lani guinier?t get a sense there was a question other than are there more latinos -- >> host: he wanted your perspective on the issue of latinos. >> guest: i think he is correct. there is not a large percentage of faculty with a latino background. that is something people are working on to change. but it hasn't yet succeeded. >> host: is there a nom chumsky-like person at harvard law school? >> guest: i would say those people are tired now. they feel it isn't worth -- there is no much emphasis on educating a small group of people, most of whom come from families who some wealth. and there was a time when the faculty as well as the students were much more engaged in political activities. whereas now, for the last i would say ten years, it is much more quite. at the same time giving what happened in the last year with the police killings of a number of black males that the has been a renewed interest in issues of race and in issues not just of plaque or white but also of asian americans and clear ohi

nice to have professor lani guinier on. .. deplore political correctness, as the conservatives do but they practiced against the professor in 1993. >> host: what do you mean? how so. >> caller: well, they applied this name of quota queen instead of actually looking at what she was trying to say and trying to understand what she was trying to say and i remember back then very much wanting to hear what she was talking about what you were talking about professor, and wasn't given the opportunity. i was unhappy that president clinton did not stand behind did not stand behind you even if you would have been voted down, much as president bush stood behind john power who was a capable person but flawed. i let the senate do its job so i wish we had not, i wished, the republicans and then president clinton had not followed political correctness. and, labeling professor guiner. now the question i have is youe q talk about, and i'm a fan by the way of the founding fathers and sys system we have but i would very much like to hear your sug

guinier. she is our guest she is the author of six books by getting in 1994, the tyranny of the majority "becoming gentlemen" came out in 1997. "lift every voice" the we've talked about a bit came out in 1998. 9/11, 2001. the miner's canary which will get a little bit later in the program came out in 2002 and professor guinier has just published this book, "the tyranny of the meritocracy." this is a brand-new book. now, one of the aspects of in depth is your participation want to hear from you. will put the phone lines up on the screen to get elected dial in and join our conversation this afternoon, (202) 748-8200 if you live in east and central time zones. 74882 their one for the lead in the mountain/pacific time zones. if you can't get to on the phone lines and want to make a comment, try social media. we have e-mail, booktv@c-span.org is her e-mail address. we've also got a twitter feed at booktv. you can make a comment there as well or you can join the conversation on our facebook page fac

from the process guiniere sinkly, the foreman will get the call, or the manager will go out, will markhe road, get idea how many black tomorrow we need to get get. this case the best process is to get the hot mix material, that's a better bind to the road. >> the truck, go down to the material, the crew will be setting up safety on these types of jobs. after that, jackhammer any loose material, clean that out, squaring off the edges, putting the sticky stuff we call it the tack coat, that tack coat goes on the base, black to the goes on top, they roll it, compact it, it is a lengthy process, if you want to do it right. >> yes, this is like surgery. >> going out on one every these trucks? >> actually on the job site. we'll see the process probably the a through seven in terms of what goes into filling a pothole properly. >> process or step a right now, if you guys have any potholes in montgomery county use the hashtag fox 29 goo good dayment he clues i have for fox 29 viewers. >> see we'll get to it. >> reddy? >> test it up. >> we have a lot of work to get done, alex. >> true. >> we hav