Decoding the political race of Black Wall Street's first Congressional candidate with Kojo Asamoa-Caesar

On this episode of AI: Decodes the System, Politician Kojo Asamoa-Caesar and Amber Ivey (AI) decode how Kojo ran for office during a pandemic in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District and accomplished multiple firsts:

First Black candidateFirst first-generation American candidateYoungest Congressional candidateFirst Ghanaian-American candidate in the countryMost votes of any Democratic candidate in the history of the district

They also talk about how Kojo, a newer resident to Tulsa, Oklahoma, accomplished these firsts during a global pandemic by running a grassroots campaign that was not sanctioned by his party in a city with a deep racial history. The conversation also highlights Black Wall Street and the Tulsa race massacre that rocked the community almost 100 years ago and how Kojo used technology to bring attention to racial profiling and bridge the divide between communities.
More about Kojo
Kojo Asamoa-Caesar is the former Democratic Nominee for Congress in Oklahoma's 1st District. Kojo is a first-generation American, the son of a certified nursing assistant and a taxi driver who was drawn to the United States from Ghana by the call of the American Dream. In 2020, he became the first 1) black person, 2) first-generation American, and 3) person from North Tulsa. He is also the youngest Congressional nominee in Oklahoma's 1st District and the first Ghanaian-American in the country to be a candidate for Congress. As a politician, Kojo went against the establishment and ran his race through grassroots organizing. He also faced opposition that helped him create a space for tough conversations on race with some of Tulsa's most influential communities. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife, Onikah, newborn baby girl Hadassah, and their two rescue dogs, Simba and Zazu.
More of Kojo Asamoa-Caesar's bio is https://kojoforcongress.com/meet-kojo/.
To learn more about the Tulsa race massacre visit https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/.

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