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This afternoon. >> i heard and i listened to and i respect senator harris. but we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on campaign debate exchange cant do justice do a lifetime commitment to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record position on racial justice, including bussing. i never, never, ever, ever opposed voluntary bussings. as a program that senator harris participated in continue it made a difference in her life. i did support federal action to address root causes o...

Desegregating our schools. he always believed that busing wasnt the right remedy in delaware, but he focused on the core root causes, things like reworking school districts to ensure minority students were able to access good schools, taking the banks on on red-lining, to ensure that african-american and minority families were able to purchase homes in integrated neighborhoods. >> i understand, kate. and he has gone over and over and i know he feels very strongly about this support. but he doesn...

I want to be absolutely clear about my record of position on racial justice, including bussing. i never, never, never ever opposed voluntary bussing. and as a program that senator harris participated in and it made a difference in her life. i did support federal action to address root causes of segregation in our schools and our communities including taking on the banks and redlining and trying to change the way in which neighborhoods were segregated. ive always been a favorite of using federal ...

Distressed communities that for too long have been left behind. were going to increase support for hbcus. we are going to end redlining and put a stop to gentrification. and build the affordable housing this country desperately needs. i have always believed that good public policy is good politics. and good public policy is to understand that in the richest country in the history of the world, all of our people are entitled to economic, racial, social and environmental justice, and that in ameri...

Too long have been left behind. were going to increase support for hvcus, we are going to end red lining and put a stop to gentrification. and build the affordable housing this country desperately needs. i have always believed that good public policy is good politics, and good public policy is to understand that in the richest country in the history of the world, all of our people are entitled to economic, racial, social and environmental justice and that in america we need an economy and a gove...

Is talking about the nitty-gritty of it? >> listen, there will be -- when i wrote the case of reparations, one of the most shocking things was the sheer number of white people throughout the country who either came up to me or wrote me and said i didnt know about red lining. i legit didnt know. as a writer, my job is to tell you the truth. i have no idea what comes after that. at that point i probably did not view myself -- i would have looked at the possibility of me testifying before congress ...

The same infractions in schedule schools. blacks are more likely to have an out of school suspension and black kids being shot by police because they were perceived as a threat. we have real racial problems in this country and even in health care. black women almost four times more likely to die in childbirth, maternal mortality rates are so much higher based along racial lines. you can go through income, health care, housing. you can see how implicit racial bias and scars and policies of the pa...

The fact is we havent had the discussions that we actually had yesterday. i think to the extent that we can push this forward and have serious conversations like we did yesterday, i would expect that polling to change. >> do you think that one thing that would change that polling is talking about the nitty-gritty of it? >> listen, there will be -- when i wrote the case of reparations, one of the most shocking things was the sheer number of white people throughout the country who either came up t...

Thats why i felt the need to speak out. we have real issues that are related to what we are about to talk about. we have a criminal justice ds system that is no different for blacks and whites, but blacks are more likely to be criminalized for it and even for our children. the same infractions in schedule schools. blacks are more likely to have an out of school suspension and black kids being shot by police because they were perceived as a threat. we have real racial problems in this country and...

>> well, how it would work is its establishing a commission to study reparation proposals. what does a commission do? it brings together the appointees appointed by the president, the speaker, the leader of the senate and six other scholars and activists who have been engaged in this journey for a very long time and you begin to assess what would be the best practices, the best approach. and i think in the hearing today we talked about the impact on contract home purchases that was done in chica...