change. we've seen this push back before and it's just disguised racism an and. >> supreme court nominees used to be based solely on qualifications and character and they're ignoring the top of the checklist, that was being a white male. >> right, it's historical mythologizing. we have this color blind selection process when really the first hurdle so to speak you had to cross was to be white and male. there was a period when for roughly 180 years until johnson appointed thurgood marshall to the court, you wouldn't think of a woman. this idea in the past we judge people on merits and race wasn't part of it and now suddenly there are identity politics that dictate what positions people are in. we've always had identity politics in this country. that's actually been a really important center piece of how a lot of politics have worked.