I have been doing this since 2018 and I was chastised in 2018 for talking to communities of color, specifically Black and brown people. How do you win that back? Why Black performance numbers are identical to Senator Raphael Warnock? However, the other reality is this isn't recent. We all have the same basic frames, education, housing, health care and making it living,. but what barriers we face and what access we need differs depending on the structure of community.
It feels like deja vu. Stacey Abrams is running for governor of Georgia, again … against Brian Kemp, again. The two last faced off in a heated contest in 2018, with Kemp’s win hanging on 54,723 votes. This time, he’s an incumbent and even further ahead in the polls. So, Kara asks Abrams: what is different now?
Before the interview, Kara and Nayeema talk about newsmakers – from the LA City Council members to the artist formerly known as Kanye West. And afterward, Kara answers a listener question about how she got so damn confident.
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