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On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
This is why we cannot have a regional minimum wage. A regional minimum wage would have such a huge racial disparate impact it would border on being just outright racist because it singles out black women and women of color to not be protected by a rising wage standard that we would give to all other Americans.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Opposing regional minimum wage due to its racial impact.

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