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Maxine Waters: Racial and gender inequities are not caused by individual behavior, but steeped in systems and policies that perpetuate…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
Racial and gender inequities are not caused by individual behavior, but steeped in systems and policies that perpetuate past injustices.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters discusses systemic causes of racial and gender inequities.

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