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Wes Moore: “Racism is a system.”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Why is patriotism so…WEIRD? With Governor Wes Moore

Published | Video Starts at 02:51

He was in the military, he was an investment maker, and he worked under Condoleezza Rice at the State Department. This is a man who knows what Dick Cheney smells like. But Wes Moore also says stuff like, Racism is a system. We are only going to be as great as how we are treating our most vulnerable. You should not be able to bring a firearm in a nursery. (02:51–02:53)

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Asserts that racism operates as a systemic issue.

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