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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141009

These are things that are not kind of accidentally detrimental to the political participation and people of color. We still have the struggles ahead of us. But it also is just simply the reality. Is it then that do we need to change attitudes first and the structural change, or do we have to go directly to changing structures and have attitudes change afterwards . I guess thats a question for all of you. I would go as is structures and change the structure. I mean, i think that the polling these things are always a little hard to read because people do say what they think that you want them to year, particularly when it comes to race the many polling on race matters. But i would say, you know, culturally we are very. The new american majority, you know, the tolerance and the attitudes of the millenniums to miami, we are so far behind. We have a saying in our office. Dont recruit people you will have to lobby later. It is moving, and we need to structure catch up. One of the things that ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20141009

[inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Thanks for joining us today by an executive Vice President of external affairs here at the center for American Progress and im thrilled youre here with us today. Whitman of all races make up 18point 5 of the United States congress. Women of color makeup and abysmal 4. 5 of congress. These numbers exist in direct contradiction to the fact that women make up half of the population and are more likely to vote than the male counterparts. We will hear about the reflected Democracy Campaigns new research which shows the persistent upward under representation of women and women of color throughout the country at all levels of government. Over the summer the Re ....

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