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Jesse Jackson: “Some people are so blinded by the divisions of race and religion and class and political parties, they can't see what's…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2005
Some people are so blinded by the divisions of race and religion and class and political parties, they can't see what's on the other side of the wall.
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Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson speaks about the need to overcome societal divisions in the context of the Schiavo case.

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