Rep. Al Green responded Tuesday after a GOP colleague referred to him as “boy.”
The 77-year-old Texas Democrat, who is Black, began his press conference alongside other community leaders by noting his personal experience with such racially coded language.
“This is especially sensitive for me because, as a child, I remember my father being stopped by a peace officer, and the officer referred to my father as ‘boy.’ And my mother was ‘girl.’ And it wasn’t just that one time. It was the way society addressed people of color who were of African ancestry at the time,” Green said.
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