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2024-03-18 13:49:22 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 96580BB99115D4EEAAB98A465A9912D04B710223A2BFDCD2B28B22423B08B68F
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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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