At an event in New York announcing the reintroduction of the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Education Center Act, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries described America’s “genetic birth defect” as its “imperfection with respect to the question of race” as seen in the nation’s history of chattel slavery, discrimination, and racism.
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Top Democrat explains America’s “genetic birth defect”