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Crane’s use of ‘colored people’ in House debate brings swift condemnation
Lillie Boudreaux Cronkite News//July 17, 2023//[read_meter]
U.S. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Oro Valley, recently sponsored the bill that would give land to the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, which currently occupies land that is part of the Navajo Nation. Reactions to Crane’s use of the term “colored people” during a House floor debate on July 13, 2023 ranged from “utter shock” to suggestions that it was a “dog whistle to white nationalists.” (Photo by Lillie Boudreaux/Cronkite News)
Crane’s use of ‘colored people’ in House debate brings swift condemnation
Lillie Boudreaux Cronkite News//July 17, 2023//[read_meter]
Reactions to Arizona Rep. Eli Crane’s use of the term “colored people” during a House floor debate Thursday ranged from “utter shock” to suggestions that it was a “dog whistle...
