Oh this is the guy that got me fired from my federal job.

Thank you Tiffany from instagram for posting about this.

“Power conceded nothing without a demand.” - Frederick Douglass

I enjoyed this debate. There is one question I wish had been asked, and I would like to hear it addressed in a future debate. For the gentleman with the Heritage Foundation:
“Can you give specific examples from American history in which significant progress toward racial equality occurred organically, without deliberate pressure for change through protest, organized activism, litigation, political action, economic pressure, or similar efforts?”
I ask because the person supporting the Heritage Foundation said that the pursuit of racial equality should be allowed to occur organically rather than through deliberate pressure for change (if I heard him correctly). If he believes that, two questions naturally follow: Where in American history has that approach actually produced significant racial progress? And while we wait for equality to develop organically, how long would you like people experiencing unequal treatment to be expected to endure that inequality?
The issue is not simply whether organic change is theoretically possible. It is whether history provides evidence that this approach works, how long that process takes, and what happens to the people who continue bearing the consequences of inequality while society waits for that change to occur.

I am a African-American small business who trailblazed thru the affirmative action, federal set-a-sides and the evolution of DEI. I was the guinea pig or prototype that got DEI shutdown because of the actions of people who refused to accept a person of color in the judicial system. Our governor shut down the DEI program rather than correct racists within the judicial system, which I have written a book, "Surviving Racism in the 21st Century Workplace". Let those that were victims of DEI experiment for over 40 years tell the story. Over 40 years every contract I won and performed was taken and given to my White colleagues.  I've had over 30 contracts, imagine that. The book can be found at True Vine Publishing in Nashville, TN.

“ How can you have viewpoint diversity when don’t have diversity among those who hold the views” 👏👏👏👏

Why does Kevin keep insisting that they are friends. Sir, you are not his friend!

The very people who opposed the Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Fair Housing Act, Affirmative Action, and DEI initiatives now want to gaslight us into believing that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are no longer necessary. 😤🖕🏽

This should have been longer!!! We need a part 2

The KKK was white backlash to slavery being abolished. The Heritage Foundation was white Backlash to the Civil Rights Movement.

Why only an hour? This easily needs to be a 2+ hour discussion.

Normalizing this is wild. Stacey Abrams would have been great on this platform.

Even the seat positioning is interesting.

So many claims of harm caused by DEI yet no evidence of these so-called harms.

Great wrap up Dr. Brooks 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

300k black women were fired the second they removed those  federal DEI policies.  He needs to prove that they were factually under-qualified.

This is so disingenuous to act as if white Americans have made healthy mental progress regarding their racism. 400 years of oppression, bigotry, and hate is baked into our system and to PRETEND that all is “better”when those  whites still believe in a hierarchy of humans and with themselves white always on top. If they wanted a diverse perspective they would listen when police murder Blk ppl or even question the racism that makes this our reality, or when the justice system rarely works in the favor of those victims. Law enforcement agencies are refusing to investigate lynchings of bkack ppl and ruling the  suicides in 2026. How about when any poor person says something is wrong within  a system that prevents most from upward mobility.  They refuse to address injustice that exists today which is how you know If there was honesty from these crazy Heritage ppl there would be a mandate from them that benefits all humans not just white ones. This is how this is all disingenuous, bogus, lies, draped in a smooth talking sack of 💩

Kevin Roberts; under the jail.

I wish we made public debates great and professional again. The ones that were promoted like boxing matches between champions. Real organized debates. I love this. For this one in particular, it felt like a Debate Expert vs an Oratory Expert. Both experts in their own realm, but different agendas here. The conservative didn't have enough foundation for his argument. Especially when it came to the fact he's openly admitting these policies got us to where we are today, which he admits is progress. The argument that the policies are no longer needed because society is "good enough", is a very weak argument. I wish he stayed in the lab a little longer and cooked up a better argument there.

As a white woman I am offended by the Project 2025 dude’s lack of facts and his cocky demeanor. He is rude and irrational and lacks civility. What is happening is injustice. He gives zero reason to demolish the department. He is mediocrity.

“Don’t poison our words as they are in our mouths, such that it prevents us from speaking truth to power!” Right on!