Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the pr…

Barack Obama
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Affirmative action is not going to be the long-term solution to the problems of race in America, because, frankly, if you've got 50 percent of African-American or Latino kids dropping out of high school, it doesn't really matter what you do in terms of affirmative action. Those kids aren't going to college. ✨ Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, edition.cnn.com. July 27, 2008.
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