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Kamala Harris: “That's a failure of a system. Because, you know, then people…”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Kamala Harris on All the Smoke podcast

Published | Video Starts at 45:30

But here's the other thing. If I can just add to that, I think we have a system that fails people. If only the exceptional can get out. Mm. Great point. Right? That's a failure of a system. Because, you know, then people say, oh, but this person and that person, no, if you're pointing to the exceptional, and that's the only success story you've got, forgetting about the majority, that's a failure of a system. Good point. Keyword is opportunity, you said. Yeah. You know, people always ask me, what's the difference between you and George Floyd? (45:30–45:44)

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Asserts that focusing on exceptional success stories indicates systemic failure.

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