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Episode 3: "The Meanest, Dirtiest, Low-Down Stuff"

Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News

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The Power of the 1960s to Confront Racism

The power of the 1960s was compelling America to confront racism. The expectation was that you would be on the side of equality and justice or at least pretend. And this is where Trump becomes an accelerant, right? He tapped into something that I think many of us didn't realize many white people were experiencing. They wanted to be free of the requirements of decency.

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