Jamaal Bowman Quotes

Jamaal Bowman

Profession : Politician

Birth : April 1, 1976

When I look at American history, I see how it has been driven by resistance and protest against a system that has been oppressive to not just Black people but to women, to members of the LGBTQ community.

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I see myself as a person who is pushing back and fighting against oppression in all its forms, centering racial and economic injustice very explicitly.

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Once an educator, always an educator!

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I've been locked up for not having insurance, only to be released. I mean, this sort of thing is just par for the course when you're Black or brown in America.

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I've been arrested for 'stealing' my own car, only to be released.

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I'm trying my best not to raise my children with fear of the police.

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I'm a sponge, man. I'm a learner.

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Congressman Engel had a reputation quite frankly for being absent from the community, being disengaged and not being a leader or fighter on the issues that matter most, and that's not just rhetoric.

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I support defunding the police - particularly the militarization of our police force and reallocating those resources toward public health. And not just health care but mental health support, affordable housing, education, alternatives to incarceration, non-emergency responses to those who might be in mental distress.

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I remember being a young black kid in high school, I didn't think the establishment or the political system was for me. I didn't think the system was for me, and I know a lot of kids feel that way.

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Being a candidate who doesn't take corporate PAC money forced me to be accountable to the people I serve and to meet them where they are.

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I deeply love the students that I serve. I tried to do anything in my power to give them additional resources and support so they could do well in school and beyond.

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We can have a political system that works for the people and allows for the economy to thrive. It doesn't have to be either.

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Many elected Republicans know that ensuring that people of color can vote freely would spell bad news for them and their agenda, which privileges corporations and the wealthy.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed and enabled a doctrine of obstructionism that's prevented Americans from seeing the help and progress they desperately need.

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Climate change is ravaging our cities - we can't just let that happen.

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You know what Donald Trump is more afraid of than anything else? A Black man with power.

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I was 11 years old when I was initially brutalized by the police, just for horse-playing with my friends and not responding to the police in the way they wanted me to.

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I believe our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name.

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Congress has the authority to authorize spending and investment to historically neglected and marginalized communities.

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