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Sherrod Brown: “We have a racial wealth and income gap that has barely budged since we passed the Civil Rights Act.”

On the recordMay 25, 2021
We have a racial wealth and income gap that has barely budged since we passed the Civil Rights Act.
Said by
Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown highlights the stagnation of racial wealth and income equality since the Civil Rights Act.

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