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Jasmine Crockett: “I never felt racism until I got to a very black city…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 12:50

But I didn't feel a certain way because I had gone to these private schools where the numbers were few anyway. But it's interesting that I never felt racism until I got to a very black city, Memphis, and on campus in my little bubble. And it's interesting because it's in north Memphis, which is very black. And they decided to target myself as well as a number of other black students. (12:50–12:59)

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Asserts that she experienced racism for the first time in Memphis, despite it being a predominantly black city.

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