I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmativ…

Sonia Sotomayor
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I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run. ✨ Sonia Sotomayor (2013). My Beloved World, p.191, Vintage
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