On the recordJune 27, 2007
That the conservatives were living in a dream world, that the idea that preserving diversity in 2007 is the same thing as Jim Crow in 1954 is a cruel hoax.
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Stephen Breyer
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transcripts.cnn.comStephen Breyer: “That the conservatives were living in a dream world, that the idea that preserving diversity in 2007 is the same thing…”
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Justice Stephen Breyer critiques the conservative perspective on race and education in the context of a Supreme Court ruling.
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