Word: guinier
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...trial ended in victory, Guinier said, and upon its conclusion the courtroom erupted in singing of songs from the civil rights movement...
...Guinier also talked about her more recent and public struggles, discussing a meeting she had with then-Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) in an effort to gain his support of her nomination. She said the meeting was indicative of how the public perceptions of her views differed from her actual positions...
...meeting, which Simpson--who is now Director of the Institute of Politics--recounted in his introduction of Guinier, he asked Guinier if she would apply her proportional representation system to the white minorities in South Africa...
...That would be fine...because what I am describing is applicable in South Africa,too," said Guinier, reading her account of theincident from the book. "That is, the majorityshould rule, but it should rule in a way that isrespectful and that recognizes the interests ofthe minority in being part of the governingcoalition," Guinier read...
...Guinier attributed her failure to attain thecivil rights post in large part to the media'sconflation of her proportional representationsystem with that of quotas, saying that anyone whoknew her or read her work would know that she wasnot in support of quotas...