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WATCH: NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace On Banning The Confederate Flag And A New Generation Of Fans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag represents a major shift for a sport at whose races they have been ubiquitous.

Successfully pushing for the ban this week was Bubba Wallace, a driver in NASCAR’s top series.

He joins PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz to discuss how his sport is showing leadership, why he sees the demographics of NASCAR fans changing and his own experience with the Confederate flag.