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Ashley Allison, a CNN contributor and former National Coalitions Director for Biden-Harris 2020, made a controversial statement regarding OJ Simpson, suggesting that his actions held significance within the black community due to the fact he killed two white people.
“He wasn’t a social justice leader, but he represented something for the black community in that moment, in that trial, particularly because there were two white people who had been k*lled. And the history around how black people have been persecuted during slavery.”
“Until this country is ready to actually have an honest conversation about the racial dynamics from our origin story until today, we will always have moments like O.J. Simpson that manifests and our country will always be divided if we don’t actually deal with the issue of race.”
“So many people were just happy to see that someone who is rich and famous, and black, could get away with… er … what other people did in the system as well, too,” Stephanie Elam said.