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Elizabeth Warren: “The crisis was hitting families of color even harder.”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Speech in Houston: Advocating for Middle-Class Families and Structural Change

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

Wages start flattening. And I discovered a disturbing trend. More and more families were going bankrupt. Families like mine were falling further and further behind. And The crisis was hitting families of color even harder. And it was because washing was listening more and more to big corporations. I started ringing alarm bells. The idea that we have a strong economy is just full. (00:26–00:31)

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Asserts that the financial crisis disproportionately affected families of color.

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