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Hakeem Jeffries: “Well, this is a great country. We have come a long way. We still have a long way to go. But the reality is, systemic…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2021
Well, this is a great country. We have come a long way. We still have a long way to go. But the reality is, systemic racism has been in the soil of this country for 401 years.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Discussing systemic racism and its impact on law enforcement treatment of African-American lawmakers.

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