes abolishing ICE and ending U.S. military support for Israel, alongside her controversial history as an anti-Israel activist.
- ▪Darializa Avila Chevalier has made racist remarks against white women, referring to them as 'ugly colonizer women.'
- ▪She is running in the Democratic primary for Harlem's 13th Congressional District against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
- ▪Chevalier has a history of anti-Israel activism and has called for the abolishment of ICE and government-run agricultural cooperatives.
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Metro Ex-Mamdani campaign lead running for Congress has history of ripping ‘old white lady,’ interracial relationships By David Spector Published May 23, 2026, 8:45 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed congressional candidate has a history of publicly making racist remarks against white women, once ridiculing them as “ugly colonizer women.” Darializa Avila Chevalier, a former organizing lead for Mayor Mamdani’s campaign in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx, slammed men of color for engaging in interracial relationships in a Feb. 2019 post on Twitter, now X. “Black men [handshake emoji] Arab men fetishizing ugly colonizer women,” the post stated.
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