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On the recordJune 4, 2007
And it made me think about our cities and communities all around this country, how not only do we still have scars from that riot and the 'quiet riots' that happen every day—but how in too many places we haven't even taken the bullet out.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama urging the need to address the root causes of social unrest and inequality in American communities.

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