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On the recordMarch 28, 2023
Let me be very, very clear: Silicon Valley Bank collapsed because of management failures and possible regulatory weaknesses, not because there was one Black man on the board.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Himes refutes racist narratives surrounding the SVB collapse.

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