Harmeet Dhillon
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The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice is holding on to desegregation consent decrees that are more than 50 years old. So I went in with my team, Michael and others, to do an audit of what's going on here, what's in the deep bowels of this edifice, and find that there are cases from the 1970s and 1960s that need to be dismissed. And so we're going to do that. There's no need for...
private monitors or federal judges to have their boot on the neck of law abiding law enforcement officials school districts etc so now there may still be needs there will be needs the needs are going to be new and different and so we have to recognize where we've been successful we need to move on and that's that's what we need to do so because i'm not a lawyer i don't think in legal terms and i know that's kind of a special way of thinking i know michael gates
private monitors or federal judges to have their boot on the neck of law abiding law enforcement officials school districts etc so now there may still be needs there will be needs the needs are going to be new and different and so we have to recognize where we've been successful we need to move on and that's that's what we need to do so because i'm not a lawyer i don't think in legal terms and i know that's kind of a special way of thinking i know michael gates
Well, you know what, though? Human nature, unfortunately...
Well, you know what, though? Human nature, unfortunately...
showing us that throughout history there's trends and times when people in power will do that to other people who have less power and that is a fact in this case it was the democrats let's remember yes it was they the southern and they're the ones they were the resistance movement oh boy and they kept resisting in my small town yeah into the 70s and they may still be some people resisting over there but they're not they're not in power anymore yeah
showing us that throughout history there's trends and times when people in power will do that to other people who have less power and that is a fact in this case it was the democrats let's remember yes it was they the southern and they're the ones they were the resistance movement oh boy and they kept resisting in my small town yeah into the 70s and they may still be some people resisting over there but they're not they're not in power anymore yeah
That is still happening in America today. Who is it happening to? It's happening to Jewish students on campuses. It's happening to Christians who say, I don't want to take that shot. It's happening to Asian students who are marked, according to Students for Fair Admissions, as having less personality systematically, so that...
That is still happening in America today. Who is it happening to? It's happening to Jewish students on campuses. It's happening to Christians who say, I don't want to take that shot. It's happening to Asian students who are marked, according to Students for Fair Admissions, as having less personality systematically, so that...
Harvard didn't have to admit them on the basis on which they were qualified. So these problems still exist, but the focus needs to be different. And so we're changing our focus. But, you know, we're open for business for people to bring their civil rights complaints. We'll analyze them.
Harvard didn't have to admit them on the basis on which they were qualified. So these problems still exist, but the focus needs to be different. And so we're changing our focus. But, you know, we're open for business for people to bring their civil rights complaints. We'll analyze them.
And we want to make sure this country remains dedicated to its promise to the people under the civil rights laws.
And we want to make sure this country remains dedicated to its promise to the people under the civil rights laws.
He's awesome. We love Leo.
He's awesome. We love Leo.
Did you talk him out of it?
Did you talk him out of it?
Yeah, it looks really great before you get into it. I've run for office a couple of times myself. I'm glad I did it. Yeah, it was really a growth experience. You have to have a very tough stomach to characterize it. I learned a lot of skills I didn't have before, begging for money, speaking to groups.
Yeah, it looks really great before you get into it. I've run for office a couple of times myself. I'm glad I did it. Yeah, it was really a growth experience. You have to have a very tough stomach to characterize it. I learned a lot of skills I didn't have before, begging for money, speaking to groups.
Yeah, I mean, the low point came when I got the endorsement form for the Ferret Appreciation Society because every group takes a position on everything, and I was forced to fill out, and I had to think, what is my position on ferrets as pets, you know?