Mom of Zohran Mamdani aide who said owning a home fuels ‘white supremacy’ has $1.6M house in Tennessee

The mother of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new renters’ rights honcho — who has come under fire for dubbing homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy” — is a professor at a prestigious college and has a $1.6 million home.

Office of Tenant Protection Director Cea Weaver’s mom, Celia Applegate, teaches German studies at Vanderbilt University and owns a pricey classic Craftsman home just south of the main strip in Nashville, Tennessee.

Appelgate bought the property with her partner, David Blackbourn, during July 2012 for $814,000 and real estate websites now list the pad’s value at more than $1.6 million, records show.

The revelation comes after Weaver’s past slew of inflammatory social media posts came to light — including comments raging against what Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America ally dubbed a racist homeownership system in the country.

“Private property including any kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy,” Weaver, 37, spouted in 2019.

The longtime tenants’ rights advocate also repeatedly railed against landlords, saying in 2024 that the city should “seize private property” if buildings are allowed to fall into disrepair and officials deem it necessary.

Mamdani has stood by his controversial pick, telling reporters Tuesday, “We made the decision to have Cea Weaver serve as our executive director for the mayor’s office to protect tenants.”

Weaver quickly hung up the phone Tuesday when a Post reporter identified themself, only saying, “I cannot talk right now.”