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The Untold Story: Joe Biden Pushed Ronald Reagan to Ramp Up Incarceration -- Not the Other Way Arou

• https://theintercept.com, David Stein

On Thursday night, he drew criticism when he was asked what Americans can do about the legacy of slavery, and answered by suggesting parents put on a record player for kids, and that social workers should visit parents' homes to teach them how to care for their children. He followed that by recounting on Sunday his run-in in the 1960s with a young gang leader named "Corn Pop," a story that involved "the only white guy" at a city pool cutting him a 6-foot piece of chain to defend himself against the razor-wielding teen and his friends.

The politics of race relations have been a central part of Biden's career, from his high-profile opposition to busing to his authoring of the 1994 Biden Crime Bill.


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