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Barack Obama: We can't start singling out people because of who they look like or how they talk or how they dress.

On the recordMay 4, 2010
We can't start singling out people because of who they look like or how they talk or how they dress.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at a Cinco de Mayo Celebration

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