And the fact of the matter is, those people who lost their homes and jobs, et cetera, they were not just minorities; they were not just people from urban America; they were not people just from rural America; they were not people just from the east, the west, the north or the south; they were all Americans.
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Meeks emphasizes that the financial crisis affected all Americans, regardless of background.
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