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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Sherrilyn Ifill - Strategically Confronting Justice

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Daily News, Comedy, News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Former President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill discusses why she decided to step down from her position at the nonprofit organization, why she considers the U.S. to be a "teenage" democracy, and how the current Supreme Court affirmative action case is different from previous ones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Comedy Central.

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Ow.

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So lovely to have you here.

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It's wonderful to be here.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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So happy to have you here.

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So, um, I want to get your titles right.

0:12.0

Because last year you passed on the mantle

0:14.0

of President and Director Council of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

0:19.0

Yes, I did.

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Now, how hard is it to leave that job?

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Because you can't go, well, my work here is done.

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Because there's so much more work to do.

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Yeah.

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No, it was hard.

0:31.0

I love the legal defense fund as

0:33.0

where I started my career and I love the work.

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And I feel like I was made for that position.

0:40.0

But I also feel like I let it at the right moment, you know,

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that almost 10 years that I led the organization was right for me.

0:48.0

And I really believe transition is part of leadership.

0:51.0

I think especially in the civil rights space, sometimes we hold on

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