But then when we look at the government makeup and the government representation of communities, we see that we've never had a South Asian representative at any level elected to office in New York City. We have close to a million Muslims in New York City, and only one has ever served in the New York State Assembly. And while it is hard in the sense of how many young kids from these same communities that I belong to look at the state and do not see themselves … (08:28–08:34)
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