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Ayanna Pressley: “Hardship and trauma do not discriminate.”

On the recordJuly 10, 2019
Hardship and trauma do not discriminate.
Said by
Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley points out that trauma affects all children regardless of background.

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