Mike Bloomberg’s Racist NYPD Arrested Me—Then His Campaign Tried to Hire Me

Race and class find a way to come full-circle.

Andrew Ricketts

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The “Mike for Black America” shtick couldn’t be more obvious.

Spring, 2007

In hindsight, I admit it was a dumb idea. Like every mistake of my youth, it was another attempt to have fun and get high no matter what else was going on. When I got uptown to the 116th Street stop at Lexington…

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Andrew Ricketts

I’m a Caribbean and American writer from New York. My stories are about coming-of-age, learning how to relate, and family. It’s a living, breathing memoir.