EXCERPT:
OCASIO-CORTEZ: “And if you can’t make the first basic step to say, listen, if you are in this country and you are not black, you benefit from a system of white supremacy. It has nothing to do with the hate in your heart. It’s like, were you born in The Bronx? You were born in The Bronx. Were you born in Westchester? You were born in Westchester. That’s not your fault. Doesn’t have anything to do with your character. It’s just the conditions [inaudible] with which you were born. And by the way, even within the black community, you know, it’s colorism. Even within the Latino community, colorism.”