Campaign biopic from candidate John Liu, who is running for NYC Comptroller.
At about the 1:40 mark, Liu says, “So, I was on a subway and I was reading a paper and on the front page of The New York Times I see this article about my council member talking about how Asians are always looking to invade, not assimilate, that Asians are nothing more than food merchants, illegal aliens and criminal smugglers. I was thinking, ‘I’m Asian and I’m none of those things.’”
And: “So, the following year I ran against my council member.”
Liu subsequently became the first Asian-American elected to legislative office in NYC. Astonishingly, that didn’t happen until 2001. (I am blown away by this!)
You can read about what the NYC Comptroller does here and watch a previously posted video from another candidate, David Yassky, here.
Important note! Our posting of this video is NOT an endorsement of John Liu’s candidacy for City Comptroller. MYD is an official part of the Democratic party and cannot endorse candidates in contested primaries. But in the interest of full disclosure, we bump into John quite frequently at many events geared towards the young and politically active, like the New Leaders Council.
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