The very idea that we have made enough — this is the Supreme Court’s apparent view — that we’ve made enough progress on the racial divide in America that now it’s time not only to stop any kind of remedial efforts, but also to try to criminalize any remedial efforts, you know, by labeling it DEI and condemning it and punishing people for even trying to address the obvious problems that we still have.
On the recordJune 1, 2026
Editor's note · Context
Commenting on redistricting and racial issues in Tennessee.
Share
More from Al Gore
Jan 18, 2021
Well, as the Republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell said eloquently today, the mob was fed lies, but not only the mob, the supporters of the President who were not part of the mob have also been fed lies.
Sep 16, 2014
This is not about new regulation; this is about preserving the structure that we have had.
Jul 23, 2022
I welcome his announcement this week to jump-start the off-shore wind industry in the U.S. And he's taken quite a number of other important actions. And he's reversed some of the terrible policies of his predecessor. But he needs…
Aug 11, 2022
This is by far the largest initiative to help solve the climate crisis that any country has ever taken.





