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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Alden Loury

Affirmative action hasn’t made up for centuries of racial discrimination

People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on June 29. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admission policies at UNC and Harvard were unconstitutional. (Getty)

I had a vivid flashback when I heard the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action.

I was whisked back to my high school drafting class during one of the final days of my senior year.

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