Democratic politicians continue to obey an utterly bizarre impulse to infantilize black people while trying to support them, and it somehow has not spawned any introspection in the party.

On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) claimed that there are “black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is.” That ludicrous statement led to an apology where Hochul claims she was actually talking about how black children “lack access to the technology needed to get on track to high-paying jobs in emerging industries like AI.”