and rudy was very much cut from that cloth and made no bones about it. - but when he was a prosecutor he was smart, he was tough, he was creative. - he was a perfect match for new york city. he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god o
he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that peopl
- no, that sense has always been there. - oh. - the first time, he was mayor rudy. now he s king giuliani. - giuliani was just starting to wear on the public of new york. - the city was ready to move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [soft acoustic music] [dreamy piano music] - manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see is first of all, you see a natural wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the pyramids. the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are, because you re so tiny. in this big, incredible city, when you see it, it makes you want to come and see it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york, everything that makes up new york. we re the crossroads of the world. this is the center of the universe. i mean, there is no place that gets more people from more different places. you sort of get, like,
from the violent criminals on the streets. - did you go too far on some of this? - no, that sense has always been there. now is the time t city back from the violent criminals in the streets. we you go too far in some of us? no that has been he is king giuliani. was re giuliani was startir on the public of new york.acoust there is noic peace you know. the city was ready to move on was ready to turn the page fromi the giuliani years . manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see isds first of all. wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the picture pyramids. . the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are. because you re so tiny. it so me big incredible city when yu see it. it makes you want to come andver seone it. seone it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york. everything that makes up newom york.ound people fro.m more diff
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