Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor about racism and the protests that have erupted nationwide since the death of George Floyd.
Booker said the police killing of Floyd in Minneapolis last week was a “searing” reminder for many Black Americans that “this could have been me.
Being Black in America is “to know that a misunderstanding, that an implicit racial bias that an interaction that should be everyday and routine can become a moment that your life is turned upside down, your body becomes broken or you are killed,” continued Booker, who is Black.
Booker, the former mayor of Newark, New Jersey, joined the Senate in 2013 and said it was “literally the least diverse place” he’d seen.
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