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Joe Courtney: “Criminal background checks if not used, you know, sensibly, can have the net effect of harming or excluding people from…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
Criminal background checks if not used, you know, sensibly, can have the net effect of harming or excluding people from employment who--particularly the African-American and Latinos.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney discusses the negative impact of improper use of background checks on minorities.

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