Wong says her cultural heritage and background -- as well as the
fact that she is a woman -- re-animates a continuing debate in America
about power and equal opportunity. The debate is being used by conservatives to pummel those from the historic margins of American life -- women, and non-white ethnic minorities.  Read Wong's full column [1].

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