States was at war in vietnam, and this veterans day weekend, lets get ready for this next panel which im really excited about. First i want to introduce our next speaker and my good friend to the stage. I have known her for almost 20 years now. Whether fighting for the defense fund to fighting for immigrant rights ending mass incarceration [ applause ] hi. Good morning everyone. She is one of my closest and dearest friends. She is also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very very proud of her and id love for her to join me on the stage now. Thank you. [ applause ] hi. Good morning everyone. That is a warm welcome from my dear friend nick. I am so glad to see everyone here. The panelists are joining us on the stage right now. I wanted to open up with a few remarks about the incredibly extraordinary time that we are in. I dont mean that in a great way. I think its so important that all of you are gathered here this morning. This is an extraordinary time in our country. It is
Our country. It is a time when they are being turned on their head and when we are reminded on a daily basis the extent to which we cannot take our core values for granted. It is when they are turns back the clock on almost every area of progress to womens rights to you name it. They are increasing tensions and divisions that speaks to part of their ways that really amplifies and inflames the rhetoric. It is more important than ever it gets tarnished. We all know the only time identity politics gets invoked is some how white identity is masked as something that is neutral. The 2016 election with invocation and disparagement, the anti muslim and rhetoric they have been tweeting about the nfl players that are taking a knee and also out of love of country being tarnished as unpatriotic. Dont make any mistake about it. There are deep racial overtones. It is a time of deep polarization. It has been preying on the divisions as part of this strategy at a time when they spent the first nine mo
Schools including Old Dominion and the flagship University of Virginia have expanded by dislodging Black families, sometimes by the threat or use of eminent domain.
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