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Justin Timberlake: ‘America Built By Men Who Believed In And Benefited From Racism’

Paul Bois
Justin Timberlake: ‘America Built By Men Who Believed In And Benefited From Racism’
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Music icon Justin Timberlake weighed into the current national debate on racial justice in a social media post Monday, arguing for the removal of Confederate monuments and providing his theory on why protests of racism in America are interpreted as “protesting America itself.”

On Monday, the world-famous singer shared a post from the ACLU about former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in which he called for the removal of all Confederate monuments.

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