Glenn Grothman: “You could be because you're 1/4 Hispanic or 1/4 Native…”

“If you get a government contract, the government wants to know which ethnic group you are. And of course you self identify. So You could be because you're 1/4 Hispanic or 1/4 Native American, you should get preferences to a program. Of course, they don't care here on amount of wealth. So you can have a situation in which say, an Asian American worth tens of millions of dollars gets preference on a government contract compared to a poor person of European descent, poor guy.” (23:57–24:05)

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