… veterans were denied access to that, whether you're talking about Americans that were victimized in the building of the nuclear bomb, whether you're talking about coal miners and black lung, We have done work as a government in redress and repair. Where harm and injury has occurred, we have done this as a government. We just simply have not done it for black Americans. And that is why we are fighting for comprehensive reparative justice legislation, legislation that provides real wraparound support for our communities and begins to deliberately close the gaps that were deliberately created. (04:15–04:30)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government has provided redress in the past but not for black Americans.
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