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Ricardo Rossello: Civil rights don't wait. The democratic rights don't wait. And inequality does not wait.

On the recordMay 1, 2019
Civil rights don't wait. The democratic rights don't wait. And inequality does not wait.
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Ricardo Rossello
Massachusetts

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Rossello emphasizes the urgency of addressing civil rights and inequalities faced by Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, and U.S. citizens in the territory don't have the same political power as U.S. citizens in the contiguous states.

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If we continue as a colonial territory, we will always be treated unequally.

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There is an inherent inequality with the treatment of the people of Puerto Rico.

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