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Michael Harriot on Growing Up in the South, the Many Different Types of Black Voters, and This Moment of “Racial Reckoning”

Bakari is joined by journalist Michael Harriot to talk about his upbringing in South Carolina and why there is no such thing as a “Black vote”

By Bakari Sellers
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Bakari is joined by journalist Michael Harriot to talk about the racism he experienced growing up Black in South Carolina (5:33), why there is no such thing as a single “Black vote” (21:14), and whether or not we are currently experiencing a moment of “racial reckoning” (29:47).

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