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Stacey Abrams: When your Constitution specifically strips a race of its humanity, you cannot then later on say identity doesn’t matter…

On the recordAugust 20, 2026
When your Constitution specifically strips a race of its humanity, you cannot then later on say identity doesn’t matter and has no effect.
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Stacey Abrams
Democratic · Georgia

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Discussing the importance of identity in politics.

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