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Steve Cohen: I have never felt more like a minority in my life than at the country club that wouldn't accept you or me.

On the recordMarch 25, 2009
I have never felt more like a minority in my life than at the country club that wouldn't accept you or me.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen discusses feeling marginalized in exclusive social clubs despite representing a majority African-American district.

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