I think it distracts from our shared goal of solving these problems for these communities.
Editor's note · Context
Critiques the use of the term 'racism' as a distraction from addressing community issues.
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He seems to acknowledge the problem, but yet he does not seem to want to put forth an amendment or his own piece of legislation to fix this problem, and I find that discouraging, to say the least.
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