Why ‘Raising a Black Son’ Is a de Blasio Campaign ThemePosted in Articles, Family/Parenting, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2019-07-04 21:38Z by Steven |
Why ‘Raising a Black Son’ Is a de Blasio Campaign Theme
The New York Times
2019-07-01
 Dante de Blasio wrote an op-ed published in USA Today that expanded on how his father, Mayor Bill de Blasio, talked to him about being wary of the police. Sina Schuldt/Picture Alliance, via Getty Images |
Dante de Blasio, whose giant Afro was featured in his father’s bid for New York City mayor, is playing a role in his presidential campaign.
The first frame in the now-famous 33-second ad is taken up almost entirely by Dante de Blasio’s giant Afro.
He was only 15 then, an unlikely star of his father’s equally unlikely victory in the 2013 mayor’s race in New York City.
Through Dante, his father, Bill de Blasio, was able to highlight his biracial family, offer a personal perspective on his policies on affordable housing and early childhood education and signal his intention to end the police practice, known as stop and frisk, that Dante said in the ad “unfairly targets” minorities.
Now, deep into his second and final term as mayor and in the midst of another long-shot candidacy, this time for president, Mr. de Blasio is once again leaning on his son for a boost…
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