I wonder, Mr. Thompson, how you respond to the fact that Joe Biden authored, or at least claims to have authored, the 1994 crime bill with its racist sentencing disparities while Donald Trump signed a sentencing reform act that reduced those disparities.
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I have spent most of my adult life teaching and tutoring algebra but have recently made a late-life career switch and have earned a PhD in English.
I wonder, Mr. Thompson, how you respond to the fact that Joe Biden authored, or at least claims to have authored, the 1994 crime bill with its racist sentencing disparities while Donald...
I’d respond that the vast majority of black leaders and politicians, including the black congressional caucus, also supported this bill because crack was tearing American cities apart and the system was hamstrung in fighting it.
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