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Al Green: “Taking down a flag and trying to pass the buck on to somebody else is not going to end invidious discrimination.”

On the recordJune 24, 2015
Taking down a flag and trying to pass the buck on to somebody else is not going to end invidious discrimination.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Al Green criticizes superficial actions that fail to address discrimination.

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