Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

And, and so, but my dad worked in the Bronx.

My whole family was in the Bronx.

And so a lot of my life was shuttling between Westchester and the Bronx.

Wow.

And spending time with my cousins and my family.

And from a very young age, it, that experience in me, seeing that my cousins didn't really have books in schools.

Oh my God.

Yeah.

like talking to my cousins, literally five, six, seven years old and seeing how different our experiences are and knowing that, you know, I love my family and knowing so deep down that they are not smarter than me.

Like we are all

just the same.

And I had a different experience than they did at that time.

And I just knew it was because of literally the geographic area, like where my house was versus where their house was in 30 minutes.

And it wasn't fair.

And I just like felt that and knew that as a kid.

Yes.

phrase we have for it but it so puts it on the kid they dropped out and then but then two seconds later there's no books in school right so what would they stay for exactly it's it's so it's so violent exactly it's such a good point that's such a good point that it was called a dropout rate as though it's a kid's choice and that's how it was framed in the 90s too right and you better believe

And to this day, New York City and even a lot of like liberal cities, Boston, et cetera, still have some of the most racially segregated school districts.

Park Slope is one of the most segregated school districts in the United States.

You're the eldest daughter.