Hi, it's Brendan here.

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In the long run, those who are most interested in advancing the well-being of African-American struggling poor and disadvantaged populations do best by

fashioning their politics in such a manner that they can coalesce with the

interest of other working peoples not basing it on racial claims, basing it on we should

have a better society, we should have policies that promote advancement of those who are

trying to improve their lives.

That's something that is universal that transcends the identitarian boundary and that's

the way we should be looking at the world.

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