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A Number of "Firsts" in the '22 Mid-Term Elections
Manage episode 347339511 series 2649065
This week on Basic Black, we discuss how the results from this mid-term election cycle will impact communities of color. During this mid-term election cycle, we have seen a number of new faces—Black and Brown candidates running for state and national office around the country. Andrea Campbell became Attorney General-elect for the Commonwealth, the first Black woman to hold that office. In Maryland, Wes Moore became the first Black governor; Robert Garcia will be the first out LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress in California, and Maxwell Frost, 25 will be the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress in Florida.
Panelists:
Tanisha Sullivan Esq., President of the NAACP Boston Branch, she is also a member of the GBH Board of Advisors, and she ran in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts Secretary of State
Rahsaan Hall, Principal for Rahsaan Hall Consulting, and former Director, Racial Justice Program, ACLU of Massachusetts, he also ran for Plymouth County DA during this election cycle
Dr. Paul Watanabe, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston
Dr. Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst and Director of UMass Poll
Callie Crossley hosts.
179 episodes
Manage episode 347339511 series 2649065
This week on Basic Black, we discuss how the results from this mid-term election cycle will impact communities of color. During this mid-term election cycle, we have seen a number of new faces—Black and Brown candidates running for state and national office around the country. Andrea Campbell became Attorney General-elect for the Commonwealth, the first Black woman to hold that office. In Maryland, Wes Moore became the first Black governor; Robert Garcia will be the first out LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress in California, and Maxwell Frost, 25 will be the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress in Florida.
Panelists:
Tanisha Sullivan Esq., President of the NAACP Boston Branch, she is also a member of the GBH Board of Advisors, and she ran in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts Secretary of State
Rahsaan Hall, Principal for Rahsaan Hall Consulting, and former Director, Racial Justice Program, ACLU of Massachusetts, he also ran for Plymouth County DA during this election cycle
Dr. Paul Watanabe, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston
Dr. Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst and Director of UMass Poll
Callie Crossley hosts.
179 episodes
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