New York Governor Kathy Hochul is under fire this week for comments she made about children in the Bronx. Speaking at an on-stage forum the Empire State Gov suggested kids in the Bronx don’t know what the word computer means.
“Right now we have, you know, young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” Hochul said on Monday. “They don’t know, they don’t know these things. And I want the world opened up to all of them,” she continued.
Hochul’s own party members blasted her on X.
“Do better,” Assemblywoman Karines Reyes (D-Bronx) wrote on X saying she was “deeply disturbed” by Hochul’s remarks. “Our children are bright, brilliant, extremely capable, and more than deserving of any opportunities that are extended to other kids.”
“Our children, far from being underestimated, are the epitome of brilliance, resilience, and untapped potential,” Assemblyman John Zaccaro (D-Bronx) wrote in a statement.
Watch Hochul’s quote below:
Tell me again that Republicans are “racist.”
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul just said, “Young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is.”
Has she ever been to the Bronx?!?!
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) May 7, 2024
