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They put a statement out, we welcome all the opinions. it really? because some of them cost 100 grand when you give them into a microphone. >> sean: if you pay the right amount. i'm wondering if this now -- we are at a point where backlashes building. i believe it is. i hope i'm right. what do you think? >> i just got back from doing shows in new york city, and is a bunch of young comedians there that are not down with the cause and they are angry and they are not political, but they're willing to push back against anyone who's pushing them, so there's a lot of hope. >> sean: most late-night c...

>> any other minorities on the board? >> no. >> so 20% of the board is minority but 60% of the district is minority. >> right. which is very uncomfortable. i even did a backpack school supply drive with the intentions of showing them what equity is. i got the community together. people donated. we ended up with over 4 or 500 with supplies. and i explained like, this is equity. everybody doesn't need a new backpack. everybody doesn't need supplies. but why not help those that need it? >> did they like the fact that you did that? >> i actually got paid for doing it. >> for doing a backpack drive...

This is professor kimberly crenshaw. she and her colleagues invented critical race theory. >> critical race theory is the study of how law has historically facilitated racial projects of subordination like enslavement, like genocide, like colonialism, and how it continues to embed itself in our contemporary world. >> great. well done, professor crenshaw. we'll come back to you a little later. >> so i felt like i was placed on there not because of my credentials but we need someone who looks like you to sit here while we're talking about critical race theory and equity. >> be the black face amo...

Let's check this equity statement out. inequitable policies -- that can't be it. let's see further down. equity, racism, diversity, inclusion, seems fine to me. oh, an ex-kendi quote. one either allows racial inequities to continue as a racist or confronts inequities as an antiracist. there's no in between safe space as an antiracist. that's it? i think they're just mad his middle name is "x." around this time is when tara became a member of the litchfield elementary school board. there's going to be a lot of sighing in this episode. >> i got appointed in march. my first meeting was in april. ...

Color of their skin? yes, that does exist in virginia schools today. and that's why i signed the executive order yesterday to make sure we get it out of our schools. >> it's ugly, and arizona is no exception. so in 2021, litchfield elementary school district in the heart of maricopa county was doing what a lot of schools around the country were doing, having a racial reckoning in a microsoft word doc. the ubiquitous post 2020. say it with me, equity statement. >> it was chaos. it was absolute chaos. >> that is inappropriate for a board member to hold up a sign that says not true while i am spe...