companies and government agencies and yet in las vegas we are it he is an assistant professor of african american and african diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right crosswalk rules in effect that means you can shop and how you want rouse appreciate greatly let me go to you in new york how does taking down statues and we can talk about which ones.

companies and government agencies and yet in las vegas we cross ari he is an assistant professor of african-american and african diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right crosswalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want right now is appreciate greatly let me go to you in new york how does taking down statues and we can talk about which ones change the condition of people of color in the united states and there's that something is that just a political statement because we're in a great recession we're in a pandemic and working people or people have been horrendously hit by this and i just have to ponder is statues the 1st thing we should be bitching about go ahead well sure i mean i think i would defer to the former mayor of my state in new orleans mitch landrieu who are courageous.

companies and government agencies and in las vegas we are it he is an assistant professor of african-american and african diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right crosswalk rules in effect that means you can shop and how you want her house reach greatly let me go to you in new york how this taking down statues and we can talk about which ones changed the condition of people of color in the united states and does that something is it just a political statement because we're in a great recession we're in a pandemic and working people or people been horrendous lee hit by this and i just have to ponder is statues the 1st thing we should be banking about go ahead . well sure i mean i think i would defer to the former mayor of my state in new orleans mitch landrieu who courageously took down the confederate statutes in new orleans a few years ago and his argument was essentially that you know we are a melting pot as a city and we really celebrate that but we should not force our citizens to look up to have to look up at you know monuments of confederate soldiers whose goal was to uphold slavery and this is a thing certainly a trau

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