New York Governor Claims Black Students Don’t Know What Computers Are

The soft bigotry of low expectations struck again when New York Governor Kathy Hochul claimed that some black kids aren’t aware what computers are - comments she’d later walk back after being blasted for them by just about everyone.  

According to Fox: 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologized this week after saying there are Black kids in the Bronx who don't know what the word "computer" means.

Hochul made the remarks during an address at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, California.

"Now what we have is the money to build a phenomenal super computer that is gonna be accessible to the researchers in New York, college students, will attract more federal grants, and this is how we lay down the mark," Hochul said. "No state has done this. In fact, I talk to a lot of other people who say, ‘I wish my governor had thought of that first.’ I say, ‘No no, this is New York. We like to be first,’ with all due respect to you from other states."

Read Full Article Here