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Karine Jean-Pierre Becomes First Black Woman in 30 years to Lead White House Press Briefing

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Magazine wrote that she was «the first Black person and first out lesbian to hold that position for a vice-presidential nominee.»«As a Black gay immigrant who comes from a working-class family, I know that America hasn't always worked for everyone,» Jean-Pierre, who was born on the French island territory of Martinique to Haitian immigrants and grew up in New York, told the magazine. «And I know that America still doesn't work for everyone.

The truth of the matter is we have a long way to go. But that's what I'm working toward: mobilizing people around this shared vision of what an America that works for everyone could look like — and then making it happen.»Jean-Pierre previously worked in the Obama White House and as a national.

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