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I want to have a discussion about what the New York City primary is demonstrating

for those of you who are part of the black elected class, for those of you who are thinking

about what black elected leadership should look like in this moment. There are some things

that we should focus on because there is a lot of good insight coming out of New York City right now

and because of the way in which

New York City is situated in not just national politics, but global politics, we really have to

be crystal clear about how we take these lessons and do what is necessary in order to make better

decisions going forward. Now, I always like to start conversations like this with a reminder that,

as I said previously,

we have to remind ourselves that from 1619 until 1964, having a conversation about leadership

in this society, having a conversation about who we are as a people in this society,

quite frankly, could get you killed. It could get you killed. And that matters because when we have that discussion, when we're clear about that,

then we can recognize that this is a fraught conversation.

So we're having a discussion today about the way in which New York City politics is really

providing a very dynamic lesson for those who are a part of the black community who want

to think about how they

show up in elected spaces. And as I was just telling the Urban View audience from the years 1619

until 1964, black people could be killed for trying to have a conversation about electoral

politics. We could be killed for having a conversation about what leadership in this country looks like.

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