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Cory Booker: We have a Nation where African Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, but 40 percent of the imprisoned…

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
We have a Nation where African Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, but 40 percent of the imprisoned population.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Points out the disproportionate incarceration rates of African Americans.

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