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3 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read
LIVE: "Can You Hear Us Now? The Next Chapter," a discussion about race and politics hosted by @trymainelee
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"I have to, for my own sanity, believe that when we move forward it counts. That when we rise above the limits that America sets on us and bring America with us, that that is progress," Baratunde Thurston says.
White Americans are being vaccinated at double the rate of Black Americans in some states, according to a Kaiser Health analysis.

@NBCNewsNow examines mistrust and the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
"If Covid is making you pay attention to some of these systemic issues...let's take this opportunity to address them, and not just address them in the context of 'Covid started this,'" Malcolm Kenyatta says. "Covid has exacerbated things that have been wrong for a very long time"
.@TrymaineLee: "If past is prologue and history's our guide, we're left to wonder, can this moment in American history be different? And can this country defy expectations the way Vice President Kamala Harris has her entire life?"

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