As a student at Yale Law School, he was angry about the stigma that he felt affirmative action had imposed on him.
For those of us who feel affirmative action safeguarded us from discrimination, allowing us to pursue our dreams, the recent decision is painful.
I wonder how he feels about affirmative action.
Many South Africans classified as "coloured" under apartheid feel that affirmative action for black people has once again left them behind, just as white "job reservation" and other apartheid measures did in the old days.
Warikoo explains how students could also see the world through more than one frame, like Orin, a white student who felt that affirmative action made sense (diversity frame) but also felt that some "cultures" didn't emphasize education as much as others and therefore students in those cultures would be less motivated to go to school — an example of the culture of poverty frame.
Freada: One of the things that I think doesn't work, and we know this from earlier decades of work are things that can sounds like or feel like affirmative action.
Quoting Thomas' book, Harris-Perry said he put the price tag on his diploma because he felt "that affirmative action made his law degree worthless".
It's a bigger, deeper river on paper now, and we might say Laing has put it on the map; but allowed to slip free of our grid references feels truer, and more affirmative.
Nixon's southern strategy tapped into the anxiety of whites who felt threatened by affirmative action, women's liberation and equal rights, and Ronald Reagan chose Philadelphia as the place to launch his campaign for president.
If someone says 'Yeah, that feels great, let's keep doing it,' that's affirmative consent," she said.
