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Sheila Jackson Lee: You seem to have a difficult time understanding systemic racism and institutional racism that has plagued so many. Mr.…

On the recordJuly 27, 2020
You seem to have a difficult time understanding systemic racism and institutional racism that has plagued so many. Mr. Attorney General, do you understand a black mothers or parents talk to their child to their son? Do you know what that is?
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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Sheila Jackson Lee questions Attorney General William Barr about his understanding of systemic racism and the conversations black parents have with their children regarding police violence.

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