Running with My Girls | Identity and Politics
Clip: Season 11 Episode 6 | 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Is it enough that someone in political office only looks like you?
Rebekah Henderson, the filmmaker of RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS, opens up about her life as a woman of mixed race and reveals her voter story - from lack of knowledge about local elections to voting based on political and racial identity. But the "good citizen" and Denver resident wonders if identity politics is the way to vote. Is it enough that someone in political office only looks like you?
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Running with My Girls | Identity and Politics
Clip: Season 11 Episode 6 | 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Rebekah Henderson, the filmmaker of RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS, opens up about her life as a woman of mixed race and reveals her voter story - from lack of knowledge about local elections to voting based on political and racial identity. But the "good citizen" and Denver resident wonders if identity politics is the way to vote. Is it enough that someone in political office only looks like you?
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