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Steve Cohen: Much of it is systemic and it goes back to slavery and it goes through Jim Crow, and we need to end it.

On the recordMarch 25, 2009
Much of it is systemic and it goes back to slavery and it goes through Jim Crow, and we need to end it.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen highlights the historical roots of systemic discrimination in society.

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