Karen Bass: “We treat the continent, frankly, like we treat inner city communities…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019

We treat the continent, frankly, like we treat inner city communities, which is from a point of view of charity.

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Democratic · California

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Critiquing the U.S. approach to Africa as overly charitable rather than as a partnership.

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Karen Bass: “We treat the continent, frankly, like we treat inner city communities, which is from a point of view of charity.”