I have been committed since 1993 to correcting the public's confusion about my ideas. It continues to be an uphill battle, made more difficult by inaccurate media reports.
The Clinton White House withdrew my nomination in 1993 to be assistant attorney general for civil rights in response to controversy about my academic writings on democracy. The controversy was fueled by a media firestorm that reported many of my ideas -- and me -- out of context.
I was disheartened to read that some Post reporters are now writing a revisionist history that lets the media off the hook in 1993 and instead asserts inaccurately that my nomination was withdrawn because of concerns about domestic help ["White House Puts Blame on Kerik; Nominee Initially Denied Having Hired an Illegal Immigrant, Officials Say," front page, Dec. 12].
LANI GUINIER
Cambridge, Mass.
