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Ayanna Pressley: Banking deserts and the implicit and explicit exclusionary practices of financial institutions are widening the racial…

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
Banking deserts and the implicit and explicit exclusionary practices of financial institutions are widening the racial wealth gap.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley discusses how banking deserts contribute to racial wealth inequality.

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