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Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams

Affirmative Warfare

Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams

Uppity Productions LLC

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful and passionate solo episode, Auntie E takes the mic to address the recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. With the absence of co-host Dustin Ross, Eboni dives deep into the implications of the ruling and dismantles the arguments against race-conscious college admissions. She brings her personal experience as an affirmative action beneficiary and shares her thoughts on Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in understanding the complexities and importance of affirmative action in achieving true equality. Tune in as Auntie Eboni drops knowledge, challenges the status quo, and calls for a more just and inclusive society.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Ebony K Williams, attorney and host.

0:11.2

Welcome to Holding Core, where we analyze the latest legal headlines that everybody's

0:15.2

already talking about, but we dig deep into how the courts impact the culture.

0:19.6

We break it all down, go in straight from gavel to your newsfeed, and every week we keep

0:25.0

it 100, right Dustin?

0:26.3

That's righty, let's hold court.

0:28.9

All right, what's up y'all jurors, as you go on to E here.

0:32.2

And I'm in here today solo for a few reasons.

0:35.1

Number one, on to E had to come in here on her day off because when you have a platform

0:41.1

of this magnitude and you don't maximize it in a moment like this one, well frankly, what

0:47.6

the fuck are you even doing, right?

0:49.4

So I was in Europe last week when the United States Supreme Court decided that a fervent

0:58.2

of action as we know it in this country and have known it for the last 40 plus years

1:02.8

is dead.

1:04.6

And I immediately got on my device and I reached out to my fantastic senior producer on

1:12.1

the show, Miss Ashley Hobbs, and said, since I got to get in the studio upon my return

1:16.7

immediately, and she made that happen.

1:18.9

So I'm in here for that reason today.

1:21.0

I didn't even bother the great Dustin Ross with this only because Dustin needs his beauty

1:25.7

sleep.

1:26.7

And I want to make sure that he's fully rested for the rest of the docket that we have

1:30.8

for y'all this season.

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