But in Florida, our unemployment rate amongst African Americans is way lower than New York, California and these blue states. We have more black owned businesses in Florida than any state in the United States. I have more African American students on scholarships for our school choice program than any other state in the United States. And so we've shown people can succeed in Florida regardless of their race, ethnicity, any of that. We will judge people as individuals. We want people to rise up based on their merit. (21:17–21:26)
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Asserts that Florida has more African American students on scholarships for school choice programs than any other state.
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