N.Y. Gov. Hochul: ‘Black Kids’ in Bronx Don’t Know Word ‘Computer’

New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul expressed “regret” Monday night for asserting “Black kids” in the borough of the Bronx “don’t even know what the word ‘computer is'” hours earlier at a conference in California.

Hochul’s “inartful” comments came at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California. She was discussing her $400 million artificial intelligence initiative with conference moderator Jonathan Capehart.

“Right now we have, you know, young Black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” Hochul told the audience of billionaires and business leaders. “They don’t know, they don’t know these things. And I want the world opened up to all of them.”

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