Affirmative Tactics (with Donovan Ramsey)
Pod Save the People
Pod Save the People
4.7 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles cover the underreported news of the week on affirmative action — the irony of opposition, a push for adversity scores, and the future of diversity policies in Hollywood and corporate employment. DeRay interviews author and journalist Donovan Ramsey on the pod to chat about his newest book When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era.
News
DeRay
GOP attorneys general tee off on large corporations over diversity policies
Kaya
With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores
De’Ara
Hollywood Diversity Initiatives May Be Challenged After Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
Myles
White women benefit most from affirmative action. So why do they oppose it?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Durey and we're gonna pass it to the people in this episode. |
| 0:05.2 | It's me, Kaya, Miles and the R talking about all the news that you don't know with regard |
| 0:09.6 | to Ray's Justice in Equity, all the news that went undercovered. |
| 0:14.5 | In this week, we focused specifically on affirmative action. |
| 0:18.8 | And then I sit down with Denim Ramsey to talk about his new book when Krakow is King of |
| 0:22.9 | People's History of a misunderstood era. |
| 0:25.6 | I learned so much. |
| 0:26.8 | He is the man. |
| 0:27.8 | Let's go. |
| 0:29.7 | Family, welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People. |
| 0:34.7 | Happy to be back. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm DR A Balinger. |
| 0:37.2 | You can find me on Instagram at DR A Balinger. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm Mildi Johnson. |
| 0:40.8 | You can find me on Instagram and Twitter at Fair Rap Show. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm Kaya Henderson. |
| 0:46.9 | You can find me on Twitter at Henderson Kaya. |
| 0:49.3 | And I'm trying to do the spill thing at Kaya Henderson. |
| 0:53.1 | Child, we're not left. |
| 0:56.2 | At least we're still on spill. |
| 0:58.4 | We're still on spill. |
| 0:59.2 | This is today at DR A while on Twitter and spill. |
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