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Glenn Grothman: “I think the underlying problem here is not enough TV types when they talk about Kwanzaa, talk about the horrible racist…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2013
I think the underlying problem here is not enough TV types when they talk about Kwanzaa, talk about the horrible racist violent past of its founder.
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Glenn Grothman
Republican · Wisconsin

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Grothman argues that the media fails to address the controversial history of Kwanzaa's founder.

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