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Madeleine Dean: “I don't understand that in the balance, even if any of those, anecdotally, things were true, on whole, on the measure…”

On the recordApril 1, 2019
I don't understand that in the balance, even if any of those, anecdotally, things were true, on whole, on the measure, in the balance of how we move forward in this country, are we to be held back those phantom anecdotes, or are we to look for a more perfect union and to stop discriminating?
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the validity of fear-based arguments against progress.

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