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Whos counting how fraudsters and bureaucrats put your vote at risk. Anytime a fraudulent vote is cast, your legitimate vote is undervalued, so i hope that hans can help us alleviate this situation. [applause] hi. Well, stan evans is pretty tough to follow. I dont think i have the jokes and stories that he does. But i am talking to you about a serious subject. You know, i often write for National Review magazine, and john fund is tear national correspondent. So we wrote this book, and the whole point of it was to upset the left and point out that voter fraud is something that actually does occur. And you know whats amazing about that is if you google me, you will find some to have worth stuff you can possibly imagine, and its all because of the fact that when voter fraud cases occur, i actually write about them. Now, the biggest thing that you all have heard is that even when voter fraud happens, why, its so rare, and it doesnt really do anything. Okay, well, im going to until you about
The panel is framed around what kind of pesksa what kind of progress blacks have made since the Civil Rights Movement and the enduring challenges and inequality that face africanamericans in the 21st century. The organizers have formulated two major questions for us to talk about. The first is, what historical and contemporary factors continue to make racial equality a contested and elusive concept in the 21st century and second, what kinds of knowledge can we mobilize to face the specific challenges of racial inequity. We have two or three dynamic speakers today and id like to introduce you to them before opening our conversation. Joining us is sara griffin, the william b at columbia and has also served as the director of the institute for research in africanamerican studies. Her most recent book is forth coming in september, harlem nocturne. Women. Politics during world war ii. Our second panelist is camille joseph, the founding direct oroff the center for race and and the author of
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