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Cory Booker: I have seen it in the American context. I still remember Frederick Douglass, in a very famous meeting with Abraham…

On the recordApril 4, 2017
I have seen it in the American context. I still remember Frederick Douglass, in a very famous meeting with Abraham Lincoln, where Lincoln in a very paternalistic way said, okay, we are going to solve your problems and send you all out of the country.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker discusses paternalism in American history regarding African Americans.

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