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Stacey Plaskett: “I support denouncing the Insular Cases' for their racist origins and racial subordination of people in the U.S.…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
I support denouncing the Insular Cases' for their racist origins and racial subordination of people in the U.S. territories.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett emphasizes the racist foundations of the Insular Cases affecting U.S. territories.

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