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“I Just Pulled a Number Out of My Ass” — John Cougar Mellencamp’s Astonishing Smugnorance on Black Progress

“I Just Pulled a Number Out of My Ass” — John Cougar Mellencamp’s Astonishing Smugnorance on Black Progress

Rocker claims that, post-slavery, only “one or two percent” of black Americans have better lives

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Sep 26, 2023
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