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US President-Elect Joe Biden s pick to be associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, has recalled her experience of racial bigotry as a four-year-old while she pledged her commitment to civil rights and justice reform.
Speaking on Thursday after Biden introduced her as one of the most respected civil rights lawyers in America , Gupta spoke of her parents as proud immigrants from India , and the family s experience of bias, an early memorybut one that is seared in my mind .
Vanita GuptaWhite House Transition Page One day, I was sitting in a McDonald s restaurant with my sister, mother, and grandmother. As we ate our meals, a group of skinheads at the next table began shouting ethnic slurs and throwing food at us until we had to leave the restaurant, she said.
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