As a Black legislator 'in the extreme minority in the Statehouse,' Kentucky State candidate Charles Booker says he has had racist experiences but also saw opportunities to build new relationships.
Kentucky Senate candidate Charles Booker speaks at a book-signing event for his memoir in Louisville, Ky., on April 27, 2022.In March 2019, Charles Booker was delivering an emotional speech in front of his colleagues in the Kentucky House of Representatives about threats of gun violence facing young Black men when a colleague angrily yelled at him to sit down.
This incident, Booker said, was one of many racist experiences he has had as a Black legislator"in the extreme minority in the Statehouse."
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