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OCASIO-CORTEZ: "I think one of the things that has been almost, like, difficult for me personally in working in Congress is seeing how different, you know, not only the rest of the country is because that diversity is great. It’s not that it’s different, but it’s how accepting of racism a lot of other communities are. And it’s tough, it’s tough to say that. I’m sorry to say that but, you know, I think it’s kind of — it’s interesting because, you know, this is a youth town hall, right, we’re all dialing in from schools all across the district and there was recently this debate in Virginia, for example, that people don’t want their kids really learning about racism or the history of racism in the United States. They call this Critical Race Theory."