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- rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york citys race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black...

and rudy was very much cut from that cloth and made no bones about it. - but when he was a prosecutor he was smart, he was tough, he was creative. - he was a perfect match for new york city. he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york citys race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all o...

he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york citys race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both withi...

And that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. It was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. Quiet quiet rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. White power i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i he...

- mayor dinkins was blamed for not stopping the riots sooner. - a state-commissioned report said the mayor had been slow to act. - and that gained a lot of attention. that really was a turning point. - giuliani has referred to the crown heights rioting, which resulted in the death of a rabbinical student, as a pogrom, a term for anti-jewish organized action. - what has been going on the last two days is outrageous, has not been here since the pogroms. - three of my four grandparents died in the ...

The mayor had been slow to act. - and that gained a lot of attention. that really was a turning point. - giuliani has referred to the crown heights rioting, which resulted in the death of a rabbinical student, as a pogrom, a term for anti-jewish organized action. - what has been going on the last two days is outrageous, has not been here since the pogroms. - three of my four grandparents died in the holocaust, and i know what a pogrom is, and i know what a pogrom isnt, and that was not a pogrom....

That was the word of the day, "that he let them vent." - violence is never ever the solution. - no justice. - no peace. - mayor dinkins was blamed for not stopping the riots sooner. - a state-commissioned report said the mayor had been slow to act. - and that gained a lot of attention. that really was a turning point. - giuliani has referred to the crown heights rioting, which resulted in the death of a rabbinical student, as a pogrom, a term for anti-jewish organized action. - what has been goi...

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