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  • 2020-02-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Biden Say Poor Kids Are 'Just as Talented as White Kids'? (en)
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  • The one thing an already gaffe-prone politician running for high office most wants to avoid is saying something impolitic about race. But that's exactly what happened to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the presidential campaign trail, according to one quote meme: In this case the meme is accurate. While speaking at a town hall event in Des Moines, Iowa, hosted by the Asian & Latino Coalition on Aug. 8, 2019, Biden let slip with a statement that poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids, thereby implying that economically disadvantaged persons are all non-white. The unfortunate remark by Biden was reported on by The New York Times and captured on video: Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, later issued a statement asserting that the candidate misspoke: (en)
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