So we must be clear. The next 250 years cannot look like the last. The next 250 years must be about repair. The inequities we face today are not accidental. They are the direct result of this nation's original systems designed to exclude, to exploit and to harm black people from the very beginning. And every single day, those systems continue to do damage. We see it in unequal housing. We see it in underfunded schools. We see it in denied health care and widening health disparities. (01:53–02:08)
CLAIM
Asserts that current inequities are a result of historical systems designed to harm black people.
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