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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.


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