In 2019, more than a decade after the nation made history by electing its first black president, two Democrats are redefining the idea of what it means to be a black presidential candidate.
, the son of black executives who became nationally known as mayor of Newark, N.J. — have shaped the campaigns when it comes to race and how interviewers, pundits and town hall attendees have approached them.“For Booker, it’s a question of class authenticity. For someone who grew up solidly upper-middle-class, is he relatable across the spectrum of the African American community?” said the Rev.
Booker often recounts his parents’ experience with housing discrimination. It was 1969, and they were told a house they wanted to buy in a white New Jersey neighborhood wasn’t on the market. They enlisted a white couple to put in a bid, and Booker’s parents showed up with a white volunteer lawyer to close the sale.
For Booker, who graduated with a law degree from Yale and moved into a subsidized housing complex in Newark after his 1998 City Council election, accusations of being an elite impostor using a poor black city to further his career dogged his early political life. One of Harris’ biggest selling points — her tenure as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general — has also been roundly scrutinized. She touts herself as a “progressive prosecutor” who reduced mass incarceration by increasing programs to re-route criminals to rehabilitation outside prison.
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