Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said she regretted comments she made about black kids and computers after she was lambasted on social media by critics.
Hochul was speaking at a conference of billionaires and business leaders in California when she exaggerated the lack of digital resources for black children in the Bronx borough of New York City.
“Right now we have young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” she claimed while being interviewed by moderator Jonathan Capehart.
“They don’t know, they don’t know these things. And I want the world to open up to all of them, because when you have their diverse voices,” she added, “then you’re really addressing society’s broader challenges.”
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