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2024-03-18 02:32:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 142416ED8A198689C3B4FAE843D0C1CD578910F6F81CFC287B78F92727A84E8E
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This quote is from then Senator Joe Biden, who was speaking in a 1977 congressional hearing on busing and integration of schoolchildren. Biden opposed federally mandated busing; his "racial jungle" comment is on page 251 of the hearing transcript: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104078842 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/viral-image/biden-said-without-orderly-integration-his-childre/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-racial-jungle-quote/
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