US Presidential Contenders Focus on Race in America

Rhetoric on race in America continues at a fever pitch in the presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, as both vie for the backing of minority voters eight years after the United States elected its first president of color. “More than 6,000 African-Americans are the victims of murder, of murder, every single year,” Trump said at a recent campaign stop, adding that failed Democratic policies are to blame for high levels of crime and economic...

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