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Summer Lee: We do ill when we take each other's pain lightly. The pain of 'Black lives matter,' the pain of 'hands up, don't shoot,'…

On the recordMay 18, 2015
We do ill when we take each other's pain lightly. The pain of 'Black lives matter,' the pain of 'hands up, don't shoot,' the pain of 'I can't breathe.'
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Highlighting the shared pain in racial justice issues.

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