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Jamie Raskin: “The whole concept of race was a construction of racism.”

On the recordMay 5, 2021
The whole concept of race was a construction of racism.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses the social construction of race and its historical context.

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