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On the recordJanuary 14, 2020
In my district, the Massachusetts Seventh alone, black girls are six times more likely to be suspended from school...
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing racial disparities in school discipline and the negative impact of facial recognition technology.

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