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Ocasio-Cortez: Dropping Sha’Carri Richardson For Failing Drug Test Is ‘An Instrument Of Racist And Colonial Policy’

… suspension has turned into a “Black Americans vs. everybody” issue. “If you … to turn this into a “Black Americans vs. everybody” issue,” Dionne tweeted … to turn this into a “Black Americans vs. everybody” issue. Let’s …

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