Dem Governor Kathy Hochul is forced to apologize after claiming 'Black kids in the Bronx' don't know the word 'computer'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13390415/Kathy-Hochul-apology-claim-Black-kids-Bronx-computer.html
Published: May 7, 2024
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2024-05-07 09:34:09 by Horse
Views: 556

Governor Kathy Hochul was forced to apologize after making a controversial claim that 'young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don't even know what the word "computer" is'.

The New York Democrat claims she 'misspoke' when she issued the highly criticized remark at an on-stage forum in California on Monday and, in a statement later that evening, said: 'I regret it.'

She attempted to clarify the intent of her remark, alleging she was trying to highlight her focus on increasing economic opportunity for children in the Bronx, which has the highest rate of poverty in New York City.

'Of course Black children in the Bronx know what computers are,' Hochul's statement said. 'The problem is that they too often lack access to the technology needed to get on track to high-paying jobs in emerging industries like AI.'

But despite her lackluster apology, residents and lawmakers alike have hit back, claiming the Governor is 'disconnected from reality', needs to 'do better' and 'should resign in disgrace'.

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#1: Horse    To: All (#0)

Horse posted on 2024-05-07 09:37:39   Reply   Private Reply

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Horse posted on 2024-05-07 09:39:07   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Horse    To: All (#2)

“When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self-restraint . . . . It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy; they themselves willingly loosen their hold. . . . they neglect their chief business which is to remain their own masters.” -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America: Volume 2

Horse posted on 2024-05-07 09:42:37   Reply   Private Reply

#4: titorite    To: Horse (#1)

You got an ugly truth there Horse... I, myself ,wonder if this wont be the time that israel gets the genocide they seem to dream about.

titorite posted on 2024-05-07 09:42:52   Reply   Private Reply

#5: titorite    To: Horse (#0)

should resign in disgrace

I can only hope...

titorite posted on 2024-05-07 09:44:01   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Horse    To: All (#3)

https://citizenwatchreport.com/california-funded-report-claims-math-perpetuates-white-supremacy-by-emphasizing-the-right-answer/

California-funded report claims math perpetuates white supremacy by emphasizing "the right answer."

Horse posted on 2024-05-07 09:44:14   Reply   Private Reply

#7: FormerLurker    To: Horse (#6)

California-funded report claims math perpetuates white supremacy by emphasizing "the right answer."

Getting the right answer is the difference between life or death in many cases, catastrophe or success in most.

Are they saying only white people are smart enough to get the right answers?

FormerLurker posted on 2024-05-07 11:29:25   Reply   Private Reply

#8: ghostrider    To: FormerLurker (#7)

C'mon man! what's a decimal place or two? NASA had some issues with converting meters per second to miles per hour, seems landers don't take making planet fall well at ramming speed.

ghostrider posted on 2024-05-07 17:10:17   Reply   Private Reply