Booker’s epic 25-hour speech in the U.S. Senate is a rallying cry for America.

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    11 days ago

    I’m skeptical about him too.

    Re: hip-hop, I think the answer to why he likes it is in the quote itself.

    The embrace of Black history as a political tool

    It’s very possibly genuine, he was in his teens and early twenties as it blew up. But given his record beyond the speech, I think it’s reasonable to have doubt.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      His parent were IBM execs and he went to Standford and Yale…

      Any connection to hip-hop he had was the same as anyone else in a gated community.