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Joe Biden: “No, I don`t think the American people are racist. But I think after 400 years, African Americans have been left in a…”

On the recordApril 30, 2021
No, I don`t think the American people are racist. But I think after 400 years, African Americans have been left in a position where they`re so far behind the eight ball in terms of education, health, in terms of opportunity. I don`t think America`s racist but I think the overhang from all of the Jim Crow and before that slavery have had a cost and we have to deal with it.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden responds to Tim Scott's assertion that America isn't racist, highlighting systemic inequalities faced by African Americans.

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