So in any event, I would ask the press corps as they cover the presidential race to see where the candidates stand on the idea of racial preferences. Should we continue to say, for example, that If somebody is one quarter Peruvian, they therefore can fill out the form and say, I'm an aggrieved minority. I wonder, do they agree with the idea that immigrants who come here from Iran or Gaza are immediately entitled to preferences in government employment or preferences in hiring by corporations? (22:42–22:50)
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Asserts that racial preferences allow individuals with partial minority heritage to claim minority status.
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