Obama Downplays Affirmative Action as an Issue

AP: In an Associated Press interview Thursday, Obama said affirmative action can be made an "afterthought" when problems such as malnutrition, poverty and substandard schools are dealt with, and "everybody has a level playing field." He said the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of white firefighters who were denied promotion in New Haven, Conn., was a "very narrow" case, and that it's "hard to gauge" where the court will go next on the issue.
July 2, 2009 at 5:49 pm - AP
Dateline: Washington DC
dr jay   July 2nd, 2009 - 5:54 pm

this from the first affirmative action president…..watch out whitey should be his real quote

dr jay   July 2nd, 2009 - 6:00 pm

“all children deserve cradle to grave food, healthcare, schools, child care” listen to his words, they disavow the failure of his race to be responsible.

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noswot   July 3rd, 2009 - 5:58 am

I looked around in my first year law school class (in 1975) and there were a surprising number of black faces. Next semester, I looked around and the black faces had decreased dramatically. Wonder how many actually qualified students didn’t get admitted because of affirmative action? Just wondering….

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