This was driving racial disparities in our country, because incarceration rates amongst low income communities and Black and brown communities were incredibly higher than in other communities.
Cory Booker: “This was driving racial disparities in our country, because incarceration rates amongst low income communities and Black…”
On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
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Booker addresses racial disparities in incarceration rates.
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