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Elizabeth Warren: “You can't look at a racial wealth and income gap that has barely budged since we passed the Civil Rights Act, and think…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2021
You can't look at a racial wealth and income gap that has barely budged since we passed the Civil Rights Act, and think the economy looks just, or that we all have equal opportunity.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the stagnant racial wealth gap since the Civil Rights Act.

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