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On Civil Rights: Focusing on diversity is a very narrow criteria to use

Q: And how about the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action?

WEST: This began with reparations--an attempt to repair some of the damage done by the barbaric slavery and the vicious Jim and Jane Crow. It shifted to diversity, and that became a very narrow criteria to use. And now that's being called into question.

Source: Politico.com on 2023 Presidential hopefuls Jul 7, 2023

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