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Cory Booker: “This was driving racial disparities in our country, because incarceration rates amongst low income communities and Black…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
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.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker addresses racial disparities in incarceration rates.

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