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Ayanna Pressley: “Our communities lost access to jobs and other critical resources, divestment that to this very day contributes to the…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
Our communities lost access to jobs and other critical resources, divestment that to this very day contributes to the racial wealth gap in our nation.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley connects historical divestment from communities to ongoing racial wealth disparities.

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