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Joyce Beatty: “It has seemed very political, that people are using it--whether it is you, whether it is President Obama, whether it is…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
It has seemed very political, that people are using it--whether it is you, whether it is President Obama, whether it is anybody who is helping those folks who look more like me.
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Joyce Beatty
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Beatty critiques the selective use of terms like 'disparity' and 'discrimination' in political discourse.

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