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On the recordJune 19, 2019
the NFL is where white billionaires govern the majority of power, and women and people of color work for them and give them their margins.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez critiques the power dynamics in the NFL regarding race and gender.

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