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Adoption For One
More single black women are choosing to adopt and raise children on their own. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra.
To The Contrary Podcast, July 03, 2009
TTC panelists discuss: how Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial record is questioned after the Supreme Court overturns her earlier ruling in a reverse discrimination case; and the barriers to women working past retirement age. The panelists are: (in order of opening question response) Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD); Former EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez; Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad; and Former Labor Dept. Official Karen Czarnecki. Wider Opportunities for Women's Joan Kuriansky joins the panel for the second discussion.
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TTC panelists discuss: how Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial record is questioned after the Supreme Court overturns her earlier ruling in a reverse discrimination case; and the barriers to women working past retirement age. The panelists are: (in order of opening question response) Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD); Former EEOC Chair Cari Dominguez; Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad; and Former Labor Dept. Official Karen Czarnecki. Wider Opportunities for Women's Joan Kuriansky joins the panel for the second discussion.
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Discussion on the state of affirmative action in light of Judge Sotomayor's upcoming Senate confirmation hearings:
"Take a look at the numbers of women and people of color at the top of corporations, universities, and major institutions of their country and you'll see that we have yet to reach the dream of affirmative action."
"Take a look at the numbers of women and people of color at the top of corporations, universities, and major institutions of their country and you'll see that we have yet to reach the dream of affirmative action."
~Irene Natividad, Global Summit of Women President~
"We are at a crossroads and must decide how equal protection and civil rights laws can coexist."
~ Karen Czarnecki, Former Labor Dept. Official~
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