Remarks by Vice President Harris in Roundtable Discussion on the Americans with Disabilities Act
July 11, 2023 | Indian Treaty Room, Eisenhower Executive Office Building
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Secretary Buttigieg. (Applause.) Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.
As we have blind and low-vision folks here today, I will describe what I am wearing. I’m wearing a lavender-color suit and a flag pin, and seated here with all of the colleagues and friends at a U-shaped table.
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And thank you again for — for accepting the invitation to have this important discussion, and as I said before the press came in, for my benefit, mostly so I can hear from you and understand and get feedback from you about the status of where we are in terms of the movement and where we have yet to go. So I want to thank you all for that.
And then, of course, one of the most recent issues that has been a topic of discussion around our country among many people: the issue of AI. So, let’s think about that in terms of algorithms that are being written and employed for a variety of decisions that are being made, including employment decisions, and how ingrained bias — because it still exists in our society — about folks with disabilities can and may be integrated into those algorithms, in terms of making decisions in a way that could discriminate against people with disabilities.
Sorry — what was she talking about? I drifted off just after she did. I’m sitting at a chair-shaped unit wearing a grey t-shirt.
Pete Butt: (thinking to himself) “I’d rather be me, a 5foot 1inch punk gay wannabee than that Ho.”
Kamala’s cackling may indicate Tourette Syndrome so at least she figured out the right venue to show up at..
I’m sure those who were born blind got a lot of meaning from her telling them she was wearing a lavender-color suit.
She didn’t say whether her tongue ring matched her lavender suit or her flag pin. And while we’re on the subject, which flag is it, American, Ukraine, or pride?
BLIND GUY: “What’s lavender?”
VICE PRESIDENT: “Heh-ha heh heh heh!”
BLIND GUY: “How’s your hair done?”
VICE PRESIDENT: “Oh, just hanging down in a kicky fashion.”
BLIND GUY: “What are your measurements?”
VICE PRESIDENT: “What?”
BLIND GUY: “Are you standing up, or what? Where are your legs?”
VICE PRESIDENT: “OK, no more questions.”