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Karen Bass: “At what point, can we in this country have a conversation about race? We will never get past it until we can have the…”

On the recordJune 18, 2019
At what point, can we in this country have a conversation about race? We will never get past it until we can have the conversation, and the conversation begins with the commission.
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Karen Bass
Democratic · California

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Bass emphasizes the need for a national conversation on race to move forward.

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