her new memoir, they called us exceptional and other lies that raised us is a look at how the concept of success is essential to our complicated family dynamic. she writes, quote, when we had nothing to throw back at the store thrown at us, when we had to silently split the humiliation of knowing that we were inferior in our own country, yush and i found solace in the idea that success was part of our destiny. they believe we were exceptional person to the us. prachi gupta joins us now. great to meet you in person. prachi, congratulations on the book. i remember reading the asset you wrote about your brother s death and how it really open for you a whole series of questions you ve never really asked about your family. yeah, thanks for having me. here. it is nice to finally meet you in person. so in 2017, my brother yush died. we have been estranged for two years at that point.
i don t have a ton of time, but i do want to get your view on how signature verification can undermine whose votes get counted and who s doesn t and how much of our democracy is tied up in what can often look like bureaucracy? people of line is, voter suppression. anytime we add an additional barrier to participate, that is photos oppression. that is something we and other groups have continued to rise and push up against. it is absolutely ridiculous we re in this position in the first place. ask the people what they want, they respond, if you re really representing and in democracy. you understood when i had very little time to explain something very complicated, you ve got exactly what i m. eight latosha, former congressman curbelo, thank both so much. nick, separating fact from fiction on what they gop candidates said this week on abortion. michelle goodwin helps his way through all the misinformation. and later, author prachi gupta is here to discuss her new book the question f
now you get out there, and you make us proud, huh? bye, uncle limu. stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. for years the model minority myth portrayed asian americans as a shining example of how to achieve the american dream. the so-called good when ours are immigrants who floor prachi gupta, that mitt and it porsche to succeed had a deep impact on the indian american family.
i ve written it a little for my mom. but the reason i wrote it because there is an urgent political message. and i think you played a clip that demonstrates exactly why. over the summer, we saw affirmative action dotted on the back of the model minority myth. what we just heard vivek ramaswamy saying is invoking that statement. the idea that because he succeeded, and achieved, quote unquote, the american dream. they are for that prove that america is a meritocracy where anyone can succeed if they work hard enough. and we just know that s not true. we know that s not true. it s also wild to me it was set on stage when you also had other candidates talking about the ways in which they want to make a relationship with mexico more violent and more controversial. to your point, say there are some immigrant who deserve to be here and some who do not. exactly. all right, prachi gupta, i am so happy you are here. congratulations on people. it is called, they called us
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