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Al Green: “If money can solve the problems for everybody else, it can…”

Featuring: Al Green, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 9th Congressional District

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Pressley, Advocates Call Congress to Advance Transformative Reparative Justice Agenda

Published | Video Starts at 32:44

What? Truth? No, the money. You gotta have the money. Yes. Reparative compensation. You got to have reparations. You gotta have reparations. Money. Look, If money can solve the problems for everybody else, it can solve some of our problems. And anybody who doesn't want the reparations, it's okay with me. I will take your portion. Thank you. Thank you very much. That's the conscious agenda. All right. (32:44–32:50)

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Asserts that financial reparations can address issues faced by people of color.

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