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Rick Santorum: “Well, if the whole country benefited, then that would mean that those blacks who didn't live in the south benefited…”

On the recordJune 18, 2019
Well, if the whole country benefited, then that would mean that those blacks who didn't live in the south benefited, too. So, should they be paying reparations to other blacks who happen to be descendants from families from those areas?
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Santorum discusses the complexity of reparations and questions whether all black individuals should be compensated.

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