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Judy Chu: Racism has grown more insidious, more subversive, and more subtle in the 50 years since the Voting Rights Act, but it…

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
Racism has grown more insidious, more subversive, and more subtle in the 50 years since the Voting Rights Act, but it has not gone away.
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Judy Chu
Democratic · California

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Judy Chu emphasizes the persistence of racism since the Voting Rights Act.

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