Lawyer, professor, and former nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, LANI GUINIER. GUINIER's nomination was withdrawn by President Clinton, after Republicans and Democrats started to question her views, as expressed in her academic writings, labeling her a "racial separatist," and the "quota queen." GUINIER talks with Terry about her views, her work with the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational fund to amend the the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and how she was misunderstood and misrepresented during the nomination process. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE
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