As families across Texas mourn the loss of young lives in the devastating July 5 flood that ripped through Camp Mystic, a beloved Christian girls’ camp in the Hill Country, one former Houston official chose to respond not with sympathy — but with racial attacks.
Sade Perkins, a former appointee to Houston’s Food Insecurity Board under Democrat Mayor Sylvester Turner, unleashed a cruel, hate-filled rant against the camp and its grieving families, accusing the century-old institution of being a “white-only conservative Christian camp.” Her remarks came just hours after news broke that at least five young campers had tragically died, with 11 more still missing in the Guadalupe River’s deadly surge.
Rather than expressing solidarity or compassion, Perkins took to TikTok to spew divisive rhetoric: “If you ain’t white, you ain’t right,” she mockingly declared, insisting that Camp Mystic doesn’t allow Black or Asian girls — a claim with no basis in fact.
Even as Texans rallied together to pray for the missing, support first responders, and comfort broken families, Perkins used the tragedy to stoke racial animus. She went so far as to claim that if the victims had been Hispanic, “no one would give a f\*\*\*,” accusing the white families of the victims of being secretly racist and saying they’d call for deportation if the situation were reversed.
Her disturbing commentary drew swift and widespread backlash, even from Houston’s current mayor, John Whitmire. “Her deeply inappropriate comments have no place in a decent society,” he said, confirming that she would not be reappointed to any future city role.
Conservatives across the country are now asking a pointed question: How did someone this openly bigoted end up in a position of public trust?
The answer lies in the unchecked rise of radical identity politics on the Left — where hatred toward traditional American values, faith, and family has become not only tolerated, but encouraged. Perkins, like too many progressive activists, didn’t see innocent children lost in a natural disaster — she saw an opportunity to attack Christians and conservatives.
Camp Mystic, founded in 1926, is a Christian institution that has served generations of girls and their families, instilling values of faith, friendship, and service. Its alumnae include daughters of governors, first ladies like Laura Bush, and countless community leaders across Texas. For Perkins, that legacy of faith and strength was simply another target.
As one mother from San Antonio put it on social media: “We are burying our babies and she’s filming TikToks about skin color. What happened to basic human decency?”
The radical Left has long preached tolerance, but Perkins’ vile outburst reveals what that word often means in practice: tolerance for everyone except people of faith, conservatives, and — in this case — grieving white families.
While the floodwaters may have receded, the storm of division Perkins tried to unleash is still swirling. But Texans are responding the way they always do — with prayer, unity, and a refusal to let hate drown out compassion.
