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Nanette Barragán: “I think of black and brown communities throughout the Nation forced to live under discriminatory environmental policies…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
I think of black and brown communities throughout the Nation forced to live under discriminatory environmental policies that cripple their cities and towns economically.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

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Barragan discusses how discriminatory policies affect economic stability in minority communities.

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