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Perez is not the only democrat who believes this. Certain ex presidents also do.
In the Fourth Circuit (Virginia,North Carolina, S. Carolina, etc.), many federal civil rights laws are already held by standard case law (ie, judges) to not apply to anyone other than blacks.
That means no Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Native Americans, or whites, are covered.
(The Duke Lacrosse players had their lawsuits gutted by a liberal judge who dispensed with most of their claims on those grounds.)