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USA Today Op-Ed: My dad gave me 'the talk.' When someone called the police, I felt the fear.

Last week on the debate stage, my dad mentioned the time we had "the talk" about how to interact with police. The following story is...

Dante de Blasio

Jul 1, 20193 min read

What follows is the college essay I wrote in December 2014, the middle of my senior year of high school. The prompt was something like...

Dante de Blasio

Dec 1, 20184 min read

A year after I graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 2015, the hashtag #BlackinBrooklynTech started appearing on my social...

Dante de Blasio

Jun 14, 20183 min read