I can't remember a time in my life where I haven't been aware of discrimination against women and the inequalities that exist. This is a battle that needs to be fought.

I think there's still discrimination against women.

Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.

Any time there (are) issues as it's (related) to discrimination, I think it's high profile, and it should not be tolerated.

At the same time blacks faced discrimination in the South, Hispanics -- particularly Mexicans -- faced similar discrimination in the Southwest. This is an issue for all of us.

[But the ACLU argues that ending assistance to women and minorities will open the door to the discrimination that affirmative action was intended to remedy. In 1978,] The City of Los Angeles gave 2 percent of its contracts to minority and women business enterprises. Sacramento gave zero percent. Now those numbers are up to 10-15 percent, ... It (Proposition 209) is really resegregation in California.