"Let me tell you one thing on the disparities in the healthcare system: They have been with us since the first enslaved Africans were brought to America 401 years ago. This is nothing new. Weāve been fighting for universal, accessible, affordable healthcare; I mean, Black people have been fighting for this forever."
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Quoted in Representative Barbara Lee: āThe Public Is With Usā, by John Nichols, The Nation (11 August 2020)
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