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Affirmative Action Quotes

I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he’s OK, I guess. About the same as Howard Dean Picture Quote #1

Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn’t know it’s about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them Picture Quote #1

I don’t know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring Picture Quote #1

Diversity for diversity’s sake is nothing more than affirmative action and can make no claim to being part of America’s greatness Picture Quote #1

If they’re all so brilliant and I’m such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn’t catch me? Picture Quote #1

That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our ancestors did or suffered. We are supposed to be judged as individuals, based on what we are able to achieve Picture Quote #1

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So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest Picture Quote #1

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn’t do this out of compassion or guilt. It’s done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn’t able to succeed at those institutions Picture Quote #1

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world Picture Quote #1

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I’ve changed my mind. And I’ve publicly acknowledged that I was wrong Picture Quote #1

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I am an affirmative action hire Picture Quote #1

The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn’t work Picture Quote #1

Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap Picture Quote #1

I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it Picture Quote #1

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what this definition of affirmative action is for some Picture Quote #1

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If affirmative action means what I just described, what I’m for, then I’m for it Picture Quote #1

Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach Picture Quote #1

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles Picture Quote #1

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know Picture Quote #1

With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. and that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects Picture Quote #1

You can’t talk about the environment, you can’t talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless you have a free society based upon the integrity of the individual. If you have a responsible society, these other issues will not come up in a responsible society, and that is what freedom is all about Picture Quote #1

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There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach Picture Quote #1

Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's gonna wanna work? Picture Quote #1

I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action Picture Quote #1

I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there Picture Quote #1

Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor abroad and unfair competition with robots at home Picture Quote #1

Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women Picture Quote #1

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I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he’s OK, I guess. About the same as Howard Dean. (Affirmative Action Quotes) Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn’t know it’s about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them. (Affirmative Action Quotes) I don’t know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring. (Affirmative Action Quotes) Diversity for diversity’s sake is nothing more than affirmative action and can make no claim to being part of America’s greatness. (Affirmative Action Quotes) If they’re all so brilliant and I’m such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn’t catch me? (Affirmative Action Quotes) That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our ancestors did or suffered. We are supposed to be judged as individuals, based on what we are able to achieve (Affirmative Action Quotes) So many of our conversations (about affirmative action) have been dishonest (Affirmative Action Quotes) Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn’t do this out of compassion or guilt. It’s done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team (Affirmative Action Quotes) 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 (Affirmative Action Quotes) I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn’t able to succeed at those institutions (Affirmative Action Quotes) You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world (Affirmative Action Quotes) I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I’ve changed my mind. And I’ve publicly acknowledged that I was wrong (Affirmative Action Quotes) I am an affirmative action hire (Affirmative Action Quotes) The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn’t work (Affirmative Action Quotes) Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap (Affirmative Action Quotes) I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it (Affirmative Action Quotes) Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making (Affirmative Action Quotes) I don’t know what this definition of affirmative action is for some (Affirmative Action Quotes) If affirmative action means what I just described, what I’m for, then I’m for it (Affirmative Action Quotes) Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach (Affirmative Action Quotes) Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles (Affirmative Action Quotes) And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know (Affirmative Action Quotes) With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. and that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects (Affirmative Action Quotes) You can’t talk about the environment, you can’t talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless you have a free society based upon the integrity of the individual. If you have a responsible society, these other issues will not come up in a responsible society, and that is what freedom is all about (Affirmative Action Quotes) There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach (Affirmative Action Quotes) Here's the point - you're looking at affirmative action, and you're looking at marijuana. You legalize marijuana, no need for quotas, because really, who's gonna wanna work? (Affirmative Action Quotes) I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action (Affirmative Action Quotes) I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there (Affirmative Action Quotes) Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor abroad and unfair competition with robots at home (Affirmative Action Quotes) Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women (Affirmative Action Quotes)

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