“Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Joe Biden Says ‘Poor Kids’ Are Just as Bright as ‘White Kids’, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/joe-biden-poor-kids.html (9 August 2019)
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