Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The zip code we lived in determined a lot about our destiny.”

“I was very aware from the time I was very, very young about the difference in reality and opportunity between me and my cousins. And it was very deeply ingrained in me that The zip code we lived in determined a lot about our destiny. And I knew from a very young age that that was wrong. I always just felt this really kind of unconscious sense.” (04:32–04:37)

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