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NY Congressional Primary

A Congressional primary in Brooklyn has brought longstanding distrust between African-American and Caribbean-American communities. Congressman Major Owens, who is black, is being challenged in tomorrow's primary by a Jamaican-born city council member, Una Clarke, who claims Owens has ignored the growing Caribbean influx in the district. Beth Fertig from member station WNYC reports.

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