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Dave Min: “Affirmative action does not exist in the places people claim…”

Featuring: Dave Min, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 47

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Senator Dave Min Irvine Town Hall Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 56:35

But yet this keeps getting brought up because there are people that would like to avoid having any diversity in any key settings. And I think it's a total red herring because Affirmative action does not exist in the places people claim it exists. The question I think that is of merit, though, is do we want diversity in our boardrooms, in our classrooms? And I think the answer is yes. (56:35–56:39)

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Asserts that affirmative action is not present in the areas where people claim it is.

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