… when the Voting Rights act, this central pillar of black political participation, has now been gutted, hollowed out, decimated. You can pick your term of art at a moment where Jesse Jackson's dream of this pluralistic society is also within reach. How do you reconcile what he imagined and what he helped build with where we are today? Well, you know, I think that he would be obviously devastated. (1:02:40–1:02:46)
CLAIM
Asserts that Jesse Jackson's vision of a pluralistic society is achievable.
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