Lani Guinier
from Now I've Heard Everything Hosted by Bill Thompson
In 1993, the term "woke" had not been invented yet. But a prominent law professor nominated for a high position in the US government Saw her nomination done in by what we would now know as "anti-woke" sentiment. Her name was Lani Guinier. President Bill Clinton nominated her to be assistant attorney general for civil rights. That's, of course, when closer scrutiny of her past writings began. And, she says, that's when the misrepresentations of her writings began. Guinier was a strong advocate of voting rights, and a strong believer that all minority voices should be heard in a democracy.
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