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13164_12486_black_jew1
Subjects
Politics/ Government

Keywords
James Watt
secretary of interior
Chamber of Commerce
Jews
black
cripple
1983
Color

Speech by James Watt who was the Secretary of the Interior for Reagan. He is speaking in front of the U.S. Chamber of commerce about a coal- leasing panel when he states "I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent." This speech eventually lead to his resignation.


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