Hillary Clinton: Country's Struggle With Race 'Far From Over'

By Andrew Rafferty

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said racism in America is "far from finished" and called the Confederate flag "a symbol of our nation's racist past" during a discussion at a church near last year's violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

The presidential frontrunner has focused her campaign on race relations following last week's deadly shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, where a white gunman is suspected of killing nine African-American church members. Her remarks at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Missouri, marked the third time she has spoken about the hate crime since Thursday.

"I know it's tempting to dismiss a tragedy like this as an isolated incident, to believe that in today's America, bigotry is largely behind us, that institutionalized racism no longer exists," Clinton said. "But, despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished." 

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