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Yvette Clarke: I really want to discourage us from stigmatizing and ostracizing communities.

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
I really want to discourage us from stigmatizing and ostracizing communities.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clarke warns against focusing solely on Muslim Americans as a threat.

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