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After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americans “became dependent” during slavery. Photo courtesy Claire Hassler/The Commercial Dispatch via AP

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Mississippi Official: Black People 'Dependent' Since Slavery

After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americans “became dependent” during slavery.

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