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Pramila Jayapal: “Therefore, it's essentially not discriminatory.”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
Therefore, it's essentially not discriminatory.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal argues that not all in a discriminated class must be affected for a policy to be discriminatory.

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